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PORTLAND AND MONMOUTH, OREGON ; FRIDAY, ÎlJGUST 18, 1882._
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VOL. III.
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The McMinnville brethren have
been painting an<r“im proving their
house of worship, which adds great­
ly to its Appearance and conveni­
ence.
It is now harvest time and con­
sequently the number of sleepers
in church is large.
The ‘ ( Irc.sshopper Gospel ’ is de­
fined as being a bop, skip and a
jump through - the—BiWey—picking
up a scrap* here and a scrap there,
and stringing them together. There
are a good -many ‘ Grasshopper ’
preachers in-this country.- Chris­
tian Preacher.
For ten years the brotherhood of
Oregon has l>een burdened to erect
a college
building.
We shall not
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discuss the question as to whether
the means so used was most wisely
expended. Be that as it may, we
are tn a position now to turn our
attention to building churches and
establishing a more complete sys­
tem of Christian education in the
various communities of the State.
From present indications, we are
pleased to’ know the churches are
awakening to this necessity. They
are beginning to realize that more
attention must be given to the
ministry of the word, and that a
dozen competent teachers are worth
ten times as mat\y unfaithful ones.
May the good work go on.
The H erald goes to many in
the Bast The subscribes desire
to know more aliout our. country.
coast and will be pleased to obtain
information regarding the climate,
soil, .^markets, manufactures -and
general jul vanfAg^-of-the vai ions
sections of this new country. We
therefore invite a fuller correspon­
dence in .tliU-directioiK. W»; need
hardly say that in doing so it? is not
necessary for complrtenerS tn men­
tion tlx- names of every person in
that particular region.
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T-rport of the* state of the cause m
Arkansas: “ We have reported 130
churches, 112 preachers, and near
GOOD members, and tSifly two-
thirds of the State heard from. II
we could get ;i lull report from the
north and west portions of the
State, I am confident we number
200 churches, 200 preachers, and
12,000 members, not including 3,
4)00 or 4,000 co I bred brethren.’
B are H earing . B egets T ran ­
s ' i ent T hougiits 11 leaves a weak
impression on the soul; Jike a flash
of lightning, and soon gone as come ;
or the glance of a sunbeam oh the
Wave. A liWin never discerns the
scope, the beauty of the truths de­
livered, till becomes to meditate on
them, and to go over them again
and again in his own thoughts.—
Manton.
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The Cohqregationalist notes a
marked advance in the material
and financial prosperity of Kansas
•under prohibition. By comparison
it says that “ while Illinois paid
aliout $0.50 per capita for govern­
ment tax on spirits, Kansas paid
twelve cents, and Maine, where pro­
hibition has so signally failed (?)
paid three mils per head. The in­
crease in the valuation of personal
property for 1881 over 1880 is
.$10243,000. That of 1882 over
1881 will probably be $20,000,000,
not a bad showing.
means of - <'hristian education to
allxfhuwilt Trttnrdr“ They■wtrurw'. *
accustom themselves to the services
and instructions from week to week,
form habits of spiritual life and
exercise, which do not easily leave
them when they**leave the column-
nity. A congregation, however,
which has Ho regular times for as­
sembling; institutes no order of
training, gives lessons occasionally
to uncertain audiences,. sometime?
teaci ling a lesson in A B C’s, and
within the samp month •dvin"'
knotty problems in calculus ;• such
a congregation is not worthy tlx;
IMijne, and for the sake of the
truth and the influence upon the
community should disband, The
carelessness of many professing
Christians in attending the meet-
ings of the church can be traced
directly* to this kind of discipline.
The joung.-.especially fall into a
haphazard sort of Christian living
tiecause they see their superiors
leading the way, by their examples,
training them to have little or no
regard for the Lord’s day and its
duties. On the other hand, they
who form their infancy in the
church are taught that a regular
habit of Scripture reading, a con­
stant attendance every Lord's day
upon the services of the church and
habitual exercise in Christian ac­
tivities are incumbent upon them,
will grow up strong and healthy
Christians; and wherever they are,
the ideal so set, before them will
liecome a reality*. Such and only
such can be depended upon to
found thrifty congregations in a
country like ours. (Inly such feel
a loss when deprived of the home
church gatherings, and are the first
to gather the people of Gcal togeth­
er in an active, working con'-reea-
lion.
C hrist is G od E nough . - I have
lived long enough to know that
Christ is Cotl enough for me. W hat
more can I want ? tile raises the
dead ; He redeemed my file from
destruction ; He carries me up hill
Miiany a time when I am weary ;
A private letter from Oskaloosa,
lie visits me in my distress and
Iowa,
states that the college is
affliction. IIis w^rd.s are ,
making fine progress in increasing
“ Music in the sinner’s ear,
its endowment, “ having added for
And life, an<l health and .peace.
several weeks at the rate of more
./o.v. Parker.
than .$1,000 per week.” 1 he coj-
The Lem-fit ••Fa’TTnTui h tn mty Jege is out of debt, has a clause in
community is inestimable. By a its charter forbidding any 4'utura
Church is tneant a congregation of lnortgage on its buildings, is under
the management of careful finan­
(-hristians who keep up the services ciers and all the-e. things beget-un­
of the Lord's day «hiring every usual confidence in its future,—
week in the year, thus affording a Era.ngeli't,