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ATLANTA. Os., July A, IS 74.
$ Visitor : Having been some
^ tdiHX you heard from us, per
oar readers would like to know
of our movement* and
In our fast, wo hoped
to ^ave given you some
items from
end future liopea of
red Lutheran Zion, but we
pi utterly failed to gather such
iug tidings. Our labors here
been attended, at times, with
£iit anxiety and many discouraging
lulgies, but we have not given up
* despair and felt like abandoning
it field, which we still believe a
pd one to build up a congregation
m»tpUcitl believers. We labor
jatieaUy, diligently and prayerfully,
Wing the fruitful results to waui-
fotthemselves in the Master’s own
gMfiand appointevl time. We way
pint and others may water, but
tint alone can and will give the
•crease. Our duty is to work faith-
Uy, earnestly, in the Lord’s harvest
Hd, and we have the gracious proui
It and assurance that our feeble
will be atteuded with success,
work of a missionary, as is
«ru to all who have labored as
is one of those employments
not only “tries men’s souls,”
ahw! is well calculated to try their
We believe that any minister
Christ, who toils patiently, faith
and successfully in a mission
HI for it few years, is well qualified
jttd fully trained and capacitated to
py and fill auy posiliou in the
dutreh. We do not make this asser
tion because we have had years of
experimental schooling iu this de
partment, We have yet very little
eipsrieucc in missionary work, but
ve hope we have the privilege of
prophesying, or pkilottphizing, (if you,j
» wish to call it), for such seems fb
fenfire wimToin of this mirattced age.
Ike missionary field is no doubt the
very best oue iu which every young
statelier can work in the moruiug of
is ministerial career; lor he will be
'«tei fitted to meet the obstacles
***overcome the difficulties which
<w»*d »ipou the noou-tide *f his life,
hwifi make him a »«ore practical
prvucher, a u*»re diligent and atteu-
tae pastor, a mote earnest, i*atieut,
faithful worker iu the service of bis
Master. Now, we are uot envious of
Mr classmates and other young
bfetliriMi with whom we spent uiauy
burs of arduous toil iu searebiug
>h; the hidden truths of theological
bre, who are uow occupying more
mportaiit and comfortable nit uatious
Hwu ourselves. No; far from it.
IY« rejoice to know they are doing
«well. We were very forcibly im-
Ifrwwed with, and somewhat amused,
k the suggestion of the Juuior
&htur, about six months ago, or
perbapti longer, but wo can’t say
w « fully agreed with him iu
‘ Ter > particular. He recommeuded
kat all youug meo, in Iregiuuiug the
k ol the ministry, would do well
^ seek out and occupy the mission*
[wets for the. first three or four
}«r» of their pastoral labors. Thus
^ very good; we agree with him.
he went on to advise that they
enough here to make «p a vary goml
congregation, but they sre not united.
Bom*finks litUe and others »o interest
at all In church matters. A few of
tbs me labors of &•*. Knkwtfl little
Hook see setive, nsroeot \ but m
church can become strong to mem
hors, ittfiueoee, and power, when the
t>astur,mided by only a small portion
of the congregation, baa to do all
tbs work, in nil worldly societies
number of boohs, and are dotsMf tfifin
bnnt nu eaa. and tool nmntsdl IlHm
good Is beiog dims. Ws hero soar
tbs school a pic- sis, sad
Is working finely.
This you shall boar of bsrssftee
Bines bare we lave bmisd ton
| J. ( ; |. ^ ^ ^ J ^ ^ J,
ws uses to bars our oommuaiso, bat
swing to lbs discos of n msmbsr of
bb congregation, Bro Qilbsrt did
e*ckmhjs * hnsmb
am row ,1 ow* uc nos prooiiswu to
bn with as in two
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Nor is this lass into with regard
religious organisations. It is the
solemn doty of such and every one
itt the chnre’i to work for Obrint;
they are to bs co workers sitb him
in the great service of saving swob*
We have bean informed that there
i* uot the same lively interest man!
