The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-06-21

love. In helping others we are always
encouraged and strengthened our
selves. In trying to lift other souls
to Christ our own soul is drawn closer
to him. Make life ministry of love
and it will always be worth living
Mercy and help work does not con-
sist by any means only in the giving
of temporal and material aid. Mercy
implies benevolence, tenderness, mild
ness pity and compassion. How often
we think that If we have relieved some
PERSONS temporal want, our duty is
done, but what mistake. How often
a Borrowing soul is more starved for
a kind word OF love or an expression
of heartfelt sympathy than for any ma
terial aid. How little we know of the
heartaches around us and how utterly
helpless we sometimes are to help, but
we can point them to Jesus, who suf-
fered death on the cross for US, and
who knows our every sorrow and care,
and has invited us to cast all our cares
upon him, for he careth for us. Thorn
as Moon says; Earth has no sorrow
that heaven cannot heal How true
it Is that "A little tender human loye,
just at the right time given, goes far
to make this sad old earth, seem like
a piece of heaven In the parable of
the good Samaritan, Jesus taught the
practices of mercy and help and said
to us Go and do thou likewise He
continually illu strated his doctrine Of
love by his deeds of mercy.
SIN order to do good, we must put
ourselves in the way Of it, not only i'm
pro 1ing opportunities but making
them. We must interest ourselves in
the lives of others and this we can only
do by coming in personal contact with
them. This means systematic visiting.
The word systematic should empha-
sized, for to be successful, we must
have system. Order is heavens first
law Visiting the sick is a sacred
mission and We need Gods love in our
hearts to do it wisely: We should
long to do good to some soul and re-
lieve the material wants of the needy.
We should agree with the poet who
says: e..
If we sit down at set of sun,
And count the acts that we have done
and counting find
One self-denying act, one word, that
eased the heart of him who heard,
One glance most kind, that fell like
sunshine where it went,
Then we may count that day well spent
Every christian life should be so
pure and holy that it would win souls
to God by it's beauty and 'faithfulness.
The Friday evening session was
opened by a fellowship meeting con-
ductea by the Long Prairie League.
Hon. Chas. F. Hendryx, editor of
the 'Sauk Centre HERALD" in behalf
of the citizens of Sank Centrn, deliv-
cred very cordial address of welcome
to the delegates, which was warmly
appreciated by all present, and for
the efficient and entertaining way in
which Mr.. Hans Bugge, President of
the District Leagues expressed the
sentiment of the delegates in his res
ponse to this address of welcome, all
were truly grateful.
One feature of our evenings enter.
tainment was an Open Parliament, in
which the delegates were requested to
state the object for which they had
come to the Convention. Some very
interesting and edifying responses
weregiyen, and the meeting closed with
social greetings and refreshments
which were kindly served by the ladies
of the church and Sank Centre League.
Saturday morning after a consecra-
tion service led by Grove Lake Chap
ter, very interesting and instructive
address on ''The Epworth League and
Twentieth Century movement was de-
livered by Rey. F. E. Ross of ST..
Cloud. He stated that the aim of the
Twentieth Century movement is to
bring into the church two million of
precious souls and to lay upon the al
tars of the church a thank Offering of
twenty millions of dollars. 'The Ep-
worth League can be largely instru-
mental in accomplishing this end, but
if we are to do anything, there must be
a special rival of spiritual life. There
are sixteen thousand pastors in our
church and if each one was responsible
for one hundred and twenty five souls,
the two million souls would be covered.
We have membership of something
like two millions, and these young peo-
pie, full of enthusiasm for God, ought
to do something to raise this money
for God. Something like seven mill
ions of this has already been raised,
but the time is half gone already.
May we bear aloft the star of our
Methodism and may the blessing of
God attend us, as we in faith, in hope
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