CHRISTIAN HKHALB. J 3 i The Name of the Church. r- temporal blessings, wait for the significance of the following facts ? poor farm boy, or carpenter’s son to —A hou.se \thich, some three years Such is the heading of an article come preaehin now. and then dc- "ago, bravely began the issue of a ne preaching nd lliäl lie snail fiavë education i Library of staple* works at a low' in the Standard of December 9th, maht_______ in wlneh 1 was much interested. and refinement, else refuse him the price,.now publishes only sehsdtkdp No doubt alionf brethren admit -small riulMK Am^.Ultod mi his ar- al iiction, because, says the pub­ rival! The Gospel is now in the lisher, “ It does not pay to publish hands of God's children ; it is no better books at ¿-heap prices.” a settled and well recognized longet rt “ mustard seed,” a “ hand Another house, which has adver- name,” but we are not so ready to fill of ebrti on the, mountain top;” i Used immensely cheap standard admit that a resolution passed by why shall not the rich, in this books, altd issued great quantities, a convention will settle that mat­ grand kingdom, take of their abun- : has now ceased its advertlSCliii'htfij ter. Our people pay but "little re­ i boon' compollod to part, with its ■ gard to the reagliiliima of conren-___ tw ..... .. And thus, all that dreary after­ , plates, and has. withdrawn its books tions, but much regard to the Bible at M----- promised me a ( small and its usages ; and what they need salary, and then failed to pay what noon and evening, the pastor mused, from the market. The human ‘ race is lifted from" tq> be taught,is the names.by which they promised ! Of course I was till tired, he sought his couch to the biethren were known, before conscious that I must do all to the sleep, htlt in his dreams he heard i the bottom. Christian civilization ami the glory of God, ahd with ever re­ the call of the brethren for a State newed zeal 1 must push on and be­ Evangelist, ami saw, iii Ids fahey, ( iiitclligbiicb uf the masses go hand We have preachers thioughout the West who preach much about the come an acceptable preacher. Only the “ rich men ” preaching every­ in hand. Not anything can be more name, and claim the Bible name to a few weeks since I saw the adver­ where in hjs newly adopted land, suicidal than for society to adopt a be “Christian Church i;* their tisement—Wanted : A first class the religion of Jesus Christ. policy that will place bad literature bearers adopt it, call themselves by preacher, no other need apply, to Importance of the Press. within the easy reach of the purses it and are generally known by that preach for a congregation some­ name; and, ns we talk to be under­ where in Kentucky, and the com­ Nothing equals the human voice, of the millions, rftid good literature stood, we are almost forced to adopt mittee, after reiterating the re­ externfioraneoUs, warm and earnest beyond that teach. In this work your help must be it. The Scriptural names are: mark—“must be a first class speech. But the press is next in of Chiist,” pit’acher!” ikldtkl “ We will pay -power ran 4we-ai'b-imtiisiiigitrfor - persistently given, or the move- “Church,” "Church .. H.mc. - of-—our-^bri tl i iw -ment fails. L. You must thunder from the names in common use in the New year !” are doing good service with it, as I Testament. Can we discard two of Now then I am almost.done. Do Bros. Holman, Higbee, etc TJic pulpit against demoralizing litera­ them and not discard New Testa­ you not think, dear old brethren, New- Church (Sweden borgianj is ture. 2. You must adopt methods that ment usage,, nor lay a barrier in with your farms and. stores, .that publishing not only tracts amjl the way of Christian Union ? I you are really fostering tlie spirit papers, but large books for gratuit will awaken in the young a taste of pnde and arrogance in the young ous circulation. I have three large for better books. To thitr end es­ think not, however important it may be that we should. It is much nicn! They see your fat’acres and books, worth, at tin1 common market tablish reading societies, etc. more important that we stick close teeming spcunlrttions,” itnd wry; price, about flO; sent to me- for ...... X..E.ui;ouiugv tl >v can do that, too!” And they can, the postage— 50 cents. The Month­ your neighborhoods in behalf of to true principles than that we are rightly represented in. church f with as much chance as you had ly llovcelctlc is in an earnest effort : cheap good books. 