The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-01
HERE AND THERE A GEM

THE Mosr WONDERFUL THING hE
SAW knew that my people were
,erishing. - said an American indian
chief. who had walked $50 miles 70 ma
missionary. IL never looked in the
face Of nv child that my heart was not
sick. Ny fathers told me there was
Great Spirit. and have often gone to tho
woods and tried to ask Him for he'p'
and only got the sound OF my own
voice. You do not know what mean.
for you never stood in the dark, ana
reached out your hand and took hold OK
nothing. VIII you not give me
missionary 2" But the Church
thought she had neither the
man nor the means. When another
chief returned from visiting the cities
of America, his brother chiefs gathered
around him, and said. TELL US OF ali
you saw what Is the most wonderful
thing 2" And he answered. when
| wa. in the great churches, and saw
al, the pale faces stand up aud say,
Tn, Lord Is in His holy temple, let all
the earth keep silence before HIM.
and knew that they had had this reli'
zion all these hundreds Of years, and
did not give it Us, that is the.most won
deriul thing Aud all the chiefs an
swered and said, That is indeed most
wonderful ,''
\ NON MISSIONARY CHURCH. - The
Church that IL non missionary IL IN
very grave sense on.Cnrlstian, L.
crosses Divine purpose, reSsts a Di-
vine call. ruptures Divine order, and
DIVORCES from the great line of develop
ment in the Kingdom of God. The
non.missionary Church sins directly
against It's own self-inteIest. In the
Kingdom of Christ there Is no law more
clear than this. that disobedience To
lIis will means spiritual poverty,
that surrender to His viii
means spiritual wealth. The spiritual
vitality and y-or Of the Church
may always be measured by its mis-
sionar, spirit and enterprise. \ Church
is pure and strong according to the
number OF true believers which It con-
tans. believers are true according to
their Likeness to Christ: and the sum of
all the best which met IN Christ met in
His missionary character. The Church
that is true must bJ missionary. for she
has been redeemed by, aud lives IN, ex-
lists for. and follows, or initiates, Mis-
sionary Saviour Rec. Gcorg. Wilson.
CONVERsATtON At HOME. Few things
are more important in a home than "a
conversation, yet there are few things
70 which less deliberate thought Is
given. We take great pains to have
our house well furnished. We select
our carpets and pictures with tie ut
most care. We send our children TO
school that they may become intolli-
gent. We strive 10 bring into our
homes the best conditions Of happiness.
But how often Is the speech OF our
household lett unframed and undis-
cipiined,
Tne good We might do IN our homes
with our tongues, If We would use
them to the limit IT their capacity OF
cheer ana helplulness, 1t is simply i'm
possible to state. Why should so much
power for blessing be wasted ? Espe-
cially. why should we ever pervert the
gift and use our tongues TO do evil, to
give pain, to scatter seeds OF Bitterness
Ii is sad thing when child Is born
dumb. but il were better TO be born
dumb. and never to have the gift Of
speech, than, having that gift, TO en-
ploy it in speaking only sharp. unloying
or angry words. central Christian Ad-
r0cdfe.
THE LlpfR HONE ~ JERUsALEM.--