VOL. XII.
NO. 41.
PORTLAND AND MONMOUTH, OREGON ; FRIDAY, OCT. 13, 1882.
C hristian H erald .
The church at North Yamhill The Lord’s Condemnation of
Division.
and Carlton have engaged Bro. G.
R. Edmunds to preach for them the
“Now I beseech you, brethren,_
coming year.
mark them which cause divisions
“ The Lord loveth a cheerful and offences contrary to the doc
giver.” Brother, supply w the other trine which ye- have learmsl-, and
promise, and see whether the Lord, i avoiiTthiun'-f-f^hf^li^siicTiTTnit-
serve not our Lord Jesus.” Rom.
therefore, loveth yon.
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Ki: 17, 18/ Writing to Corinth,
Have you studied your next Paul says,.(l Cor. 1 : 12), “ It hath
Our Portland ofiice. is moved
from 105 First St., to 181 First Sunday-school lesson ? What will l>een declare«I unto nie that there
St., and will be in charge of I. G. you have to interest the children ? are divisions among you. Now
Davidson, where all persons having What will.you toll them, that may this I say, that every one of you .
business with the paper in Port be profitable ? - Will you be able to saith, I am of Paul, and I of
land will call. ’I lie publications of lead them nearer to Jesus, the Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of
the Christian church will still be Christ *. Are you so impressed Christ. Is Christ divide«l ?” he
kept and may lx* obtained by order with the truths of the text you can asks in’ words .of solemn rebuke,
ttiTOTTgh f7~t». Idavidson nr by call -ttmk-e itrrjrrr-'t-»tt ;fdte+H never
and charges tlwm with bring"“ car
ing at McKercher & Thompson’s, to be forgotten
nal,” the proof being found in their
105 First St, headquarters for
There is little hope for children divided condition. Surely this test
supplies. Send lor catalogue of who have been educated wickedly. applied in our day shows clearly
l>ooks.
■ If the dye has been in tl e wool it how sinful and utterly contrary to
is hard to got out of the cloth.«— the. Word of God these denomina-
Brethren from different points lhtrrmifih*.
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tional names and parties are.
have written us relative t«> employ
“ That which comes upon me Christian men and women, .we- ap
ing a preacher. And we are glad
peal to you to leave them alone.
to see such a growing <b sire on tlie /laily, the care of all the churches.” Refuse to l«e <iisobe<iient to Christ.
part of so many churches. We de 2 Cor. 1 1 . 28. Think of that, <l< ar Call yourselves Christians, not
sire to mak«? two suggestions: brother, if you are thinking the Baptists, or Wesleyans, or members
First, will yon try to secure the preacher or the elder has nothing of the Church of Englaml. Every
cooperation of churches’ nearest to do. Think of the responsibility where recognize as your fellow
you where you are not able to of those w ho watch for souls as Christians those who trust the
secure the 'whole time of my ohf? they that shall give account. Think Savior and are obedient to his will.
person ; and secondly, Will you of that ye elders, yo bishops, ye This is God s will, carry it out, and
state the amount and nature of pastors, ye teachers, if you have not he will lead us to true unity, for
support your congregation can give entered sufficiently into the merits one is your Master, even Christ,
any person desiring a Held of lalior. of your position to feel that you and all ye are brethren.— Christian
What we mean by “ the nature of will have Tiny account to give. Comnionv'talth, London, England.
—Think—of—these—words, “ cometh
support ” is that the moneyr\on
The Great Hope
si,deration is not the ■sum total rrf upon _me <laily,2 Is that your
Is that your thought?
what the true preacher wants to care?
The great hope of the temperance
Does
tlx*
care of the congregation
know. H«> desires t«> l»e assured of
reform to-day is with the young.
a moral support, of a cooperation in enter your mind daily ?
The main thing to l«e done is to in
all the various activity's of the
We would request our agents to duce them to abstain from all intoxi-.
church work. IIow many can be send their remittances by postal cants. Th«? right Held for success
depended upon to help in the Sun money order or registered letter, ful effort is in the Sabbath school
day-school. How many are at and not by express, as we nearly and in the home. It is the prov
prayer-meeting.
Embody these always have trouble in getting the ince of the parent, the pulpit, the
“assurances’ in a business ■form money from the express office ami teacher and the press to instill to
and let us hear from you at tin» co placing it to the proper credit.
tal-abstinence principles,
Every
public
school
ought
to
introduce
operation if not before.
Such cong egations as have not lesson-books on the nature and
their contributions for missionary evils of alcohol. Every church
It is a great grace to be able to work the coming year ready to send ought to have a temperance wheel
keep silent in prayer meeting or should get it ready on next Lord’s in its machinery. Prohibitory laws
the Lord’s day service, when one day, so that we may have a good are excellent when well enforced ;
but when a man’s conscience be
has nothing to say. If asked for fund at command for putting a comes a law of prohibition unto
“ chapter and verse ” please refer to good State Evangelist into the himself he is safe, This is the only
field,
panacea.—Az.
1 Cor. 14 ; 38.
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should reach every subscriber regularly.
The church at Monmouth con
template putting in »i liaptistry
soon. Other churches that are- not
conveniently dose to water should
do likewise.
It is time now for the brethren
to awaken again to spreading the
influence of the H erald . Harvest
is past, the year will so«m lx» gone
and we shall have three or four
hundred new subscribers Indore the
opening of th«? new year. Our
airents have don«1 a noble work the
present year so far and have done
much good thereby. The Held is
still liefore them We are making
such arrangements now as we hope
will make the paper far better than
it has ever l»een before. But the
improvements made mufct depend
Upon the support it receives. Let
us all w-ork together in this matter
and our paper will grow’ better and
better and do more and more good.
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Be sure to attend the State Coop
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practicable. A pleasant and profit-
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