The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-10-28

70 as an INSPIRATION 70 nore prayer
iul, self-abandoning devotion to the
work Of our Lord The circumstances
now around and upon as are too seri-
Gus, too significant for as to slight or
misuse our opportunities. This IS the
end Of the FIRST year in the new cen
tury. All that we know and all that
our parents know Of life was bound up
ia the records Of the old one and no
brighter page is there unrolled than
the history Of woman's awakening TO
the blessed work Of her Lord. We are
now making the record to be LETT 70
our children and to our children's chill
dren, and with the fields already open
IN this Indian country and the unset
| tied, unstable condition OF affairs, we
can most assuredly find ample oppor-
tunity 10 make a record Of which future
generations will be justly proud and
which God viii honor and bless. bold
and aggressive labors for His king
dom on lines OF the best methods will
be more effective in the twentieth cen-
tury than in the nineteenth. By a few
years Of strenuous labor and liberal
giving a mighty transformation Will
be wrought
1t was a fortunate day for Method
ism and the families of our ministers,
in this frontier country more especially
when God put it into the heart Of
one Of bis servants TO sugl est the
wisdom of a parsonage building 50
cicty to move side by side with the
church extension society. HOME Is "a
sweet place, and no one compr 'hcnds
an that the word means 81 well as
the wife and mother Many Of tine
good wives Of our ministers VIII never
have any home IN this world except
the parsonage which the church erects
for them. There are a great many +
vantages in the congregation owning
the house occupied By the pastor, in-
stead Of renting Every member who
helps to build and keep i1 feels a
greater interest IN the pastors family
and visits It with more freedom than
would exist toward a private residence
In which they had no concern. a
congregation, even though a small one
can own the parsonage with no gree
tax on any one member while the pay
ing of monthly rent falls heavily Oh
the pastor. more especially where the
salary is so meagre, and it too ire-
Quently IS, that It is only By the strict
est economy that both ends can be in
duced 70 meet
There are other ways in which We
can assist and encourage the pastor
besides furnishing him a house Ia
the matter oi annoyance and destruc-
tion to moving heavy furniture we
might wisely and well provide these
things tt occurs too frequently that
our societies, in furnishing parsonages.
display a want Of judgment in the usc
oi money expended on furnishings.
This work in an It's many branches
each division Of which Is a mighty fac-
tor for the upbuildine 81 the church
IS not q mere passing Thought. but IS
OF vital Importance and viii De as long
as the itensrancy exists and the church
continues 10 grow We have many
works paying less than 10000 per
year. and these have no parsonages.
and we al know from our own yearly
expenses that Il Is impossible 20 live
az afi COMMERCIALLY an - small . st,rn
tben whst IN fbe ni,.st.r III ,be-e
csn ~ trrns W. m~s. Is b;s sss,st-
snf. ;n CoFs ,rort eeme ~ ,be res-
r~e Ths r~y fo~ bei, + ;,.-c,s.r.
the imperative need of Il Is appalling.
] heard one presiding elder state some
icw weeks since that 80 one OF the new
towns on the Rock Island De organized
a congregation. Some faithful. God
loving. God-ioarine man volunteered
to serve as pastor. no church or par
sonape rs walk into. Bro. Thurstor
stated that hc bought q tent etc.. to
hold services m for ss1.oo and succeed
ed IN raising 5000 of that in the town.
Now. II the Woman's Home Mission
society doesn't aii that church for
few years. don't you suppose many on-
portunilies will De lost and ne win re
port very little announcement ncxt
conicrcncc7
"This Is only one instance nirht
mention dozens ss we hare is- rhsr7es
and oniy mo nsrsoneoes of eng Ina
me- whole no cost S.ooa6 baiae =,
AVERAGE ~ $3.50 each maiino NJ
poorer ones necessarily verv shsbhv
indeed Now NJ fhie ffo nsr..rss...
three-fonrths of that number ,e b.rn
buii entirely or materially aided bg
the Wom7ns Home Aii<.ior sor,ef,