{"1": {"fulltext": "Iff- I IIS r:^13i:^ jPlrii", "height": "3842", "width": "2732", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "BOUND BY\\nC H. LEAMAN\\nBook Binder\\nHAGERSTOWN, MD.\\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS.\\nChap. Copyright No.\\nSheltvlXfiL\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.", "height": "3656", "width": "2440", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3636", "width": "2476", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3656", "width": "2340", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "The Church Member\\nAND\\nMIS VARIOUS RELATIONS AND\\nDUTIES TO HIS HOME, HIS\\nCHURCH, AND HIS\\nSTATE\\nBY\\nRev. s. h. dietzel, ph. d.,\\nPastor of Christ Reformed Church,\\nCavetown, Maryland.\\nHAGERSTOWN, MD.\\nGLOBE JOB ROOM PRINT.\\nigoo.", "height": "3648", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "51037\\nLJbmry of Con^fresB\\np^u Copies Receded\\nSEP 24 1900\\nSECOND COPY.\\nUdtvwdrf to\\nOROtS DIVISION,\\nOCT 1 I90U\\nCOPYRIGHT 1900\\nBY\\nSAMUEL HENRY DIETZEL.\\nt O.o o.", "height": "3656", "width": "2340", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "DEDICATION.\\nWithout askiug his permission, this\\nlittle volume is most affectionately dedi-\\ncated to the Eev. William H. Groh, the\\nfirst Reformed minister of whom I have\\nany recollections, and who gave me\\nmany kind words of advice and en-\\ncouragement during the period of my\\nlife when I most needed them.", "height": "3624", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3656", "width": "2252", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nCHAPTER. PAGE.\\nI. The Day of Confirmation and What\\nIs Now Expected of You 9\\nII. The Christian Sox or Daughter in\\nthe Home 27\\nIII. The Christian Parent, and His Duty\\nin the Home 37\\nIV. When Should a Child Join the\\nChurch and What the Parents\\nDuty Is in Helping the Child to\\nDecide 60\\nV. The Sunday School What Is It\\nand Our Duty to It 78\\nVI. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Christian Development and Christ-\\nian Work 92\\nVII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Your Minister, and How You Can\\nAssist and Encourage Him 103\\nVIII. The Pastor s Visiting IT?\\nIX. \u00e2\u0080\u0094The Old Minister and How He\\nShould Be Treated 124\\nX. The Nomination and Election of\\nChurch Officers 135\\nXL Christian Citizenship, or Should a\\nChristian Take an Active Inter-\\nest in Politics 143\\nXII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Missions, and Why I Believe in Them 152\\nXIII. The Church Member s Wedding 164\\nXIV. The Evening of Life, Be Kind to\\nthe Old 173\\nXV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Christian Funeral 183", "height": "3652", "width": "2476", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3648", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3620", "width": "2476", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3652", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nEver since I began my bumble minis-\\ntry of love, I bave felt tbe need of some\\nlittle book, wbicb might be. placed in tbe\\nbands of tbe church membership, which\\nmight bring home to them the various\\nduties and responsibilities resting upon\\nthem, and thus aid in guiding and leading\\nthem to that brighter and better home in\\nheaven.\\nNothing, it is true, can take the place\\nof the Word of God as a guide and rule\\nfor our faith and practice, yet, in my\\nhumble judgment, such a book as this\\ncan, with profit, find a place in a Chris-\\ntian s library.\\nSome of the subjects I have already", "height": "3648", "width": "2360", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "Vi PREFACE.\\nhandled in public discourses, others I\\nhave thought over for a long time, and\\nnow give them to the reader, with the\\nhope and prayer that they may be seed\\nsown on good ground.\\nI am conscious of the fact, that much\\nremains to be said on each subject, but I\\ngive the result of my meditations to the\\npublic with the hope that it may lead\\nmany to think on better things. and\\nthus bring light and hope and joy into\\ndarkened hearts and homes.\\nI must confess that my ideal has not\\nbeen reached, but if this little book will\\nbe the means of cheering some faint-\\nhearted Christian traveler, thus enabling\\nhim to keep on in the true way; if it will\\nhelp some parents to reach a higher con-\\nception of the sacred responsibility which\\nis theirs; if it will enlighten some hearts;\\nif it will make the arduous labors of my\\nbrethren in the ministry less burdensome", "height": "3656", "width": "2448", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nvii\\nand more fruitful, then I will feel myself\\namply repaid for all the thought and\\nprayers I have given to the several sub\\njects. With this hope I launch it forth\\non the sea of life, and may God s bless-\\ning go with it. S. H. D.,\\nMarch 20, 1900. Cavetown, Md.", "height": "3656", "width": "2360", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3656", "width": "2448", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE I.\\nTHE DAY OF CONFIRMATION AND WHAT IS\\nNOW EXPECTED OF YOU.\\nThis is a solemn, a sacred clay, and if\\nyou will be faithful to the vows you now\\nhave taken, the course, which you now\\nhave begun, will bring you a happy and\\npeaceful life, growing more Christlike day\\nby day, until, at last, when this weary life is\\nended, heaven will be your home for\\nevermore.