The Nevada County picayune., 1921-10-27

vides for their reception ana treat ment. In the matter of helping then. surely the church is doing what was commanded and in these hundreds or hospitals more people are cured i'll one year than was cured by Christ and all the 12 apostles.
 Christ commanded to feed the lambs and the church and there are in the United States more" than lS,o0o,ooo children and youth studying the Bible and the preceptS of Christ are ihStlileu into them by faithful teachers with the aids of the best books that are published. In connection with the Sunday school, open to the poorest without money and without price, the church has manifested deep interest in the childhood of the land ana no" that much is said about child training and pedagogy but the church has been giving attention to childhood for thou sands of years and is real .PaSt Master" in the art of helping children to the best. So today. there is scarce ly high place in the land but what is filled by a son or daughter of the church The church is ready to re- ceive the child regardless of age or financial condition. Send child To one of the great lodges and ask for admiS-
 T ln VNj that no can be admitted until they reach the age of 21. or send to the public school and the reply Is that none can he admitted to it's great benefits until 6 years of age but the church. the large majority. will not wait until they are 6 years nor SIX months but take them from the cradle and stand by them to the grave. ehildS character k usually formed by and so the church gets II her work ill this formative period and those who come entirely under this influence are
 saved from the reil #ef fife and grow to
 manhood and womanhoed pure, strong and take the lead iH the great battles
 of life.
 Christ gave as all illustration of
 what his church should do that the
 poor had the gospel preached to
 them" and that k pre- eminently true
 now Apply at the door of q show and you must pay before you can get i'll. and S0 of a base ball game. but no
 one is met at church door and asked for admittance fee. and the benefits of | the church are conferred on the poor l as well as the rich. and no one sighted because they have not the money. In every church there is q welcome for | the poor and none need stay away | for lack of money. as no money is re Quired for admittance in the church building or the church membership. | So with the crippleS, the lame, the halt, the blind. they cannot be ad l mitted into many of the great secret l orders as they only take in those sound | in limb and mind, but the church takes them regardless as to whether they have a good character or whether they | he lacking in limb or destitute in this worlds goods. In one G my previous charges l took into full membership
 man who had both his feet cut off in | a ra ilroad accident and he was made | happy that there swas one mighty or ganization that gave him the hand of sympathy and fellowship regardless of his misfortune,
 The crurch stands for temperance
 and the enforcement of the laws of the land, and iS behind with moral sup port all the officers in discharge of their duty and iS opposed to lawleSs-
 ness and when you go into court house you do not find her sons arrayed for trial for lawleSSncSS and if all lis tened to her teachings there would he no need of jail and penitentiaries. and taxes would of necessity he reduced
 But is the church loyal and would she go tO death for the sake of truth, or would she apostatize and renounce her Lord if hy so doing life would be saved? Many say that the days of the martyrs are over and that we could not make the same enviahle record as the early Christians did who went to the lions den rather than deny Christ. Again, the church confuteS this charge by living examples in this supposedly lnN nnl ,,nllIn..A, n.rn nnl ,uhnn tI,.n nn