The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
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| Hoy to Bring
InaQutsiders |
j FsaaI Bis5s "a
what there are a

a. ~. /.
XIV many nQp-church going
~ ~ pseple,that ought to be
~ ~ r@s82dS they need the
benent that is to be de-
rived from regular church attendance
ahdRtha iRhurchssI need them. nay !
have no. patent right, method or
schsAi8sss t haf ( Eli itliSrantsesto work
In all cases. .tWhatd have to say will
be from my experience In small towns
|, and country, districts. .,F,.,
|. ! To accomplish the best results It re-
,quires the united and consecrated ef-
fort Of both Church ana pastor. Many
4 pastUf Has found himself .'handi-
capped BY the attitude oftthss church.
To speak plainly thsre'are isome1 fam
lilies that have withdrawn from church
and there are others that the. church
, has Withdrawn from them and IN both
cases y0p have difficu . toy to oyer
come, ,,.,, ,
!. Now to overcome these dimcufties
|, and many others the pastor must Have
first of ali good common sense, no
substitute will do. Second, passion
! for souls. not simply seeking to swell
his congregation and increase. the
church membership in order TO make
"a good showing. Jesus says: Il will
make you fishers OF men" A third
and very important thing in getting
people to come to Church is tact. and
that you can't beg, borrow or buy,
neither can you keep It in stock, IL
must be- coihed on the spot hfIn the
case of the disciples it meant after
'ithey had toiied 0all night land taken
nothing toscastu their net ON the other
sioe.Ad gmiui h9TG4xpJai ,7ls n
p ID EfTeaeysof Pastoral Visiting. r,
fsa'I believe q, lack of7pastoral visiting
is responsible for great deal of the
indifference to the:v claims of the
church Il My brethren, we should be
just as. jealous to succeed or even ex-
eel In our pastor visiting as we should
In the pulpit work. make4t q point
to get over my parish 3ust'as quick as,
/ can after get moved. IandI find,
many things in favor ofJsnchya plan:
BY all means 90 to itheo people that do
mot go to church,o goo l. say, before
Isome one has heep kind, enough, TO tell.
you all about them. Go before you
get to think like the rest that their
case is hopeless; go before they think
the church iiias sent yUHso before you
have a, lot Of poor, excuses for not CALI
Ing before, go before you think there
Is going to be wedding or funeral
soon in the home and YOU are afraid
they might go out OF town for a min
lister. 10 il4EnGgIf I@aascl Faii
= Perhaps they may say I, guess you
have made anmistake; we do not at
tend church. This is your. chance to
let them know that you are thereto
treat everybody alike; that as a min,
ister, of the gospel you are their min
lister as well as those who belong to
the church. Many time d little later
on have had these same people intro
duce me to their friendsrss their mini
lister, their pastor and perhaps in a
few minutes with tears in their eyes
would say, maybe ought mot to
have introduced you as ibid: you may
thinkJI was trying to represent my
self to be what i am not" Ny mes
sage. u.s. go quickly. gofin the Masters
name and your labor shall not be In
vain. t,,, m n,r,,.
~ why. Some Ministers Fan. esl.,
There are a..fewi ministers that 4
nave known that will never succeed
in getting outsiders to come to church
unless they meet with a wonderful
change. viii hint at Z, few things
where they stand In their own light;
too busy with their own thoughts to
recognize people or speak when they
meet them: others sit and read, the
Bible or. religious papers all the time
when they ought toN be in social con!
verse. Then there are others that are
teoII free with, their advice,
We have thought sometimes. why
can't some ministers learn that doc
tors, lawyers, merchants. carpenters.
masons,and farmers are all supposed
to know their own business better
than he does, Talking too much about
what we are not sure Of may make
people lose all confidence IN us when
we give them good scripturaf advice.
Let me Illustrate by telling OF a. III.
tie incident that tried the other day.
A young minister was invited to speak
to the boys on'al training ship Just BE-
fore they sailed for a long cruise.
Wishing to get into the good sracesi
and win their attention. he spoke to
them first of sailor life and navigation,
in general and finally, came around to,
give them some good sound advice
from religious standpoint, and when
be was through one of-thst lads spoke
up and said: Say mister. II You
don't know any more about that Re- /
lisious business than You do about
navigation don't care, 10 take your
advice."--G. NJ White. in Wesleyan
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