Christian herald., February 01, 1884, Page 7, Image 7

CHRISTIAN
Proceedings of Linn County first money collected to the amount
Co-operation.
of $18.43.
HERALD.
Current Religious News.
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lished; there the Congregational
Club meets monthly, and on Mon-
day of each week the minister’s
meeting is held. Across the bay,
which is six miles wide, with a half-
hourly ferry, is the city of Oakland,
holding the same relation to San
Francisco that Brooklyn does to
New York City. There are located
the Pacific Theologiual Seminary
On motion, adjourned to meet at • The revised translation of the ’
A lbany , Jan. 16,1884.
10 o’clock A. m . sharp Friday 18th. Swedish New Testament has been 1
sanctioned by the King of Sweden.
The Linn County Chiistian Co­
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FRIDAY.
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It will now be used in churches and
operation convened at the appointed
MORNING SESSION.
schools throughout the country, ac­
place and hour 2 P. M. Bro. T. R
The brethren and delegates con­ cording to the decision of the Synod
Goodman in the chair.
Bro..
Craigie Sharp was requested to vened at the appointed hour. Bro. which will meet in Stockholm jn
lead the exercises of social worship. J. W. Cole was called to the chair. September. Tire revision of the
On motion, Bros. Floyd, Camp- Minutes were postponed until Old Testament iB not finished.
hftll anrl Pnnrall u;ara ap|M >i n U d...fe- afternoon..... .
The Central Presbyterian thinks both on a firm financial basis, and
Motion made that we hold our.
committee on credentials.
there is the largest church of the
On motion, Sisters Barker and AnnuaFCooperation Meeting with it not likely that the young man at denomination, the First, of which
Stinson and Bro. D. M. Doty were Oak Creek congregation next June. Troas was the only person who fell the Rev. Dr. J. K. McLean is pas­
appointed a committee of arrange­ On motion, the matter was post­ asleep under Paul’s preaching, and tor, having seven hundred members,
adds: “ It does not prove that it is
ments. The committee placed Bro. poned until the afternoon session.
and sustaining, a Jkindergarten, a
Sharp on programme to respond ta __ On motion, a CQmmittea_nn-pro^ . Rjioorsermon, becansa soma-of-the Chinese school, and a very large
the address of welcome by J. F. gramme for our Annual Meeting deacons fell asleep.” No—but as a Sabbath-school, and also a branch
was appointed, consisting of the rule it proves that the wrong archi­
Floyd.
missionary church. It has an as­
M
On motion, adjourned to meet at following named brethren : J. F. tect built that ill-ventilated church. sistant pastor, who superintends the
sexton, more air.
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Sabbath-school and conducts the
Huston.
THURSDAY.
El Mahdi—the new Mahomme- prayer-meeting and administers the
On motion, the County Board
Forenoon session omitted.
dan Messiah, despite the declara­ communion at the branch church.
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authorized the Secretary to request
tion of the Koran that Mohammed
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Enlargement seems to be the
the congregations of the county
is
the
end
of
all
prophecy,
and
after
Bro. Goodman in the chair. missionary work, to take quarterly
present watchword of all missionary
him
is
none
other
—
is
described
by
Minutes of last meeting were read collections for the' work at Albany,
organizations.
Signs of promise
a
missionary
at
the
Orient
as
being
and approved.
are beckoning forward the laborers
which has been previously pledged
forty-two
years
of
age,
tall
and
On motion, proceeded to the en­ by the County Board.
for Christ in every land. The Eng­
slender,
and
having
a
decidedly
red
­
rollment of the delegates. The
lish Church Missionary Society has
On motion, adjourned to meet at
dish
hue
of
countenance.
Ah
em
­
committee on credentials report the 2 P. M.
made up its budget for 1884 at
issary
sent
to
interview
him
some
following named brethren and
AFTERNOON SESSIO n L*
$1,130,000, though the ordinary in­
time
ago
found
the
Mahdi
at
Abba,
sisters as representatives of the
Bro. J. W. Cole in the chair, surrounded by five or six hundred come of the society reached $1,000,-
churches extant in Linn county : Minutes were read and stood ap-
000 for the first time' last year.
followers, all of them naked, with
Mt. Pleasant, T. P. Goodman ; Cen­ proved.
