Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-10

itself the young people OF the church
and the community, that the young
may be properly trained and influence
ed in things of good. With Bible truth
inculcated in the child's mind his af
ter life will, usually, be controlled or
modified by his early training.
1t is the young Peoples society; it
must have the assistance of the peo-
pie of the church, the parents of the
young and the young who compose it.
In old times contests were waged be-
tween the chieftain heroes of a coun-
try. If the champion Of either side
was defeated that whole army-the
whole nation suffered defeatr'7 An ex-
ample was cited III David and Goliath.
Not so in this warfare; tits contest
in which all the people areinterested,
and should be engaged. Every church
has or should have power, the pow
er of,the church-the people, Every
church has its atmosphere, and the
atmosphere is in the pews, not in the
desk. Spoke of the power that the
leaven has over the mass of dough.
1t is not the power Of few molecules
working here and there to leaven the
mass, it is the result of the work of
every particle of fermentlng sub
stance upon the mass. The work OF
the church is done not by half doz-
en- molecules power, but by the whole
number. He referred to the fact that
people who by some effort are brought
into the society or church, are often
neglected and forgotten, falling away
into former vices and practices. IL
Illustrated his idea by the custom along
! the sea coast in certain New England
towns of ehriching lands or corn hills
| by covering in the hill a fish or two
| that had been easily caught from the
sea, the decaying fish furnishing ele-
| ments of plant growth. Had the fish
been caught and left uncovered on
| the shore or scattered about on the
corn plat, the result would have been
useless and malodorous. 1t is not
| enough to fish, but the fish must be
put to use. Take the young man and
use him; assign something for him to
do. He may possibly go at too rap
id rate; may spoil or break some
| something, but he is determined to
get there. Told the story of man
who hired horse of a livery man to
make trip to Lynn, Mass, having a
long bridge to pass over. The horse
turned out to be a terrific runaway,
runaway and soon, after he started
broke into q fearful, run, everybody
but the driver, frightened, but he clung
to his reins stuck to his carriage and
brought up in front of a hotel in an
incredibly short time, the horse COM
pletely winded. Giving the hostler
directions to we'll care for the horse,
| he did his business and started for
| home. No sooner had he straighten-
ed the reins than !: the horse iran
away'' again and like perilous con-
dition followed as he tore UP tn, road
in going home. - He arrived safely,
however, and ordered the owner to
| An active G. E. has no trouble; some
how it sccomplishes it's purpose; does
some good. Keep up the spirit; no
matter if there is an occasional run
away. Let the young men and wo-
men, the boys and the girls work to-
gether.
1t is a young peoples Society. AS a
society there is nothing like it. 1t de-
mands the associated strength of the
people of which it is composed. 1t
has no use for any who will not be
something. The principles of the So
ciety are such that those who seek to
join it must take position, take sides;
they cannot stand aloof. They must
be either associate Or active members.
They must decide to be one sort of
member Or the other, or stand outside
entirely. Illustrated the condition
many are in when they try to evade
pledges and duties, to one thing or
another. Told how "a young lady
went home from meeting perplex-
ed, conscience smitten, but undeter-
mined what to do, and how the in1u-
ence of a praying mother led her to
make complete surrender and take
the full ows of the society. In the
@. E. there is no middle ground. He
thought that the moral man who was
Christian in allshis practices, except
his professions, was great hindrance
to Christian work. Cited as an exam
| pie of excellence outside the church,
many made him their example and
remained :, unco nitted to things of
good. Not all church members are