, 1875-07-12

chnsch. For sonao reason, l know not what,
largo number Of our peopio nasm N have Ittla
roEAsd Tor AnT OF our services teyona those Df
Sabbath morning. Thoy come regularly III the
morning. ana arc ~ regularly sbsont IN tho
evening. supp0se all tho members wouI do
tho same, wtss would be the resnlt7 Why,
tho pastor would ts hare. and won1d pfuacts
to few strangers. But what impression IT
the church would those strangers ottaini
fnu eau all seo At once that they Wottd not be
hkoy to come oftcn whore thorv mas nuch
notable abAenee Of the memborn Of the church.
Now. II 1t Ia be.t 10 haze habbath evonlng
preaching serTcs 1t ii bent that the nnubtfs Of
tho church, rule, should attend tl,at servico-
Tho sabbatha here Are not l,nled will. sorvicen,
40 In many parts Of our land III my church II
Boston. for sxsm2le, e,-and the hsms MAJ Roner-
ally iruo tn that clte.-va began thn day with :
prsyer-messinR at $50. At lUJu VIC had preacfl-
ing. with good cougregation. AZ 10 minutes
hufoEe Was our HAbball-eciloo!. ~ J wAs
second preaching. .sor7tco, wl"n We lad tie great
congregation Of the dAr; Anl tn tho evening
there was prayor-Intettng With IN average At-
tendance ~ largo ~ tie morning preaching
service. To a.toDd tbeao five snrsiceB {h1u there
Heto tuoeo "ho dsd) tnado = Largo days Work,
Bit ne have ouly thfea servlces nov, ow,-preact!ng
morning aud ssenlng and batbatli-1chool Ill the
aflezubun repeat It, va need rafurm in TO-
h;itct to these services, aud the opening Of 4
1t" gear in our church.Ilte and in our relations
at nastor aud people u good time 10 make 1t.
atoee members Of tho church slou1d te IN tha
bAbbnth-Achool. We need more workers. We
have tho pto-roc. Ut largo iucrea.e Of scholars
to-day sha'l they hare teachers : Our prayer
meetings Hhoutd bo at ouce doubled in a.teuI-
anco. Iha.e ia no good reason why they shonl1
nut be- aud L would grsstlY augment oue power
| ~ . church Il they wore. Aud the hano ia true
| Of ou SAtbath-eycupg service. Shall this fe-
| form take place: or shall Il te begun to-day?
| hardly need say that do not make this plea
for my own sake. have ouly common iussr-
eat with my brethren in promoting the wolfase
Of thA church. Il Is for me to poiut out before
yon how thai Welfare may DO necurod. i ia for
! you aud mo together to determine whether ne
VIII undertake. 70 socuro IT, What do your
hearts say to thla3 II 1 ware to call
fur vote, would yon, al yntn that
| cur services. hlike on tho sabbath and dninE the
week. including tho H&bI,atII-rc,ooi. ahonli 10:
In tile future suffef through your absence or
! negiect7
| Ws need also to employ mora tala,t1 In tue
| Eulk We hase to do. We h4sc q great alDonRt
Of unemployed. or partially unemployed. taeat
III thus church: A swarm of bees in = htra
| would never il It with honey in the tilno Of
gathering 1t II ouly one III ten or tHenty had part
| IT. it. No more will church 10 well its work uu.
less the great body Ut ita members cau in noms
Way DO enlisted III it. 1t III tho working that
gathers honey. ant not the dsoue. We neod
snute wnrkeEn iu thie church, aud must hare
them il We I'LL eeck largo prosperity. Who IL
read, to asy. "Hero an t. send me-; OF,
"Speak, Lor1, for Thy servant beare:h"? Ws
neod moro actlvo Horkers in tho prayer-msat-
nEs. III tho Sabbath school, mud in facs to face
| 4AuGEt LfCul AOAH0 ~ QuiBE 1EU4U U1D 10 [u&n.
Az your pastor and Trend iuv.to md urea you
to select some kind Of work upon which you viii
| enter Ehls yenr.-"ork that IN your Judgment,
viii promote tho prosperity Of this church.
| We ought AHo to complete the work this To1r
Ut EeEis,ns our catalogue Of thosa who wore iu
| no eouse with Us or OF us only that wo had their
names. Some Of thtae lIavo been already cut
| oH Others should be a. N early day. There
| Waa latRe number Of thoso Nho, for one cauHs
| Of another, hal beon turned, ss wo hoped, torn-
| porarily away from tho church. For .hcso largo
amount Of labor Inns boon performed tho raat
| year, and no. without encou! aging results. This
labor should 10 continued thia vear. All should
be done that Christian kindness md fidelity can
! suggoAt to help tlose WHO have hecu turned
aalde or discouraged, and to restore thom
to their placos in tho Church. We
tIan nfnonce VIC cat; VIC should remind them
Of thcr covenant ohtEs Estlona; should show thcn
how much their brethren aud etsseru need their
ee-oporation, aud thus by all mesns seek to
Hin thom TO tho obedience OF ths truth. But, II
all these means fail {and ne hope thev will not
| fail). fidelity to Clutst End the hunor OF tho
Church vii require that thoir places in the
| Church shall be vacated 10 name aa we'll aa IN
facs. No Church can hope for healthy and
vigorous oh1rel-lfe and prosperity that allowa
itself TO be losded year after year with a largo
body Of doliuYuents. Wo cannot continue tho
load Of the past year.
We are also to remember that NO have entered
tho centennial year. We shsli all want part In
tbs centennial work sometime during tho yehr.
Ibis work will fall heavily Upon tho pastor.
From my relations 10 our University and Semi
nary IN unusual amount OF work viii bs expect
cd IT mo this year 10 the Interests Of higher and
saored learning. 1t IL year that will occur hut
onco in your lifetime or mine. and wo can afford
to make UNUSUAL efforts aud sacrifices to meet
ltu demands,
We ara not to forget, but are rather 10 give
thu foremost place 10, the direct work Of evan.
COLLATION.. A Tow couyer!s haya been won to
Christ aud baptized tho past year,-just an aver
age Of one = mouth. l hupo mud dentre that
much lArgor number shall DO gathered this yoar,
Aud wo need not Bay ''Tncra are vel four
months and theu oon,ath harvest" God is Al
able and wiling to work III July a. In January.
Ills truth and tiis splr,s are as mighty nov "a
they will be = balf-yoar hence. Souls unsaved
arc in ~ great danger now a they will b. then,
| Before the lAlf-yoar pAsses, eotIe OF ms who
ought to bo seapess in the Gospel harvest-fo!d
may be i'll our grAyea or some sheayes now
roadY tn DO gather cd may perish OIL tile field for
the lack OF laborers to gather them into the gar
| uers OF the Lord.
In all tlia work wo must work &ogether must
combine our strength; nust llclp one another,
and all help the pastor, I need your Corpora
ton, sympathy, aud PRAYERS.
CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR.