, 1879-08-13

Ing tho principal branches Of Christian
work whtah naturally canlc 6oforo The Church
Tho Chair1nsn Of tlickc Committees wera soleSt
particular rosponsihlltty aasExned, aud tlleiT
roadlness to enter heartily into IT,. The sevoral
ChAifmen together constitute Pastoral Conl-
m!ttce. which meets from time to tine m ,a A. me
It forms a sort Of cab!nrt or ordinary commit
tee, with which he may co,licr on "hHtoyef pcr.
tatns 10 tho spritual iuteEcsts Or activities u
TIC church 1nsss ts Gopt,teess ~ tse crc
and It 10 tln design to navc III, =
tho work Of tho church will ba presented IN Inc
iho Committees are a. follovs On the sick
and Needy Of tie Church, Compensation, aud
SUNDAY v-acioul: on Visitation, DESIGNED TO look
up thoso who DO not attend any church feKei.
Into Tic 8unday-scbool Thesc ytaits arc TO bo
repeated as ofton ~ may ncem sav!saa4c e. laIe
torn Is dlatrfctcd. tic nora cHectua'lf 70 garry
out tle aln,s ot t:'c Committees. xss Small Small
1t soeas onase %s csd'sns sfSS Ds' sSsea
Banl, designed 10 develop n mission.
ary spirlt among ss.. ths Children ,;s - and nd
eiattc of ts G1issn s I te Th!s SECURE. that needed
encouragement and tnstrucion, and tl!ctr meet
ings nre madc interesting and profitable. Then
there is Co1nmttteo Of, missionary Concerts, to
co-operAto with the pastor Ia arranging for
monthly concerts, 10 which MITCH prominence Is
given IN tllc cl,urc',, and which have becotnc
specially attractive, calling out largo congrexa-
tions, on tho Sunday esan'nEs on Tltel they
ia a'U on #essns *
Decorating ; tho Church, on Muaic, md
tl,e Sunday School There Ia also
Wouau's Missionary Society IN the church,
| Membership In these Committees is entirely
| voluntary and ii no why hn1ers anr ono tro,n
| Engaging In other work than that marked out.
Every part Of The work. is thus brought into
while the various Chairman. bT cot'ferrlnE fro
Gucntly, experience growing interest tn their
work, rs we'll rs in tho building up Of the
church in general. The pastor ts this relieved,
ot,erwlso rest upon him. And ,ss,
as an engine 10 Of no avsll for practical pur-
poses until tic steam Is admitted, 90 no sehh7ae
Of church work will prove effective In the ttueat
Of Christian people, ind tic spins comes only
| In apswor 10 prayer. This Spirit will prompt to
Christian effort. It was only claimed tor the
pIau presented that It worked vol In the church
informal discussion witch followed. among
whom weso tue Rcv G. A. Torle .s.o Of GhlsaFS; ;S;
Rov, a v. i. Mi!iard, Of Dundee tic
| a,ul the Rcy. hir. Taylor, Of Wheaton.
All recognized the importance OF scekin9 To
develop d working spirit IN the churches, though,
not NIL were agrocd ~ to the VI scat courao to be
| pursued to securu this eud. Numerous valua'
bic suggestions wera offered by otc und nnoth,
CT, though no otliur plan Of organization Ta.
presented in detail.
Mr.. II. NJ. Moore, Of Boston, an active worker
Of the Y. NJ. c. 4. in connection with the Mondy
| and 5nnkey meetings hefd thcre rear or two
since, gavn spirited talk on Chrlsttau Living
sir. X $. Thai, of the Y. ". C. A., Chicago, was
nlso present, ui,l conducted the singing. Mr
Moore also gayd au nccount Of the wonderful
work Of Mr.. Moody III Baltimore the past sen
son, especially among the criminals In tho Pc1'i
teutiary tbure.
Tile Conference OF tbs Young Mons Christian
Association will la held at tic camp on Wudncs
day al!d Thursday, and will be largely attended
CfIAUTAUQuA.,
CuAurAuQuA, N. r., Aug. 12.-TlIe Rev Dr.
Daniel Curry lcctured on "The Armenian
Theology" Prof. J. a. Warden, Secretary .
the Presbyterian Church Of North Alnerica
tuugllt normal cass on "False Religious an'
Difficulties In The Blbtc." siaj. Colo held TIL
usual devotional conference. Il grand concer
OF sacrcd music WIS given by choir OF 300 per
sons, uudur tho direction Of Prof W. F. shei
Mau.