The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-11
TI,e mission Work Of Brother
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NNlEAANA 49, ~
From letter by Rev. L E. Albsrt ID the Lutheran
Observer As t''H
In the afternoon, the Sunday School
gathered itself together to perform its
part In these services. By this time the
thermometer had crept up q few degrees
higher, so that the air seemed like the
air Of a furnace. Surely,on such an al
ternoon, the school will DO poorly repre-
sented as to numbers. Again were We
agreeably disappointed. Al the opening
OF the exercises nearly every seat was
filed, making the number in attendance
about four hundred. Think Of that, ye
who say that tits impossible to have n
large. attendance, either Of teachers or
scholarE, on the Sunday afternoon OF n
hot summerl And the interest manifest
ed upon the part Of this school in the
yariousexerciBes were marvellous ! What
with the singing and the addresses and
sundry.other performances, the time &C :
cupied by the school embraced two full
hours, and yet there was appar-
entity no WEAKNESS and no list
lessness. And such singingi There
was rush about:it, that looked as i there
was heart in It, Truly Brother Barnitz
Is to be congratulated upon mis- success in
gathering such a school, for he is the
great "Corliss engine. in it.. II, however,
he wishes 10 continue his work, he must
spare himself hhis labors, and especially
in the singing department Of II, "a sooner
or later nature will take its revenge for
such unwarranted treatment. There is =
mystery about The prosperity Of this
school that deserves 10 DO studied. And
the mystery ia this: There is interest,
sociability, sympathy and Large atten'
dance, without o library, without Sunday
school papers, and without those constant
appeals to the appetites which. are deem.
cd essential requisites to the success and
welfare OF nearly all the schools in
Christendom. Surely the man who with
out these aids can interest the. young,
must eventually gather many Of them in
to the church, and thus make 1t q power
for good in the community in which it is
established. ,m s. al. 4
The labors ofour Missionary at Wheel.
! ing are mainly among The poor. This
class, even when successfully reached by
the Gospel, has but little to contribute
towards It's support And, in our judg-
ment, Providence seems TO indicate that
the labors OF our Missionary should be
continued among the poor Through
causes which neednot be specified, he has
obtained firm hold upon them. They
have confidence in him, and come TO him
for all manner Of pastoral services, They,
feel that in his church they are welcome.
They are at home in il because the dis.
tinctions OF society are not very visible.
II might DO possible to gather into the
church different element. but the mo-
ment this is done, they will be inevitably
detached from il the interest and afiec.
ton Of the poor. So long, then, as Provi-
dence points out the way, let our mission
at Wheeling be among the neglected
classes OF society. II our Missionary and
his seli.denying people are .contented to
work in this direction, let us not dis
courage them, but bid them God-speed.
They need our sympathy and substan.
tial'aid. The mission should be relieved
OF its debt, and the burden Of its support
transferred TO the church at large. No
money can enore 'judiciously expended
than by sustaining this mission, under lis
present management It is doing good
work, even though 10 many its results
are not visibly great. ,aIr. I'D