New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-19


50 many ana sueh urgent appeals TO us for our money
work being done when We have gwen and labored,
~ STOW upon US. Just In proportion as we seen 70
nctt IT, III is because giving anc dong Ior Orst
sake makes us more o6seryant of the work to be
uOne ana more sympathetic with IL. . n.
. me calls are many and sometimes We weary ~
them, and ull often greve because we are not sDle
70 respond 10 them all But Gods rule Is ~ .ctc
that which man hat" hath and not according to THAI
winch he hath not" our Lords commentator Oh tne
widow which gave " two mites shows that Ills esu-
mate Is not OF the amount but of the heart mat gives
IT. H. as We have seem duty Is Gods meat ior ms
children then should we expect what we actually sec;
that they who most faithful TO meet the Claims OF
duty are they whose growth In grace Is most nrheu
and who are most Ike Christ in spirit and in n,c
But oIr text has another and deeper lesson winch
concerns us not simply as individuals put also d.
members OF His Church. &C.,.
The Church Is declared to be the Body OF Christ,
God " gave Him TO be Head over all things 10 thc
church which is Ills Body the flness 0i Ill HIM e t 1Se
Body Of Christ and members In particular" Il Corlh
thians xii, 90
The Church has its law Of growth, even as the in
dividual Christian has. Its Lord gives It also the
meat by which it is to be nurtured in life and IN
growth. 1t is Body of many members. II Is not
| simply an aggregation of many members. III IS u
living spiritual organism 1t has life and functions
Of It's own. Its Head, ever living and ever present
Is Christ abiding In 1t by His spirit. From whom
the whole body fifty Joined together and compacted
by that which every joint suppleth, according TO
the efectual working in the measure OF every part
maketh Increase OF the body unto the edifyg OF sei
In love-"
This is the law of the growth of the individual
church In any community. It's spirituality and ITS
power are increased ordinarily in proportion to me
zeal and the energy with which 1T does the work which
the Master gives it to do. Its burdens borne De
come sources of It's strength A working church is
growing church; growing first Of all III grace ana
then in influence and power for good.
Even more obviously is this true of the church
at large History shows that the time OF the
Churchs most marked growth in numbers, extension
and power has been when she put forth her greatest
energies for the conversion OF and was most SELF
denying In her charities and In her labors
The first three Christian centuries show that her
struggles and her sacrifices were the IneM ny
which she grew strong I'm faith and in good works
If We look to her later history beginning with this
century. we shall that dead Journalism gave way
70 vigorous and active hfe when she addressed herself
to the task Of finishing the work which the Father
gave to the son and so to the Church as His body c.
The record of our own Church is OF sacrifices and
toll in home missions 1t was organized ior au mn IN
evangelzing the waste places. No more patheuG ms
tory could be written than Of the labors and p1va
tons of its pioneers. 1t gave its sons and daughters
100 years It's III ministers became I'm It's various
branches 1888 its 431 churches 1879; its 1eOOo
mission work in various forms 81 100000 Foreign
missions began in earnest with the century. For one
third Of it progress was slow but in proportion as tle
Church has grown in missionary zeal she has grown IN
numbers and in power at home and abroad. We Weary
Gods answer is to enlarge the field and call steadily
for more men and more money There is no s ms
in and money I'm His Church. lie sets the
open doors and bids her enter lie converts men ana
women and bids gather them into the Church and
furnish them with Bibles and schools and books and
hospitals and preachers and teachers and physicians
over against the growing demand He sets growing
means. lie would have His Church at home and
abroad learn for it, growth and progress His own les
son, My meat is to do the will Of Him that sent Me
and to finish His work.
In the afternoon devotional meeting
held. THIS evening the pulpit was filled by the
Rev. DR.. Francis L. Patton, of Princeton College,
The church filed to It's utmost capacity at each
service, the commissioners principally occupying the
body Of the House. The Second Presbyterian Church,
the Rev. James f. Ellis, pastor, resembled mid
summer, so large was the attendance. The Rev.
Dr. Howard Crosby, Of New. York preached in the
morning. and the Rev. Dr. Charles J.. Thompson, OF
the same city tonight The New England Conge
swift is pastor filled to OVERLOOKING at both
services. The Rev. DR.. Asa S. Fisk. Of Ithaca, n.
y, and the Rev. DR.. Howard II. Johnston: Of Gin
cnnati Ohio, occupied the pulpit respectively. morn
ing and evening The First Methodist Episcopal
Church, the Rev. d. W. Gates. pastor contained
the annual meeting OF the Troy Methodist Conference
few weeks ago. The morning sermon was delivered
by the Rev. Dr. II. j. Van Dyke, Of Brooklyn and
that Of this evening by the Rev. Dr. Willis Craig
of Chicago, III. The Regent Street Baptist Church,
the Rev. r F. McMichael, pastor, had not single
j. Burre of Minneapolis delivered the discourse this
morning. and the Rev. DR.; Paul E. sutRhen Of
Dr. Hanes, Of Indianapolis, Ind. this morning filled
the pulpit OF the First Baptist Church, of which the
Rev. George b. Foster Is pastor, and he was listened
terrain field day, the pulplts OF six churches being
filed by some Of the most eminent divnes of the
General Assembly number of them frequent
and welcome visitors to saratoga and have been
listened to several occasions, by saratogans and
bedded each pulpit and the fragrance Of these beaut
full symbols of fraternal greeting lent charm to the
services.
Lieutenant Myers Of the United states Army of
the Presbytery Of Austin, synod, OF Texas, who
critically i'll yesterday with hemorrhage OF the lungs,
Is reported to be improving