Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14
Reli0inns department.
How Shall we Attract the
Masses to the Church.

Masses to the Church.
There is nothing easier. Get your
soul on fire with the love of God.
Beat every unholy ambition, every
desire for the applause of the world,
every feeling of envy or jealousy,
over the head with the fail of prayer.
Get where God can bless you with
great success without spelling you,
without making you think more high
| ly than you ought think. When
your own soul gets blessed, then go
to work to lead your flock. Get a
Gideon's band who will stand by you
in the public congregations, in the
prayer-meetings, in the revival that
is sure to follow; then sattempt
great things for God" ':EXpect
great things from God" When sue
cess begins to crown your efforts, get
lower down than ever at the foot of
the Cross. s'The eyes of the Lord
run to and fro throughout the whole
earth to show himself strong in the
behalf of him whose heart is perfect
towards him.
When victory comes, try to get
your choir converted. Pray for your
organist till he will stop all volun-
taries which mean nothing, and all
interludes which mean nothing. Get
your whole force in hand, till from
the blast of the org an at the begin
ming of the service to the doxology,
everything shall mean assault, con-
quest, victory.
No trouble about congre g alton
with such a church. Every such
church succeeds in this world. You
have no more to fear from world
illness, and the heartlessness and
forgetfulness of God that comes
from it, than from all other powers
of darkness combined. ''The church
is safe in the world till the world gets
into the church, just as ship is safe
on the ocean till the ocean gets into
the ship
The wonder is, that the people go
to some churches at all. [ was in
one lately where there was a little
talk by the pastor about revival.
Sitting on back seat, [ comprehend
ed the reason of the failure at a
glance. Young men were there
the members of the church passed |
them in the aisles without recogni-
ton. There was no cordiality, no
hearty handshake and ''God bless |
your' The pastor himself did not
set the example. Oh, what is the
use of talking about revival in such |
a church? There's a more cordial
welcome for those young men at the
four gates of hell than in that church.
They will be welcome at the dance,
welcome at the card-table, welcome /
at the rum shop. Cordiality every
where but in the church of God |
There are churches in this land, thank /
God where a young man cannot |
show himself without a dozen cordial /
hand-grasps and dozen "Ged bless
yous !" falling on his ear.
When such cold, heartless church
es have walled out, "Why don't the
people come to church 2" until they /
die out altogether, some ''little one
Of God will become thousand who
has learned the lesson 'ENot by
might, nor by power, but by my
spirit saith the Lord. Let us be-
gin anew. Go for every sinner you
see. Get them to Christ. keep the
hot. Make it refuge
for sinners seeking salvation. Stop
your wailing Lift the shout of victory
ike Jehoshaphat's army, even before
,he battle comes on. If you "seek,
We shall find One million converts
s none to large harvest for twelve
thousand Methodist pastors to win
'or Christ in the year 1889 Chap
ain G. @. McCdbe.