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the church. If these are holy statistics ,carefully taken to-day
CHRISTIAN HERALD. of
men who feel the responsibility of will show that she is doing more
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their calling, they will, at once, for the» good of mankind and at
lmt i ’fer groa t on a ort ..t h a n al l ntlwr a nri atiaa.
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combined. During the past few
assistance is required.
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Portland.
months
c^ses have come under our
If it is a case of poverty, the
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1882.
church treasury should furnish personal observation where large
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the fun« Is for relief, from th«' week- sums of money and much labor has
The Care of the Needy’.-
ly contributions, but ¡T there hap beep given by churches to relieve
“ But whoso hath the world’« good«, and l>e- pens to lx? insufficient in the treas- some particular case of need. Yet
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hw compasaion from him, how doth the love of ury, the inemL«>rs are called upon ‘’noTawbra'was said abour tt pub
God abide in him ?" ■ 1 John 3 :17. ,
for a special contribution, and every licly. These things we say not
One of the great objects of the
lover of the Lord will gladly re boastingly, but to encourage breth
church on earth is the mutual
spond. True Christians are hot. ren to go on in doing the Lord’s
benefit that its members shall be to
fouh« 1 lapientiiig because they have will and working in his name, jp-
each other—both in spiritual things
commandment,
the poor to assist; with them it is membering his
and temporal things. The com
a j°y to have the opportunity of “ Whatsoever ye do in word or
mands to “ exhort one another ”
doing good to some poor unfortu- deed, do all in the name of the Lord
and to “do good unto all men, es
Jesus, giving thanks to God and
nate one,__
pecially unto them who are of the
In case of protracted sickness, the the Father by him,” and his precious
household of faith,” cover these two
matter should also Ixj referred to promise,“ Whosoever shall give to
departments of our work.
the deacons. Usually there are drink unto one of these little ones
There is always danger of these
those who are willing to wait upon a cup of cold water only in the.
reciprocal favors as God’s children,
the sick, but for lack of system thr •name of a disciple, verily I say
being neglected. It is not usually
burden may fall too heavily upon a unto you, he shall in no wise lose
so much the result of intention as
Aw,— -AtAhuJwetJdyuuceimg uLtlm.. his reward.”,:
"-oF-IhaTEehtion. The' cares of ~lT)e
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church, the deacons should call for
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world gather thickly around and
Co-operation
of
the
Churchy®.
volunteers to wait upon the sick
absorb so much attention that
during the following week. These
Possibly a word at this time will
many think they have no time for
should be arranged in order, so that Dot lie inappropriate. Tin? State
other matters.
The mutual strengthing of each each riiav know when his time Cooperation has been in existence
other is highly important, as few comes, and the sick will be con for the last five or six years. As a
persons could live close to duty as stantly and well cared for. In large cooperation of all the churches of
Christians without some good in towms it is more convenient to hire the State, it has lieen a failure.
fluences thrown around them by a nurse to go an«l wait upon the Not that no good has been accom
others, and the more holy the in sick, but it shouhl not lie done plished by these gatherings. Much
fluences the more easily can the when it can be avoided, as the has been done in various ways;
Christian life be lived. These in changing countenances of friends but very little in comparison with
fluences all must help to exert in and brethren are beneficial to thp what might have been accomplish
their every day walk and conver sick, provided always that there ed.
Why ? We shall both ask ami
sation, and by meeting with the shall lie such a perfect understand
ing
among
the
different
nurses
as
answer this question in few words.
people of God on the Lord’s day, or
will
insure
a
single
plan
to
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m > uni The many congregations of the val-
at other times of meeting, to engage
in praying, singing, or exhorting formly carried out. If, however, it lay have not taken the interest ne
each other, or sitting together is a case of contagious disease, it is cessary to insure success. Many
around the table of the Lord to a necessity that a suitable room l>e have not sent any «lelegates to the
talk of and commemorate his death. provided, ami a nurse who is not meeting. Some have not sent re-
TBuUthis constitutes only one side liable to the, contagion secured for _ports, ami when . collections have
of duty. Assistance in Temporal c on st ant attendance.----------------- ------ hem requested for missionary pur-
matters, whenever needed, is quite i By symtem, the usefulness of the yyses, a very few have respomled.
as important. There has been a church to her membership may lie So this cannot truly he called a
distribution of the poor among the greatly increased. No man need State Cooperation.