\\nThere are, indeed, few if any scenes on\\nearth more beautiful and impressive than a\\nClass of young men and women surround-\\ning the Altar, taking the confirmation\\nvows, renouncing the world, the flesh and\\nthe devil, and promising to follow Jesus\\nChrist all the days of their life. It is a", "height": "3644", "width": "2384", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "10 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\npublic confession before the world that\\nthey have turned away from the vain\\nthings of this life, with its empty bub-\\nbles, and have now resolved, henceforth,\\nto live in and for Christ, God being their\\nhelper.\\nWhether or not you could be saved out-\\nside of the Church of Christ, I do not pro-\\npose to discuss here. Let it be sufficient\\nto know that Jesus thought it necessary\\nto leave His throne in heaven and come\\ndown among us men to establish a\\nChurch, unto Himself, unto which He gave\\na mission and a work to do, and that\\ntlwy added daily such to the Church as\\nshould he saved God has made the Church\\nan instrument, in His hands, for the dis-\\nsemination of Christian knowlege, with\\nthe purpose in view of developing Chris-\\ntian character. It is a divine-human in-\\nstitution permeated by the Spirit of\\nJesus, its Founder, and the duty of the", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE DAY OF CONFIRMATION. 11\\nChurch is: to bring moral order out of\\nchaos, to overcome evil with good, dark-\\nness with light and error by truth.\\nIt is a divine-human institution estab-\\nlished and perpetuated for our benefit;\\nbut it only gives us the means of grace\\nand the helps and guidance necessary for\\nour salvation which God for Christ s sake\\ngrants us, not by merit, but by grace\\nthrough faith are we saved.\\nYou join the Church then, in a manner;\\nas you would join a school for the pur-\\npose of receiving help and instruction;\\nand as the school exists for the pupils, so\\ndoes the Church exist for its members.\\nIt is only a help to our salvation. If we\\nwish to learn we must do our part must\\nstudy else the best schools in the land\\ncannot give us an education. So you\\nand I must do our part and use, or appro-\\npriate, the means of grace, else we can\\nnot be saved in the Church.", "height": "3648", "width": "2376", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nYou become a member or pupil of a\\ncertain school, not because you know all\\nthat is taught there, but because you wish\\nto learn what is taught there. In like\\nmanner you join the Church of Christ, you\\nbecome a member, not because you are\\ngood, bat because you have resolved to do\\ngood, and want all the helps that the Church\\ncan give you. because you wish to be\\nobedient to the divine command. And\\nhere it is you find men and women of\\ncongenial spirits, encouraging and cheer-\\ning and helping you to live a better and\\nnobler life. 4, They that are whole need\\nno physician.\\nAnd remember this fact, my reader;\\nthat the Church of Christ does not need\\nyou half so much as you need the sancti-\\nfying influence that pervades the sanc-\\ntuary. The Church will stand and\\nflourish whether or not you come within\\nher sacred portals: she is founded on the", "height": "3656", "width": "2524", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE DAY OF CONFIRMATION. 13\\nEock, Jesus Christ, and the gates of hell\\nshall not prevail against her. But it is\\na sacred duty, which you owe to yourself,\\nto unite with some Church and give your\\naid and influence for good. God has\\nmade you for something worthy, and, if\\nyou are unfaithful to your trust, you are\\nunfaithful to yourself. But, I assume\\nthat you are a member of the Church of\\nChrist. What now has the Church and\\nthe world a right to expect of you? It\\ngoes without argument, that faithfulness\\nis one of the necessary essentials to suc-\\ncess in any undertaking, and so, my dear\\nfriend, if you do not hope to make ship-\\nwreck of your faith, I enjoin faithfulness\\nupon you in your Church relations by all\\nmeans.\\nIf you are unfaithful in your school\\nlife, if you neglect to prepare your les-\\nsons properly, if you try to pass by unfair\\nmeans, be assured you will wrong no one", "height": "3644", "width": "2384", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "14 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nso much as yourself. You will be the\\nloser iu the end. You do yourself more\\nharm than any other person. The same\\nholds good in your relation with the\\nChurch. By your unfaithfulness, you\\nmay bring discredit upon the Church in\\nthe eyes of the world. But there are\\nmany, who are true and faithful, who will\\nsubstantiate the high claims of the\\nChurch, and you alone will be the sufferer\\nin the end.\\nNot all who attend school become ed-\\nucated, and not ail who join the Church\\nwill be saved,\\nConnecting with the Church is only\\nthe beginning. Many more things must\\nnecessarily follow. Not all the grafts\\nthat are placed upon a tree will grow;\\nunless they receive the life blood the\\nsap of the tree they wither and die. So\\nthose who are engrafted into the Church\\nof Christ will grow only when they ap-", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE DAY OF CONFIRMATION. 15\\npropiate to themselves the grace offered\\nby her means.