festeil among oar Herman frieml*
now as was when they first orga
nixed tbeir oongregaUon Many
bare grown oohl ami indifferent
There is no doubt a reason for Each »
state of tbiuga, bat tMn we bare not
time to inquire into at prsaent. Hitt
what can we say as regard* the
establishment of an Kagiish (Lo
tbemn) congngpstimii In this city 9
This con be done, and will be done,
If our By nod sill hot consider the
in»l»ortanee and nseasaity of sscb a
step, him) rsaolve to sustain the «n
torjirise. We bare some obstacles
in the way of our progress, which,
we hope, ere long will be removed,
when we can curry on the week
properly, ami with more buoyant
hope* of socceaa than baa yet at
tended our laliora. We ei j»ee« to
organise our congregation before
long. Oar membership will not he
large at first, bat we bop* to l*e »u
strumental in augtueuUng the unm
ber, from time to lime, by instruct
ing yonng ;iersans In the cateehi«m
—our good old way of making good
Christian* and efltaftrut aiembers of
the church. We are now trying to
get a Sunday school in aaotioo, and
believe we will aueeaed, although the
church (Harman Lutheran! in which
we hold our services and Sunday
school, is not located mat con
veuiSnUy for onr few scattered mess
her*. If we had a neat dw|»l, «r
boose of worship In a central loo*
tioo, we feel sanguine of sue* *•*»—an
English Lutheran oougregatnin here
would be a Axial fact. Hat we Intend
to work ou diligently, ami have faitk
In the Great Head of the C’harch
who will ultimately bring to oar joy
a rich harvest of success. Bn be it.
8. S. Kahn.
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-—.lyfenm fib* •
Far the Lathe ran Visitor
Out Church* in Fags County, Va.
Bince our reference of last week,
the.following eonimautcutkHi wss re
ceived from W. Y. ( Hue, the young
Beminarisn alluded to, and will con
vey pleasing news to many reader*.
—Ed.
lMttr Visitor s l*erba)Mi a letter
from this point will be of interest lo
some of your readers. According to
arrangements made before leaving
the Hem inary, 1 was sent to this
place. I arrived here April Jfith,
and was very cordially welcomed by
these people. I preached my first
sermon at Bethlehem eborcb ou the
second Sabbath in May to a vary at
tentive and appreciative oongrega
tion. The names of Shickel, Hade,
Luddeit, Keller and Holland are
•f a
'^tose young preachers) also live in .much respected here as ministers of
luiffe Ue$$ednejtg lor' several years.
gBnow, as to this part of his wis-
to planning, wo don’t know
Jhttlier be is altogether correct.
6 cau’t say that his suggestion is
^together tho lH*s*t in that particular.
P*i* to may lie, we don’t know.
feS do know this much, that the
of the young ministers very
^ having the Theological
HgtoTiLont up and take to tliem-
companion M . We are almost
to believe that matrimonies is
the coarse in some of our
BN schools, judging from a
^ents w hich came under our
i SP 011 ' 11 *»»y be that tho
R ^rit still lives in oar Ameri-
Oii*dfheraus, as called forth from a
HI Reformer the following well
s,,0 vn lines t
L ut Wc *nnst return to our subject,
hav c tligreswd. The Atlanta
i^ton is what we started out to
lkLr >B,etbin ^ * boufe WeU ’ <lear
L er *’ we hardly know what to tell
jj® relating to our operations hero,
e could say maeh about Lothian
l«f * earcel y haM aa existence
|«Ms Atlanta, but we trust that the
church of the "great Hefor-
ln W *D soon be established surely
Irmly. Tlirre are (lermans
K&iv,
the Gospel, who labored earnestly
aud acceptably among them.
The membership gradually In
creased, and finally they built a neat
brick church. Bat these people have
been sadly neglected, and so 1 found
thorn. A more hospitable, earnest
and xeeioas [wx>|de than these are
Dot found it) the bounds of the Vir
ginia Synod. Although they had no
one to break to them the bread of
life, and to look after their spiritual
interests, still they did not despond,
bat kept ap a summer Sunday school
and a weekly prayer meeting. Now
we have preaching every second and
fourth Sabbath, and Sunday school
and prayer meeting, all of which are
largely attended. We organised this
school with 37 children. I made
them s short address, and told them
to ask every little boy and girt they
met lo come to Suoday school. They
went to work, aud in two weeks they
broagbt iu 20 mere After another
address they went to work again,
and in three more weeks brought in
21. And iu like manner the third
time they were sent out, and in two
weeks added 12 more, and since then
4 more. Ho uow we have gathered
into our school U4 children. We ore
l*oor, and have not books enough for
thorough and systematic teaching in
the school, but w* have bought a
§una# m ai 4' -a Lif ■- ssjil' mattoi f roi
oes.sm*peffbm Jmefiro*
ception They bare a neat new aut to am, I
brick rLurch, Wit by the ssulou* ef
forts of Hrv W. H. Cone, when pee-
tor here years since.
