Christian Messenger (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1880 Page: 4 of 8
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THE MESSENGER.
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR*:
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10,1880.
Chan gta|!MtthDClam.
The general conference ,ef
the Methodist Episcopal church
is to meet next spring ; 89 of
the .’ -Methodist- ^ ^roiestant
Church'; 96 of the African M.
E. church,laud now it is with
* their papers apd the corres-
pondents ,,of those papers, asi
,Faul sAicl1 of1 the Cprihthians :
‘‘Every one hath a psalm, hath
a docgdn4VU4^i b toh^ue, Aatti
a revelation, hath an interpre-
tation,” oiW Hay h&d, hath
of “ persuasion;” bur, how sad'
ly do we sometimes violate it.
Instead of keeping before the
people the dying love ami
rising poWer of Jesus Christ,
and the precious protafsefc^df
the gospel—^holding them pal
as Qie incentive to action—we
fortify ourselves behind the
errors of the sects, aftd rake
them for one or two hours at a
time with reu-hotshot, and try
to drive them from their posi-
tions.
In doing this, we do not ex-
ercise half the foresight that
the devil did in Edenf He
persuaded man into sin—the
gospel persuades him out of it.
‘‘But,*? says one, “must we not
expose error t* 3Yesr; -'but it
must be done by carrying on
the commission: “Preach
a dream, hath a vision, or a no- .
ii6ti bf soMe ' kind that hfe' g°aP«k (^^d hews.) Show
~ Thinks is entitled to the serious
attention «ui the- conference.
Ecclesiastical law-menders are
all abroad,Aafch ready, wiHing
and anxious to pat6h up' some
little hole, round olf some
sharp corner, or smdpth. down
some, rough placid in tecclesias-
tical law, or in some way add.
to, take from, or mend up sup-
posed defects, or ? make some
amendment somehow or some-
where. Two years from now a
similar scene will be witnessed
in the M. E. church, South.
is wonderful how many mbri*
thefe are^ each jo| whdr^ sdebi
- to be fully persuaded in hj^
own mind: that TiGWidd roakeh
g?e&t improvement in the econ-*
omy of the church, if tl?e pteo*
pie would only listen.—St.
Louis Christian Advocate.
Why not’, (instead of chang-
ing, mending and patching up
the holes.in'the Methodist ec-
clesiasticlstns,) advise the next
general conferencs.ro lay aside
that government that needs
patching every four/years, and
take the Bibir* that needs no
changingI-/please ktt'tW
ble, instead.of thd<discipline,
for the next four yeasa.—Amer-
ican Baptmt^Fiag. / nmH *
Good advice, Dr. Kay. Now
can you not give a little of the
sam«.‘t6 the Baptist brethren,!
If they would lay-down their
creed and take the..Bible, it
..» *!<• *
’^.:i 'i-< . ;-h;} t-.**-. *, -
fwe you, ron»t let all Id, *»4 it if,
“Have your feet shod with the I
preparation of the gospel rof
peace.” tlij| a
Go4, not simply a, few pieces
4--*-
the sects their errors indir*-ct
ly, .leading them into the
trutfcLYou can not show them
truth by a direct attack on
‘ To ilWsWte:
preach to. ate; au-
______ , Bo the /Courfi-
ere’ behcli.”* Manypf them
- i")1
Hs give§ as a *eason /or this,
“that you may be jable Xo\
stand.” We are weak crea-
tures at ou^ best, and need all
the help we can obtain from oh
high; and we jhaye., offered us
an armor which, ifrworn, will,
protect us from evary missile
of the enemy. Then*while Ve
are anxioga abqut, the. sana-
tion of others, let us not for-
m. P*A". nVfoSRmfi o{:
peac^ftir .the
feeM That wherever we may
go, pithef in persop pr by our
induencei tf}*9 sPirit may char-
acterizeua. It ia on# of peac#.
