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MONMOUTH, OREGON ; COLUSA, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 16 1S77. *
T0L. VII.
since it has become so large, like all been pounds of objection in the past an'.whole, the church has progressed have my likes and dislikes, changed ? - *
.1 children
• :• i. . of r Israel
-r —i cross- i If «<>, how
¡, y fgith jm.rt- robust.,
like the
years our auccues .'would lx? apparent- ■ much vi
bodies, its progress is «lower.
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"• • C hristian M essenger , groat
' In the last few years much lias been to all.
ing the-wilderness, *oTnetiinb^ advaiy 'j or is it weak* r < I«-my'li.ope brighter,
Devoted to the cause of Primitive Christi­ .«aid in regard to our failures and lack
k
,S. II Hnmt.x. ‘ j ciug, .‘oiuctimes retrograding.- 'll.f- ' *.f is it fainter ? Wlyereglots’she drop
anity, and tho diffusion of general in-
Fairfield, Iowa s
of syatematic work. It is true we
tabernaeb- has b-n ’pitched, m.
iui 1 lur rincJtar, wgtli’ir the'veil or/on this
■ formation.
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are not moving so grandly with our
1 again . sfeiud».. A part of tic* mare'.: i side? Ifi rhy lor.- moré anient, pr
Price Per Year, in AdvaHec, $2.50
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Some Questions.
along down the centuries, the L;vift4 R-s it Li conn* ¡like wifi I..
-How i L m .N í -,
All businesa letters should be addressed general work as desired, and the im­
; seem to i>e carrying the pieces, i-
and. 1 it j heaven .serin wl;<:i I 'tLink of it?
' to the Messenger Publishing Co.j- Mon­ pediments are not any one. * .single
In the exhortation of Paul to the
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mouth, Oregon. Articles intended for thing, but many and all things whjcli
Well ■ if none nf t..__
them bave
be* r ‘ i tocs’.t «<-cr.: ñv.ii .
Low <lt i s
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publication, should lie addressed to one can to-day stand jn owr way. Many church of Corinth,, i« the following
-• lost, , go
so that,
fcluit, as
r.s srie
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now api i ar.«-,-Via
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of'thcsc ha re rtfway.«1 brew here-1o-rrm- -f “ Wherefore come out from ■ among 1* | may ¡-<- ,-i.'
Y ; -n t • I .* eros--.es
rauuicatious in California,, should bo ad-
them,
uml
be ye separate, saith the. .... .Bui !,o t - t- », bl
lie
tend with, and our success thus far |
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me
count.:y-uxey
r I ave seems to rink.'
-: «ireseed to Thos. Porter, Colusa, Cal.
Lord; and touch not the unclean,
ha^ been over them all. But these are
Lot us leave, the church. A« i till at hot it disappear -is t ;.“'earth
a 6
Advertisers will find this one of the bent
thing, ami 1 will receive you, and '
generally
without.
To-day,
however,
j
kingdom^
in-t-he
hands
of
Him
who
sinking
as'J
sail
heavenward
?
When
med'ume on tho Pacific Court for making
the friction is within; although the ’ will be a Father unto you, and ye | | said : “ The gates hell shall not pre­ we cross the oc<-«n we think, in the-^?*
their business known.
shall bo my sons and daughters, saith 1
aims and objects are the same as for*!
vail against it,” and nrrrow the field
■»e - vcyag<
the Lord Almighty.” 2 Cor. vi. 17,18.
Communications
the past fifty years. What, re f may >
qf our inquiry a little further.
the friends we are leaving .behind, init?
The true . people of the Lord. ,aro_
be the-ratio of coldnesssor evil inten­
Is tlie cmgicgatimi to which I la- a.-, we find oursulve. nearing the >J»ore
coiiic-out-erH. Human governments
Our Troubles.
tions, there is still a disposition to go
long
growing better < worse?
! whither we are going, we think' more
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separate bad and good, somewhat im­
forward
in
the
grand
work.
