The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-22
On Joining the Church.

have no sympathy whatever for these
men outside of the Church that are too
good to unite with some Church.
believe the best people in this world
and the best people during the last six
thousand years have always identified
themselves with God and Gods people,
and taken their stand. The mon that
stand outside and throw stones at the
Church are not much help to the cause of
Christ. Whist We want is to build up,
and if the Church is not what 1t ought
be let us try and purify lido Whist we
can to make it better. think it is just
as much command, if we believe, to
take our stand among Christ's disciples
and bear the heat and burden of the day,
as it is for US to believe. The first step
is to believe. The next step Is to confess
and come out from the world. Think it
is just as natural for a true disciple to 60
among Gods people as it is for water to
run down hill. I do not understand how
it is that man truly born of God should
not have desire to identify himself
with the Church of God. 1t is not only
a duty, but glorious privilege to be in
the bosom of some Church. Now, have
found a great many people that find
fault with the Church-that the Church
don't look after the sick and those in
trouble and all that. I never found it TO
fail that those who complain are those
who have left the Church. They were
members, they would 60 Sunday morn
ings, but they were not known as active
members of the Church. never knew
real active member of Church 90 to the
poor house. never knew of real &C.
tive Church Christians, doing what they
could to build up the cause that the
Church did not turn out in mass and
wait upon them. These people that are
finding fault with the Church may be
members, bnt that is all they are. They
never have lifted hand to help the
Church !; and then the Church don't
know them in time of trouble and SICK
ness. 1t is glorious thing to belong to
the Church of God. l expect to be a
member of the Church so long as l am on
earth, unless they turn me out. have
no desire to be outside of the Church. I
believe it ia the best institution under
Heaven. It is the only institution want
to belong to. "He purchased it with His
own blood" 1t is the dearest thing He
has got on earth. Every one that loves
the Lord Jesus Christ ought to be in
some Church doing what he can to build
it up, and not be outside throwing stones
at it. Of course, mistakes are made in
the Church. I have to speak of them to
wake people up-show them their mis-.
takes. i'll have said anything that the
enemies of Christ have taken up and that
has given the impression that am not 3
member of Church I want them to un-
derstand that I am an officer in the
Church, and I shall remain an officer in
that Church until my time expires, and
I shall remain member, unless they
turn me out, as long as live, of some
Church.
Another thing, I find it is very com>
mon thing for people to move without
taking letter from their Church. I met
q case of that kind but yesterday. A
man said to me, II expect to leave here
in about a year." SWELL" I said, "why
didn't you bring letter ?" II am only
going to remain here year."
"You can bring a letter easier than
you can your trunk" Bring your letter
along if you can't reman over year and
90 into some Church, and identify your.
self with some Church, and give all the
Influence you have towards building up
that Church. IF you stay here year
you may do a good deal toward winning
souls to Christ. If you 60 to another
place, and don't expect to stay but three
months, ask for your letter and identify
yourselves wherever you are with the
Church of God.-Dwight L. Moody.