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CHRISTIAÎST
HERALD.
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Correspondence.
Letter from Bro. Peterson.
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Jan. 24,1883.
Floyd:
By your permission I will give
the readei-s of the C hristian H er ­
ald my notions of wlxat is needed
ip Southern Oregon in order to a
forward march of the cause of
Christ.
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1. More zeal by those who claim
an interest in this cause.
2. More know7ledge of the Scrip­
tures.
3. More love for God and a
deeper feeling of dependence bn
him, and more prayer to him? and
a greater desire to obey 'his Son
our Savior, that we may abide in
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4. A greater love of our fellow
beings, and less love of money. The
love of money or its equivalent is
„. one of the great sins here, as else­
where. If we loved our neighbor
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as ourselves, then we would talk
with him of the great salvation,
and give him a reason of the hope
that is in us, but alas ! we can talk
intelligently on the things of time
carnally, but the present and future
salvation we cannot hold a five
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minutes conversation on, that is,
nine-tenths of the professed fol­
lowers of Christ in Southern
Oregon. Out of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaks.
Twenty to forty years back those
professing to be followers of God
as dear children, to walk in love,
as Christ loved us, sought oppor­
tunity to meet their unconverted
neighbors, and talk with them on
salvation, and try to awaken in
them an interest on this subject.
Not so now, you may be mingling
with the people here from time to
time, and you do not hear one in
twenty say one word by which you
could find out whether they were
Christians or not. In fact, judging
by their conversation and conduct,
t (their fruits), you would decide
they were not. Here is where I
consider the great apathy comes in.
There is much ignorance and super­
stition on religion among those
professing Christianity, and until
there is a greater effort made by
professed Christians to grow in the
knowledge of the Scriptures and to
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may expect, indifference and in­
fidelity to increase.
In conclusion for this writing I
will say I like the way you have
parted off with the C hwstun
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H erald ; hope it and you may be difference; so it has been ever those who are looking for 8ym|i«-
humble instruments in the hands
of God to arouse lukewarm pro-,
ffawra anil enlightening siruuua.
and comforting the saints. .... Like
the gentle rain that come on the
frozen ground to-day in oux- valley,
to unlock mother earth that vegeta­
tion may spring forth, so may your
H erald pour its gentle showers of
t rut h rinto^th r
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sinner that they may bring forth
fruit to the glory of God through
our Lord Jesus the Christ, is the
prayer of your brother,
M artin P eterson ,
Letter from Bro. Maxwell.
S pringfield , O r .,
since I came here; I thank God
that my lot has been cast amongst
it hna takfin
some of the sectarian .out of me.
The immediate result of the meet
ing was eight conversions, six re­
claimed and several others almost
converted; all stirred up to new
life arid energy. We had a few
faithful soldieis uf the cross winy
met regularly on the first day of
the week for prayer and social
meeting when we did not have
preaching.
Should any of my good friends
who may read this condescend to
write to me, direct to Vinson,
Umatilla county, Oregon.
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Jan. 26, 1883.
Dear Bro. Floyd:
.As I have not_ ^eeii anything
Report from Bro. Churchill.
from this place for some time, 1
thought that perhaps a few lines v
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might be of interest to the many
Jan. 21, 1883.
r ea der sAf-yow v alu a b le p a p e rr——
Bro. I. N. Mulkey preached for
D ear S ir , I write this to in-
us last Sunday; it being his regular form you of a meeting held at the
appointment, and there were five Oak Creek church house, about
took membership with us; three e\ght miles south of Albany.
by letter and two by commenda­
Bro. G. M. Whitney commenced
tion.
the meeting on Saturday night be
Your brother in the one hope,
fore the fourth Lord’s day in De
T. O. M axwell .
cember, and ending on Monday
after the first Lord’s day in Janrr-
Letter from Sister Bowman. ary, 1883, thus running over three
Lord’s days. Bro. Whitney did
M ountain V alley , O r ,
some good preaching, and I think
Jan. 20, 1883.
