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Asked from this world’s stand
point if there-is no life beyond th©
. To those who have replied to my
grave, if there is no immortality, if
letter in the C hristian H erald of
all- spiritual calculation is to end
June 16th: 1 am happy to say
here, why, then-, the mighty work
that the services of Bro. R. H. Moss
of God is all to. end in nothingness.
have been engaged by the brethren
But if this is only a state 6f in­
of Umatilla county. Please accept
fancy, only the' education for eter­
.this as an answer. Come and see
nity,. in which t h e ■ soul-i s to g a m —
us . If wu have goo d luck, Fthink
its wisdom and experience for
we may be able to support two or
higher work, then to ask why such
W. W. RICHARDSON, I
three preachers in another, year.
a mind is taken from us is just as
J. A. R ichardson , Clerk.
C. M. E ly . .
absurd as to question why the tree
Helix, Or., June 26, 1882*
of the forest has its first training
Personal.
in the nursery garden. This is but
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Christianity Not a Failure.
Labor.
—We should have sai«l last week
the nursery ground, froqi whence
You
art*
obliged
to
work
;
Thank
that
Bros.
Whitney,
Doty
an«l
I.
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N.
Christianity' a failure! Then
we .are to be transplanted into the
God
an«I
allj
Wur
stars
for
it
Mn
Mulkey
werj^conducting
the
Linn
man is a failure. Then the race is
great forest of God's eternal uni-
the
midst
of
your
weariness
a
pain,
county
meeting.
a failure. The government of Go«l
verse.—F. IK. Bobertson.
—
Bro.
Doty
who
lifts
lately
ar
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think
a
moment.
—
labor
of
some
is a failure. ’ The luan whose face
A good man said he had to go to
is seamed and ridge« I all over with rive«! from ¿Eldorado, Kansas, will- ■sort lies at' the foumkition of all
the fruits of vice says vTrifte is a locate at Scio," and 'preach there progress, all goo«l, or .hereafter. churclu every Lord’s day to keep
From first to last, life is a school- to his religious I if ej fist passable. How
failure.
The bloated, besotted, an«l at Stayton.
—Bro. S. M. Hubbard preached teach acti\ ity'r-cHort, labor. Every is the life of those who go only
driveling inebriate says tenqa*rance
is a failure. The.high way man and an excclknt discourse here on Wed­ sense and every
V • muscle _ of thcJiudv
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. . once a month, or once a quarter?—
' the murderer says the law is a fail­ nesday evening. We acknowledge must be traim.d pevery intellectual Mcsvciigcr: "
and moral power within us' has to
ure. The reckless violators of the a pleasant call from him.
A Christian woman who was
be
brought'
out
and
.cultivated
laws of health says the science of
slowly approaching death said:
Victory Through Faith.
Nature is a vigorous old schooldame “ It seems to me that I am-in this
medicine is a failure* l’ope Pius
IX. said. tlic-civifixation of the nine- • Christian, take goo«I care of thv i and her morning ° greeting and even­ room, and presently I am going in­
fuitl, k U .v
to
i"
—-teenth centurv u a. failure. . Is it MtbF for,
to another -room ; nm 1 mySavior
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vodi
orUud
is;
anrt^vhtit
the voice
;---- any wonder thatTHCn maj^lie heard only way whereby tliyu canst pb-
will lie there.” Compare with this
to say that Christianity is a failure!’ tain blessings.' If we want bless-J •| of conscience witlrin us is—lie that the agony which attends many a
It is an t>ld ciy ; vvt-iy singtmnr-- ings from God, nothing CH
c.... n bi-ing
-..... o ;wi 11 n< >tl Wl >rk 1»1 l
dcath-l>ed of thé rich and great;
We are 1 mt. sent into the world to compare*dt with the «lying utter-—
tury since Christ it has «been sepnd- them down as answers from God’s
cd .out. But .somehow this tiling throne •.except it he the earnest be sheep, to crop the spontaneous anccjof QueemElizabeth ; —Millions
we call Christianity tlocq not fwU. prayer of the man who lielievcs. Jicrbage of th(S fields, and then re of money for one inch of time !
And the charge of Christianity’s Faith is the angelic messenger lie- cline on full stomachs in thought- Ec.
failure never seems quite so absurd tween the soul an« I the Lord Jesus less repose. Nature gi.ves us noth-'
Too many have no idea of the
as in the high moon of the nine­ in glory. Let the angel be with- ing but the raw material, which w<
teenth century.
