Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-01
CHAPTER XXxIlI

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/ determined II d were posshl, ,o
find out the religious condition nf tB,
Officials Of the district. So 90 each guar
terly conferece whore % was az 100 pos
sible propounded these questions. ID.
you hold family prayers Do vou b,y.
seasons OF fastings7 Do sou road th.
Bible regular? Do you take the Texas
Christian Advocate When / had mad.
the round # holding quarterly meetings
on the district, askinA N, aboy, ones
lions. / found that 1856 had answered
the questions la satisiactor, WAY
Then I concluded that % could pet
them 10 promise 20 iithe Their. Womb
be no trouble along the lines ot
finances 50 ! determined iu pf,lcb "a
sermon ON tithirg az each appointment
that ! visited on the next round The
people had not studied the question
very much. and I did not know how
they would take 20 tho subject As
would talk 90 the people when won't
from place a. place ana understood
how they felt auult the question m.
heart would go az and down began
right In the city ct Fort Worm. When
had hand thing a. o. ! wanted Co.,
strike u ~ the hardest place began
FIRST az Hulkc! Memorial. then at Mis-
sOuti Avenue, and az FIRST Church
closed NJ M these places with a prom
Use IT some POO ~ more o. 1.-THE such
men as " H. Williams GDoue. Mil
key. W. j. Boaz a. q. Francis. &.
Baker, and other, too nuW,ruu. o.
mention. promised o. iith, as habit
of their lives. ! have Kept up with
them of and on III ,Igh the y.ar. ana
every time that ,uIld hear frum them
they were still faithful 10 THEN prom.
Use. So ! kept up my pm pos, through
out the entire district and ] am sure
that eternity alone Will be- abl, lo 900
fold the good that viii com, from thai
effort 10 preach on tithIug lm
great believer IN Gods promise iu M.
man a. woman that ttlas. that does
Il honestly.
remember Thomas Bond 90 HIS
boru. he went OF tu work Tor himself
when quite young man Ills mother
succeeded in getting him 10 promise
her before he left that h. would faith.
fully 1.-THE. lie started ON salary %,
t2i a month. He said az first % Wus mot
hard tp uay the two dollars luda half
but as the months rolled on and D., got
acquainted with the yuuug girls wanted
to 81 out o. see the girl and take
buggy ride occasionally. 30 ra' pretty
hard for him 90 De- faithful Co., tbr plcdp,
he made 90 his mother but ur kept
on. Somewhere between 1897 and 1854
when | was ON the Corsicaui distract
and Hillsburo was IN the district aud
NJ. ). Hctchkiss was the pastor al
Hillshoro. the church there decided O.
build e new church. and assisted
them iu collecting the money Ton that
work. Thomas Bond had 1t TINS umr
uecume q partner with ms father lu
the drug business How much do you
thing Thomas Bond gave az his 1.-THE
money % the building oI that church,
lie started az giving $3.50 month
II this time he gave foT building the
new church 1850. dc not know what
h" gave toward building the last one
they built al Hillshoru q few years age.
but 7 am sure hv did has whole duty
tor be- s,H fthrs and thus keeps his
pledge tu his mother
Z thought then. and think now. thai
% ouI people would follow uthing D,
would settle definitely and permanent
y Tor al tim, to come the question ot
the ga.roh's finances boo an OF rs o..
lulrcWcnts. God speed the day when %
'hall come. that will bee the millennium.
remember when | was preaching the
sermon IN "Tthlug that | took this
position 4 man who did not believe
that God did not make tlthing one OF
his laws admitted God was not as wise
ls men at the head 81 governmental
affairs among men God was a. wise as
men ii, knew that 10 would take au
immense amount ui money Gao run Ills
,uglom BOO tine wurli AMI provided fur
o hN not only demanding b. but hy also
iterug great Inducements o. you would
willingly keep His law
o. no, men ami women who belonged
loo co., different churches wouid pay
thr Lord what the, oW. Him there
would bc plenty o. urcrt all the demands
mat fhy churches arr making on the
thereof and We would
have plenty tn spare The Baptist
would have without any trouble her
: 600 600 and the Methods
would have her il2ooo.ooo Cor It's edu.
c1tIonal Wore and 100 ot It's centenary
mooney ana fh,u sHU" fu sparr the
christian Church would hi', already