Dear Bro. Stanley:
the brethren were greatly edified
I have neglected to write any­ and built up in every good word
thing for our valuable paper for and work, as well as the good seed
the last two years because I did which was sown, and, I trust, will
not have anything very encourag­ bear fruit for the Master before
ing to write. There were several many days. He was assisted by
of our members that w’ent back Bro. I. N. Mulkey from Tuesday
into the world, but thanks be to God until after the second Lord’s day
most of them have been restored, of the meeting.
He rendered
I think, firmer than before. We had effectual service, rightly dividing
a protracted meeting which com­ the word, he hewed to the line re­
menced on Saturday before Christ­ gardless of who the chips struck.
mas and lasted over New Year. Bros. Whitney and Mulkey are
We had a watch meeting to wit­ workmen that needeth not be
ness the old year out and ushering ashamed. The immediate results
in of the new. So great was the were, fourteen took membership by
interest that they remained to­ commendation, and one by con­
gether till about 1 o’clock. Met at fession and baptism.
II o’clock A. m New Year’s day, and
This Was the first meeting held
in the evening, when it seemed that in our new church house.
they were almost compelled to
J. M. C hurchill .
break up ; but with such an interest
it seemed almost cruel. I never
“ Lend Me Your Ears.”
saw so great an interest manifested
throughout a meeting of that
This is the cry of the sorrowing
length in my/lifc. It was con­ anjd trrtti, of the wronged And woe­
ducted by four ministers of so begone everywhere. The tongue
many orders—Baptist, Presbyter­ and the lips rnav do good service in
ian, United Brethren and Metho­ uttering words of cheer to the weary,
dist ; all worked together in unison, of encouragement to the down­
one would not have thought of the hearted, hope to the dispirited j but
thetic friends want to find ears in­
to which they may pour the tale of
thfijr Hrififa and ¿mag* When
physical sufferers tell us of their
pain and pangs, they will not be
comforted in the least by the assur­
ance that we have had just such
sufferings. They prefer to claim a
monopoly of their particular pains.
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them, and they will be better pleas­
ed if our tongues be silent, and we
listen with earnest attention and
all possible exhibition of sympa-
thetic surprise.
It is with many persons a grand
relief to pour into the ears of oth­
ers the tale of their complaints, and
he who can patiently listen and
hear to the end the long story of
grief will be regarded as a friend___
in need and a friend in deed. The
Scripture, in its wonderful adapta­
tion to mortal necessities, takes
cognizancauf these deep-felt needs
of the sighing, sorrowing humanity.
We are told that the ear of our lov­
ing Father, God, is not so heavy
that it cannot hear.. Again, we
read of Jesus, in the prophecy of
Isaiah : " The Lord God hath given
me the tongue of the learned, that
[ should know how to speak a word
in season to him that is weary ; he
wakeneth morning by morning, he
wakeneth mine ear to hear as the
learned.” Since it takes the tongue
of the learned to speak a restful
word to the weary, does he not need
a schooled ear who would so listen
as to be enabled to judge of the
necessities of the case and the coun­
sel most appropriate ?
The world may listen to its emi­
nent men ; it may even pay for the
privilege of hearing their words of
wit or wisdom, but in common so­
cial life the world wants listeners.
Humanity finds it hard to carry ev­
en joy alone, much more to bear
sorrow single-hearted. It is diffi­
cult for any of us to keep good cr
bad news to ourselves, for the de­
sire to tell it to another is almost
ixresistible, and he who would con­
trol or influence his fellows for good
must keep in mind this character­
istic of human nature. He who
would help them must especially
aim to become, even more than an
eloquent speaker—a patient listen­
er,—2V. Y. Observer.
God has given us hia word
only for our sustenance, but for
stimulation. Not only dues it
lighten the eyes, but it rejoices
heart.— Standard,
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