Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
AMONG the CHURCHES.
PRESBYTERIAN.

PRESBYTERIAN.
At the Sabbath school at $50 the libra
rian had the chief interest. All were ex-
pectant and jubilant. A library of over
two hundred volumes, in good condition,
have been presented to the school by the
church in Paterson, N. J. The Librarians,
Master Tisdell and Miss Matte Twombly,
were kept busy the entire morning in
portioning the books to the school, ob-
tanning names, recording names and
numbers, Most of the time of the school
was taken up with singing.
At the church service the lesson was
from Isaiah and Romans tx. Text,
Romans ix:30-33 Theme. "A Stumbling
Stone" It's wonderful and humanity mex
plicable that portion of the human fam.
lily possessing the chart Of righteousness
through generations and centuries should
fail to attain unto it, while the other, the
remaining portion, not in possession of the
chart, attain unto it, There are two ways
Of obtaining comfort from examination
of the problem. Flrst-Be assured that
whatever God does is right. Second-A
small fraction of the human family failed
to attain unto this law of righteousness
through cropping for 1t; while the larger
portion, the great number, attained unto
it in fact. We are joyful heirs of this
circumstance; and the whole world lies
open to all it's benefits. Christ is stone
of stumbling to the unsaved. First-Be-
cause he demands repentance and con
fesslon of sin. Second-Because He does
not conform His kingdom to our mater.
iallstic lives. If what man can see and
hear, etc, were the veritles of the king
dom, He would be acceptable. Third
Because His change of US seems only
partial If when the Lord made Chris
tan Of a man He would make him all
and everything good and nothing and
never bad. He would be acceptable. If
all the bad were outside of Christ's Wis
ible church, and all the good were inside
of it, and the lines of division unmistak-
able to everybody. His church would be
acceptable! Fourth-Because He is man
ifested in the lowliest of men. Because
Christ can take thief from the cross to
paradise He is not acceptable.
In the afternoon the pastor conducted
services at Oakland and returned in the
storm.
The storm did not prevent an evening
service. The lesson and text were Acts
viii:5- 13. Theme, "Joy in the City, II
Christ could be preached dav and night,
as by Philip in Samaria, and if the people
would all attend the preaching, not criti-
cally, not bringing their individual
preferences with them, but with one
Accord" and if the evil spirits that pos
sibly now are amongst the people should
be cast out, what joyous city we should
have. Evil spirits that are in the heart
of man are: First-Egotism and fault
finding. That is, No. all right; No.
all wrong. Second Waywardness
home-aeeings; seeking happiness every
place but at home. Third-Vile CONVEX
sation. Fourth-Profanity. Fifth-ln-
temperance.
An organ has been purchased '0e" J
Minar & Co. of this city and gives fine
satisfaction.
Some .. c-,vin" SC =. >eded for the library
for the Sunday school.
Organist at church ST.. ''y morning
Miss Minnie Hilker; even ., Mrs. W. W
Fletcher.
BAPTIST.
Sunday morning Rev. W. E. Stanley
took for his text, "Men that had under
standing of the times to know what lsrae
ought to do" I Chron. xii:30. The
army of Israel had been defeated at Gil
boa; Saul had died by his own hand anG
the government was destroyed. There
was PROSTATE people and a triumphan
enemy. David is called from his retreat
and made king over part of the nation
The remaining tribes came over slowly tt
his standard. Among these was th'
tribe of Issachar, which was brought tt
support King David through the advic,
of It's wise men that had understanding
of the times what Israel ought to do.
The result was that the nation becam,
united under one head. and great polit
ical power. First-The characteristic
of our age. Each age has it's peculia
wants and duties. These follow on,
upon another in the worlds progress
The duties of today are not the same al
those of one hundred years ago. Abra
ham pre-empted Palestine for Israel
Joseph saved the people; Moses emanci-
pated them, and Joshua led them to con
quest. So our age has its peculiar mis-,
sion, and is unlike any age before or any
age that will follow after it. We mus
do our duty from the standpoint o1
today Note the wonderful changes of {
century in both secular and church affairs
necessitating revolution in methods
There was the old parish church and the
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