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PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSENGER, SATURDAY, DEC. 21. 1878.
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surrendering love, approve our tossing every preacher, anJ elder, and editor, _
a few spare pennies into his treasury, and large hearted disciple, a 'bugle­
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S ax J ose , C al ., Dec. 7,1878.
and cheering each other vCith the com­ call to a higher standard, and a. _
Editors P. C. Merten yer:
placent thought of tire sublimity oi worthier consecration of means to
Christ and the spread oi his kingdom.
I see my subscription is out. I our offerings ?
Let the fart be humbly and sorrow­
send enclosed money order for the
We say that primitive “ Christian­
M essenger another year. We have ity ” is superior to Methodism ; that fully, and penitently acknowledged
no regular preaching here, so I take “our plea ” is better than theirs ; and i that conscience and system have far
all the papers I can I am taking that our knowledge of the Bible is too little to do with the contributions
the Christian and Review, and shall greater than that of thé average'Meth- j of the church at large.
Instruct in ihaty rather than flat-
take our own paper as soon as it is odist—but do our efforts to extend the
plea we ]>rofess to love,. indicate and le^*;.and stir the conscience rather
started.
Your brother in the one hope,
very decided convictions as to supe­ than stimulate the pride of the thous­
C. D. W hite .
riority over ordinary sectarianism ? ands in “ our Israel ” who look upon
[This was not for publication, but It is well for us to consider this xues- [the great work that has been done,
and say with complacency, “ We are
such encouraging letters we cannot tion.
pass by. Thanks Bro.. excuse uS.J
1. The General Society has already a great people."
Let us have a revival of the primi­
made arrangements with Mm.Herring­
Reports from the Field. ! ton, of Springfield,'Dakota, to devote tive Christian conscience in th» mat­
his time to general evangelistic work ter of proclaiming the “urisearcha-
D rain , O r ., Dec. 16, 1878.
in that territory, for this missionary | ble riches of Christi” to perishing
Bro. Stanley:
year. Considering all the difficulties multitudes. Address me, and send
On Saturdayipvenirtg, the 7th inst.,
of frontier effort, he did well in that ypur contributions to me at 180 Elm.
Bros. Morgan and Whitney com­
street, * incinnati, Ohio.
field last year.
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menced a meeting at this place, and
F. M. G reen , Cur. Secy.
2. In connection with the brethren
continued until Sunday evening, the
t G. C. M. Convention.
in Nebraska Bro. R. Ç. Barrow will
15th, with an intermission of two
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devote his entire time to preaching the
evenings, Thursday and Friday;
Literary
Notices.
word, under our direction. We need
Thursday' evening being prayer meet­
another missionary in that State, and
Th«- December No. of the Sermon-
ing night of otfr Methodist brethren,
will give employment to another as izer has reached us. It is edited with
but they very kindly offered to give
soonras the means are provided for his ability and deseives a large circula­
way, but Bro. Whitney said for- the
support.
tion. Price 50 cts. per year. J. C.
prayer- meeting to go ahead, and their
3. Bro. J. L. Burns will labor under Hornberger, Publisher, Lebanon, Pa.
leader told Bro. -Whitney to take
the direction of the General Board,
charge of the meeting, which he did,
and brethren in South Carolina, in that
The Gardener’s Monthly for Dec. is
and we bad. a union meeting, which
field. We expect some grqnd nçsults ! fully wp to its former standard of ex­
was very interesting.
from his year’s labors.
cellence," and contains many seaeon-
On Friday morning Bro. Whitney
New England is calling for help so able hints for the Hower garden and
started for home, Bro. Morgan re­
persistently that it is hard .to resist culture of house plants. Published
maining. .
the earnest appeals of brethren and by Charles H. Alarot, 814- Chestnut
The result of the meeting is as
sisters there. Only the leanness of our street, Phil.
follows: three confessions and bap­
treasury prevent# us from putting one
tisms, two from the Baptists, one re­
or more wôrkmen into that field
MusKi—We have received from D.
claimed, and one by relation. Seven
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Prentice
Co., Portland, a new
in all, and we think a good impression J
The Work Before Us.