1- Thia gospel w# are to car-
ry, prqOaim#^peace b#tw#4r>
afl offended (lod and t^e. wl)el
sinner^ ..... ,■
2- , It offers peace between, a
gliwed JTqthet and ^n er^ng
^lor. * ■ in !•: F fin
&Iti5ce»n^“ds, p*ac* W.
do not read enough to be in’*' tween brethren.
would be a great improvement.
Why wc tenet Ones Fall.
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The questUmr ^How, io
preach,” is one that should en-
gage the attention of every
preacher until he baa folly and
satisfactorily answered it. By
this, I mean, how to preaph so
as to teach the itefatar aud^do
the most . gpqd. )it It notice-
able that some great preachr
ers—great as regards talent and
learning—meet with but dittte
success. Others, with, half
their native power# and very
illiterates win souls for Christ*
and build up congregations..
Why is this? Not what they
preach; for both preach the
same. But the difference is in
now they preach it. That the
gospel is a system of persua-
sion is a principle clearly
taught. For Instance, hear.
Jesns in the parable of the
great supper, say: “Go and
bid them to come.” Hear Paul
preach till his auditor cries
out, “You have almost per-
suaded me to beeqme. a Chris-
tian.” Acts #0 v 28. Hear bins,
again. He s^jrs “ Knowing
the tenor, ok the »Lord, we per-
suade men.” “ We.” This
shows that all the apostles un-
derstood atyj preached ay Paul
did. Yes; and so do ^ wa”
teaeh the same great principle
formed. They have never
learned to “ rightly divide'
word truth.” You begin In
an i.abrupt manuer on their
“idol.” Yon bang, kick attft
huff it around, denounce it as
an institution of the devil, and
those who tise it as being ig-
norant fanatics, etc. You have
showed them the truth, have
yiou not ?! You have preached
good news to them with a ven-
geance ! No wonder they hate
you! No wonder they say
you have a poor head and bad
heart! Now, take AH oppo-
sitejCourse. Shew them'what
the commission is; what
practice1 of the apoktlCS was ;
w^hat the promises are; what
the privileges are; - Glorious
theme! Now they hare the
truth- before them, and in its
light they will find their own
terrors. They will love you,
(respect you, cptne., uad hear
you Jgain, and, erd they are
aware of it themselves, they
will throw off their errors—
and be made free by the
truth! Brethren, consider well
wy“^ t unmans *
I&t )'w v mm
tween brethren, *11 pf u *t a
stand-still. "Hate p^*ep with
crfGod
aher tkf,
spare no|, and, have, for onr
#,%•“ m,» Wft
all nations baptizing them, (fhe
llP^
r»m t a.it I ; i * /i«« ■ • 4 ,vp n '
tanghf.”) Infant baptism fen-
ders this null and vpid. ^Peter
said to the believer, “ Repent
,nd be baptized for the remis-
ionofsins.” Mourr
XT.
Mourners7 bencl
fmmW’
peace,” and 4*Be at p#ajtef
among your8slvear,,- are all ad-
monitions of .holy writ Do
they mean anything! Do they
mean that we shall have jtedl-
Ousy, rivalry, wrangling, and
misrepresentation t; No. (Must
there be faith only among the
sound In faith mdi- ptacsteot far te; the i sa|yati«u pf
If so, we are attest /liberty te
war, fof no one is perfect either
in7' thebry1' 6r T practice.!*- One
brotheif believes in the
foreknowledge > * of 1 4n
alt* '-things*, another0* 4i*
me# it. > One Is oemcieftFOBft
in teaching that a^Chridtiair
should HUS' assist Cesar’s gov-
thte spirit of Gted^s word 10 do
U.iJJUIO-J
te spi
ate, While another eqWaBy1yhod
ttee to trtrth presses i tripos the
bfotherhood as s* daPyif**Gne
what to preach and hpw, to i® greatly in favor of meeting ;
preach it. Preach it in earnest
Preach it in love, and1 you will
reap a rich reward. »I »do not
pretend tobe1 psjfeb^te,frdifa
it But I have learned apart
of this v aluable lesson, and I
shall strive to leem, mow.
Bear in.mind always, that the
gospel is PBRSDAsrvx, and-act
accordingly.
W, L. .Thurkaw.