\\nWhat, then, is necessary that you may\\nlive a true Christian life You have now\\nmade a profession a beginning. You\\nwill find sore trials and severe tempta-\\ntions before you. However, if, by the\\nhelp and grace of God, you set your face\\nlike a flint toward the heavenly home\\nlooking unto Jesus, the Author and\\nFinisher of our faith, from Whom cometh\\nour help, you will come off more than\\nconqueror. Pray to the Father in secret\\nand He shall reward thee openly. Do\\nnot forget to pray; for prayer is one of\\nthe essential weapons in Christian war-\\nfare. When our blessed Lord and Savior\\nfound it necessary to spend whole nights\\nin prayer; and also taught His disciples\\nthat whatsoever ye ask the Father in\\nMy name it shall be given unto you,\\nand when holy men of all ages were", "height": "3644", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "16 THE CHURCH MEMBER,\\nmoved to resort to prayer as is indicated\\nby the Psalms; Jacob wrestling in\\nprayer, St. Paul ceasing not to pray both\\nnight and day for his spiritual children,\\nmuch more is it necessary for us, poor\\nChristians, to pray for strength, for guid-\\nance, and for wisdom, saying: keep\\nthou mv wav, O Lord\\nWe see the saints of God mighty in\\nprayer. Monica prays for years until her\\npetitions were answered. So must we\\nnot fail to pray unceasingly, for it is\\npromised, ask and ye shall receive,\\nseek and ye shall find, knock and it shall\\nbe opened unto you, and the prayer of\\nthe righteous man availeth much.\\nThen, my dear friend, do not neglect to\\nask the Father to lead and guide you, for,\\nthough the way may be dark now, in due\\ntime He will bring you into the clear sun-\\nlight of His plans and purposes.\\nGod will do His part, but do not forget", "height": "3656", "width": "2448", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE DAY OF CONFIRMATION. 17\\nthat you also have an important part to\\nperform in working out your own salva-\\ntion. God only helps those who help\\nthemselves. You must, then, not only\\nmake your own wants and needs known,\\nbut you must also do all you can to\\nbetter your condition and as far as possi-\\nble avoid temptations.\\nThus, my dear young reader, you see,\\nthere are duties and responsibilities\\nwhich are obligatory upon you. If you\\nwant to live a Christian life\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a Christ life\\nthen you must do your part. Your\\nformer associates may yet be out in the\\nworld loving the vain and empty, as well\\nas questionable pleasures of life more\\nthan the joys of the Christian, and, if such\\nbe the case, then you must abandon the\\nold haunts and associates. You mast\\nturn away from them, for you can never\\nhope to reform your life unless you quit\\nungodly associates and questionable", "height": "3652", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "18 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\npleasures; you can not serve two\\nmasters; you must either serve God or\\nMammon, no middle ground is possible.\\nYou must leave off the pleasures of sin.\\nThis may require a severe struggle, but it\\nmust be done to assure your sincerity and\\nsecurity. You must take a firm stand on\\nthe Eock, Jesus Christ. Follow Christ, He\\nis the highest possible Model of true man-\\nhood. Eead God s Word, and it will make\\nyou wise unto salvation. Thus only can\\nyou become an intelligent Bible Chris-\\ntian, and by and by you will become so\\npermeated and filled with Christ thought\\nthat you will unconsciously follow Jesus,\\nand then it will be easier to do right\\nthan wrong.\\nBut you must also show your love to\\nGod and His cause by attending and\\ntaking part in all the services in the\\nsanctuary, if possible. These services\\nare for your benefit. The minister", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE DAY OF CONFIRMATION. 19\\nselects his themes with the end in view of\\ninstructing, inspiring, comforting and\\nhelping you. And you should allow\\nnothing, unless it be sickness or death, to\\ndetain you at home, and thus cause you\\nto miss the services which are for your\\nsoul s welfare. It is so easy to form\\ncareless or indifferent habits that we\\nshould guard against it. One service\\nmissed makes it easier to miss another\\nand thus you become a stay at home\\nbefore you are aware. There are many\\nfamilies with whom the question who\\nwill go to Church today? is never asked,\\nfor it is understood that all will go; with\\nthem it has become the rule of life to go\\nup to the house of the Lord regularly.\\nThey would no more think of allowing\\nthe day to pass by without attending\\ndivine services than to do without eating.\\nLet it be the rule of your life to be\\npresent in rain or shine, in heat or cold", "height": "3656", "width": "2360", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nand you will receive blessings for the day\\nof need.\\nAttend and take part in all the\\nservices; be a ivJiole-hearted Christian.\\nGive your aid and influence for good\\nwherever and whenever you can, for, re-\\nmember, you learn by doing and you\\ngrow and gather strength by exercising\\nyour powers.\\nThere may be times when matters are\\nnot as pleasant as you may wish to see\\nthem, but keep on faithfully, hear with\\nthe infirmities of others; remember, you\\ntoo may be in error. Do all you can\\nfor the good of your fellowmen and for\\nthe glory of God.