The Butler weekly times., 1882-10-18

creditable because of the failure OF
some Socities to'send their reports. A
small portion of this hasbeen locally
applied, but only in Mission churches,
and in the application of this at
home has not the work been done
Just as truly as if it had neen for
warded to some other field.
Some one might say@ why tell us
those things? Give us something
besides errors made and dry statis-
tics Would l be performing my
duty as your Secretary towards this
Society and this Presbytery? did l
not strive to show to it the true
standing and condition.? If work
is worth doing at all tits worth doing
well, and if errors arse from mac
tivlty and lack OF khowiedge, is it
ANYTHING amiss to seek remedy
that everything may ''be done de-
Gently and in order?" In the dis
cuss,on: "The necessity of syste-
matte working of the auxilaries with
the present Secretary" we hope the
ladies will clean up all doubtful and
discouraging points, otherwise we
might go on and on in the same old
rut, but while we have some en-
let them stir us up to
renewed activity and zeal. z -
All this time we must not allow
ourselves to lose sight of our Assem-
bly, records, for have before now
heard the claim that the sAuxiliary
Societies after organized detract,
and hinder church from giving as
Eberally to these causes as it would
otherwise have done. Have these
Societies taken anything from your
records III the past two years? Let
us look back and see. Usage Pres
bytery, home and foreign missions,
one thousand and seventy-five dol
lars, an increase of four hundred and
forty-three dollars since we called
upon you for statistics. Oh, anx-
ious and fearful one! That is not
retrograding y very far, and if we
never lniure you any more than that |
you will have great reasons to be |
thankful. We have concluded from |
evidences we possess, thatthe church |
that has the most active Society con-
the most to the cause of |
missions. But while some of our
churches and committees ale not as
sisting us, have not organized in the
work, but simply are letting us
alone, we do not intend to let them
alone for we need you. The Mas
ter needs each and every one of
you. To be sure He is able to have
His work carried on without you,
but where, oh where, will be the
This is too grand and glo-
nous an army for any one of us 10
miss being found in its ranks.
We cannot leave this without ask
ng you why you are net organized
why you are not going with US?
trust you cannot come to us with
he plea, as did one to Sy-
,oical secretary of Kansas, about
which she told US in her report that
your pastor gives you no encour-
,gement, that he has no sympathy
With MISSIONS but if such should
,e the case, we could only reply in |
Ter words: 81 can hardly find
words to express my sense of the
lnfitness of such man to hold
under our ''Great Cap
ain," whose last command reads, ,
teach all nations. Indeed l have 4.
erious doubts whether his commits
ion came from that leader. .
Have you who yet remain unor-
.anized representative III our meet .
ngs? 1t not | turn to the pastors OF
ach place and plead with YOU to
eturn to your f1ocks filled with the !
pirit of God and His missions. de-
to enlist them in HIS work, !,
nd God will raise up some heart
nat are His to go forward in the
fork. But how about those of us 6
Tho are already organized. Are :.
re going forward continually, never | T..
altering, never looking back: True, I
re have lost one from our midst. I
ut the hearts did not grow cold and $
ease to work as is sometimes the
ase. Weak in numbers at
rst they have been scattered to
Their points until not enough D
ere left to go on with the work. d
The meeting this afternoon was t!
1couraging in many respects, but :, :,
hat can | tell you OF the reports. D
must say that those we had were "
ny encouraging, but we are, sor- n
: tonote the absence of reports from | P
e majority of our Societies, why =
is is we cannot tell, but He who Il
lows all things can tell why for the