Our
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Perhaps^wc can se<- that we are, in i ! of the friends over there!' How much
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perfectly, by arresting the guilty, and
local work has been don< in many
some intasure2.re«pon«!ble here; and ’ do I think about, the friends in
putting them in jail, the penitentiary
S ax J ose , C al ., N ov . 1, 1877.
places, in others the pioneer work is-.'
j the question becomes wore practicable; i ,h( :;\<n? !b w lunch a' • -ut.
or .executing tlienl. Divine govern­
C. P. Mccet ngt;f:
st 1) to be dony. Our Work to-day is j
Tim backslider «a\s. it' is growing ' ! here in rii.igl pleasure - As we near . ‘ '
ment <i> iesl9 the good, er such as de-
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The second difficulty, under, which so broad in its scope that wc
need a a*! i .
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■ worse; 'the^.ddiL hrs coloradf Kis 1 ouryiyagc tivl, that c
.;.y seems to
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we have labored in California for tlier groat power-to move i w thaf6"^
■gtassee. -pcor- man -jmd dw ,fh iuh « all ’ riac Up out of! the. deep to meet us....
bad.' Human governments de£m all
Jast six years, arises from our
power is within.the brotherhood bgja.
the church is stained. You cjrfi"never Does Iieav? ii seem to
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in liberality and talent.
ii^Uical ,
RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPERS.
tell whether th» churcl» is growing eternity to receive us ? -
lent. In a^iyc^l
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Divine government declares the whole
ofttjrrf
'eloped, and -oftqri
better-or worse by the bac slider’s
,
Our troubles have not been so much work if is well developed,
In conclusion, my frk-i.-l. i you are
world guilty, as a mass, and calls such
for
a
time
quite
effective
;
but'
beyond
* on account of the quantity a« the man­
a sinner, suffer» the exhortation of
r as would be saved, out. . Hence the opinion.-.
ner in which out; papers hive been this mauy ne ver «ee.ined -tt>- go, per­ ! church means <i collet óvd people-, , . You a;-k the si aaint1.who ¡s pure andJ-Pvlcr .who» he delivered the first ’ •
warm in the love
God,
---- of
»••■(.
j v lw a tell«
t. yor^Gi rospcl. sermon: “:Save yourselves
conducted and sustained. We have haps because they can not fully see I from the Greek Word ecc/iurw*.
it
is
growing
better
perhap«
;
he
looks
the
result«,
or
tail
to
see
the
line
not had so many papers as colleges!
Those who are called out. are for­ at things through a differentmedium ; from this, untoward generktiori.
of
march
in
detail.
Until
-we
shall
I believe we have not had at any­
Acts ii. 40. There is a sense in which
■ given of all past sins, are counted new
time more tl«np o»p religious paper in have a united, general effort, the catwe creatures in Christ Jesus; and though _ you must make some allowance far yv” inust rave yourself; there is a
the State. That one, tlrnugh, at time« must stand or languish a« the case once* strangers and foreigners, are him.4. But after all, is not our field too sensedn which (‘hrittfr must save you-
large yet. Suppose wc narrow it’ and
ablv Conducted, was not sustained by may be.
counted fellow citizens and as belong­ ask, Ain I growing better or worse ? Yoti are to leave this wicked genep1'-
For
this.cauie
we
.should
.fitrire
to
ilie churches and in somy instances
tion, just as tho,se inm Peter addressed,
ing to the household of God. ~
Here is a small patch in the vineyard, must leave-their gen*. ration.
opposed by them. The result 'was obtain a small amount from ajl to a I
To such persons the exhortation of the Lord, is it weedy ?
failure. In any cause it is better not general work. We say small, because
If you are a professed disciple, suffer
femes,
" tokcom» out from among them
Brother and Sister, one thing is the exhortation of Paul: “ Come out
4o try, than try and fail. California in many districts where there is great
and be separate.” There must be a sure, we or* girvici nr/ «omr terry ; we
is not able to sustain a religious need of work, an average from each
and touch.not the unclean.
Be sure
‘member of 10 cts. would sustain a line of demarcation between the are conscious we are growing into a von make the line of dernarkathm
pajter, so as to make it a success.
i people of God and the people of the
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The religious information obtained good work. Individual and local en­ i condemned world. This line must lie jixed <h<^r<Kt(r-, whatever may be its " dear and distinct.
