Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14

law, and so realize and try to meet ~.
responsibilities under it that God msE
say to us: Thou hast been faithful y
a few things. I will make thee rn, n
over many things" &0'es
This law Christ re-enacted for H.
church. In one of His last disconraas
(see Mark xiii, 34) He represents H.
disciples as a family to whom He as
left the carr of His house. Every nns
has something to do. The houseb oIs
is organized on the principle of 0niven
sal activity and harmonious co-oner
alton. No one is to be idle. NJ nv.
is to choose his own work. No one ~
to work Independently of the rest, NJ y
one is to interfere, unless duly author.
lied, with any of his co-woriers. An
are to recognize Christ as the head Of
the household, and to obey promntlu
every intimation of His will in H;Ss
word and in His providence. The
church is not a voluntary society. II IL
a family into which we enter by new
birth, and to which our duties are
sacred and lifelong. We are member'
of Christ and members of one another
We have diverse gifts, but all of them
are for the edi6cation of the whole
When we study that illustration of the
church and its union with Christ which
Paul presents in the twelfth chapter ~
his epistle to the Romans we are almost
justified in saying that none of us can
have an independent connection with
u Lord. If He is the head and W.
are the parts of the body, to attach
hand or foot to the head would be-
monstrous. The hand or foot can ho
connected with the head only as a part
of the body-only in union with the
other members of the body-only Is CO.
operating with and dependent upon
the other members a. well as with and
upon the head. It is true that we have
each and all of US certain personal du.
ties to Christ. But even in these va
are not to forget the brotherhood. A
large proportion of our Christian dutje,
are duties to Christ through His church,
They are duties in the earthly house
rather than to the person of the House
holder in Heaven. Here was the error
of monasticism. Men went out of the
house into dens and caves to commune
with God and to become holy. They
failed because they ignored this primal
law of the race and of the church.
Let it then be distinctly under
stood that in Gods house there
are no guests to he waited on All are
servants. All have duties to the church
and to the Head of the church, and
these duties are largely in the church,
The Householder has assigned them.
His own to each, according to His good
pleasure. The duties that seem to us
the lowliest may not be SO in His est.
nation. The sexton who fails to vent.
late the church a neutralize the pow-
er of the ablest sermon. No man can
be interested in and edited by the truth
while shut up in a room full of carbonic
acid. The usher at the door may NEE
a stranger SO ~courteously as to prepare
him to hear the minister gladly, or he
may so annoy him by want of tact as to
aniit him to listen with profit
Then this law of Christ for the house
He has left on earth and to which He
will return to reckon with his servants
makes us all workers. Every one has
something to do; the youngest and
latest convert is one of the servants,
and must begin by asking of His Saw
Jour and those who represent Him for
work. And each must be willing to do
his OWL work, and do it quietly, cal.
nestly, charitably, gratefully rejoicing
if he is counted worthy to serve q Mas.
ter SO good and SO glorious in any
sphere. No true worker will be ieal-
Gus of his fellow-workers, or criticiss
them or dictate to them. He will be
glad to cooperate with them ali, and
contribute what he can towards the
great common end-the upbuilding Of
the church, the salvation of the world
and the glory of God.-C Chicago Interior