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NewPort, Clay Co., Texas,
" FSbrtla'fy^B, 1880.
Bro. Barnett: ' ’ * 'i ,
The church'of Christ at thia
place most respectfully request
you to say through your paper,
to the brotherhood and frieDds,
that onr beloved brother, W.
R. D. Barnett, and sister Bar-
nett are going east on ' a visit.
Bro. Barnett is a troe andjfaith-
ful worker, and as such we are
not ashamed to recommend
him wherever he may go. Done
by order of the church of Christ
the fifrh Lord’s day in Febru-
ary, 1880*
Richard Crump, )
D. H.. Wilson, fEIrlers
Rev. J. P. Duncan,^the blind
Methodist preacher,* la lebia
ing at AtisHn. ' * *
invention, notes, tuning forks,
sittging ^ soprano^ ’ Si to^r tetter,
bass; another bitterly opposes
these things. One wants the
organ, fhe other does hbt.’ It
isIttpdSilbtefor «s all So^ be
one in opinion.' We are f^i thb
one body,fdlly agree ir. HattteiW
pertaining to the salvetfdu of
off this piece of tbe armor we
weaken thelxtest; our faith,hope
of salvation, truth, righteous*!
ness are all weakened by want
of gospel peace. Let us < then
seek pease and ensue it* real
iztng that the eyes of the
are over tfo righ tet#a .und h|s
ears are open unto their
prayers, L*W ua, accompanied
^y ^ilhful prayer ^nd hifother j
iy love, work for the jmity of
.thpSpirit and at.the same timt*
remember the foihl^ of hu
man nature. If we so .dpjWe
w^ll accomplish, a vast work
spwls* iJf pur poor yisi^jli 4s fo
beclouded here, that ^ Can
an
sion
es set this aside. Paul said,
“Singing and making melody
in your hearts to ther “Lcrd?1
also, u admonishingjone anoth-
er with psalms and hymofi and
spiritual songs, singing wfth
grade in your hearts to the
Lord.” The chdirtenders this
ini possible. These things, in
theihstelves, render the word of
God a# nfone effect, those do
not. Let uis^ ternm*** that1
though our brpgtggr jggy have
motes in his ejras^so may have
beams in our amt Let us bu
lenient to him and ask Gk>d to
be lenient to us. Wj^ije We
may admonish Onr brother^ let
us:nor go beyond'the directioa
our Savior has given us. > jL#t the ohuroh huse is prosper-
u» tememb** Aat if We iagi»o .well, T fed! that other
or no grace-; but, as it impairs,
physically, and (hereby injures
iheutallyv you certainly should
desUt.. $ allude to the practice *
of diewthg-wuxu- (I say noth-
ing abouti ohtewing tobacco, be-
canee you otetaihiyidajiot • do^
that!) .■v Ypo d surMy /ido- i not:
knowhow bad it hooka, t But
lately l attended a protracted
meeting Where there < were quite
a number .of’good-looking, ah-
teRigenS/ iand* u well-dressed
young ladies, who kept up a
oontiaoaliichewiig, <>ehemng.
I thought! blessed) is she . who.
does notchew,ffor sire.shall not.
]be thus ungraceful. Blessed is
she *whk does not chew,for she.
shaU^not impair her digestive
organs 'thereby* And - become i
a dyspeptic. [[Blessed" is the
woigun who Suggested .the writ-
ing ofi this UrtiClo, if. she is as
correct in everything else us
! - r ,ai -
Sherman, March 8,1880.
ntei&amens 'sfui^r » •:hr’
I seldom eeeany word from
Sherman in your ooiutons, and
brethren andc sisters in Christ
should rejoice with us. Our
much lbYed-pastor, Brcu Dim-
mitt, is go drone, I assure you*
for he«has)beld meetings in
every difwrinar wround our
city,'Wtech have resulted in
much good; where no church
was to be had, he would preach
in store rooms. Nearly every
Suuday he has additions To the
church, some from the world
and others by letter. There
has never existed a better feel-
ing in the church than there is
now. All seem tp feel it to be
his or her * duty Xo try to do
good in iny^Waiy tbtey can.
