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THVOTTHTTV TnÉ^RFSTURATION OF APOSTOLIC CHRISTIANITY.
MONMOUTH, OREGON ; FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1883.
VOL. XIII.
C hristian herald .
Watch the Join’s of the Christians sit
EDITORIAL NOTES.
ting near me round about ;
Prny that i+nd wcrutit mNke them pure
We ckll social attention to
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within as they were pure without.
piece
of
poetry
printed
above.
It
Editor and Publisher, Monmouth, Or.
While I sat there lookin’ all around expresses a fact too often overlook
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kept
thinking
of
the
rich
man
and
the
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beggar’s form grew cold,
Bro. R. R. Boothby, our traveling
And the angel’s bore his spirit to tho
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mansion's built of gold.
sceond clam mail matter. ]
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ÍIIE OLD MAN IN THE STYLISH
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verts. Indeed, we think one of the
Xiest ways to settle-this muak
vexed question of the sisters occu
pying the pulpit is to have each one
to take her turn at cutting the ice
and administering the ordinance v
when the thermometer marks
twenty-five below zero.
. The article from the Christian-
Evangelist on “ That denomination
thanks
to
the
sisters
and
breth
How at last the rich man perished, and
fl Name ” so nearly expresses our
ren for assistance and kindness sehtiments on that question that
his spirit took its flight
From the purple and fine linen to the shown him whitecanvassing «nong__we tak® plea»»» in giving it anlaee
home of endless night ;
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Them foFTLe H erald .
• the columns
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There he learned, as he stood gazin’ at
the Beggar in the sky,
“ It isn’t all of life to live, nor all of
death to die.”
I doubt noHhere"were wealthy sires in
that religions fold,
Who went up from their dwellings like
the Pharisees of old ;
Then returned home from their worship
with their heads uplifted high,
To spurn the hungry from their door
wfth naught to satisfy.
.Out, out with such professions! they
are doin’ more to day
To
stop
the weary sinner, from the gos
Well, wife, I’ve boen to church to day
pel’s shinin’ way,
—been to a stylish one—
Than
all the books of infidels, than all
And, seein’ you can’t go from home, I’ll
that
has been tried
tell you what was done ;
Since
Christ
was born in Bethlehem—
You would have been surprised to see
since Christ was crucified.
what I saw there to-day ;
The sisters were fixed up so fine they How simple are the works of God, and
hardly bowed to pray.
yet how very grand—
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I had on these coarse clothes of mine— The shells in ocean caverns—the flowers
on the land—
not much the worn for wear—
He
gilds
the clouds of evenin’ with the
But then, they knew I wasn’t one they
gold light from his throne,
call a millionaire ;
Not
for the rich man only ; not for the
So they led the old man to a seat away
poor
alone.
back by the door ;
’Twas bookless and unoushioned, a re Then why should man look down on
served seat for the poor.
man, because of lack of gold ?
Why
seat him in the poorest pew be
Pretty soon in came a stranger with gold
cause
his clothes are old ?
ring and clothing fine ;
They led him to a cushioned seat far in A heart with noble motives—a heart
that God has blest—
advance of mine ;
My
be beatin’ Htaven’s music ’neath
I thought that wasn't exactly right, to
that
faded coat and vest.
seat him up so near,
When he was young and I was old and I’m old—I may be childish—but I love
very hard to hear.
simplicity ;
I
love
to see it shinin’ in a Christian’s
But then, there’s no accountin’ for what
piety
;
soma people do ;
Jesus told us in his sermons, in Judea’s
The finest clothing nowadays oft gets
mountains wild,
the flnost pew ;
He that wants ti go to heaven muBt be
like a little child.
But when we reach that blessed home,
Our heads are growin’ gray, dear wife—
all undefiled by sin.
our hearts are beatin’ slow—
We’ll see wealth beggin’ at the gate
In
a
little while the Master will call for
while poverty goes in.
us to go ;
I couldn’t hear the sermon, I sat so far When we reach the pearly gateways, and
look in with joyful eyes,
away,
We’ll see no stylish worship in the tem
$0, through the hour of service, I could
ple of the skies.
only “ watch and pray
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NO. 23
Bro. A. M. Collins, in the Old We are truly glad to see this able
Path. Guide is trying to show that journal speaking out on this ques
Jjie phrase “ Christian ChnrcE-”.hu ’ tion in web language as this. ' As
the most-Scriptural name for the the matter has been pressed on us
Church. We do not believe there by a few, there is simply no such
is any more Scripture for the name thing as evading a fair Christ-like
“ Christian Church ” than there is discussion of it; and we are glad to
for * Disciple Church.” “ Saini see that our papers are taking such
Church,’ or “ Brethren Church,” a firm and iioble stand against this
that is to say, simply none at all. tendency towards denominational-
The word “ Christian ” is applied to ism in ifs extreme form. We con
individual mem.be is of the church, fess no sympathy with such a
declared an
but never once to the Church, and spirit, and we have
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where the Holy Spirit has left such eternal war against all sectarianism
matters, there we think they should anti all tendency in that direction
whether within or without. While
reaf.
we are able to plead at all, we pro
Let our readers please remember pose to earnestly contend for un
that by the time this issue of the adulterated primitive Christianity,
H erald reaches many of them, or for nothing.
Miss Frances E. Willard will be in
On last Saturday morning the
Oregon. June 11 is her reception
at Portland, which is only next editor of the H erald and Mrs. F.
Monday. See the date of the other got into a buggy and started for
appointments as published in last Scio to be at the closing of the Linn
week’s H erald . We hope that our County Cooperation Meeting which
Oregon people generally will avail convened at that place on Thursday
themselves of the opportunity of and closed on Saturday evening.
After traveling a distance of some
hearing Miss Willard.
38 miles via Albany we arrived
A sister writing to the Christian- there al »out 6 o’clock K M Not
Evangelist, among other things, withstanding we were programmed
says, " In the lives and acts of the for the evening we begged to lie ex-^
Apostles, women are discovered cused on the ground that we were
baptizing,” etc.
This evidently too tired for the undertaking, and
proves one thing^for women viz: so Bro. G. M. Whitney, of Eugene,
that they possess the ingenuity and preached us a good sermon. We
critical skill to find that in the were informed that the brethren
Bible which no man has ever been had a very pleasant and profitable
able to discover ! But we are truly cooperation meeting. The delega
glad that this point has been made, tion was not large, and the only
for we are perfectly willing that visiting preachers present were
the lady preachers shall have the Bro. J. W. Spriggs, of Salem, and
privilege of baptizing all their con- Bro, Whitney, of Eugene. Bufc
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