These churches need end desire
a supply slier t leure Wbe etl!
come here 9 1 will |<ree»ui the smI*
Bomethtug should be doer Amt t krsi.
as three |<omU are too * slualde la
be neglected, mm! thus hint to e*.
W. t. 01411
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jfia bsaesa; sod then III find the
, doer through which spirits amoe ap,
and If I find the place, that will be
! whore I will Mt and waft and watch
: d!Us rwsosh B.B. A erefin^mt nm m ^ a^ a
j j wB * wW® On 1
what a happy day that wffi be Af
ter ewr jeyfs! meattag, m take yoe
I W tbe likod Btlit Imi) ma |a J Mnt
and say to Him, ^Jsena, Jrsas, this
In the man 1 told yea aboot; this Is
the ommi wheel yea sent to ten me
about year asm love—this U the
This fie the maa! Wilt aay of no
Am yea
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hfimleel told in
r, the*
nr Mm pic,
k ts filff fur-r **
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at first
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"Mm Shall We bar
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imjksm
m tta4.
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t> m ftsor ^ ^ ^
Here i* lhe ccsr hy udeuaiy i
it was so still
the brood
so stilt,
2 IWMW
>»** I« «tm
rtxmAlimg
Aemoff^jeer Vuve* sad twigs, *ui«h( all
We were strongest only n
Ikr-H
by tho •mill Ude of i
travel, frees North sod Booth, Kw*«
•filem
not oaky the great
I# Mi Mi fMflHhMMp
eeovd ef sops of i
to Ilfs
lkik^( kkfi
a wu
susivet
were they t
JjJJhm
AJU
the guidon 1
neaott osi
It is/
lb
wsits,
Iks
It
rood 9 1 only
gug A ^J|d gg M
Thr iVir*f?rtey
tkwt
Ills
knife
m4 1 Will sre go
renu i re Iu .^re, %* rsrsti* *» mwsSnm
rvwf w s»ft.erer^ mWPefiw* ‘m wrePfis
| ad ffer by the heart of heavenly Pa-
a Lju. fikA^kEisAMii .. g v. a BO 1
* Jr
Hf 1ssita#ssa* <ms>4>iif Smamst
tokfMi wm im-fi i
wb«Mu We have given a
a word of love fis
IPhrtal
hi*
r.
five af
MS, With
only 1
If
l * lady, well |UM« early Hist
girls, Isabel Greet eod
Unm* i -—*■-* ibtmJI * — — *-
awo.su wi* nmsmemess^p ♦ mreww serojy ssnwswg eweemmareir
lleaton. Tbiw wan *mx tittle rem
pony.
Os the morrow we were to sepm
rote, end remebovr, wbleh wee quite
natural, so we each owe ci ported to
tarn howewsnl. oov talk was of
hO kaalusmssa reauJ sm js
gpwn'V re g
It was the okl man who begun the
cooveraatieo by Asking:
“What dose It moon, gulag home f
What fa* home !*
And it was MaImM, the youngest of
i* all, that answered first, saying:
“Heme, why it fas the dear, dear
ouluihaimA ts La-whe a,, u I i ***ibiii ■ k A au s t..
pi is cr wucrt Biif 11?^ wsfftp intw
■ss re*mf re a*..wires* re rereassm^am kre k- ...—^
fire ift*n SI efiOCkSi. ft€fis oi Cw.IT witP* % 1SI fip0kSR8t
or gorden, noknown to ms where*—
“No, no* interrupted Isabel, “that
Is not what makes hoots; home, It
is aot boa ode* I by earthly wall*, ea-
drclcd by rooms familiar from long
occupancy ; home,* And the girffe
voice grew more gentle, “it Is the
knowing we have a place sf! our own
to the hearts of those wbn tore ea,
It fa* the being with three who know
ns beet; home, it Is the going to
those by whom, daring these absent
days, oor name has been on oft-re
peated, dear word to those whose
hearts tenderly cherish our least acts
of tore.*
“Yea, sorely,* and it was the elder
tody who spohe, “without that lore,
which bids as outer, not aa strangers,
hut aa those known, well knows, tho
most familiar it welling place would
be as vacant of heart ebeer as the
eye of a familiar friend would be sn~
coot of heart warmth, If its soul
tight were dimmed.*
Were they right—those two, the
young girl nod the middle aged wo
man ! L» it the returning to those
who lore ns beet and know us best,
that makes the dearest gladness of
home going f Is 4l that tort that
truly makes a bom# place for us 9
It wot thus 1 qaerie*!, nod while I
queried, the stillness grew move to
tense, the light from the weotertog
•no move tender.
