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DEVOTED TO THE RESTORATION OF APOSTOLIC CHRISTIANITY X VOL. XIII. MONMOUTH, OREGON; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1883. C hristian H erald . Editor and Publisher, Monmouth, Or. H. T. MORRISON, Eugene City, Oregon, Associate Editor. Cab: “We are ‘ having quite a struggle but have at W raised money and bought the church pro perty. It comes hard on a few as there are not many paying mem bers, but we hope for the best.” Subscription Price : •Tfigrsp y rono pr:.1 One Copy, six months.................... (V THXr 1 00 ADVERTISEMENTS. Prices will be given on application. Ä'tl1 tlWT Becond claw mail matter. | > The marriage service ought to be amended. Instead of requiring the newly wedded pair to promise to > Please Notice. We are not responsible for the < oh « ions and sentiments expressed by our contributors, but for our own writing alone. Hence oui readers □lURt judge for themselves. We intend to give space for the free expression of opinion, witbin the limits of sound discretion, ana the £ the cause; but not be' held as "¡ndorsiiig wlia others may write. All matter intended for publication in this . paper should be written : 1. On one aide of the sheet only, __ 2. In a plain legible band. 3. Let tliere lie plenty of space between the lines. 4. Write with a pen instead of a pencil, so that it nsaj noi be tsfamd in transit. —-¿—Write brief articles.---------------------- ........... 6. Expect no attention to articles, notices, or queries not accompanied by your name. IN HIM WE LIVE. me walk.with Thea In lonely paths of service free ; Tell me Tby secret ; help me bear The strain of toil, the fret of care ; Help me the slow of heart to move By some clear, winning word of love ; Teach me the wayward feet to stay, And guide them in the homeward way. —Ex. EDITORIAL NOTES. We have some questions offhand which will be attended to soon. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler says, “ Livingston, the heroic explorer of Central Africa, was both a physi- cian and* a teetotaler.. . His. Jtestl- mony was: ‘ I find I can stand every hardship best by using water and water alone.” It is not known whether or not the report is true that the false Prophet in Egypt is dead. But there is a sad lot of false prophets in the United States of America that are not. dead, but very, very lively. Some pf them occupy quite prominent pulpits.— Ex. Bro. Hoyt speaks thus hopefully Qf the cause of Christ in Oakland, shall live,” the clause ought to be amended to read or until ye are duly divorced.” That would have- saved 1,789 lies in New England alone last year. The A postolic Church comes to us in a new dress, and much improved otherwise. This time it comes from Louisville instead of Mayfield, Ky. W. L. Butler and J. W. Lowber editors and proprietors. As Bro. Butler was a class-mate of ours, we naturally feel and-interest in his work. The Apostolic Church is a good paper and deserves to be well NO. 43. An exchange says : “A mischiev- make a tour of Washington Terri- __ 1 • . OWH mil Pflilj lift that one house was a great factory for the manufactory of church gos sip painted a sign and nailed it to the gate post, bearing the inscrip tion “ T attle H all .” It was a iw1 dw-ahnuslj 1 as wicked as the sin it was made to rebuke, that of devoting one’s days and nights to the manufacture and mat t .. n f gossip.” Yet who can tell the ex tent of such gossip in many churches to-day ? churches who would desire their services; and( also introduce the H erald more extensively among our people. Hundreds and thous ands are flocking to this Territory,’ a goo<Ttime to strike, although that is a long way off. What think you Bro. Floyd? And what think you Would it suit or, or nof?” The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, and so we will have to wait till summer comes to answer that In a late letter Bro. Spriggs question. -writes us that the calls for the State Evangelist are becoming The New York Independent says: numerous, and he is meeting with “ A discovery has been made by our success both in collecting for the friend of the Examiner, kite? work and in his meetings. In a 13 two years study it says the Inde days’ meeting at Irving there was pendent is wrong in saying that quite an interest and three acteii- English immersion began in 1641. tions. They also contributed over It has discovered evidence, it thinks, $22 to the work. He attended the which carries it back thirty years^ Eugene meeting and preached a few We will look it up. But we remind days. He has collected about .$40 it that we hang our proof on a great the , brethren are becoming alive It is stated on good authority to Bro. Cheetham’s work. that in 1800 missions were com Bro. J. B. Royal in writing us paratively unknown. Only fifty years ago there were but 502 mis under date of Nov. 20, says: “ Your sionary stations in foreign lands, card and package of CHRISTIAN now there are 5,765; then only H erald ’ s at hand, will do all that 656 ordained missionaries, now I can for the H erald . All that liave 6,696; then 1,256 other laborers seen it are well pleased with it. I and assistants, now 40,552; and have just returned home from Ab now it is estimated that the com ingdon, where we had a grand and municants in mission churches are good meeting, the best I ever at 857,332, the adherents 1,813,596, tended in the Military tract. It was the day schools 9,316, and the a feast of good things. The attend ance of preachers was good, old and pupils in them 447,602. young and all took a part in the We have just received word from exercises. The large college chapel our missionaries to Japan. 1 hey was filled with attentive listeners landed in 5 okohama on the 19th at each meeting. 1 had the pleas of October, after a pleasant voyage ure of forming the acquaintance of icross the Pacific. They had a Brother and Sister A. W. Lucas prayer meeting that night on froip your place. You can put me Japanese ijoil; on the following down as one of your agents for this Monday they employed a teacher, place if you wish.” and so began their studies at once. Bro. W. 11. Rader, of Elliusburgh, They are In good health, and in the best of spirits. It will take them a W. T., in a private letter in which long time to prepare themselves for io sends us a new subscriber says : We suggest that either Bro. Floyd their work. Let us trust and wait or Bro. Morrison, of the H ehalll for results that must come. the Kiffin manuscript.” We think the Independent could be engaged in a much better wTork by practicing and teaching the immersion that Christ and the apostles commanded. Before being so much concerned with the beginning of English im mersion, we should be certain that we have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine instituted in the be ginning. __ Bro. Campbell writes in a pri vate letter under date of Nov 22nd : “ I am in the cyclone wreck ed town of Marshfield, Mo., tw’enty- five miles east of Springfield on the JYisco road. You may remember the newspaper account of several years ago, reporting killed one in ten of the inhabitants. The casual ty is marked by ninety-three graves out of a population of nine hundred. Night before last the people became so nervous during a thunder storm that meeting had to... be adjourned in the midst of the sermon. The town is situated on the highest point of the Ozark mountains; a fact hard to realize*