He only can drawn, we can neither send up must work up for oifr**’ want* subjection of their temper to the
make the charge who shuts his prayers nor receive answers. Faith Thoughts, as well as wool,' must be influence of religion, and yet what
eyes to some tremendous facts, and is thy telegraphic wire which links combed and (spun ; virtue/as well is changed if the temper is not ? If
who is smitten with the notion that earth and heaven—on which Go«!’« as gold, must be dug out and a man is as passionate, malicious,
• his own little world of doubt an«l message of love Hv so fast that be- cleansed, 'and assayed : honor, sta­ resentful, sullen, moody, or morose
cavil is the whole wide world of fore we Call, he answers, and while tion, power—all good must be built after his conveision as before it,
thought and feelipg oV to-day.'-— we are yet speaking he hears us. up, course by course, toiling and what is he converted from or to ?—
John Angell James.
H errick J ohnson , 1). D.
But if- that telegraphic wire lie anxiously every step to the top. - If,
Harvard has the largest college
snapped, how can we receive the Nature bail her way, the monarch
From Scio. ■
of
this
world
would
lie
the
greatest
library in the United States.
promise ? Am I in trouble ? I
worker,
and
the
only
order
of
no
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contains 185,000 volumes, . Yale
Dear Bro. ¿Stanley.'.,
can obtain help from trouble- by
bility
com
posed
of
those
that
achieve
has 93,000 ; Datinouth 60,000;
We deeply regret the following faith. Am I lieaten aliout by the
the
largest
and
best
results.
Labor
Brown 52,000 ; Princeton 49,000;
facts, and the necessity Of submit­ enemy ? My soul leans on her
is
life
’
s
great
function.
With
spade
Cornell 40,000'; Wesleyan 31,000;
ting them to you for publication, if dear refuge by faith. But take
and
plow,
with
shaft
and
furijace,
-Uni/ersity
of Michigan 29,000;
you think it best for the cause of faith away—in vain I call on God.
Christ.
There is no roa«l betwixt my soul with tire and steam amidst the Tufts 25,000 ; Williams 19,000;
Bro. E. W. Barnes called on us an«l heaven. In the. deepest Win­ whirl and noise of bright machinery University of California 25,000.—
for a letter of commendation on ter-time faith is a road, on which abroad in the silent fields under the Occident. N. W. U. has 25,000
Saturday before the first Lord’s the horses of prayer m]ay travel. roofing sky—everywhere and al­ volumes and 8000 unbound, pamph­
«lay in February, at which timfl we Ay, all the better for the biting ways man must work, always by lets ami manuscripts.— Northwest­
knew nothing of his determination frost; but blockate the road, and experimenting, pushing, progres­ er n.
He is a man only when he
‘S
of going into Sabitarianism.
Bro. Williams speaks of a man
how can we communicate with the sing.
works
lie
is
faithful
to
life
’
s
great
The letter was ordere«l by the great King ? Faith link’s me with
who “ went his full length for the
law
and
God
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s
express.will,
only
as
church, but not written, except he divinity; faith clothes me with the
sale "of whisky.” This is what all
ho
toils
on,
in
imitation
of
the
na
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may have written it himself, as he power of God ; • faith engages on
the friends of the traffic are liable4
ture
that
supports
him.
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¿Scl.
was acting clerk at the time.
to do. It is very rare that a man
my side the omnip«>tence of Jeho­
-i At our next meeting, having had vah ; faith insure- e>ery attribute
Courage consists not in blindly favors drinking without occasionally
knowledge of his heresy, the church of Go I in my defense ; it helps me overlooking daiiger, but in seeing it going “.his full length”—in the
I gutter.— Ex.
recinded the order, granting the to defy the hosts^of bell; it makes and conquering i
letter o<f Christian commemlation.
And on Saturday, June 3d, for try«
ing to organize a Sabitarian church,
we .withdrew Christian fellowship
from Elder E. W. Barnes, and or­
dered the statement submitted to
you, for publication.
By older of- the church at Scio,
June 3,1882.
J. B. C offey ,
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'me- march triumphant over the
necks of my enemies. But without
faith how can I receive anything
of the Lord ? Let not him who
wavereth, who is like a wave of the
sea, expect that he will receive any
thing of God.
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Oh, then, Christian, watch well
thy faith, for . with it thou canst
win all things, however poor thou
art; but without it thou canst ob­
tain nothing. If thou canst be-
lieve, all things are possible to him
that b'elieveth.— ¿Spurgeon. ’
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