\\nAnd whatever else you do, do not be a\\nfault-finder. They are the bane to any\\ncause. The growlers are never workers\\nand the workers have no time to be\\ngrowlers. They see the failures and\\nshort comings in others, and seldom, if", "height": "3684", "width": "2452", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE DAY OF CONFIRMATION. 21\\never, do anything worthy. The\\\\ only\\nmake things unpleasant. They are the\\nfriction in the machinery, They trouble\\nthe smoothe waters. They see the mote\\nin a brother s eye but not the beam in\\ntheir own. These are spots in your\\nfeasts of charity Clouds they\\nare without water carried about of winds,\\ntrees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,\\ntwice dead, plucked up by the roots/\\nMy friends, if you have nothing good\\nto say, seal your lips, for the minister\\nand officers have all the cares they well\\ncan bear without hearing of your griev-\\nances, isever let your conduct be unbe-\\ncoming. Nothing is ever gained by\\nbeing revengeful. It has been the exper-\\nience of pastors almost universally, that\\nthe fault-finders are not the pillars of the\\nChurch. They are the weak timbers\\nwhich make the building insecure. They\\ncool the religious fervor, and cause un-", "height": "3656", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\npleasantries and sadness. Our prayer is:\\nFrom all such good Lord, deliver us.\\nAgain, should members of the church\\nhave grieviances, do not allow these\\npetty little differences to interfere with\\nyour church. If you and your neighbor,\\nafter coming together and praying God\\nto enlighten you, can not agree, then the\\nminister and his officers can not serve as\\narbiters, either. But first of all, I en-\\njoin upon you St. Paul s advice: As far\\nas possible live peaceably with all men.\\nEver since the little band of Christians,\\non the day of Pentacost, were organized\\ninto a church there have been two kinds\\nof members: those who help and those\\nwho hinder, those who bring sunshine\\nand those who bring clouds, those who\\nwarm and those who chill, and you, my\\nreader, belong to one of these classes.\\nGod wants you to be a helper, He has\\nplaced you here, in this land of Gospel", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE DAY OF CONFIRMATION. 23\\nlight, and we have a right to expect you\\nto walk as children of light.\\nYon have too much honor or self-re-\\nspect to be a dead-head heating your way\\nto heaven; you desire to travel respect-\\nably; then be a sincere and conscientious\\npilgrim traveling to the heavenly Jerusa-\\nlem. Bring honor to your church. Con-\\ntribute according to your abilitv for her\\nsupport. You should have too much\\npride to leave others pay the bills while\\nyou receive the benefits of the church.\\nIt is morally wrong. It is unjust to the\\nother members for you to contribute\\nnothing toward her suppoit while you\\nsquander, every year, many times more\\nfor the luxuries and unnecessaries of life.\\nIf you are rich or poor, your honor and\\npride should compel you to give accord-\\ning to your ability. As a rule the greater\\npart of the contributions come from the\\nrelatively poor. It is they who keep the", "height": "3648", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nwheels of the Gospel Chariot oiled; others\\nwho come arrayed in purpte and fine\\nlinen, driving a span in a fancy carriage,\\ncontribute less than some poor washer-\\nwomen. But, thank God, there are but\\nfew guilty of such base conduct.\\nAnd, now, what shall we say, in reply,\\nto those outsiders who claim they are as\\ngood as some in he tchurch? Their\\ncomparisons are always unjust. They\\ncompare the worst in the church with the\\nbest outside; we frankly admit, to the\\ntruth, that there may be some outside of\\nthe church as good, in conduct, as some\\nwho are in the church there are some\\nwho are good by nature, it comes natural\\nto them and requires no effort, but this\\ndoes not establish anything against the\\nchurch as an institution for good. If\\nsome members of the church are not\\nwhat they ought to be, they might still be\\nworse if they were away from the sancti-", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE DAY OF CONFIRMATION. 25\\nlying influence of the church. The\\nchurch has a restraining and elevating in-\\nfluence on every one of her members, and\\nthere are few persons that are not to\\nsome extent, morally and spiritually ben-\\nefited by their union with church. The\\ntendency of the church is not to make\\nher members bad but good, and. if the\\ngood who are outside would enter they\\nwould be made still better. But, remem-\\nber this, the church is not for the perfect,\\nbut it, primarily, exists for the purpose\\nof developing a larger and truer life. It\\nenables men to prepare for heavenly citi-\\nzenship and as some schools, however\\ngood their curriculum may be, fail in\\nmaking scholars of some who register, so\\nthe Church of God can not help the man\\nwho will not help himself.\\nBut who made you a judge of your\\nfellowmen? Can you see into the heart\\nand read the hidden motives? Are you", "height": "3640", "width": "2336", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26\\nTHE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nomniscient that you can sit in judgment\\non the members of the church? The\\nchurch through her influence has done\\nmore good for the world than all other\\nforces combined; in fact, she is the\\nmother and pioneer of all benefits and\\nblessings we enjoy today. Her influence\\nis felt in every department of life and\\nyou have free speech because the truth\\nhas made you free.