Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
BAPTIST NOTES.

morning next on THE Baptism of the
Holy Spirit" In the evening the sub
ject will be, Isaac, or Promises, Prophe
cies and Providences Come, and in
vite your friends
Sunday School at 9:45 in che morning.
The lesson is Matt. IA; 13-21-'The Null
titude fed from Multiplied Bread" The
word is 'Tithe'' or ''Tithes." The les
son for Sunday, Jan. 10, is in Matt. IA;
22-36-'Jesus walking on the Sea-" The
''W ord for the same Sunday is Come.
Learn verse containing it and repeat
it in Sunday School, when called upon
We had the pleasure of meeting Rev. c.
L. Kearful the Roman Catholic Priest of
Dodge City and vicinity. We are glad
to bid you welcome, Father, and are hop
ing that your coming may be the addi-
ton of great and good moral power to
Dodge City.
The Bethany Messenger a quarterly,
published for the Bethany Baptist church
Chicagois before u.s. This is the list num-
Der, and will not be the last, if the writer is
Judge of the perseverance of its editor
Rev. Fred r. Swartwout, Pastor of the
Church; a classmate OF your pastor. AS
a sample of its cheering words read this:
'The Bible has done wonders for Bap-
lists Never did people grow, as we
have grown feeding on this Book. We
are over three millions strong in North
America alone, and millions more are on
their way to join us through the study of
the Book
And that reminds of another matter.
Baptists gave last year for Home and
Foreign Missions, SLIPS. 1872 II. Now
you need mt feel very brave over that
it is less than scots piece for us all.
Fifty cents for the conversion of the
world
'The Baptist Home Mission Monthly
is also before us The monthly calendar
for the United States: Ordinations 81,
Deaths of Ministers, 81; increase in the
Ministry, 20; Churches organized 16
Church edifces dedicated, 81; eXpendi-
lures for Missions and Missionary educa.
ton, S26, 1856. Total of moneys raised
for Home Missions in months, S1SS-
1888.
Now, there are some things, concern,
ing which, l wish to speak to you. my
people, especially. Have you ever got
an idea that the whole welfare of God's
Kingdom rests on you? | know that
many of you have no such thought. On
the contrary you seem to think that
nothing at all depends on you, your eff.
forts conduct or prayers. But | am not
referring to you; you don't need any re
straint of that kind. | mean the others,
who constantly worry lest the heavens
fall There are those, you know, who
feel that they must keep buzzing about
Gods machinery to see that it is proper
ly attended to. They are afraid it won't
run just right, so they must needs put &
little more grease on here or wipe off g
little there; loosen this belt or tighter
that. Such people distrust God, you
know. Practically they declare that
God d0esn't how to run his own machine
Did you ever realize how little you must
look in Gods eyes as you spin around
like water bug with your church fairs
and oyster suppers, etc? Well now, il
you haven't done so before, turn to Matt
13; 49, Christ says there that 'The King
dom of God is like unto leaven, which q
woman took and hid in three measures
of meal until the whole leavened.'
You know leaven is yeast. Yeast is
made up largely of very minute plants OF
animals, no one knows which exactly.
Anyhow, these little creatures give to
yeast its transforming power. They are
the agencies God uses in this, his partic
ular work. In a certain sense you are,
like the yeast, plants in the meal You
are Gods agents in transforming the
world But these little plants are very
small indeed. 1t takes great many of
them to do much changing. Each one
has a very insignificant part in the work.
NJ. Pasteur says that it takes 400, 900, 000-
900 of them to change 10 grains of sugar
into vinegar. There are 700 grains in a
pound of sugar. How many yeast plants
would it take, think you, to change one
pound of sugar into vinegar: Then how
many would it take to change bushel
of flour into good, light dough? How
much would each of the innumerable
host of yeast plants have to do with the
change? Do you think that one or two
OF them ought to fly around and take the
burden upon themselves? Well, God re-
CARDS you in his kingdom as being a lit
tie yeast plant. How extremely funny
it muct appear to Him to see you taking
upon yourself enough worryment to sup
ply the whole of His Kingdom. Don't
you think you ought to trust God in the
operation of His own affairs, seeing you
you have so small part in them? do.
Trust God, then. Rely no more OH your
self God will change the world, and he
will do so by using yOu-every one.
But don't think because l say these
things that don't want you to work.
don't want you to leave all the work to a
| few. You have part in the work of
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