Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-30

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its dead, at whose burial have offcia.ed and yoI
should make room for them, and retire and look Of
| from sfar, and them file silently in-the pre-
| cious babes, promising youths, young men ant
| women, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers
grandiathers and grandmothers and fill this line 0
pews and that line every seat IN the body of thi
| church would be occupied with the 638 dear one
who have been taken from you, over whom we havi
bowed tenderly and sadly together, in the pityin.
presence Of the Savior, on the brink OF the othe
world ourselves, before whose tluttering curtains WI
| stood.
! 1t is not strange that such ministry, extendin.
| over period of twenty years, touching you ct thu
points Ct tenderest highest and most sacred expert
ence, taking on the quality OF interest that come
| from communing together on the nights and depth!
OF the SOUL diffusins itself along the lines OF higl
| moral and civic influence through the community
ever watchful for the interests OF the kingdom o
God, and to point the public and private conscience
to the source of moral help and wisdom SHOULD
produce great tenderness and sacredness OF feeling
| on both sides. Nor is it strange that thu
| strength and depth Of this interest could no
| be known till the thought OF separation
| came ! have felt il, words car
express, during the slow ard gradual discovery o
| the necessity of separation; and as | have drawn
near the actual ehasm OF separation, have been
| compelled to frequently turn away eye and thought
| from it. have loved my work. have loved The
place. l have loved you. l have had people
worthy of being loved, and that one could not helI
| but love. have watched your personal histories
and kept my thoughts on your spiritual heart beats
| as mother NaLcDe5 Ille OF clhreCttl
of her child that she may know how to care for il
| and mold it, ''Who is weak, and / am not weak
] who is made to stumble, and l tarn notP No one
else knows how the life Of pastor goes over, in
bis sympathy, longings and efforts into the life Of
| his people, not collectively, merely, but into each
/ individual in his peculiar, personal trend No one
| else takes the moral failure Of those under his
charge as personal sorrow or impeachment as he
| does except fathers and mothers, and some teach
erS. And when he sees his efforts have been appre-
cisted and eff Give how rSwsrding How his heart
leaps with gratitude How finely, sacrediy, warmly
| drawn he feels to those persons
And ! have been OF the return OF this love.
| have somehow Felt your personal regard for me,
as q warm atmosphere which one has no need to
bear perceive b0Wir to feel its stimulating and
| tonic effects l have had your confidence. | have
| shared your generosity. When sick, have been
kindly relieved Of duty; you have patiently borne the
inconvenience and awaited my recovery. 1hage never
asked favor or indulgence you have not cheerfully
! granted. You have accented my services, whatever
they were aad such as taey were, without annoying
my peace about them. l do not believe pastor
ever had a more generous minded people towards
himself personally than you have been TO me-
The tenderness aud sacreiness Of the relation,
then, as q ma ter OF personal feeling has been, on
both Sides all that could be desired And an glad
TO add, due to simple truth and justice, and aztec
ton as well, that what have said OF this mutual
attachment applies also to one who has stood by me
ia all this ministry with heartiest sympathy and
love and devotion to the work. not sparng think
ing of herself in her gentle, earnest unambtious,
uItrtnS EeEglCe oil the Master, ledllng NE That
has been sacreclY and teDdeflg intertwined with
yours and mine, and cannot fell to Remain fragrant
among you.
1t Is time TO pass to another suggestion of the
text. is this Ths Of duty does not always
turn on the depth or tenderness of the mutual per
sonal feel ngs. Ia the OF the Apostle this feel
ing was deep, even painful. What mean ye, he
| asks, I" to weep and to break my hearty" Both
were distressed. But ne felt it his duty to CO.
The cause required it, and instantly personal feel
ings took q secondary place. Every hing must
yield to the needs OF the kingdom.
a pastorato may sometimes need to be termin-
ated account OF the very confidence and satisfac
ton and regard attending it, in which it becomes
embeddel and bound, and loses its power. A peo-
pie may trust to it and not exert themselves They
may come to look toit to carry things on without
effort or selfsacriace on their part. church may
lose the sense of individual responsibility in the
excess Of what they expect from the pastor, the
members hiding behind one another til nearly all
are hidden and only few can be found to work or
accept the trusts and the best thing may be for the
object Of this deceptive confidence retire and give
them chance to ind one another, ami their own
brawny arms and determined hearts again. When
a business firm neglect their business and allow it
to suffer for want of their personal attention. be-
cause they have faithful confidential clerk the
best thing that clerk Can do and the thing his very
faithtulness would prompt him TO do, would be to
take himself out OF the way At my rate, true
clerk could not continue party in such a combine
ton OF inactivity and ruin. 4 parish may need in
like manner, to be shaken from its lethar-
gie couidences Permaneney in religious methods
and tones and influences has its perlls Commissions
have their use The tribes Of the desert baked
their bresd by the open fire. often turning it TO keep
it from burning or being spoiled. The prophet
Hosea referring to the effect OF an unusual period
OF rest upon the people OF EphFaln, in which they
had lapsed into the idolatr0us practices Of the sur
rounding brother tribes, says: Ep5riam, he hath
Nike himself among the people; Ephraim is q
cake not turned vii, s. In Zeph Jehovah is repre-
scented as saying 81 VIII search Jerusalem with
candles, and punish the that are settled on
their lees" d., 12) Aud Jeremiah says: Moab
has been at from his youth and he hath settled
on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel
to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity !;
therefore his taste remained in him and his scent is
not changed (lXviii., III.
