Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-21


 as good Q time as the last week, that the re- ports may be promptly rendered. Let me caution you with regard to an over anxiety for census returns. Your pastors and super visors will bear with defective reports they will be corrected and completed in time. Many things can naturally and prop erly be ascertainrd concerning any hold in | the preceding one. 50 that there is something | ot an acquaintance before the bell is rupg. l No notes should be taken in the presence of l the household. The object is not figures but l acquaintance. A sanctifed common sense will always suggest the course of procedure | and the topics of conversation. After the 1 third or fourth monthly visitation the re- ports will be SO accurate from all the fields that registry of his own parish can be sup- piled to each pastor. For parish is not and families that express their preference for particular church. And this will be largely gained from the first and second visits. The expectation should be ever present, that the acquaintance is to continue. And too much should not be expected from any one visitation. Continual visits will disclose more and more opportuni- by proxy. The fields will differ widely as to the character and needs of the inhabitants
 The visitor is under no compulsion or re- straint or obligation. She acts naturally in
 her acquaintance with the people and be-
 comes an expected messenger of grace and
 good. When fields are assigned 1t is often desirable on the part of visitors that changes adjustments are easily made to the
 satisfaction of every visitor. No two visitors will likely have exactly ly the same experiences. One found the only approach to the family was through the drinking place of large saloon. Being alone she shrank from entrance and omitted the call. Telling neighboring visitor of her
 experience, they decided to go together, but hearing rough voices and the clinking of glasses, they retreated without the attempt to enter. On meeting few days after, each expressed to the other Q little chagrin that they had not been bolder and they deter
 mined to try it again. They entered and be- yond the screen found themselves in the pres- ence of nearly dozen rough men. The pros | approached them and sought their busi- | ness, which they as modestly made known. | ooh, you want to see the old woman, do youl well just come this way, right up those stairs. She'll be glad to see you" Her pas tor tells me that she now makes the visits by
 the same entrance alone, is we'll received and
 the wife of the saloonist is regularly at church.
 May emphasize that your work be early
 
 out that no supervisor may be hindered in promptly making up his report.
 Let me say, also, that 8 part of your work will be in your own church to receive and
 recognize aud become acquainted with the
 new parties who are brought into your at
 sSsp'' They are ''N the fruits nef'''!T,p of yoa,
 own work because you, in common
 with all the visitors are gathering them ir
 month by month. In one church eighty
 three in three months time were brought by
 letter, and in another church forty.foul
 families were added as the result of on,
 months work. You who are visitors will b.
 specially interested to welcome these new fruits.
 It would be too much to say that no dis
 couragements will attend the work. On'
 pastor relates that one of the visitors in hil
 church came to him to decline further ser
 vice, saying that she had visited her felc
 the fourth time, that it did no good as al
 were in regular church attendance excepting
 four families, and they had treated her st
 coldly that she must positively decliHe visit ] ing them again. The pastor with ap
 parent indifference, secured from he the names and addresses of thre'
 of these families and soon visited them without their knowing that he was ac l quainted with either the visitor or the work
 Ir casual conversation the first lady express , ed herself so warmly with regard to thu work and especially with regard to the vis ? itor that he thought he must have mistakeI t the house. The other two were equal! 3 strong in expressions of delight and grati l tude that such lady had como repeatedly t ) see them. He detained her after the mex , Sabbath's service, gave an account of his in ? vestigation and satisfied her fully that i . ought to be her joy to continue the work. 8 The churches are to be strengthened b, k that which every visitor. every joint. sup @ plieth. We are not able always to make tn 9 best judgment of our own Christian work
 go to Egypt from Midian; John the Baptis Il could hardly bring himself to be reconcile @ to baptize his master; 1t took a miracle t f convince Peter that he ought to preach to tn Gentiles and many times our duty lies i 8 something of cross bearing.
 l. Moreover, Sanbsllat and Tobias stand @ 7 the head of great generations. and thei l Some of the family are likely to be on han @ when any Christian work is to be done. Bu 8 the master has called us co-laborers wit j. God We are all the stronger because W q co.labor with each other. The tread of tn :. soldier Is ever so much irmer because other d are marching with him. RoeblinR sai c that no freight trains, no gales c
 any weights would ever disturb the ir - tegrity of the bridge. Indeed, nothing bu d the forgetfulness of some commander wh a who should allow the marching of troop - across would endanger it. When the Lord # hosts march together his own prayer will r realized that the world shall believe. On = sent ont by him shall chase . thousand, bu o two shall put ten thousand to flight. As th l. Father hath sent me, he eaid, so send 70 O into the world, and he repeats that "into th d world" means through the lanes and street IT of the city, fulfilling the command to go d every creature. Your farming districts al Is very gardens of produotiveness, but 1t is bt 10 cause throughout every yard of them and d all the years of their use human feet hay ts threaded their way over and over sgair 'e Christ has declared that we are h 1t body, the vehicles of his action. in he goes among the unreached of u E. community it will be on our feet. He say n "bshold stand at tho door and knock" br B. 1t is with our hands that the knock is mad at If any man hear his voice, 1t will be throup c the tones of ours. If any man open the do' to it will be to let us in. If there be suppir E. together with Christ on the part of any a- these unreached ones, it will be because ' d have been serving. My prayer shall col i'd stantly be God bless his own work throue h the churches in New Haven.
 sse1 THE COURT RECORD.
 n Superior Court - Civil Side - Juds 1e Robinson.
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