Will not he who enlarges the field
iron chain belts around their waists,
tral, J. G. Powell and J. W. Propst;
On motion, it was decided to and with drawn broad-swords in and its fruitfulness, enlarge also the
Oak Creek, W. F. Hendrickson ; hold our next Annual Meeting at
heart of those who must sustain the
their hands. - The Mahdi occupied
Sc»o, Bro. and Sister Doty and R. Oak Creek.
laborers ? The liberal man devis-. -J
a raised seat in their midst, and in
F. Ashby ; Albany, Dr. J. W. Cole
On motion, a committee on pro­ his right hand he held a prophet’s eth liberal things, and by libe»"ai
„ and A. S. Powell. . —------- — -—~ gramme were appointed to draw up
things shall he stand.
staff.
A communication from Bro. J.
a programme for our next meeting
A missionary te’A8 of a poor
W. Spriggs was then read by the in June, 1885. '
It is stated that only 6,000 out of Christian woma-a i„ India’who said
Secretary before the convention,
On motion, the Linn County the 27,000 young men of the city of to him ; “ I nave no money for mis­
and, on motion, the communication
Board authorized the Secretary to Providence, R. I., attend Protes­ sions. but I can speak to my neigh­
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was placed on file, and a vote of
request the congregations to take tant churches, and that at least 12.- bors and urge them to come to the
thanks was tendered Bro. Spriggs
up quarterly collections for this 000 attend no chucrh whatever.
gavior I have so joyfully found.”
for his information concerning the
missionary work in the county.
She had learned what was better
workings of the State and General
On motion, the following resolu­
David C. Cook, the well-known and richer than gold and silver; the
Missionary Boards.
tion was adopted by the conven­ Sunday-school publisher, has given power of personal influence through
Treasurer reported some funds tion :
a §2,500 Cottrell steam printing an earnest zeal for Christ. And so,
received for county work. Albany
Resolved, That the Linn County press to the American Mission Pub­
Tmd Scio churches reported small Cooperation, as a band of disciples lishing" House, of India. This Cot­ in her humble way, she had led
eleven persons to the Lamb of God
sums for missionary work. Several of Christ, is in hearty sympathy
trell Machine will be the first and
of the brethren reported the condi­ with ail Scriptural methods for the only machine except the ones used who taketh away the sins of the
world. Many a whole church, the
tion of their respective congrega­ suppression of intemperance in our for English Government purposes, past year, has come short of such
tions ; some reporting progress, State, and hereby pledges itself to
and will be of the same make as success.
others offering no particular en­ use all legitimate means in its
those in the Government Printing
L ook O ver I t .—It is said that
couragement.
power to teach and to build up true Offices at Washington and Mr. John Wesley was once walking
A motion was sustained that we temperance principles among the
Cook’s establishment.
The ma­ along a road with a brother, who
the delegates and brethren do raise people.
chine will soon be on its way and related to him his traubles, saying
he did not know what he should do.
$100 this yfear for the county work
On motion, adjourned.
serving the missions of various de­ They were at that moment passing
to be applied to the work at Albany
R. F. A shby , Secretary.
nominations.
a stone fence to a meadow, over
in sustaining the county evangelist.
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which a cow was looking. “Do
On motion, an order was drawn
The only way to shine, even in
San Francisco is to the Congrega- you know,” said Wesley, “ why the
on the Treasurer in favor- of Bro. this false world, is to be modest and tionalists of California what Boston cow looks over that wall ?” » No ”
D. M. Doty and G. M. Whitney of unassuming. Falsehood may be a is to those of Massachusetts. *It is replied the one in trouble. “ I will
$15.66. On motion, the remainder thick crust, but, in the course of the headquarters of the denomina­ tell you,” said Wesley, * because she
due Bro. D. M. Doty for last year’s time, truth will find a place to tions. It is there that the “Pacific,” cannot look through it; and that is
what you must do with your troub­
pervices be given him out of the bre^k through.— Bryant,
the organ of the churches, is pub- les— lock over and above them,”
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