Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-13

I were in the days of Clay. Webster, jackson
and Lincoln. With Christ out OF our scbooI.
politics will, as IT always has been, be a solemn
mockery, To take Christ and the bible out of
our schools on the ground that the school is
not the place for religious instruction. ia tn
separate life into religious and secular. and
the result will be as heretofore, a false theory
OF life. This is a christian nation in theory
ana should be in practice. and Il can only be
done by restoration of the bible I'm our public
SCHOOLS, as text book, under the supervision
OF competent christian teachers. And then.
Christ should have place in the Journalism
o1 the DAY, as an educator of the people. So
| far as am advised. there is not a christian
daily paper in the world. There are "a the
world says, good papers, brainy papers pub-
lished: all highly priced by u.s. But the most
lrreltgious of all the daiies is the Sunday DAT.
iy. IL Is reserved for this issues to elaborate.
| ~ set before its readers the fashions the
| races, prize fights. baseball and every o,her
accountable species of wickedness. ealcuisted
| TO oemoralize the young and lead them astrav-
| religious daily-full of the many church re-
vlvale all over the world-news from the home
and foreign missionary societies, and of gsner-
al cnurch news, wonld be a grand acquisition
10 Tue literature of the world. But how sadly
are tue things that pertain to the soul-to the
life that now is and Of that which ia IN come
neglected in the daily press
But as long as money making "a tho so,.
,uea Oh the newspaper of the day. just that
long will the weightier matters of Cbrist ana
MS teaching be neglected. But just as long IN
we have our present political teachers keep,pv
up the divisions of one class of literature TO-
the church and another for the world. tbese
things will continue and Go.l ,,fu - -. -,
ized on Sunday in the church and the devil fuI.
~ In the bar room and dive, and Il IA tbis mir
ana water style of teaching-that tina p,.,nts
should not be desecrated by politics. tina, 4.
keeping up these divisiopa, aud keepino Chris,
OUT OF the newspapers and too often out M
tne pulpit. Christ in the Church. "sure,v
nere IS where We will find christ n ~ N N he
FOUND, Christ ought to be found in his rreatest
purity and his most loyal TEACHINGS In the
chufcn' ana yet somehow the people hav~
iaiied 10 md him In all His leveliness In many.
Oh the churches. The mass OF the people ara
not liable to unite In the service of Christ nm.
I'll the churches unite m love and feIlovshia.
II pFoieAseo christians cannot unite I'm love ana
ieiiowshfp how can we expect the world tn p,,t
on It's rags and unite with the uuchristian p.rt
OF the churches to render a mock service A..
the Christ. IL the church is going tn nre.a,,
the Master to the world 1t must show a MOI.
christian like spirit than II ever has dome m
only refer to my own churck.l II must ,h,o-
open It's pews to the people, clothe the mako,
ieed the hungry and visit the sick ana not let
the poor OF the church become county charge
az you and have seen in years of plenty. m
cnurches must reform their membership and
Dpnfert its uncovered. and support its DOOR
pu. On Some or IT'S diamonds, silks and satius
ana vote Tor honest officers. Pay it's honest
debts and turn their parlors into place. of
prayer instead OF Might've parties. aud help to
90 the will of God on earth a. II d m heaven.
Inc church must return to the apostolic or.
ger OF things, where contributions were taken
up every first day of the week for the noo,
saints and not to supply n fashionable puIott
where the poor, IL not turned away. NO attn.
ZION is paip to them. The church mus, WORT
and make sacrifices for Christ, st least eoual
TO the sacrifices you old veterans made for.
your country, thatthe cause OF Christ may not
I De olasphemed. The church unite it's forces
Tor good and quit backbiting each other
"nen the Christian Endeavor society was
hrst started few years ago IL was thouRAt
that 1t presented splendid opportunity for
cnnrch union. The young people were will
ing. They were deSetd Of narrow prejudieea
and bigotry- Instead of hailing the now
movement as one which promised the long de-
sired answer 10 the Saviours prayer for
church union. This is a good thing for the
church; but we must have our separate organ.
izations. This was deadly blow to church
union.
The church of today lie not doing the Will or
God as He would have Il 70 do. II you want
to see the absence of Christ in an average
church. attend a midweek prayer meeting.
Churches Of an hundred two members alb
solutely doing nothing for the uplifting of the
community were located; but attending q Ger.
tain number of meetiDgr each week as q mat.
, ter OF form, paying little money to keep up
appearances while the preacher uses up his
energies trying to keep the church alive. and
the members from straying OF to more COZ
genial climes and thus the matter goes on from
year 20 year.
But this is no excuse for the old soldier net
J appearing in the front pew, armed and equip,
cd for the cause of Christ, discharging every
! obligation of good soldier Of Christ as he
! did under grant or Sherman at Appomattox on
the march 10 the sea- Ipray, o Lord, that ev-
r cry old soldier before me now may become q
soldier OF Christ, with Christ dwelling I'm his
heart and as loyal TO Him as he was 20 the na-
!. tion and its fiag-Praying thy viii be done in
. earth as IN heaven.