\\nThink gently of the erring one!\\nAnd let us not forget,\\nHowever darkly stained by sin.\\nHe is our brother yet.\\nHeir of the same inheritance,\\nChild of the self-same God;\\nHe hath but stumbled in the path\\nWe have in weakness trod.", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER II.\\nTHE CHRISTIAN SOX OR DAUGHTER IX THE\\nHOME.\\nMy kind reader, if you are still in the\\nhome of your childhood and youth enjoy-\\ning the love and care of a fond mother\\nand the protection and counsel of a wise\\nfather, you are certainly a fortunate child.\\nYou still haye the comforts and privileges\\nof home which you can find nowhere else\\nonce the old home is broken up, and now,\\nremember, too, that these comforts and\\nprivileges, of home, which you are enjoy-\\ning bear with them grave responsibilities\\nand sacred duties. Your rights are based\\non your duties and responsibilities. It is\\nbecause you and I have obligations which\\nwe owe to our God and to our fellowmen", "height": "3636", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "28 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nfrom which no one can release us, that we\\nhave rights and privileges from w r hich no\\nman shall rob as.\\nYoa are a member of your household,\\nand all the blessings and privileges which\\nyou now enjoy have come to you through\\nthe wise management and weary toil of\\nyour parents, and those before them. You\\nhave been, to them, a source of care and\\nanxiety. Many were the sleepless nights\\nthey spent watching over and caring for\\nyou during that critical period of your\\nlife childhood. Their own comforts were\\ndisregarded for your sake. Their whole\\nlife has been spent for you, and if they\\nare Christian parents, by the help of God,\\nthey did their best to bring you up in the\\nfear and love of God, so that you might\\nbecome a noble man or woman who would\\nbe a blessing in the home and a benefit to\\nsociety, and the Church. Now it is with\\nyou. Will you be true and noble, and thus", "height": "3644", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "IN THE HOME. 29\\nbring joy and gladness to their hearts in\\nokl age or will you turn away from their\\ncounsel and be wicked, thus bringing\\npremature gray hairs down to an early\\ngrave\\nIn the providence of God, children were\\nintended to be a blessing to parents, but,\\nat times, that which is intended for a bless-\\ning becomes a curse.\\nWe witness the closing scene of Rachel s\\nlife. Her life is ebbing away in giving\\nbirth to her last child. She knew she\\nmust die, and with her last gasping breath\\nsays: We will call him Benoni which is\\nson of my sorrow, but, after her death,\\nJacob, who loved his Eachel dearly,\\nthought that, in a manner, the child would\\nmake up for the loss it would be to him\\na comfort, companion and thus, in a de-\\ngree, at least compensate for the great\\nloss of the mother and so he named the\\nbabe, Benjamin, which is son of consola-", "height": "3656", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "30 THE CHURCH MEMBER\\ntion. Thus every child is, to his\\nparents, either a Benoni or a Benjamin\\neither a son of sorrow, or a son of con-\\nsolation. Which, by God s help, my\\nyoung reader, will you be?\\nIn the mysterious law of life, the link\\nthat unites God and the child is the\\nparents. It has pleased God to place\\nthem over us and all we have and all we\\nare now we owe to them.\\nThe great Lincoln only expressed the\\nsentiment of all true and worthy children\\nwhen he said: All I am or hope to be I\\nowe to my angel mother blessings on\\nher memory. I remember her prayers,\\nthev have always followed me, they have\\nclung to me all my life.\\nMost of the joy comes to fond parents\\nin seeing and hearing of a child s noble\\nconduct in life, and so, on the other hand,\\nthe greatest sorrow is to see a child go\\ndown the broad way that leads to certain\\nruin.", "height": "3688", "width": "2456", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "IN THE HOME.\\n31\\nEvery parent builds great hopes upon\\nhis child, and truly: A wise son maketh\\na glad father but a foolish son is the heavi-\\nness of his mother. Bat why multiply\\nquotations from the Word of God which\\nis so rich and full of advice and admoni-\\ntion on the subject It is a self-evident\\nfact that a parent is either honored or dis-\\nhonored by the child.\\nWe have the sad and untimely end of\\nAbsalom a promising young man who\\nhad all the privileges aud opportunities\\nof becoming a worthy son of a great\\nfather. His father, David, had built\\ngreat hopes on him, but Absalom did not\\nappreciate the privileges that were his.\\nHe became dissatisfied, and wickedly\\nturned against his father and benefactor,\\nwhich ended in the death of the rebellious\\nson.\\nThe parable of the Prodigal son leaving\\na good home, and a kind, loving father,", "height": "3656", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "32 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nwith all the comfort and conveniences,\\ngoing out into the world and at last re-\\nduced to beggary, causing an aged parent\\nsorrow and anguish untold, illustrates the\\nconduct of many a child who does not\\nrealize the blessings of a good home until\\ndeprived of it.