St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14

make the good time come any way. &c
to work. They have got no calendar
in Heaven. God can work one month
as well as another, and he is always
ready when we are ready.
Would yOu increase the number OF
meetings as the interest increases
1t depends upon how mapN meetings
| have had. If | had as many as could
attend. | would not increase them; but
| would if could.
Suppose the minister is interested.
and there is no special feeling among
the people. Would YOU call in outside
help? Would you commence the effort
by calling in at once outside help?
That is Il very important question
lfl were Il minister in II community OF
Il church, and could not get more than
one or two to sympathize with me,
would just get them around to my study,
and we would pray, and 90 forth in the
name of the Lord and say I'VE are
going to have IA meeting" And there
will an interest break out. Three
men can move any town. If you are
going to wait until the whole church
gets aroused, you will have to wait foI
a long time. Get us many as You can
aud God will stand 10y you
Suppose the congregation is alive and
the minister is dead
Then let the congregation go on with
out the minister. Laughter.
Suppose the minister won't permit
them
He can't prevent it. A man that
wants to work for God can do so, and
nobody can stop him.
Suppose there is Il difficulty III the
church which cannot he removed
| don't know of any difficulties that
God cannot remove. The trouble is
We are trying to remove these difficult
ties ourselves. instead of going to God
III PRAYER.
Why was it the Lord Jesus could not
do anything at Nazareth
On account of their unbelief. But
that was the world, not the church
Laughter.
Is II best to put Il test question in d
church. asking those who are anxiou,
for their souls to arise. or rather go t,
another room
| think 50. If any man is going to
he saved, he is going to take up his
cross: : and if ii is Il cross. | would like
t" ask him to do it. What you want is
I" get them To do something they don't
want t" do. and it is great cross gen
orally for people to rise for prayer: but
IN the very act of doing it they are very
often blessed. Ii is letting their friend,
know that they are interested and are
on the Lords side. have found in the
last three Wears that il has been Il great
help to us. In fact. | don't think
should attempt to have meetings with
out the inquily-room. People are some
times impressed under the sermon but
what Nou want is to deal with them
personally. Here and there one is con
vcIted under the sermon but for every
one converted under the sermon hun
dred> are converted in the inquiry =
room.
Suppose the pastor and small por-
ti"n "t his congregation desire to have
IA meeting. and the trustees refuse to
open the doors
Well. | should pray for the trustees
In the first place. the church has made
Il mistake in clccting uncouvertcd men
a> trustees. We want Christian men
t" hold office in the church. Men some
times are put i'll as trustees that haven
got amy character at all. and they legu-
late Your choir and very often your
minister: and if Il minister touches
their c"nSclences and breaches right at
them. they get annoyed and send him
away.
In Il community where there is an in
tcrc>ting revival very many families
haNc not been reached do not attend
church anywhere. What would Won
have laNmcn try Ia do2
| would have the whole, town district
ed of and every tamil ' visited. think
that could he done
Do Nou advocate ..anXiouS seats ?"
| would rather call il seats of decision.
Bnt III union meetings you know we
have t" lay aside il good many of the
dit1rren' denominational peculiarities.
The "anNiou> seat" is known to the
Mcth"distS: but if we should call it
that the PrcShytcrianS would be afraid.
and the EriSc"palians would he SO
shocked that they would leave. and |
find III the union meetings it is best to
ask them to 80 right into the other
room. and talk to them there.
What would Nou say to Il person who
replies: Il can he Il Christian without
rising for prayer p
| should say. NEST certainly, he
could but as IL general thing he won't.
II il man makes up his mind that he
won't do thing, the Lord generally
makes him do it before he gets into the
Kingdom
What method would you recommend
to get people an their feet to testify for
Christ
In the first place. would bury all
stiffness. If Il meeting has formal
manner it throws stiffness over it. 50
that it would take almost an earth
quake to get man up; but if it is free
and social, just as You weuld 90 into Il
mans house and talk with him. you
will find people will appreciate it and
get up.
When one or more leading members
of the church have so borne themselves
in the community as that the church
has been srandalized. would YOU recon-
mend Il course of discipline before com
mencing special meetings?
! should say. certainly. should go
to the 18th chapter of Matthew. and see
what we are taught to do there and if
these men would not repent, would
turn them out of the church and then
commence to work. ! would rather
have ten members right with God than
t" have IL great church of five hundred
members and the world laughing ut
them.
If the world has got in and is stronger
than the church, what
Then would organize another church.
Laughter. The mistake in all this is
III taking unc"nverted people into the
church. We have got to hc more care
tul.
suppose there are eXcitements in the
church that seem to draw the attention