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4 CHRISTIAN HERALD - abandoned, while all parties must rights. We regret this very much, burg for Wallula Junction, where Selections and Comments. seek a complete return to primitive as Bro. Chatham is the right man after a delay of several hours we in the right place now. “ I n U nion there is S trength .” Christianity an the Bible alone. boarded an emigrant train, the LATER. first one we were ever on in our —This sentiment is as true in Chris Missionary Column. S alem , Feb. 2,1884. life. There was simply one coach, tianity as in politics and could be Bro. Cheetham will work with allached "t' U U fl e ig ht' t r ain ,--and- ..used tn much better advantage in MTSSIOJURV BOARD. ------ - the churches at McCoy, Amity, this coach has served all the way the salvation of the world. On this Church of Christ In Oregon. line of thought, the Christian Hillsboro, Forest Grove and Mc through for dining, sleeping and Union, under the head of “ Relig W. H. Adams, Portland................... President. Minnville until the last of March, smoking car. Yes, and far more Leo. Willis, Salem.......................Vice-President. low and degrading—talk than we ious Luxuries,” says: Mrs. Belle P. Walker, Forest Grove, Rec. Sec. when his engagement expires. Bro. I. G. Davidson, Portland..................... Treasurer. A luxury is defined to be “ that J. W. Spriggs, Salem.................. Cor. Secretary. Burnett will continue to work with have heard for many years. Our Teltow irave tern h a v o n arx which gratifies a nice and fastidious Forest Grove. 'appetite?^'TFIsjuslrthal^gratiltoS^ ’ lumber-men, mechanics and In securing pastoral work, etc., all tion which is sought in maintaining operation oi in assistance with requests for the dians. Just before reaching Bil two churches where one would suf pledges same, and all business properly coming before lings some twenty-five Crow In fice except for nice and fastidious the Board will be addressed to the Oor. Sec Original Contributions. retary All collections, payments of pledges, dians filed in to the car and nearly preferences for a peculiar Tsin/toF etc., will be addressed to the TreasurefT CHRISTIAN PRIESTS. took possession of it. The Indians, for the flavor of old associations, or Treasurer ’ s^ Report for a partisan side of an unhappy we are told, are allowed to take a BY M. B. LB1CEBT. dissension, less religious than world free ride, once in a while, and be it ly, or for a favorite preacher, or P ortland , O r ., (Continued) : said to their credit, they act more for a special set of people. If peo Feb. 3,1884. like white people than some we ple are able to pay for such gratifi Dear Bro. Floyd: “ Where remission of sins is there have traveled with, that have had cations after meeting all the just It is with pleasure that I can is no more offerings for sins.” Be demands of »the missionary work a much better chance in the world. make the following report; it being ing thus blessed and “having there for .which Christ instituted his During our stay on the Pacific church, let them do it, provided no more favorable than the last one. fore, brethren, boldness to enter coast we heard very much against detriment is involved to the spirit Some of the churches are still be into the holiest by the blood of the Chinaman, his morals, &c.; but of , Christian fellowship between hind on pledges of 1883. I hope Jesus ,.. and having a high priest from what we have seen of them, church and church. But to lock to be able to report them clear by over the house of God, let us draw in trains and other places, they are up in these costly gratifications of next time. near,” bum incense upon the golden personal tastes and feelings the Junction City, ..$ 6 50 . altar, “ with a true heart in full gentlemen when compared to a money that the Lord’s missionary Mt. Pleasant.. ;. 2 40 certain class of so-called Americans. work is starving for, and to repu Central..... . .. 5 00 assurance of faith, having our hearts Pleasant Hill. .. .5 00 ■ We know not what the common diate its privileged demand by say sprinkled from an evil conscience Fairview....... . .. 2 00 .............. .. 80 00 experience is, of persons who travel ing, “ We must be just before we t Trent and bodies washed in pure water.” Carlton..... . .. 6 00 are generous, ” is the deepest dive of Bethel ......... ..>• 5 GO upon emigrant,. trains on the Paul thus addresses the brethren as .. 9 60 Monmonth........... absurdity. In the name of Chris Portland.. . ......... ... 8 65 Northern Pacific; but if it is the tian common sense, “just ” to what priests, speaks of their ordination Salem................... ... 10 00 ” Bethel .... lot of women and children to be and to whom ? .. 5 00........ or sanctification to the priesthood Bethany................ .. 5 00 thrown among the class of persons Enough money is raised by the Fairview............... .. 2 75 when their sins were forgiven, their Hillsboro............. ... 5 00 it has been our lot to travel with American churches for objects with bodies washed, and their hearts Independence.... .. 10 35 Christian names. The pinch comes P. R. Burnett. ... ... 2 00 during this journey, we pity them. sprinkled from an evil conscience, Clear Lake.......... ... 22 35 from perverting so much of it from Eugene City ........ ... 8 00 A dense cloud of tobacco smoke has objects essentially Christian to ob and exhorts them as priests to draw Drain.................... ... 20 00 Hebron................. ... 4 00 filled our car by day and by night jects doubtfully such. near—worship God with true hearts Let the Hillsboro............. ... 6 75 ever since we started, the floor has treasure lock up ia sectarian com and continues his exhortation, “Let Total ..$191 35 been one sea of tobacco spit, while petition be set free by Christian co us consider one another to provoke The last, seven items — amount operation, and the Lord ’ s poor the air has been made constantly would no longer go half-fed. Let $73.45 were collected by Bro. unto love and good works, not for to ring with oaths and the vilest the parallel roads, that waste so saking the assembling of ourselves Cheetham. language we ever heard. Let no much, consolidate. Too often and together as the manner of some is ; Fraternally, one imagine that because we thus too selfishly have we cried after the but exhorting one another.” Heb. I. G. D avidson , write we had any trouble with the workers sent to the front, Retrench! 10 : 18-25. All these, assembling, Treas. O. C. M. C. class of people we are speaking of, In face of the vast fields now offer ----------------- ♦ « ♦ --------------- drawing near, worshipping God, ed to Christian work at Christian for we had not. We have been on cost there must be retrenchment S alem , O r ., Feb. 1,1884. exhorting, encouraging or provok good terms with them all the way somewhere. Only put it in the Please say to the churches that ing to love and good works, Paul through. Sometimes we did feel right place. Try it where it has the church at Salem has some represents as duties, growing out of like rebuking them for their vile never been tried—at home. For church and Sunday-school singing their office as priests. Did the sanc talk, and thus our mind would re the sake of undoubted Christian books which it will dispose of tified in Christ understand and ap necessities strike out some religious vert to what our Savior said, luxuries. Let us be just to others cheap. We have the old Hymnal preciate their priesthood, we should “ Cast not your pearls befo«<swine,” before being generous to ourselves. with the Supplement, fifty or more have few dull meetings—few thinly and we remained silentrVVe time Retrenchment on any other princi copies, in fair condition, would sell attended and the labors of an evan and again thought of the church ple is embezzlement. for 10 cts. per copy the lot; pur gelist in the church would seldom member who had been away from Just so; but how this much de chaser paying cost of transmission. be needed. Their constant labors his brethren, among strangers, for sired and talked of union to be Have also as many or more copies in the church, is one of the greatest a year or two, and who when he brought about? Of course two or of Gospel Hymns No. 2, and Jasper hinderances to its growth, prosper returned was -asked how he got more congregation in a city of the & Gold, all in good condition. Will ity and enjoyments, tending to keep along with being a Christian made same order could unite toad vantage, sell these at same price. its members dependent babes. answer that he got along “first and in many cases they ought to do The State Evangelist will Provoking or exciting to love and rate.” Said he, “ T did not let any it. But how about uniting the difJ probably cease working for us the good works are priestly duties; but one know that I was a Christian.” ferent orders ? for the principle also first of April, at the conclusion of how do these ? Love begets love. In conclusion, we would advise Ji obis good when applied to these. his six month’s engagement. The “We love God because he first loved our friends to take a trip i*n an They can not unite upon any of the brethren in Eastern Washington us.” If we were excited to love, by emigrant train on the Northern Pacific, if they wish to see frontier human creeds, party names or isms think they have the first claim being loved, we can excite others to of the day/so these must all be and are disposed to assert their love us by loving them and this wo pfe just w it is. M.
