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VOL. XII.
PORTLAND AND MONMOUTH, OREGON-; FRIDAY, OCT. 20, 1882.
C hristian H erald .
A German.minister, in speaking
of the security of God’s people and
D. T. STANLEY,
the precious promises, of the Bible,
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what frame of mind a sermon is
heard. If the heart is not right,
A poor, converted woman of
the sermon seems dry and uninter­ India said : “ I have no -money to
esting, while if a proper spirit is give to missions, but I am able to
possessed, it will be drunk in speuk of-my Savior to my. neigh
eagerly. Many a pastor is con­ bors.” Could a volume tell more
sidered a poor preacher, when the of the duty of the people of this
fnrrft ”nr~7int—hisy-4Ttrt^hnt---nf--thn- ~ "country who live in so much light ?
listener.—AV.
-.Said a young .man in a prayer­
T he
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B attle .—Life
often
is
to death it is one prolonged struggle
for existence. We are in the main
conscious of this most fully when
disease attacks us and suffering
■ensues.- -Mmt-physical ills
of life are due' to our thoughtless-
ness. We do not sufficiently ap­
preciate the strength of the enemy.
We somehow think that we shall
escape the penalties of wrong­
doing. So, too, of the business
ventures we undertake, We can
not ignore the difficulties, but j^e
are prone to think them chained,
like the lions in the way of Blip*
yan’s pilgrim"!It is noTrig^That”
we_,should over-iate possible diffi­
culties in the way of success. To
<lo this would, perhaps, paralyze all
v-fforts. Nor should we umler-rate -
them. - To do this is to insure de-
feat, sooner or later.
Rather,
measure the full strength of the
enemy. Measure, too, your own
strength, Then in the name and
strength of the .Lord, go bravely
forward, and win every time in the
hattie for life.— G&d
Gdfxl Work.
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meeting
n recently
v : “ I worked for
The man who will not pay his
M——, a well known Christian, for
pastor after lie has received his ser­
eigKC years, and he never spoke t«»
vices, no matter what his excuse
me of religion.” The woman in
may lie, would not pay any one if
India hail learned what was better
he could help it. If there is any
than money—the power of personal
debt of honor, it is the debt which
influence—-and eleven persons have
a man owes to his ehurch, and thr
been brought to Christ through her
same sense of honor that demands
•‘speaking to her neighbors.”—A’ j *.
its payment, requires you to pay it
By mistake our leading editorial promptly, cheerfully.—A/eMoirix/
Hand-shaking is a power. Tin*
last week was not credited to the Advance.
politician employs it with effect to
It is not by constraint or by
Junior Editor as it should have
Vice President Henry Wilson, w in votes. The Devil’s recruiting painful effort that we make real
been. No harm, we hope.
when very feeble, just before his officers make free and constant use progress. On the contrary, it is
Brethren, make arrangements for death, addressed these words to the of it. The church only is chary in simply a question of yielding our
your protracted meetings. Some young people of the “ Brooklyn its employment. In the heartiness will, or going from day to day dis­
have written already with the view Tabernacle ” congregation f
of their greetings, the saloons try to couraged by nothing, satisfied with
of securing colal>orers for an on­
“ I hear men sometimes say, make it appear that’ the churches the present moment, thankful to let
ward movement. Let others do so. when a man writes his name ujton are cold, and hav<* no cordial wel­ him do all who has made all, and to
Let every community in this State the records of a visible church, that come for those who drop into their leave our will immovable within
know that there are some defenders he had better let other things meetings. The result is that the his will. How happy it is to abide
of the faith. On ! right on.
alone, especially public affairs. 1 saloons have gained, and thechurch- in this (ondition! How satisfied
am not a believer in that Christi­ es lost, many a promising, warm- is the heart, even though it may
There are sixty Methodist anity which hides itself away. I hearted, socially inclined young lack all else. Ex
churches in New York city.
ltelieve in that robust Christianity man. A warm grasp of tin* hand
“ As thy »lays, thy strength shal£
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In the Unite"«! States there is one
cordial feeling is in the churches.
and
works.
If
there
ever
was
a
regularly ordained minister to
strength according ’ to our need.
There is more real warmth in them There are days of darkness, and it
time
in
our
country,
that
time
is
every 700 inhabitants, while in
than in the saloons, but the mem* is the promise for light in
India, China, Japan, and Africa, now, when young men of this
them,
liers have not been trained to show There are <
there is only one missionary to country should reflect and act ac­
lays of weakness, and it
cording to the teachings of God’s it. Let it be manifested. Organize is the promise for strength.
every 2,000,000 people.
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holy Word, and attempt to purify, a hand-shaking brigade, if necessa­ are days of what we call prosperity,
More than 30,00!) converts have lift up and carry our country for­ ry, of every member of the church.
been gathered by Moravian mission ward, so that it shall be in practice Stop after the prayer-meeting a and we need a strong hand to hold
work in their foreign fields within what it is in theory,—the great little, for practice. Don’t shoot for us calm and steady and true. For
oftentimes the most dangerous trial
the last fifty years.
leading Christian nation of the the door as if you were glad to get is when we seem not to be tried at
I rest the happiness of my soul glol>e.—You will lie disappoint«] out of such a place. But don’t all. But in them all the anchor of
on no one book, except the Holy in nlany of your hopes and aspira­ shake hands as a mere formality— the promise still holds—“ As thy
tions. The friends near and dear put your heart into it.—& S’. Times. days, thy strength shall be.r’— Ex,
Scriptures.— Sedden.