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MONMOUTH, OREGON ; FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1883,
VOL. XIII.
C hristian H erald .
J. F. FLOYD,
Editor and Publisher, Monmouth, Or.
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Bro. John Burns, of St. Louis,
Mo., will soon publish “ An Electic
rfhd Comprehensive Commentary’
on the International S. S. Lessons ”
for the entire year. Bro. J. W.
Monser is to prepare it. We have
every reason to think this will Ire
a first-class book, and one that
should lie in the hands of every
Sunday-school teacher, and preach­
er of the gospel.
Please Notice«
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sentiments expressed by onr contributorwj Imt
for onr own writing alone. Hence oni readers
Unst judge for themselves. ' We intend to give
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the cause; bn t not be held as indorsing what
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Bro. II. T. Morrison, our mission­
ary from the East for Albany, ar­
rived in Portland on the steamer
last Thursday evening. He went
immediately to Albany
and
preached there on last Lord’* day.
We are truly glad Bro. Morrison
has come to Oregon, and we now
expect him to do a fine work for
the Muter in and around Albany.
Will
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tian of Bro. M. to our readers, and
now let those interested in our
EDITORIAL NOTES.
work in Albany see.that his hands
are
held up while engaged in
Bro. H. M. Waller will preach at
Lewisville on the 3rd Lord’s day preaching the Gospel to the people.
in July, morning and evening.
If any one should wish his paper
Let our agents who may attend discontinued he should notify us' at
the conventions and annual meet­ the time .when his subscription
ings, please make a*strong effort in expires. It is not business, neither
behalf of the H erald . We want is it treating us with respect and
several hundred new' subscribers Christian courtesy to allow the
this summer.
papers to accumulate in the post
The article of Bro. G. M. Whit­ office .till the postmaster has to
ney on another page was delivered notify us. In this way we have to
as an address before the Linn lose several papers. Neither is it
county meeting at Scio. It should best to notify us beforehand, for as
be carefully read by all. It con­ we can keep no lx>ok of such
matters, we are liable to continue
tains wholesome doctrine.
the paper, as our rule is to continue
The Christian Advocate, pub­ all papers till ordered discontinued.
lished in Edinburgh, Scotland, and We find by experience that this
devoted to " an unqualified return gives general satisfaction.
We
to primitive Christianity,” comes to hope all will renew promptly when
this office as an exchange. It is a their time is up. If not, notify us
monthly magazine of 42 pages.
then.
The New Northwest of last week
We wish to say that we regard
harl on its editorial page a good
size display advertisement of a the position of “ Christian Mission­
match game of Base-Ball which was ary ” on Cooperation, found on
to be played on Sunday near Port­ another page1, very objectionable.
land. Are we to understand that The idea that “about all the
base-ball on the Lord’s day in which ecclesiasticism we have,” which we
gambling is not a stranger is one of should dispense with, " is compre­
the planks in the " Woman Suffra­ hended in our cherished idol, a
plurality of elders and deacons in
gists’ ” platform ?
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every congregation,” etc., is nothing
short of a remnant of the Papacy,
and is a dangerous doctrine to be
taught by a Christian minister at
this critical hour. The tenor of the
¡brother’s whole article is to the
ieffect that the members of every
ihurrh are to decide for themselves
ich
k hat suits-them best an«l then act
accordingly. We do not saj* that
.the brother intends this, but his
¡logic inevitably drives him to this
Conclusion. He says,The only
reason why washing feet should be
discontinued is that there is no
longer a necessity for it,” etc.
Very true; but who is to decide
whether or not it is necessary ?
We prefer to leave it off because
then» is neither command nor ex­
ample for it as a church ordinance,.
an«I observe the. Lord’s supper
simply heouiaae we are comuiamled
to do so. «Ju.<+ so in all other
things pertaining to life an«l godli­
ness. This is the only safe ground.
But as Bro. Anderson has taken it
in han«l to set the matter aright,
we leave it in his hands for the
time being.
The following announcement is
sent us by Bro. J. M. Mathes :
ANNIVERSARY.
The church of Christ in Bedford;
Ind , have made arrangements to
celebrate the 75th birth-«lay of
Eld. J. M. Mathes by a public meet­
ing in the church, July Sth, next,
which will be the 2d Lord’s «lay in
the month. To this meeting all are
cordially invited, and especially the
pioneers and former associates of
Eld. Mathes. We desire to make
this the occasion of a happy reun­
ion, and a testimonial of our high
i appreciation of the long an«l valua­
ble service of Eld. Mathes in the
gospel ministry. Those who can
not come can report by mail.
Ample provision is made for the
entertainment of all who come.
C ommittee .
Bedford, Ind., June 15, 1883.
Bro. Mathes is one of our able
pioneer preachers and editors' in the
reformation. We used to read his
paper and books when we were a
mere boy. We would be gla«l to
be at the happy reunion, but we
are too far away this time.
NO. 27.
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PERSONAL MENTION
Bro. Bruce Wolverton is stopping
at Hillsboro for the time being. He
attended the Cooperation in East­
ern W. T. and sends us a fine list
of renewals for the H erald .
Bro. F. M. Rains of Leavenworth, . .
Kansas, is considering the call of
the Portland church, and will de­
cide definitely in a few days. The
prospects are flattering for his ac­
ceptance.
Bro. J. C. Wright, of Spangle,
W. T., has |>een holding some goo«l
meetings of late. Read his report
in this issue. Bro. W. is a fine
worker.
,
Bro. G. M. Whitney warns us not
to say anything moré al out his
“ a wkwardvi ?.<tn■” in up-etting that
bucket of hot water on his feet.
He says: “I write this on my pil­
low with my feet twitching like
the feet of a sleeping pup." We
ha«l an idea that a sleeping pup
was one of the most graceful crea­
tures of earth I We are sure that
this will exonerate us from all
blame! Let us all now be quiet,
hoping Bro. W. a spee«ly recovery.
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Bro. H. M. Waller makes it a
point to bring in a new subscriber
for the H erald when he has an
opportunity. Let others try the
plan: •
WOMAN’S WORK IN THE
CHURCH.
We come now to examine some
of the statements of Bro. Moore’s
pamphlet more closely, and to point
out what we conceive to he some
fallacious reasoning. That woman
has a noble work and a wide field
of usefulness in the churches of
Christ, we have already shown.
Perhaps the greatest trouble after
all is, that she is not wont to till
the sphere which the Bible plainly
points out to her, ami too seldom is
she encouraged to do so. But, on
the other hand, that her work in
the churches is not the same in
every respect as that of man is