Why these things are not done,
churches of the world so that all seek a better field of usefulness to
may find a field for doing duty of the needy than is found in the the churches can determine. The
this kind. That it is much neglec church. Vastly more is. now being facts exist. In view' of this fact,
ted, is lamentably true. That no done by the church in this work then, what should lie done. It is
one has the promise of acceptance than she gets credit for. In fact plain we should not continue to
with God who so neglects, is also she asks no credit in this world for meet as the “ Cooperation of the
doing simple duty, consequently churches of Oregon,” when they
true. See Matt. 25 .- 31-46.
The chief reason for this duty’s many conclude that nothing is do not cooperate.
being neglected where there are or lieing «lone except by other socie-
This is evident for several rea
ganized churches, is the .lack of ties. The reason of this conclusion sons. . First, the object of the
system.'? Whenever it is known to is that these other societies make a mo\fluent, being principally mis
any metnber of the church that- a great ado about- whatever may t»e | sionary , it is necessary that we
brother or si> ter is indeed, relief done by them, ami by a great' know what churches can he de
should at once be given; but if it sounding of trumpets make an pended upon. Second, we need to
is a case that will require continued appearance fully equal to the have a fair representation of all
assistance or attention, it shouhl be work done. The church very such churches. Third, the Mission
promptly reported to the deacons properly« works on quietly, ami the i ary Board need to know that their
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efforts to. place evangelists in the
-various fields will be wisely, and
heartily seconded. Fourth, they
I II) kflhw that any reo^ests for_
contributions will not lavdighted.
Again, we all realize the fact
that this is a matter in which the
churches should exercise tlieir free
dom. There is no compulsion.
Nor shouhl there be any inequality,
that one"person or church. be bur
dened
and another cased.
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The only feasible plan, then, is to
secure the pledged cooperation of
the churches of this State that are
willing to so associate themselves
for the purpose of a systematic and »
thorough organized missionary
work. No one denies the benefit
of united effort. Some may qu«>s-
tion the feasibility. Let all such
refrain from entering into the
•Work. "But for the-sake, of the'1
cause, let none refuse to do the
proper part in this great work of
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carrying the good news to those
out of Christ.
Some churches may be so isolat
ed that they cannot cooperate, as
those in Eastern Oregon.
Let
them associate themselves, as we
are gla<| to knew they have done.
Then Mihail ,we..h^ve a cobpera- ‘
tion of the churchSs of Western
Oregon, of the Willamette valley,
of so many counties, of one county,
or none at all ?
By all means let us have what
we pretend to have. Let not the
Missionary Board be chagrined in
the knowledge of the fact that the
very churches which by their dele
gates elected them, forget to semi
means to assist them in putting
preachers in the field. If a-church
is desirous of cooperation let it send
delegates. If not, let it not think ‘
that counsel will alone support the
ministry of of tlie word. .......
It is far better that two of three
congregations cooperate heartily
than that a dozen enact a farce.
To conclude, as the annual gath
ering will soon lie here, may we
noj, suggest that the various con
gregations take this subject under
advisement ami if they are ready
to cooperate in deed, as well as in
nxt^d, let them signify the same by
sending delegates. If not, let them
say so.
Then at the coming Cooperation
let the Board seen re the names of
all churches which are full of this
missionary spirit and can lend a
helping hand and be ready at such
times as may seem practicable, to
second the efforts of lai>orers in
their midst j ami these shall consti-
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