Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-07

for the SUPPLEMENTARY on such good
tallow Fallows) and has given us such
an excellent smith (Smith) to mend our
schools in Pierce county, that our whole
retinue of officers are noblemen. They
have our prayers and co operation, and
may c cd be with them in the discharge
of their arduous duties. Let US thank
God to-day for the christian '0orkers in
our land. For His servants whom He
has chosen to administer in holy things.
These ministers of His have not taken
this office upon themselves, but are "call-
ID Of God as was Moses and Aaron"
They are a band of self denying men,
seeking not their own. but your highest
good. They leave ail to follow the Mas
ter. They come to your houses and to
your ,anctuaries as messengers of God.
They come to seek you and not your sub
stance, they care for your souls, and their
highest ambition 10 10 save souls from
death. Dear hearers, receive these ser
wants of God into your houses and into
YOUR affections, for they arc capable Of
doing you good aud not evil.
MANY of our chief pastors. and civil
rulers have been called away during the
present year to their reward. Many of
these noble princes are fallen. 1t be
hooves us TO study the lessons that God
designs to teach US in this providence. |
suggest one, may it not be that He would
have us appreciate the fathers now in
our midst2
Oh, how venerable these patriarchs ap-
pear TO me, God of our fathers, spare
them unto us!
Lei Us thank God for our lay minis
ters and local preachers. l fear that
this class of laborers are not appreciated
by US. They deserve our encourage
ment. God has wrought great work for
us through them. They go before us
preparing tn, ground, while their hands
administer TO their necessities" They
not only work for us and board them
selves, but they are also nursing fathers"
of the Church where it is feeble and
without help. Suppose that they do not
always give US "benten oiP' for the sane
tuary, "beaten" as fine ms hy them who
give their whole time to the work They
have warm hearts and they lift up clean
hands" before G al, aud though they of
fer us the thread of life" with hands
hardened with honest toll, it is neverthe
less the dread Of life" that they offer
us, and | submit whether a person hun
CRY for the same will not receive it at
their hands. Do we honor our fathers
hardened and their hodies are wearied in
lah,r for Us? May these laborers be en-
couraged. their usefulness increased, and
their numbers multiplied.
Let us ''otfer Thanksgiving" for the
multitude Of christian men and women
in our land. Oh lhs, they were all chris
tan aOorkers! They may not be called
10 the prlestiy office, their usefulness does
not depend upon that. Il should b.
borne IN mind. that whilst The work of
minister cannot be done by one who is
not called to that office. neither can the
work Of a layman be substituted 10y
minister. In military army there are
rs many specific duties as there are sold
iers. So it is with the "Army of the
Lord" God has work for every char
acter. and character for every work.
The body of Christ is. 10y the Apostle,
likened unto the human body, with its
"many members" and all having a spec
ific office. Let none despse his gifts nor
uuderrate his work. What grand work
this noble army IS doing, like the coral
beneath the waves in the great deep.
build the foundations of future CONT
nenis. so thest christian workers. unnotIc
ed 10y the world, are building an Empire
that shall em-rge all Others. We thank
God for tle>e christian fathers and moth
ers, tor our brothers and sisters in the
Lord, and for these "littie ones" Of whom
the Master said "of such is the Kingdom
of Heaven" Oh how this army strews
our paths with flowers, and the fragrant
odors of heavenly life How they
leaven the whole national life with q leav-
en- that IS like "salt that has not los; its
SAVIOR" Let me i..quire of the candid
and thoughtful to day, whether history
records any nation, especially Republic.
that has survived the lapse Of time with
out such an element as this! WHY don't
other peoples when they are set up rs re
pubiics, stay up? There can be only
O, answer TO this, and that is. christian
men and UoDaen are essential to a re
public. Statesman may devise WAYS and
means and reject and adopt conflicting
poices, aud all will avail nothing except
the element of true life be in The hearts of
them who compose the nation. Our
hopes Tor the future of our country are
not builded upon our statesmen, (noble ~
they are but they are bulded upon the
multiplied and multiplying christian
homes # our land from whose affairs pray
ers ascend day and night like incense be
fore God, laden with faith and hope, snh
returning 1pon the nation, with the fruit
age of the heavenly world. May God IN
crease the christian element in our land
and make it many times greater than it is.
Let us thank God for the noble band of
educators in our land. Their work in i'm
portance is to second TO none and its mag
nitude demands much larger force than
we have been able TO summon to it,
These worthy laborers have task before
them that is realized by few, and can be
fully appreciated ocly by those who en-
rxaao in ~ Tho,, have o., H. L.