And then, as an outgrowth of oar
thoughts of hoorn Acre, we toll Into
speaking of the Loom there, the piece
prepared tor at by Christ the Lord,
the bsareoly ham* that oor earthly
homes typify (tree to their tolleet
joy) ss faintly as frost chOled bods
of April hint of the toll beauty and
wealth of Jane-limo blooms. And
again it was the old mao who tod
the con versa tree; again it was Mabel
who first replied to the wards he
said o (that other hors> r oak tag t
J “Tell me, w|H we he known three
by those who hare known us hero 9
light that see
Iu fie bright*
the Hum of
hks the •
“lea,* fofed the tfid MM
t«n k L{ is} *'a&T m li fiigfi ihre#'M
sseew t bus tho IMfe of
suhooi. Every dap w«
ty father
J leather ew
It be tike
reps ef fihb
the High
• toys ef ts
Wail.
vi# «Hfi p»Mii in m iwirttUMfii m
litre Ki xft h of id lint tfttlV «pari
I tm «siting tor the embryo life to
•firing up. and wet impatience too
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m4 16, **
might hs»e been done, had they Urea
suffered to attaiu t«a psrlto"! giwwtii.
The farmer drops Into the ground
e fin an L f I L' xk r-urtuan fietiku f i *• omo 11 fan fim iq- a
1 rew ^ rew IMwhg
sad tbm be minM wall for the tiny
toad* to rise to light And all the
tm** be waits, and even while be
*;**;«, lb# life is expanding, though
he *ee* ft not ottlil the tittle head
peeps ap from its .lark bHltug pUre.
Even then hr most hare pstieeor;
hr con not yeT reap bis harreat.
TV* trader toad* most grow ap, and
by sad by It |»aU forth the little
bod, which luopines a toreaom.
a |icoaiisr of th** c* »w
•I
which is Lot
A bm, re a Jtt-ttH'-rereU
*"^m MfiawMMU
Thru the fruit Appear*, athI many
mouths after that little see*l was
sown the fsraarr reaps the fruit of
1*11 bi, UIkiol
tl# Mo «e with patience most learn
°* wot only to work, bat to wait; not
"*■ «?»ly to sow the s*ed, bat also, uot
Apr,«oting It by oar own roshnemi or
tor entry soot wo point Mthito w,U lo wait until H cxjmiids
shtoe tor as there os «tars ef re- j tato Hpeasd fruit, sod thru shall
reap in joy «bnt we nowed la
A am.I -,4 --—... -ret iiBitt ntre «-S~ tt aa
a tier i»»# uuu * wow* w **•
that we begun lb* repHttloo of the
m Us|Ishmi of other*,* the old lady
Mtytoff ■ "
Is a s»iw*Mr* land
who, ttavel-worw awl
tola the next util
that may strew v
with
emy gu
I adksd ul
. JRRPP1
rye* tor
MfWd soil
m crowd
aud friend*, who In s
• • •
Ml fmnnilUu btm
Iumwb te pi iftim 4mj»* mu -
M kfilfiki
[n| nn fJireiBi
* • • fsi
riwuithr
‘ \ T’ iu' '0
Wre Lrettf tt# lefts’ Wp gttJ ftkiiwre
▼▼ Afi fieu eke sru ^*ke**s fM*M9 * *4^5
pi Pig .IRfl
Xhal l*d us In HUs Isua’ * # <p
With naught more uf a
the rent to mem strain m
rfkliiCid p fk|aRMf t-l HIT (Jb#
the tale, not new, and yet -
ia its sweet, tender “Be H
fnl* whisper to os, the eb
mtodonory who stood by
• dying
of
er. Ubso I
first of nil,
for saving a peer creature like met
and then FM toll Him aboot yen, far
It woe you who first ttod me the way
The chHattob mother sows in the
heart of her little one the seed which
she hopes will bear a rich harvest,
and waters It with ber tears. She
waits, aad waits for It to germinate;
bat the soil is hard and stony, weeds
creep In, and the little seed seems
good—lost among the rubbish. Let
no word or deed of hers uproot it,
tor the promise is sore: “They that
sow in tears shall mop lo joy.*—K.