\\nOh think of it, my young readers; think\\nof what a debt of gratitude you owe to\\nyour father and mother Think of their\\nprayers and tears in your behalf and on\\naccount of your ungrateful conduct and\\nbe true and honorable, as God meant you\\nshould be. Be kind and considerate for\\ntheir welfare. Remember our Savior s\\nconduct toward his weeping mother at the\\nfoot of the cross. Make your religion a\\npractical thing Tour home should be\\nbetter and happier, your walk and con-\\nversation more heavenly, and your parents\\nmore joyful because of your religion.\\nBe true to your home life. Never let", "height": "3696", "width": "2452", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "IN THE HOME. 33\\nyour conduct be the cause of sorrow to\\nyour fond parents.\\nThe old man eloquent, John Quincy\\nAdams, said: If I had no other induce-\\nment to live a true life, I would do so be-\\ncause of the joy it brings to my loving\\nparents who spent their best days for\\nme. What a noble son of noble\\nparents If every child in the land\\nwould entertain such lofty sentiments,\\nwe would, indeed, And few, if any,\\nbroken-hearted parents.\\nYes, you may have had superior advan-\\ntages for education you may outclass\\nyour parents far in book learning, but\\nremember, there are many, very many\\nthings which you can only learn as they\\nlearned them by experience and you\\nwill find when you reach their age that\\nyour opinions will also be greatly modi-\\nfied, because they have become matured\\nwith age and experience.", "height": "3656", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "34 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nAll great and good men have been obe-\\ndient and dutiful sons in their home life.\\nThere they learned those lessons of in-\\ndustry, obedience, respect for others, in\\nfact, all that goes to make a true and use-\\nful life.\\nHonor your parents, my young friends.\\nEemember no one ever gets beyond honor-\\ning those who were to us a blessing.\\nu The father of our country Washing-\\nton after the surrender of Cornwallis at\\nYorktown, when the war for Independ-\\nence was over, returned to his beloved Mt.\\nVernon home. A large assemblage of his\\nfriends and countrymen had gathered at\\nhis old homestead awaiting his arrival.\\nThey waited long. Morning passed into\\nmidday and midday was drawing toward\\neventide, when amid deafening cheers we\\nsee him appear, but, he pays no attention\\nto those about, he presses through the\\ncrowd to where his aged mother was", "height": "3684", "width": "2452", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "IN THE HOME. 35\\nseated. He must first pay his respects to\\nher. On being congratulated on her great\\nson, the mother simply replied Yes,\\nGeorge always was an obedient child.\\nOh, be an honor to your parents. God\\nmeant you should be a joy to them in their\\ndeclining days. Regard and respect them\\nfor what they have done. Be a Benjamin,\\na son of consolation, for the father of\\nthe righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he\\nthat begetteth a wise child shall have joy\\nin him.\\nRemember, you will not always have\\nyour home as it is now. The time will come\\nwhen, one by one, they must go, and if\\nyou now do your part faithfully in the\\nhome, you will have no cause tor regret in\\nafter years when it is broken up.\\nMay God be with you. May the spirit\\nlead you so that your home may be better\\nfor your religion is our prayer.", "height": "3644", "width": "2336", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "36 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nDo they miss me at home? Do they miss me\\nT would be an assurance most dear,\\nTo know at this moment some loved one\\nWas saying, I wish he was here.\\nTo feel that the group at the fireside\\nWere thinking of me as 1 roam!\\nOh, yes! twould be joy beyond measure,\\nTo know that they missed me at home.", "height": "3680", "width": "2468", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nTHE CHRISTIAN PARENT AND HIS DUTY IN\\nTHE HOME.\\nWe assume that we are writing to\\nChristian parents who are teaching their\\nchildren, both by precept and example, to\\nbecome God-feariijg men and women.\\nTo become a parent is to assume the\\nsacred and responsible task of the bring-\\ning up and training of an immortal\\nbeing, for time and for eternity, for\\nwhich God holds you responsible. W e\\ntake it for granted that every thoughtful\\nand considerate parent loves to see his\\nchildren grow up to useful manhood or\\ntrue womanhood, and hence, they go be-\\nfore them and set an example worthy of\\nemulation. One of the saddest expres-", "height": "3648", "width": "2328", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "38 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nsions I ever heard one which would cut\\nthe heart of any father to the quick was\\nuttered by a young man who with tears\\nin his eyes said: My father never gave\\nme one single example worthy of imita-\\ntion. Oh, fathers, let this never be said of\\nyou. Let not your sins rest upon pos-\\nterity s head.