Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-05

saree days OF tramping, three
days OF LOGS OF business for him
i which he does TO: receive any compen-
salon; three dag "of pleasant visits
am1lg the b.et0ren." Deacon Lop giace
returns to the ;rsssurer's offi;s, and re
ports-tha. he has called on every su5
scribeg Ct least once, and the results sre
turned ever 10 thetressuFer. Tie church
agreed 20 pay the psstor $500 year il
ne would coma end fl the pulpit. Il hsd
been vscnnt two yeaTs. When the call
wss made il was unanimous. o, how
sDxioug they sll were for him TO come.
And upon such promises and unsnimity
he came. The people treated him
so sindly when he came,
too. He rents his house, sno
supports family OF his WIFI and six
children. Thev live well, but plninly.
T icy Cannot : f 1rd TO keep any servants
rhey try to live within their means.
They hsva no income outside OF the
chulcA support.
Th. su 1scription list by the members is
e mat.er the de&cons control. The pastor
locks to the Geacons.
The dsacous must raise SIPS month,
according to $ promise ths whole con-
Inc subscription list has
never been ever s1l5 per month. The
eight officers OF the church are ali poor
men q rich msn would not be bothered
With ~, yet tney pay little over one
half OF tie list. They pay up quite
promptly, and q few others do also.
TIE PASTOR needs his full amour, and
/. devolves upon tie treasurer, Dsscon
Fsirlooks, to tell hin that thev have not
go. around with sll Of it ye.. Ee haodaa
the pastor, Rev. John Pjain;ruth, Ss&e6
all that had been collacsedfHbeius
nearly $50 short. Last month the smoult
WAS little over $50 short, and the twS
or three months preceding had each fsI.6r
short. Winter w,s coming on snd Mac.fil
had to be provided. No woadsTT tne
good mans face wore somewhlsse OF sc
anxious look. 1t had been promised him
so faithfully, and, he expected 1t A
hopeful nature sustains him. A faithful,
careful wife assists him, ami maybe II
will be better next month. He thinks he
should look up, be Thankful,
Ind it would make the members
feel badlyRit he should complain
He remembers, too, that under similar
circumstances he once preached sermon
| on EcclesiAstes V 5: "When thou vow
est 3 VOW unto God defer not to pay II.
for he hath no pleasure in fools; pay
that which thou hast vOwedI better is Il
that thou shouldst not VOW, than that
thou shoulds. VOW and rot psy" And
thst many disciples OF the church Eel
away ai:er that. AID go, withal, being s
isarless preacher III speaking the truth
he must forDaGr saving ANYTHING s1Out
VOWS when the churcn ia b.hind with
tive then. When he's fully paid up the
euj ~ 1t and think what slam thst Ia On
a!neighboring congregation a L
P. Since writing the above, Deacons
Lopgface, DidIeu a1d Fairlooks have
hsd meeting, and they have adopted @
very strong set CT resolutions, appealing
to every subscriber to try and psY his
church every month. The deacons are
al poor men; they serve the consregs-
ton without psy, or hope of reward ITEM
porsl, l mean, and every member
should feel 6 pride IN his or her own
church, and to please quit (9ot by de-
grees but all ST once, running the dea-
GOES down trying to collect your prom
isee-nske them do five dollsrs worth OF
walking to collect one or Two, and to
these members who have not yet SUD-
scribed, the books are open; plesse cali
at Deacon Fairlooks aud teu how much
you csn give esch month, Ert-and-
|taen give it. AR9cticoatsIs,Sohfs,
d Il zosasses, Ds'''R e
"Ss2 CT Norsh Cssssna" Plgee gu,
=, Il ~ 81,