Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-03
I'VE share our mutual w'e',
Our mutual burdens bear"


Where you cannot furnish your ministers with
money give them shelter, send them food, supply
them with raiment give them portion Of the
products OF yonr fields, your shops, your trade.-
BY timely and united efforts the work of ministe-
rial support may be made comparatively easy
Many of your pastors are willing to laNor with
their hands to sustain their families but this will
in measure hinder their vocation as shepherds of
the flock of Christ To do their work WELL to
read, Study, preplrc for the pulpit visit the mem
bers Of their congregations, comfort the sick aud
bury the dead, will occupy all their time; and we
beeeech you brethren not to require them to pause
in their holy mission .to serve tables Do all you
to give your brethern the comforts of life that
they may go forward with good hearts, preaching
and feeding the sheep Of Christ which he has pur-
chased with His own precious blood. li p
Bnt more, we .exhort you to cultivate personal
piety, and to labor diligently for the up-buidng of
the church of God as spiritual house To do
this give attention 10 private devotion the reading
of the Scriptures family prayer, public worship
the preached word, social prayer, class meeting:
to all the Instituted and prudential means of grace
Engage in the work Of revival, labor and toll, be-
ing co.workers with your brethren in the ministry;
strive to convert sinners from the error of their
way; reclaim erring brethren; instruct the ignorant
and sustain the feeble. Thus shall your labors be
blessed, and you show yourselves to be wise in win
ming souls. .ti boo t.i..e3' 800 Hi''t t ho''H
Nor would we forget Sunday Schools These
nurseries ofpiety have in many places been negee7
ted and the children are running at large without
moral culture. Take care OF the rising generation
"If ye love me- feed my lambs said the Saviour;
TO Peter. Oh brethren look after the children Of
the church-they are the rhope of Zion in genera
tions to comei
Keep the unity Of the Spirit in the bonds of
peace Let us endeavor to put away all strife and
lcontenton among the people, and especially
among those of our own household. Let MS
be quiet, peaceable and orderly subjects, sub
mitting ourselves to "the powers that be "
as ordained of God. Be kind, be courteous, ten
der-hearted, forgivibg Que another, and above all
have fervent charity among yourselves. ..i...
Some anxiety has been felt in certain quarters as
70 the future Of the beloved church with which We
are connected it has even been suggested that our
days are numbered. To all such faint-hearted and
tmd brethren we would say, 'have faith in God
The race is not 20 the swift nor the battle to the
Strong" Christ said, "Go, and lc ! am with you"
"Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we
will trust in the living God" "Not by might not
by power but by my Spirit saith the Lord"
Sustained by these promises and trusting In the
strength of grace Divine, we will 'procced in
Jesus work" We have the promise of glorious
future. Going out not TO promote worldly inter
esls not to accomplish sinister ends but to preach
Christ and him cTue6ed to build up spiritual
house holy priesthood, and to proclaim the ac-
eeptable year of the Lord we have rothing to fear
True 10 the doctrines Of the Bible, firm in our al
herenee to the principles Of Godness united in all
our plans and purposes with "Holiness TO the
Lord inscribed on our bapheFs, we canno: fall
Faltering as did the prophet when he thought that
Of all Gods people he alone was left, we were
ready to despair, but God has opened our eyes in
which we see chariots and horsemen, and more
than seven thousand who have not bowed the knee
TO Baa Already "we hear the sound in the null
berry trees The noise of the battle is heard from
aar Our hills md valleys are vocal with praise.
The shouts Of thousands of new converts cheer oar
hearts and inspire ou" hopes; and we exca'm
amidst all our discouragements "The best Of all Is,
God is still with u.s. We are fresh from the fields
where the slain of the Lord has been many, and
where we have seen living armies rise up from the
valley of dry bones. Praise the Lordl Brethren
pray for us
Committing you to the care Of the chieI
Shepherd, We are your servants for Chrlsis sake
J. b. McFERRlN,)
A. l.. r. GREEN, Committee.
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