\\nWhen a child comes to your home, it\\ncomes with these solemn words from your\\nHeavenly Father: Take this child and\\nnurse it for me and I will pay thee thy\\nwages. Take this child and nurse it,\\nthat is, educate and bring it up in the way\\nof true manhood or womanhood for me,\\nthat is for the Lord, and I, the Lord, will\\npay thee thy wages. These wages, or re-\\nward for faithfulness, come to you, par-\\nents, when you see your child do noble in\\nlife, for the parent is honored through and\\nby the child. You are proud of a worthy\\nson or daughter you have a right to be\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "3656", "width": "2452", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PARENT. 39\\nthey bring joy to your soul. This is the\\nwages you receive for doing your duty by\\nthem. Ketnember, parents, no matter\\nhow brilliant an intellect your child may\\nhave, it must be fostered, developed and\\ntrained aright, else that which was in-\\ntended as a blessing becomes a curse.\\nNo matter how religiously inclined your\\nchild may be, he needs a parent s example\\nand encouragement. Bear in mind that\\nthe influence of home training is second\\nto none other. All other forces combined\\ncannot atone for neglected childhood in\\nthe homes of our land. The causes of\\ncrime are legion, but none weighs so heav-\\nily as neglected childhood.\\nThe early impressions can never be\\neradicated. During the first seven or\\neight years of a child s life, the training\\nhas a greater power to mold the life and\\ncharacter, for weal or for woe, than the\\ntraining of all subsequent time. Who of", "height": "3656", "width": "2336", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "40 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nus does not remember the friends, the\\nhome, and the incidents of the sunny days\\nof childhood more clearly than any since\\nScratch the green rind of a young tree\\nand it will leave an ugly scar forever.\\nSo is it with the first impressions on the\\nyoung and tender mind of childhood.\\nThe beautiful story of Cornelia is highly\\nexpressive. A haughty noblewoman dis-\\nplayed her own jewels and when done\\nasked Cornelia: And where are your\\njewels V 5 Cornelia, taking her into the ad-\\njoining room where lay sleeping her two\\nbaby boys, and pointing to them answered:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2These are my jewels. So, my parents,\\nevery child, as it comes to your home, is a\\njewel in the rough, and God meant that\\nyou should, by wise care and training, re-\\nmove the rough edges and polish the dia-\\nmond.\\nLittle do we know what future great\\nman in the form of a helpless infant lies", "height": "3656", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PARENT. 41\\nin that old cradle of that humble rustic\\nhome. Little did Luther s mother dream\\nas she fondled her boy, Martin, in that\\nhumble home of Eisleben, that she was\\nbringing up a son whose stand for right\\nand enslaved truth could not be put down\\nby all the power of Pope Leo X.\\nLittle did the mother of Zwingii think\\nas she rocked her infant Ulrick beneath\\nthe snow-capped peaks in that Alpine\\nvillage home that her boy would become\\nthe man who had the moral courage to\\noppose the Pope and take a stand in de-\\nfense of liberty and justice and right.\\nLittle did the mother of Henry imagine\\nthat her son Patrick, whom she fondled in\\nthe wilds of that Virginia home, would\\nsome day sound the tocsin of war which\\nmeant the liberation of the American col-\\nonies from the oppressive yoke of King\\nGeorge III. of England.\\nThe early training of Moses could not", "height": "3656", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "42 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nbe eradicated by all the education that\\nthe Egyptian court school could give, and\\nu he refused to be called the son of Pbar-\\noah s daughter, choosing rather to suffer\\naffliction with the people of God than to\\nenjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.\\nThe Jesuit spoke wisely when he said\\nLet me have the training of your child\\nthe first seven years of its life, and I do\\nnot care who will have it after that. It\\nwill be a Roman Catholic in reality if not\\nin name.\\nJohn Quincy Adams, as well as Presi-\\ndent Not*, of Columbia College, both\\ngreat and good men and intellectual\\ngiants of the first order, when old and\\nfeeble and merging into second childhood,\\nwould always repeat, on retiring, the little\\nchild prayer which their good mothers had\\ntaught their infant lips to prattle at the\\nfirst dawning of the intellect. Eemember\\nthen, parents, to begin early in the devel-", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PARENT. 43\\nopment of the moral character of your\\nchild, and you will impress those lessons\\nof piety and reverence which will be with\\nthem to the going down of life. The\\nfinest legacy you can leave your child is\\nnot bonds or houses or farms, but a good\\nmoral character, grounded in Jesus Christ,\\nwhich will go with them beyond the\\ngrave.\\nYour child has higher wants and needs\\nthan those of the body. It is composed\\nof body, soul, and spirit, and each of these\\nappeals to you for help and care.\\nYour child is a social being and it needs\\ncompanionship. It needs encouragement.\\nIt needs confidentials, and, parents, will\\nyou be your child s confidentials or will\\nyou ignore this craving in the child nature?