The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-05-21
CHURCH LOCALS
AND RELIGIOUS NOTES OF 0ENER.
AL INTEREST.

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can have prosperity without faith
fulness to God in the practice of
spiritual religion, but it is not true.
Such a thought is in the face of
Gods word, all history and human
experience.
"Aet the people praise Thee O
God, let all the people praise Thee.
Then shall the earth yield her in
crease ). and God, even our God,
shall bless US This is one. of
many statements of the matter, from
God, Himself.
A stranger went into a communi-
ty-a religious mana man of means
and business capacity. He was
looking for home. One of the first
inquiries he made, was in reference
to the church, the religious charac-
ter of the members, of the pastor
the prayer meeting, &c. He re-
NAMED over one Sabbath to see and
hear for himself. He was tavorably
impressed Mithsome things. With
some Others AZ Vas not.
Even wicked men will seek homes
in a religious community. They
want the benefits coming from spirit
ual people. We will be prosperous
in temporal things, in ratio as we
are true to spiritual things. Men
laugh at such statement and yet it
is true.
My brother, why we're you not in
your place, Sunday morning? Sun.
day night? Did you stay away in
innocence? Will your excuse be
excepted? There is spiritual death
In an empty pew, not only to the
one not filling it, but to others, who
look for it 70 be filled. This is the
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truth of God.
II brought him to thy disciples
and they could not cure him." A
powerless church! Apowerless dis.
, ciple. No sadder statement can be
made. No heavier sentence was
ever uttered. The only relief-the
only hope-of the world and yet il
must turn away in disappointment
, and in the loss of what little faith il
had.
There were quite a number Of
, strangers in our churches last Sab
bath. Already some are coming to
our little city for the summer. Will
they be impressed with our church
life E? They may be with our pro-
hibition, and as result, with our
morality. But will they be impress
ed with our spirituality as disciples
of God? Others are looking for o
permanent home. Will they come,
because of our real religious life, or
be kept away, by our lack OF it?
God is not deceived, neither are
men by the mere form OF religion.
How is it with US?
A gentleman, not member of
the church, suggested to a Marietta
pastor, a more earnest and united
effort, to save men from evil habits
and from ruin. His plea was for
christian sympathy towards those
who we're deeply fallen and confirm
ed in evil ways. The question will
come up: Are we as christians do
ing all that can be done for such
Is it not true, that men given to
open violation of even morality
such for instance as drinking to
drunkenness--made to feel that
pastors and christian men, have no
sympathy for them, and have given
them up as hopeless and lost
There IS danger of our losing hope,
; patience and sympathy for such
men.
One of Marietta's Sunday Schools
has gone up to near two hundred
attendants. In it there are two
large classes of ''little ones" But
then, the membership of that
church has gone up to largely over
, three hundred.
A day of great enjoyment is prom
Used the Marietta Sunday Schools.
A union picnic is to be held some