When feuoba -foeling as this
no| use a8-W0 would, wheh we exists, the church is sure to
Stand upon the, golden
we,iWPl au4 and
alikq, and the>ng«l,pf
will hover near us, and JeSqs
v^iU gay* “Well done.” “Be:
good aud^ pleasant it
enbent, that it is oootrary to* isfp? button to dw^B togeth
■ i/fliila Mlwtaftoevfeg.i’-
ii }Oil biivr ■■ .i« .j i-
D«a». Ladies
hhusv#, song bteoks $f hnrteSW - Asi am passionately fond of
writing; you will please excuse
ate foil'taking the liberty ) of
addressing yeas, i You will ait
so excuse me for allowing Brov
Bumatt to read this before you
da In Ibis article I would :bo
glad to oouttast? man and wot
many butl-wiU have to refrain
from so .doing# and confine my-
ths wokd, the teaching of the self j to the feminine aideof the
one Spirit, have tbe one
serve the ^netord, believe and
teach fhle one faith, practice the
one baptism, and worship the
°n#G9d,apd wby will n°t thia
sajERcw? None , of ; the^Uiogs
mentioned above as advocated
and opposed take the place of j gracefulness- Especially would
any of God’s commands. Ought I .empfeastee gracefulness.
we to wrangle and quarrel, be- Gmccftdn«ss is a quality pe-
cause our opinions are differ culiar to the fair sex. In pro
ent? Does it manifest a Chris- portion;as a woman is ungrace
tian spirit? But a brother says
meeting-houses,Use song books loved., Jl Vid k( » .
and tuning forks, sing the cl!?- ' that a great many;of
ferent parts, have the organ/ lyoju.buy.e/p practice ^i:at ren-
and hence they are on a leve} dete yeq.jvery ungraceful. *If
with infapf bqplisik, f choir Sthis; practice conduces[ to your
ai1* singing and mourning benches; physical or mental vigor, then
and" if you laydown the gap! you should continue it, grace
subjects .‘jiWk o*;- t**u.
iYqu are doubtless aware of
the facti i)hab< women are re-
spooted, udmiied and loved be-
cause they are i feminine; and
feminine embraces the quali-
ties Oliboauty* gentleness and
yrosper.' ‘Bco./Diinmitt seems
the; right man. in the right
place* He aod h is estimable
wife met with, quite a surprise
some time siupe^ They were
decoy ed away from home, until
a late hour in the evening, and
upon their .re turn, found about
seyenty-Ste members of the
church had taken possession of
their premises, and filled one
end of the porch with * grocer-
ies, besides loading the table
with eatables of every descrip-
tion. ttr a Short time supper
was announced/and it would
have don# yob good/ Bro. Bar-
nett, if have been
thefe, for think there
ever wsATbii evening spent more
pleastertfyl1* >All<defr at early
bed lime, footing ithat it did
them goodta*be there. -•«* h.
May niGbA 4 itnhig goodness
spare our dear brckbel for
many iaote: yehrfe of .wseful-
nesso bns »bam sii
With best kishes for the suc-
cess of theif Messenger, I am
your sister in Christ;
J. B. D.
—r*— ,»w|e>w—, t t.
Oar Orphan School.
> MKOitJ li j_
The tbittgdieedful, the only
thing necessary, to instfrS the
fui, U/Sbe coarse in manners ; buttdisgAndsfuccela of an or
the Bible do^s not say that wte in pfoportiou as she is ma8Cu-|phanjschlbbHtrTes!as-«is money. •
may vote, hold office, hAve line, is she unadraired and un-| As yet We baMb adt agreed on
aplanlfor raisiirg--mbney:-To ’
suggest and tirgb % pika is /'Hfe'
bunfon ttTkhl# ivtiefo. 1 ,f'*Wi *.
. <Thl*v^lteb‘‘lf jgtehl
brethren itv Tetete Whole iMiSi- *
nee»'teqte4re«! them U/tfoirel: r -
great deal of the tima These;
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