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CHRISTIAN
HERALD
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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.
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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
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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.