M. T, in Christian Meatier.
How to Fret» P»ofit at Bible
Bttdt.—Any Sabbath school lesson
is fullest of interest to that teacher
who com manors its study with the
wish and the Minx-1 a Lou of finding
good in it
“Accord in -
** fa
and ye nhall find*
ing to your faith be it onto
you * ore the injunction and aasnr
sore which Cto<l gives to all his chil
drew to their pareait of spiritual
ktotogt If fi tofiohor does aot
wont to find good ia a Bible lesson,
It la likely not to ba throat on him.
If be begins Bible stodv os a dry
doty, be will probably finish It to the
•sat way. If toi —tore on it is n
pleasant and paying work, ho will
find It nil that he expected. “Yarn
If tho a crieet alter knowledge, and
ap thy voice for understand-
tic cut bar ns lllvtr.
tor her ns tor hid
Ml ^
stand the fisar of the Lord, and find
the knowledge of God.* It is into
the open months of tho longing ones
tfeet the mother-bird drops the food
she ban gathered. It Is to those who
want good aud look for It, that God
gives good abundantly “Blessed
ore they which do banger and thirst
alter righteousness: for they shall be
•tied*
The Paraclete of John has doubt
toss other meanings than Comforter.
>, advocate, teacher,
and even ether ofihnss may
be Inolnded. Hot Oonedor lies in
them all, and is a property common
to them oil. Comfort ia the result ss
frit in the believing heart Relative
to Christ, tbs Holy Ghost is “another
Comforter* and takes bis [does in
cYWfiHifpp inti mn*njjiurnintoe U1M-
cl pies. The curly Christians are rep
resented ns walking in the “comfort
ef the Holy Ghoul.” In n world of
true toe, and in a life of suffering,
there In need of comfort. It is the
cry of the human rare, the yearning
of humanity. There may be no clear
reeofttHioii ef spiritual things, no
act of faith in reference to the promi
ses ef the gos|iel, but there is a sense
ef mbwry and want. In the die
treating trials of the world, there ia
n lack to all human help. Job was
perhaps |*erutiarly unfortunate in
bis friend*, and the perplexed path
arch may have been a little rush in
hi* speech when he exrisimed : “Mi*
arable comforter* sre ye oil* It to,
however, too true of the beshin
tended efforts to ontteole snd sympa
thiar with the afflicted.
This divine Comforter to callable
of knowing and of reaching every
case. The mot of every individual
sorrow is dear to him, sod be to wise
to apply the balm. The right thing
for consolation is often beyond tho
(KMnprebettsfon of buiuau friendship.
There are trmptatkici* and sorrows hj^-
skicb cure human spirit can never
tell to another. In nothing else are
good and benevolent people *nch
bungler* as in their attempts at
cheering and helping the afflicted.
They can do something, aud their
uerk is Ckristlike, aud such as angels
may envy. They make grievous
mistakes, notwithstanding, often
opening the wounds they would heal,
and sometime* plunging the objects
of tbeir m lima lb y into deeuer de-
ittutlissif im ul
omu^ *•
endeavor to
troubled child. There to abundance
of love and pity, and tenderness
also; but there to a depth and misery
to the workings of sorrow, snd s
deiicsey ia the anatomy of grief,
which denies tfe* utmost preternatu
ral Insight of affection. The Com
forter to liable to no such embarrass
meets. He can make imi mistakes;
by no rough and blundering touch
can be wound where the office of
healing to required.
There to u fullness of resources in
bis ministry of comfort. “YYbooom-
forteth os to all oar tribulationa. 9
Not for one or several kinds of afflic-
Uous, but for all be to sufficient. If
the mind bs perplexed with worldly
affairs, if the heart be saddened aud
broken with bereavement, if mystery
ami darkness obscure the faith, if
the cloud of condemnation aud foar-
taloes* hang over the couacieooe, we
have in him an Advocate and a
Guide, lie oomee alike to the young
iu tbeir peculiar temptations and
difflenltica, and to the aged in the
wintry deaolatiou aud solitude of
tbeir years. To the child of God in
the hour of depression, struggling
with the waves and billows of Satan
ic devices, or well nigh overwhelmed
with misfortune, he comes as a time
ly helper. To the sinner iu bis peni
tence seeking for pardon, groping
for something in which to rest, be to
preapnt to guide into all truth, to
teach ss no human words can, and
In breathe into him the life of faith.
He to the Lorn forter. All other
agents ami appliances sre accessory,
and, apart from him, of little value.