4. Enlist the rich in purchasing statistics, or that wc have a con­ even, they can go out and win from to cheapen good Ixxiks. The.wpub- the world, something more than the lishers—Funk & Wagnails, 10 & 12 I these books to distribute among the venient way of making ourselves known. need of the present requires, Go Dev St., N. Y.—are trying to make I poor. While sectarianism , exists we In scores of ways you can help and talk with the young men. in standard works as cheap as trashy the churches! Are they Christians? and demoralizing works. They to turn the all-hut overwhelming must suffer the inconvenience caused by it; and when w e conquer Yes, many of them growing strong have this to say, especially to tide of bad literature. One reason 1 am anxious to cir­ the evil of sectism, then, and not in the Lord, and would be stronger preacl ers—we would address all with the proper example set before the friends of Jesus—and of man : culate our worthy papers is, to en­ till then, can our difficulty about names be oveicome. them. Ask these intelligent wide­ It is certain that not anything courage the use of the press. These It seems scarcely worth while papers contain, or ought to contain awake young men to enter the can be more demoralizing CT to the advertisements and important in- making the confusion greater by ministry, ami listen attentively to public than bad literature. taking to ourselves names which their replies. And last of all, my Bad books can be soli I at ex I formation on this subject. I would minds eye sweeps over the broad ceedingly low prices, because the I be glad to have a large increase to were never applied to the Church our tract fund here (Downey City, in the Scriptures, such as Disciples’ prairies and noble woodlands of my demand is immense. Christian Church, etc. Who will native State, ami other localities The trashy sensational Ixiok Cal ) managed ' by the church ’ where my lot has been east, and 1 sells 'by the tens of thousands, officers. We would buy, circulate, begin the reform ?—J. B. HUGHES, v behold the rich pastures, luxuriant while the lxx>k of science, of his­ and publish, as we could. We have i in Standard of Dec. 30th. I , * • • * * • 'meadows, dense woixl fields and tory, of poetry, by the most popular, now a good lot oil hand, and going. I ■ V Ch>ist died for all-men, yet all teeming orchards, a rare and never- author, sells by the hundreds or by Who will aid ? or work in some way to utilize the press ? men will not be saved. Simply to-be forgotten picture of rich and the thousands. i C. K endiuc K. because they will not do what he satisfying loveliness. Then 1 won­ Three-fourths of the yoUtli of the der why from these same homes, country are habitual readers of the “ The life of Christianity,” said commanded in order to have their made beautiful liy God’s bestowed “dime novels ” class of books; but Luther, “consists in possessive pro­ own personal sins forgiven. Hence abundance, rarely ever comes a not one in fifty lias any taste for nouns.” It is one thing to say, no universal salvation. young man to preach the Gospel of the standaid book “ Christ is a Savior ; it is quite ' . Christ! All, but our Savior chose Unless public sentiment can be another thing to say,«'*. He is vt-y The best outfit for a successful afoused; Aiid kept tft-ôUscxîr’UûrhlüU Savior antty^iry ■ Lurd-.v Thr rtcvit happyiiftr tn "gnwf"!I6WWge' IniT I the world. That is right in his 'book will be- again the only cheap • can say the fitbt; the true Christian faithful practice of Bible teaching. wisdom, but why should rich fathers book in the market. alone cun say thy second.—/. C. Integrity to truth is tar Utter than t n I mothers, full of heaven’s rarest any amount of smartness. Do not the public observe the time to pull down some of the old sectarian notions about the awful sanctity of the clergy? I n it not Unie io begin tl ie ta.sk ot showing that there are more preachers in our than.-. pulpit or edit the religious jour­ nals ? But it may, indeed, must foster an tihgtxlly spirit iii the yobn* ttinistw, td ttdvubP.lb such doctrine ! Of course I was wonder fully humbled and taught my place 4*8 .1 I