Our supreme thought, therefore, must turn on
the 4u5e serve not the mutual personal feel
ing. When the good OF the cause.-the amusement
OF dormant energies, deepensd sense of indvid-
ual responsibility, fresh enthusiasm to bear bur-
dens and make sacriices-requlreso or seems to re-
qure in the hight Of the highest convictions a sep
aratOn personal feelings count for nothing in set
ting the issue, except to water the aration with
tears and make it weighty with precious and tender
memories and Improbable regrets.
There is third suggestion The ueed when 4
separation is decided or, of carrying the whole mat
ter up into the presence of God accepting the situa-
ton and entering heartily into the service Of Christ
under the new order OF things. When the disciples
OF Cesarea failed to detain Paul, they made this
beautiful record OF submission and conservation
possible '' 2hen he would not be persuaded, re
eaSsd, saving, Inc VIII or the Lore be done.
That, trust, dear friends, will be your spirit.
You have had your different opinions aud perpexi-
ties aud troubles about the wisdom or necessity OF
the separation; but now that 1t becomes a fact,
tske il as a divine providence, and carry it and
yourselves and the work before you up into the
presence OF God, and then with hearty e1nsecra-
tlon say, The will OF the Lord be done" Make
the best of the situation Rally around the breach.
Save the things that remain. Remember the cause
ia your cause individually. Ii is your hands in
dividually. Say therefore, individually: II must
not be deserted or neglected. 1t IS time for con
secration not faintheartedness indifference. It
is time not to give way to individual languishing
and despair but rise TO fresh loyalty and devo-
ton to Christ He is your Master, and he Iemains
with you. Nothing goes away but fellow work
man not the chief, not the work, net the duty.
Accept friends, sublimely the situation, and ssy,
| 49, The viii OF the Lord be DONE"
In carrying out this thought wish to give few
| parting counses.
| your work or md in its behalf No matter if you
feel personally grieved, hurt, by the turn
affairs have taken, or by some incident IN eonnec-
ton with them, remain and do your duty. Ishould
| be very sorry u Know that have labored these
twenty years oaly to win interest in me, and had
not succeeded in cementiDg your interest to
and the Master and have been occupied in building
| up an edice OF straw, which would only hold to-
gether While my hand was on 1t, and when lett the
! winds would blow it away.
Again, cultivate still and maintain spirit Of
I harmony and cooperation. Have your own
thoughts, CONVICTIONS ana preferences, anu Nnen
necessary express them; but when it comes to 2
question OF service and practical Details be gentle
and hearty coworller with your brethren in all good
works. Make concessions. Do not expect to have
| things in your own way in a large church, When
| policy has been adopted work in it heartily
and warmly, whether you wholly approve it or not
| if it Is not sinful.
Look well. also, after the young. No church
in the great body OF its membership can be
| Indifferent to them and prosper. 1t not
throw off the Sabbath-schoo work from individual
| interest, and be itself built up. 1t must be active
all along the line in trying TO interest, train and
the children, till the ardent workers meet the
needs or it is as blind 70 the conditions Of growth
| and enlargement as the man who should hope to
haze the productions Ct his fruit orchard increase
with the years, but should make effort to have
new trees always coming in aud to keep up the sup
~, depending on the spontaneous growths around
| the old stumps and trees.
Feel, moreover, working interest 10 offsets out
| side OF your own borders The true working prin-
! ciple Of church-the love of Christ, the love Of
| man-is worldwide. A church can work for objects
a. homo, AID objects abroad, or remnte bu;
wherever it WORKS il must be with the same large
heartedness Ii church only eaerishes spirit to
work for ITSELF at its own door, it has not the
true working spirit Of a church Of Christ. Il may
do a little but it viii not be OF the right sort, GOT
| smount to much. You may have a telephone in
which the wire itself, carefully stretched, may com
municate the vibrations OF the voice. and arswer tbs
purpose, under favorable conditions. for short dis
lance but that il not the true telephone pTinci
| pie The true telephone principle, com
munieating the vibrations OF the voice
| is not the natural Jingle Of the wire
but the flash OF electricity the wire You may
place locomotive in the hot sun, it is said, in sucl