Besides the abov£ positive arrange­ march entitled “ Fatinitza,” arranged
manifest at the close of the meeting.
Reading the Scriptures.
ments, appropriations have been made by' llenri Mauri. Price 40 ata.
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“And let
l>e weary in Widl-<loing: for in .
Your brother in Christ,
ne season wtvWiall reap, if we faint not.’’ Gal.
to aid the chui-ches in Knoxville, Tenn.-
due
J t is told of an editor that he said
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vi. 9.
and Hiawatha, Kan., and elsewhere.
The ftomestic Monthly for Dec. is
The promises of God »re to them to
1 his readers to look out for some­
There, are hundreds of places where on oor table. It contains several
who do, who act, who ao’rk. Correct thing entirely new to them in his
General Christian Missionary
great good could be done at a small Christmas stoiies and jsxms with'**'
Convention.
views, right feelings, noble impulses next issue ; and when the paper ap­
côst if we had thé means ot our com­ review of fashions, art-|>apers, small
wilL not avail to feed .the hungry, peared with the first. chapter of the
mand. And how it will Be done unless talk and puzzle column, altogether
WORK FOR THE YEAR,
____ or convert sin­ Revelations of John as the leading
educate the ignorant
our missionary societies help them, is making up an interesting holiday
pled with
ners unless coup._J
.12. well-direct- article, they were all delighted with
Dear Brethren The GeneraLCon- a question for those to answer who No. of the magazine. $1,544 per year.
the wonderful production, but not one
ed effort and material aid.
vention is not dead, nor .«¿ceptnj; nei­ affirm that the individual and con­ Blake & Co., 84? Broadway, N. Y.
The work of the church in accom- ' able to detect the fraud.
ther is it •' a supernumerary ” among gregational methods are the only
plishing these ends must be done by j How many of the readers of the
our missionary agencies.
methode for carrying the gospel to-
The Oregon Weekly Burn rd has
the instrumentalities which the mem­ M es . s EK' ger coulq be thus imposed
The money received last year did men that God will bless ; or in other
again
made its appearance. It is
upon
with
a
chapter
taken
from
the
bers can supply, whether of men or
not, it is true,, count up into tens of ‘words, are sinless. If these brethren,
published
at Salem by the Peoples
Bible
—
Old
Testament
or
New
?
money’ or both. Men without money
thousands of dollars, but t Ke work done who are undoubtedly wise, will show
Publishing
Co. T. M. WHcox and F.
None
we
trust.
And
yet,
there
are,
can do but little ; the latter without
for the amount of money expended a better way to reach these outlaying
Ci
Paine,
editors.
no
doubt,
in
Oregon
very
many
per
­
the former can do nothing. Both can
wilT compare favorably with the best masses of people than the cooperative
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and ought to be furnished to meet. sons of mature age, who could not work done by any of the Societies method, it will be adopted without
distinguish
between
a
chapter
from
Littell's Living Aye for 1879.—The
amply the present demand, which,
patronized by the Disciples of Christ. debate.
extra
offer to new subscribers for 187l>,
though very considerable, is not the Bible and a chapter from the
This year we propose to Attempt
The ‘Cincinnati Convention instruc­
and
the
reduced clubbing rates, are
greater than the resources of the Koran or the Vedas. —>
more, and do more, than we did last ted the General Board to make a‘.‘lib­
worthy
of
note in the prospectus of
brethren can meet. Will they make | Christian parents ought to read the year.
eral appropriation for the wise employ­
th
is
standard
periodical published in
these means available ? We have Bible so continuously in their families
Though but little more than one ment in its work of the efficient agen­
that
their
children
would
become
another
column.
