, 1884-10-17
CHURCH MATTERS.
Proceedings Of the Congregational
and Baptist
A Practical and Eloquent Address
by Rev. Mr.. Reed.
Mrs. Guinness Wildly Describes the
Famous Congo Country.


The programme of the meeting of the
Congregational Association was, with the
exception of a few unavoidable changes,
carried out as published in THE LEADER
yesterday morning. In the evening Rev.
Myron w. Reed, of Denver, delivered an
address upon THE Proper Attitude of
the Church to the Community in which
it is Located, Especially to Business
Men" Mr.. Reeds address was an able
one and it is a matter of regret that space
can be given only to a synopsis. In brief
it was as follows:
God created the earth good and bad.
1t is all his. He hasn' sold any of it
nor given any Of it away One portion is
no more sacred than another-the Rio
Grande is just as holy as the Jordan.
The Bible is not a history OF
the priesthood, but of men, women and
children. 1t is also a pretty fair de
scription of life to-day. In IL a dis
tinction bewteen cattle men and sheep
men is made, and a man has made a big
book out of the hints of the Bible on
health. There is but one mention of a
frying-pan in the Bible, and there was no
dyspepsia then. No better method than
Pauls has yet been devised for cooking
fish. Even a plumber couldn't teach
Moses anything, and farmers can learn
agriculture from the Bible. The law
about the boy robbing bird nests may be
good for the birds, but it is good for the
boy; that about muzzling the OK that
treads out the corn may be good for the
OK, but it is also good for the man who
owns the OK. The stability of nations
has much to do with their Christianity.
Not a child of Israel can be found in any
work house in the United States or Eng
Land. Morality goes from little to big
things. from the bottom to the top-a
man with tight boots on cannot be much
of a Christian.
Buckle says the price of corn has much
to do with marriage, and | agree with
him. Upon equality depends our ability
to love our neighbor and to aid him. A
slave may love his neighbor, but his abili-
ty to help him is limited. Freedom is
necessary to the living of Christian lives.
The Irish tenant cannot do much against
his landlord when he shungry and there are
10 potatoes withint three counties Morality
depends on circumstances When we are
all robbed and standing in the middle ofthe
road, what the use in passing around the
hat.
The relations Of trade to Christianity
were then commented upon in a foreible
and witty manner, and the effects OF good
times upon religion were also pithily por-
trayed. The necessity of pure air, good
clothes and good food were also shown
and the speaker said; What Fast
London Geds is not Moody and Sankey'
but air and work and good wages. Is
life worth the living? The answer has
been made, That depends on the liver.
The Irish people don't own themselves
because they don't eat enough to be indie
pendent. They can't live and they may
not die on potatoes, but they can't fight
on that diet either The Church wants
equality and intelligence and well-bred
people and free people and healthy PEG
pie. You can make them Christians
after their bodies are all right. We want
to take care of the children differently.
Don break EN- like bronchos, but train
EN-. Make things beautiful, too. God
don't like the color dnb. If you find a
drab berry on the mountains or in val
leys, don eat it. The heart and mind
must be fed and the senses kept active.
Life in the old world under some mon
archy, under Caesar or some other crowned
fraud, is a discipline. Life in the new
world is an opportunity.
The speaker closed with a description
of the good Of churches and their work.
The idea throughout the address was
the Importance of caring for mems bodies
for their temporal good inst, and after
that had been successfully attended to
they would be in condition to make Chris
hans out of them. MIR. Reed has a terse,
deliberate and incisive style which cannot
be reproduced by type but which is at
once original and effective.
Rev. Leonard, of Salt Lake, spoke for
a few moments upon the subject intro
duced by Mr.. Reed and Rev. Guinness
also spoke with regard to the every day
work. The services closed with song and
benedietion.