Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-19
A NOBLE EXAMPLE,

In city not a hundred piles away, there
lived few years ago, perhaps lives still, d
family of three persons, whom l slightly knew,
whose history had been wonder to all who
had heard of it. The father, when young
man, gave up his heart to Jesus and began
his manhood life with the inquiry, "Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do?" He con-
nected himself at once with a then young and
important but struggling church. The con.
gregation found it necessary to build a house
Of worship. When it was finished, with great
effort they paid upon it large sum of money,
but were compelled for time to leave debt
of $4,000. Months passed on, and it was
found that this incumbrance painfully retard-
ed the progress of the church. The time came
when, to all appearance, it seemed that the
valuable property might have to be sacrificed.
Meanwhile the young members success in
business had been very rapid, and just at the
critical moment for the church, he found that
he had accumulated precisely the needed
amount of money. He looked, he thought,
he prayed, he gave his $4,000, every farth-
ing of it to the church, and entered on his
business life anew. That man, when l last
heard of him, was one of the wealthiest men,
even in worldly things in the wealthy city in
which he lived, and yet was simple as a child
in his love for Christ Temporal blessing
and spiritual grace had flowed in on him as a
river He had q terrible affiiction for many
years in the beloved partner of his life. She
had not known day of exemption from Sc.
verest pain. But I wish / could have taken
you all to see, as saw, how grace had nestled
in that bright, unselfsh home, and more vet,
how her mothers suffering had trained into
the Saviour's spirit the only child, loving
daughter, who had given her growing life all
up to cheerful care. The $4,000 laid upon
the altar of young mans love for Jesus,
and many thousand dollars given since, were
cheap to pay for what that home had known
of Jesus love and Jesus grace. Its inmates
never seemed to think of what they had given,
but others had it in their minds, and read the
lesson every day. 1t had developed much of
warm, unsel6sh spirit in the church they
blessed, and made large, free hearted, freely
giving church of that which struggled for its
very life so many years ago. Oh can we
fail to feel how sure that word of Jesus j: :
"Seek ye my kingdom first, and I will add
unto you ev cry needed worldly good" Does
the Redeemer expect much of His church
What is it all, I ask, to what He has himself
already given, to what He binds himself,
even yet, to give to every one who needs His
claim2 Nameye the sum ye think would be
too great as glad return for His redeeming
love, His all-sutficient grace, His guaranteed
support, His offered and glorious heaven =
REV. DAVID Cole, D. D. in the Christian
lnteNigencer.
HOPE IN ADMINISTRATION low soever
the Church be plunged under the waters of
adversely, it shall assuredly rise again. Fear
not for as sure as Christ arose the third day,
notwithstanding the seal and watch set upon
Him, so sure shall the Church arise out Of all
her troubles, and lift up her victorious head
over all her enemies There is no fear Of
running that people that thrive by their losses,
and multiply by being diminished. Be not