The remarkable
heard no seriousjtffijection to the sys- (
month has passed away since the Gene­ cy of tract distribution.” This instruc­
familiar
with
every
chapter
and
verse
success
of
The
Living
Age.i* well at­
tem of 1877'urged from any quarter.'
ral Missionary Convention was held in tion will be heeded to the extent of
before
they
reach
the
age
of
majority.
tested
by
the
fact
that
on the 1st of
The little sparring which we have
Cincinnati, yet our cash receipts and our means. If .any have money for
A
judicious
system
of
evening
readings
January
next
it
begins
its
one hund­
had as to whether the Missionary
pledges amount to one-third of all that this agency let them send it on, and it
in
the
family
at
social
worship
would
labor should be concentrated or spread
was reported last year. This is very will be used for this specific purpose. red and fortieth volume. It affords
out over much territory will tend to [ complete the reading of the Bible well for a beginning; but it muat be, it Information comes to us from every the only satisfactorily complete com­
show that there are advantages and ; once a year. This would cause the is, we believe, only the fiist fruits of quarter testifying to the value of what pendium of a current literature whieh
disadvantages belonging to each volume to be read at least a dozen : the new year. It is the desire and the has already been done in this direc­ is now richer than ever liefore in the
hearing of tach
work of the ablest writers upon all
method. The former might leave un- ■ times over in the
;ttluuv
a .. v : determination of the Board and Secret- tion.
family before the
topics
of interest. It merits careful
employed much valuable local talent, | , member of the had
As our society can do nothing with­
l>een attained. ar? to raV4e this year-incash and g°°d
attention
in making a selection of read­
which could be utilized with a small 'twenty-first year 1
i pledges, for the General Convention, out money ; and as we ought to have
With
such
advantages,
it
would
be
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ing-matter
Tor the new year. The
investment, while the latter would,
not less than twenty-five thousand a generous reply now. we make the
!
indeed
a
stupid
son
or
daitghter
that
more
numerous
the periodicals, indeed,
doubtless, .bring larger . accession?1,
dollars.
request of all congregations that are
would
not
become
familiar
with
the
the
more
valuable
becomes a work like
many of whom would go back for
That man}’ seem like a small amopt in sympathy with our work, and all
language,
style
and
teachings
of.
the
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this
which,
in
convenient
from and at
want of culture. It is, we think,
for a great (?) people to raise for home individual Christians in every State,
small expense, gives the best of all. Its
perfectly safe to leave this, matter in I sacred volume.
c. mission; but, small or great, it is the to send as a New Year's Contribution importance to American readers can
the hands of the Missionary Board,
sum which we shall make the attempt for our missions. -Let churches take a
Revival Meetings
who will, wAh the resolutions before
t to raise, and below which we do not dime collection; let individuals send hardly be overestimated, as no other
single periodical enables one, as does
them, and the further expression of
The Methodist Epis­ a dime, a dollar, or more.
i intend to fall.
The church at Salem proposes to copal Church has alr eady decided to
views thr/uigh the M essenger , do
Brother ministers, fellow disciple? this, to keep well informed in the best
of
meetings,
God willing,!
hold
a
series
c.
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that which will result in the greatest’
$500,000 for their home and foreign of the once suffering but now ascend- thought and literature of the time,
to
commence
on
Thursday
evening,
and most permanent good. Indeed
missions. Dr. C. H. Payne a “ chief 1 ed Lord, will you not give this ques- and fairly abreast with the work of
January
2nd,
and
continue
each
even
­
man in that church/ call- that amount I tjnn Berj0U8 thought ? We ask of each the most eminent living writers.
the method of doing this business is
ing
thereafter,
as
long
as
may
be
in the hands of the Board, limited
| a ’’ meager sum.” Thi, is at the rate and all our preachers in every State
—Alluding to M. Gambetta, a cor­
only by: the tenoY and spirit of those deemed profitable and advisable.