,
likeness ; wc are sure we Are settling
•from papers, published' in the East, terprise has lieretofore-done the work,
J. H. MtCorxouGH. 7*
. broad and distinct enough to keep the
will not supply our wants, especially and some seem to think no other is ! childrentof God lroih touching the un- down into «omething, and that we :
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have less and less disposition to
'n l<(eal news. What then, does that needed. Yet whilo w*^ direct our
k
PohlTIVELY
THE
0t.I»fcsT
iNHAHf-
\clf<io.
The
sow
that
is
washed,
but
change; our tastes and habits are be­
cause, which stauds elevated above main forces in this way why should
I goes back to her wallow in the mire' coming confirmed. What is better ? 1 tant .—-A negro^.knowu a- “ Unci«-
we
noY
by
the
smnll
penny
contribu
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I
all causes, demand? I answer, One
is the same as though never washed. What is worse ? Where shall we find 1 Ben,” has been found on the Etlaue -
good religious newspaper for the tion, if no other, do a great general
■ If we dabble in the same old «ins that a measuring rod to dotermine. what plantation, eight miles from Chappell
pacific Coast, well conducted and sus­ work. Shall our local work continue i polluted
“d 4 -jwe, we will be like the | these things are. we calt “ better” or Hill, in Washington County, Texas,
tained by '"the -"friends of Primitive to absorb all our means, time and sou. ¡Since
Smce rAhe* relation of Father “ worse ?” With some people it may who says he was a "good-**ized boy,
tliristianitv, and success will crown talent !
and
child
i< to*obtain on cdhdition we I be a human philosophy, but with us_ I blowing the bellow« in a blacksmith
lid li
We ask now -if the mistake does not
4Hir efforts. This, by the blessing of
maintain this purity, we should be i it shall be the will of God; the re- 1 ‘hop in Virginia, at the time of EnuL-
God and the nssistanceof thechurches, Í rest here ? I11 the past, as localities
very sure we progress far enough ! vealed w*ill, as set forth in the Bible. i dock's defeat, 1754, He lost his eye-
will be obtained by the P. C. M es - become established in the truth, they j
' sight at about GO years of,age, but in
have become wholly al>sorbed with from that which is unclean, to know In this Book there are classes 'of per­
, f EXGE i.
! sons dnsAvn up in lin^s ; one lind com­ 1 the course of twenty years it Vctur-ned
some local enterprise ; a collego, a.+ we don’t lunch it.
Fraternally,
Let us-examine ourselves as to the posed of such men a* Cain, Pharaoh,! ♦ to him, and he seeS as wellas anybody
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H EXRY T homas . I paper, a house,'or a preacher; and for
now. Hi* hair turned white with
j years their whole forces were directed ¡ir- re ■ wc I w . m m^lc, and are mak­ Ahab, Herod and Judas Iscariot are
j go, turned black again, and is now
I
ttnd cinsuni-.l in tlii- :*A ¿mall ‘scop. : ing? Tltere is much «peculation, these mile posts on the road fix Satan and
Our Aims and Objects.
white.the second time. 'He now mas­
whereas, if three per ce nt of the mer.n.-i days, as to whether the world is grow­ hell; the other linexlomposeU of such
ticates with Ills thir l set of teeth.
That the aim and object ot the had been to a general ;i:ird for general ; ing better err worse?* Ask young men as Abel, Noah, Abraham, Moses;
true 'Chjiaüan hââ-_êYÊ£ ^æen to ad-1 ^tork and thus dir tvd. Low great J“1!.-, _and tl..y will say, "growing | David, Peter an • John are mile posts i He hris had 14 wives, and is the fath­
compared , on the road to Jesus and heaven. er of M children, and is hale, hearty
’
’ will
•" better.” What they see, compared
vance Messiah’s kingdom, and thereby the ’result. A second - thought
and active. From his stat- ments he
drive away evil and «ave the world convince ali that a steady. How of v, ith what they, read of in ancient his­ What these^Mjefi did,, and what God
must l»e 135 or 140 years old. Tho
imutin, i« a fact that no one ques- three per cent of the amount expended tory, seems to prove it. Then they has said about them, and through
Centennial ean have him if they want
.
xions, however peat may have been for local purposes in any county, dis­ look out through joyous spectacles, them to us, enables us to decide what
him.—A’z.
th« firilin e of past efforts. While we trict or state, w here our brethren have and yon know tl.^ world looks green is right and wrong as viewed by God.
