Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-08


And antidate the day."
eve feel the resurrection near,
Our life in Christ concealed
And with His glorious presence here
Our earthen vessels filled"
80 would He more of heaven bestow.
And when these vessels break,
Let our triumphant spirits 60
To grasp the God we SEEK
YOU EXPECT ANOTHER PASTOR.
Dear brethren and friends, you ex-
pect ere long to have another pastor.
Allow me to say, eff Timotheus
come, see that he may be with you
without fear, for he worketh the work
of the Lord as | also do And il
order to that, pay him literally, cheer
fully and promptly. Do not wait to
have him dunn you. That were en-
barrassing to him and unpleasant to
you. Assist him in his work, rather
cooperate ,0ih him in the great work
given to the whole Church of God
He cannot do it all, any more than
superintendent can do all that is to
be done upon railroad, or in a factory
What can a general do alone upon the
battle field? When would the Rebel
lion have been put down if Gen.
Grant had been sent to the front all
alone ? You can do good deal by
visiting from house to house and in
viting the neighbors, (anybody,) to
come to the religious services and to
Christ. [ have sometimes thought,
if the same effort were put forth to
get the people to religious services
and to Christ that there is to get
them to sociables and festivals, (and
these are all right,) we would soon
see the whole community focking into
the kingdom.
Then you can encourage your pastor"
'.let your light shine" and help the
cause nightly, by faithful punctual
attendance upon the preaching servi-
ces and the prayer meeting Thel
presence of your children, also, will
be cheering and helpful. Remember
that they need much more the habit
of attending church and of worship
ing God in the congregation than
that of going to Sabbath School
This habit will hold them when they
shall come to feel that they have out
grown the Sabbath School. [ know
they ought never to feel that way,
but large number of them do.
Have them attend both. ooh |"
you say, cts too long, the preaching
service and the Sabbath School to-
gether, and then they don't care much
about attending church anyway"
Well, with their strong proclivities to
evil they will not naturally care much
about anything that is very good
They are not apt as a rule to care
much for the work, discipline and con-
fnement of the week day school: but,
do you excuse them for that reason?
My children are probably, as active and
as restless as any but they hardly ever
complain Of the length of the whole
morning session, including the preach
ing service and Sabbath School
Have them with you, as you can, to
prayer meeting; and always to Church
and Sabbath School If they must
neglect one, let it be the Sabbath
School. / speak this as lover of
and debtor to, the Sabbath School;
and as deeply interested in the welfare
of the precious children. Spirituality
is better than learning. acknowledge
(too often, } pufeth up, but charity
edifeth"
I would say further to my christian
brethren, do not look upon attendance
at religious services, the prayer meet
ing and preaching service, as form
of work; but rather as coming to
the family board which all need 20
surround regularly and constantly in
order to strength and growth, and the
cultivation OF the spirit of fraternity
and devotion,
I know that our busy business men
often say, they ''have no time to at.
tend prayer meetings" but "where
there's will there's way" usually.
Some of the leading business men
know are among the most faithful in
sustaining the prayer meeting. Some
of orr brethren err by having to much
business on hand. They have no
right TO do that amount that will keep
them nearly always out of the prayer