The afflictions and sufferings of the
whole world, ia tbeir terrible variety,
In their msnifold snd agonising tnani
festatioua, in their depths and ex
pension, to their wails and groans
and sickening cries, are taken in by
him nt n glance. Over this mass of
writhing* and anguish, this scene of
woe and tears, the blessed Spirit
hovers, and goes down into the abyss
of wretchedness sod misery on hto
mission of beading and mercy. The
Christian alone may be distinctly
ooosatoas of the Comforter's pres
ence, and tool tbs complete help
fulness of fate grace; but who can
tel! to what extent these beams of
gladness ore scattered every where f
We can well imagine that this min
totry of ooDSolatkm is that in which
the Spirit most delights. He would
fain help all. He would come into
the darkest and most distressed
souls, snd mt up n paradise in the
r ltieet heart. He strives not alone
reprove and to awaken, and to
exhibit the loathesoineness of sto
and the peril of the sinner. He
does this that be may lead the soul
away from ruin, and bring it to the
ichIsnation of oeaoe and assurance ii
forever. He knocks at every door
of sorrow, he waits at every desolate
ti reside, he nfutlos near to every
anxious and distracted breast Hto
most joyous, hto chosen ministry, to
to comfort
Necessary as are the severe and
afflictive dispensations of Provi
dence, aud inseparable as trouble to
f rom this einfal earth, it is the mis
stoo oi the Spirit to follow in the
path of the storm, and to bring bless
ing and glory oat of the seeking
wreck. Suffering has its diviaely
appointed purpose, but without the
office of the Comforter it would al
together fail of its end. The sharp
surgery of discipline, to be Whole
some, must bs accompanied by the .
hoothing ointment aud the curative
skill of the physician. It to for
afflicted souls to remember this.
The Comforter to always near the
scene of conflict, always at hand in
the supreme moment of trial, and
seeking ever to sanctify the trial and
to sustain us under it. The shortest
nod most effectual way to comfort
others to to direct them to the
Comforter. Experience in spiritual
—tags, and fellowship in the com
mon sufferings of our kind, qualify
us to cheer the sorrowful Bat wu
shall be most helpful by pointing the
weary to this divine Helper, aud by
leading the oppressed and burdened
spirit to the Comforter. The ebrto
Use’s highest title to that of “a son
insolation.* In this work he
realises thb most perfect fellowship
of the Holy Spirit, arod become* s
oo worker with him in hto greet and
distinctive mission. The connection
of —to —ought expounds one of
Paul** most luminous and instruc
Uve paragraphs: “Bleared be God,
oven — e Fa—or of oar Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies, and
the God of mil comfort, who comfort
e— us in all oor tribulation, that
we may be able to comfort them
forted of God.*-
f»«A Advocate.
. by the com
‘The BegimrTng of It AIL”
Mr. Haldaoe, on a certain occa
sion, spent the Sabbath at at inn, in
a place where there was no chproh,
and no religion. As be was wont, he
prev *sed to preach, and did preach
to a numerous assembly in —e yard
uf the iun.
Four years afterwards he passed
the Sabbath at —e some tan, and
worshipped in a neat Methodist
church, which was filled with reve
rential worshippers.
As he was leaving the church a
women stopped and looked at him
attentively, and said, “Here to the
beginning of it all.” It appeared
that s number of persons were
awakened by the discourse preached
four years before In —e yard of the
inn. When they had found peace in
believing, they led o—ere to seek for
the same blessing. The result was a
company of God-fearing men and
women. Ere long a church was
erected, aud the gospel preached on
evsry Babbs—. “The beginning of
all this* was the inn yard discourse.
Mr. Haldane could easily have
rested on that Sabbath. No one
asked him to preach. No one wanted
him to preach. He oould easily have
exensed himself from what promised
to be thankless labor. Bat he obey
ed —e injunction of — e apostle to be
instant in season and out of season.
T We have seen what the result was.
A train of infineooet was started,
which will probably go on increasing
till the end of —ne.
Of what good enterprise has —e
reader been —e beginning t Is —ere
in existence any char— owing its
origin to your exertion t Is —ere
any Sabba—-school —at was estab
lished by you I Are —ere now in
—e vineyard laborers who were
brought into —e service —rough
your instrumentality I Is—ere any
one whom views of truth are clearer
in consequenoe of your instructions;
whose performance of duty to more
perfect —rough your example;
whom burden to lighter —rough
your sympa—yt Oan you thank
fully observe —e progress of bene
ficial influences which you have set
in operation 9 When you are called
to depart benoe, win the plans you
have formed, and —e minds that you
have trained, continue to bring about
—e resultant which you have aimed I
fosre of —ess, or similar ques
tions, every Christian should be able
to answer in —e affirmative.—& 8.
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