oS thirty-eigjjjlcents per member for i ^,4 territory of this nation, to preach
i 01
Brethren and Sisters of other
resolutions. It is ours to furnish
that church. He says nothing shortof
serIj10n on “Missions ; their Value, respondent of the London Pall Mall
them the means wherewith to carry churches, who may find it practicable, one dollar per member for mission?!' and our duty t<e them,” on the first Gaiettè'ÎMke» these significant state­
are especially invited to attend, and
forward this work. . This we should
ought to satisfy that church, andasks— Sunday in January, 1870.' On that ments : “ It is, in fact, M. Gam beta who
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"Is this .the full 'measure of the day prRjr&pecially for our missiona­ governs the country through the
I Person? from the country having
be forgotten that very few if any
i-eauested Church’s Uligations ? Is it the extent ries at home and in foreign lands. If agency of the four ministers who art
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as we declare, “ the gospel is not a avowedly his devoted friends, namely,
. have made contributions for 1878 occasion to visit Salem are r *
to drop in, if Christians, they can ! of the Church’s ability '< Does Christ
cunningly devised fable; its experience Bardoux, De Freycinet, De Marcere,
and 1879. The contributions made
help win souls to Christ; if not look with complacency and favor upon is not a forceless superstition ; ils dis­ and Waddington. It is growing more
heretofore were for the Missionary
such an offering from such a Church,
Christians, we may influence them to
period ending Nov. 1878.
and will hr pronounce Ais ‘well done’ pensation of grace is not a failure; and probable that Gambetta will enter the
take
up
the
service
of
their
Savior.
Contributions may be made’ either
us ? f Will
v» in He,
ne, who
wuu 'gave
g»» C fl himself
IttWTZVJ . the cross
v- — — _ is certainly
_____ to conquer the cabinet as Home Minister. It is well
We ask the prayers of God’s people u|>on
—J,’ ’ in sacrifice of toil and tearx and world;” we ask that there shall ring understood that he is 'nursing himself
through the officers of each church or
for us,
some member'acting for the/church, upon our efforts to revive his work in blood, and bids us follow’ him in self- out from the pulpit and press, from for the Presidential election of 1880.”
or directly by sending the money Salem.
PACIFIC
through the mail to Bro. William
hristian
essenger , I — a :_. e Monmouth,
who win give
:
a - a :
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notice from a time
to time through
the
T. F. CAMPBELL, | Fnrrol,s
M essenger , of the amounts received.
D. T. STANLEY, I EuIToW>
: Those who desire equality will find,
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in the resolutions the plan «proposed
ASSOCIATES : .
by which one shall not be eased and
L. L. R owland . T hus . P orter .
another burdened. If you are able
G. O. B urkett .
contribute one dollar. If you own
property, add to the dollar one-half of
SATURDAY, DEC., 21, 1878.
one mill, that' is, fifty cents for every
' « . Will Subscribers please notice the , thousand dollars worth of property
date following their names on-the you own above your indebtedness.
paper-? It tells the time when your Now keep in mind, that this system
• • subscription expires ; thus, if the. date ! is binding neither as law nor in con­
reads 1’79, your subscription will ex­ science .upon any brother or. qtàter. It
is only what the brethren at Dallas
pire Jan. 1, 1879.' If the date after
agreed that they would do, and use
• your name is a time past, you are in their infinence to have others do for
arrears. Please remit a little befort the then current Missionary year, and
the brethren in cooperation at Mon­
your time is out, if possible.
mouth renewed this agreement
The report from Eastern 'Washing­ amongst themselves, and with the
ton Territory has been unavoidably promise to use their jnlluence to in­
crowded out this week. It will ap­ duce others to contribute on the same
pear in our next.
basis.
If this plan does not suit any one,
General Christian Missionary let him contribute according to his
Convention.
own plan, only let him be careful
that his contribution reach the
We call special attention to the treasury promptly.
It is a good j
communication under the above cap­ time, brethren, between this and New
tion, in another column. The field is Year’s to send in contributions. The
broad, the harvest is abundant, the woj-k should be revived : for it lias
“ Macedonian cry ” is repeated in almost^ if not altogether ceased for
quick succession from many points. want of means. The blessing of the
Neither the individual nor the con­ Lord has been with us through the
gregation can respond fully. It can ! year now about to close. Let us
be done only by general co<>peration. respond with thankful, hearts, and
. The veteran, Bro F. M. Green, puts m^ke otir gratitude the basis of our
the matter in clear light in the cor­ contributions for the advancement of
respondence above referred to. . f '
the cause and kingdom of our God
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