^dmirc (the efiovts of the Primitive worked; »would soon make us a good when we look through green spec- Having determined what is right and !
1 'Tile postal cards which will Lc used
■Christi*»’, there are a host of reform- fund for our general work. Now shall i taeles. Ask old ¡xople and they will wrong, we can decide what “ growing
g
-rfirs from Ltlthcr to the present cen- we not see to it., that while our local tell you, “growing worse.” Through better or worse ” is.
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■ 1 ‘n our ’ country during
- the coming
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r
/tmry, wlm have struggled hard to ac­ work goes on, so our general work a long life they have found many evils
Now let us measure our progress.!,clir year* ni< l<’I«“ manufactured, a<?-
w'ntract
<he American
complish a good work, and have been shall not be lost right oft? Wliilc one which lay hid from childhood s eye; Ifwe conceive of each one of these ■ cordin«
iV^essed witli a fair degree of success, gets the great bulk oT our efforts, the so they conclude there i« more evil. mile posts as having a mirror, v[e can ‘ Phototype ( ompany of New-AaMk.'
income respect. Yet there is now other shall as surely have our small 1 A righteous mdn laay «ay, “ growing see ourselves, and thus decide which !
P®P®r upon whio^ tho cards ar®
evKtantiy moch to do. However fully- mite. Once stidi a state of affairs is : better,” for his n-sociations are such way wc«re traveling; so as wc com-i P’hited is manufactured in Holyoke^
the aoupc of reformation may have in practical operation^suCccas will be ' that he has been kept from evil, and pare ourselves to these whose biogra-1 ^“^chusetta. Forty cards can be
been jwrveyed by all the great leaders realized. A few congregation« work­ sees the world in its Sunday clothes, phies are briefly given, remembering t Pr*nte'* on eRfh sh^et at a single im-
of tho past, to-day we, soe the work ing together, or aKme, should always so to speak.; hnr the wicked man al­ that Gild is no .respecter of persons, i Pres*‘on- and arrangement« have been
only- partially done nnd the energy of have a small per cent of their means ways foels that things are corrupt, he | _ we _____
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• ' made for the printing, cutting, and
may i- know
we are progressing
what was designed to be a grea,t re­ to go beyond the scope of their own sees this pha«d, and exj>erieno»s the ’ in the sight of God. By using old i packing of about twelve - hundred
formation advancing the cause of locality. And this will we do if we presence and abundance of evil; and associates in sin, we may see how far J thonsand daily. It is estimated that
irirth, ha« literally gone into camp to ever see a work* done beyond our own so concludes there is no virtue, honor, we have got, by measuring the dis­ ! one billion of postal cards will be re-
¿tòlda single fort for the aafefy-of locality
or purity. But. let us leave the world tance between them and us; they . quired within the f^ur yean*.
Canute not soon direct our means with God. and take a smaller field of having made no progress in the re­
thofte immediately connected with thè
work*, while we all sit down to won- though ’ouall to a general work and observation.
formation of their lives, are like buoys
Many so-called Christians live like
the can»
proper 1 patiently .-«I l™> » much <h.pUtmg
Is
the,
church
growing
better
or
on
the
sea
You,
having
taken
pas
­
infidels
at home. They do no^
.
"oT mvt» rapidity.
et.nenl^ut plan, ’ Are „
weak that
worse I
with mord rapidity.
The currant
sage
on
the
ship
Zion,
may
measure
Xriatioa af thi. eoatary pl«enf » •» ™r
’""P'r
prayer is npver heard ; krtê Bib’e is
The church, as a kingdom, has been the knota per hour you are traveling
not read. In what sense is *v’ncirs a
r
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to keep bnck the work tdl our own
progressing in it« conquests; she has Have you gone out from among them, Christian hojne I In whaf sense are
problem for careful study. It ha«
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been a succew in many respects with- Meas of the work- in. theory shall be spread her borders, but^^pan we say or are you in a dead, calm ?
they Christians I In
sense of
ettta parallel in modem times, ax'd acecedod to ? If we now had as man v she has grown to tho stature of men
By comparing myself now with which
i we have any k ¿owlddgc.—
We believp is »till succeeding; yet ounces of practical work a* -there have and women in the Lord I Viewed as ’ what I waa, one, five or ten years ago,'
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