\\nThen be assured as it grows up it will\\nmake a confident of some companion out-\\nside of the family circle, which too often\\nleads to ruin.", "height": "3624", "width": "2336", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "44 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nWhat a young man, growing up, needs\\nmore than anything else is a father s con-\\nfidence and encouragment, and if parents\\nhave the true confidence of their children\\nso that with frankness they will tell them\\nall that is said and done, it will be one of\\nthe strongest safeguards about them.\\nThe girl who makes a confident of her\\nmother need never fear the advice she re-\\nceives, for no one can be more unselfishly\\ninterested in her welfare than is mother.\\nOne of the crying needs of our day is,\\ncloser intimacy and more implicit confi-\\ndence between mothers and daughters,\\nbetween fathers and sons. If the mother\\nwould make a close confident of her\\ndaughter from childhood, she would be\\nplacing about her the strongest safeguard\\nagainst the viper who cares not what\\nfamily he ruins nor what disgrace he\\nbrings upon pure womanhood. There\\nare many, yea only too many, mothers", "height": "3648", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PARENT. 45\\nwho spend any amount of money for the\\neducation of their daughters. They send\\nthem away to the best schools in the land.\\nThey ha ve them educated in all the higher\\nbranches. They can sing and paint.\\nThey can quote French and Latin. They\\ncan recite whole plays of Shakespeare.\\nThey can sew and cook by rule, but these\\nmothers have failed to make confidential\\nof their daughters. They have been en-\\ncumbered with many things and thus\\nneglect that better part. In short, they\\nhave failed to impress, upon their minds\\nand hearts and lives, the great and funda-\\nmental principles of true womanhood,\\nand, consequently, as we too often see,\\nthey become easy victims to the snares of\\nthe oily-tongued flatterer whose sin-\\nsteeped soul is coated over by fine, gen-\\nteel manners and smooth, persuasive lan-\\nguage. Kemember this, parents, your\\nchildren must have confidential in this", "height": "3652", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "46 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nlife and they will have them and one of\\nthe rules of human life is, that those in\\nwhom we place confidence will have an in-\\nfluence over us. Therefore, the great and\\nmomentous question is: Who are your\\nchildren s confidentials? In other words,\\nwho is going to rule over them and in-\\nfluence their conduct? Your children\\nmust have confidence, sympathy, and in-\\nstruction and have you, parents, proven\\nyourself worthy of their confidence and\\nrespect? Have your actions been so as\\nto make them realize that you are their\\nmost intimate friend and their most de-\\nvoted sympathizer? You say: I live\\nfor my child. Yes, I doubt it not in the\\nleast, but perhaps, because of lack of\\nforethought or by being absorbed wholly\\nin looking after their temporal wants, you\\nmay not have any time left to devote to\\ntheir nobler impulses and your children\\nwho need sympathy and encouragement", "height": "3684", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PARENT. 47\\nbecome estranged more and more from\\nfather and mother as the years roll by\\nand the gulf between parental confidence\\nand child confidence grows wider and\\nwider and in time they are more timid in\\ntelling their secrets to you than to any\\none else.\\nOh, parents, I raise the voice of warn-\\ning. It is your duty to gain and hold the\\nconfidence of your boy and of your girl\\nin such a way that they will feel free in\\ntelling you all their secrets, and, w 7 hen so,\\nyou will find that you have placed about\\nthem a mighty bulwark of safety. Show\\nthem that you are worthy of their confi-\\ndence. Make your home an experience\\nmeeting, and you will have ideal sons\\nand daughters, and your home will be-\\ncome, to them and you, the dearest place\\nin all the world. The ideal home is\\nwhere father, mother, and children are\\nall confident ials; where the interest of one", "height": "3652", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "48 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nis the interest of all the others; where one\\nmember of the family receives inspiration\\nand encouragement and sympathy and\\nlove from all the rest; where all have confi-\\ndence in, and love and respect for each\\nother, so that they with freedom tell one\\nanother what they say and do in life;\\nand, where Jesus is the Elder Brother\\nwhom they ask daily for wisdom and\\ncounsel to direct their doings and say-\\nings. When parents have such a home\\nthey can rest assured their children are\\nnot likely to go astray and they need\\nnever blush on account of the conduct of\\nsons or daughters.\\nThen, parents, do not spend all your\\ntime and energy in accumulating worldly\\ngoods. In short, do not worship Mam-\\nmon, and neglect childhood, lest you will\\nhave cause to regret it.\\nWhat we want and need, for the\\nhastening of the Millennium, is more", "height": "3656", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PARENT. 49\\nconsecrated homes that will send forth\\ninto the world consecrated Christian men\\nand women.\\nThe family is the foundation upon\\nwhich society, the church, and the nation\\nrests. The family government is the\\ncenter from which all other forms of gov-\\nernment radiate noble families make a\\nnoble nation. If the home government\\nof any land could be ideal, then as a\\nnatural sequence our state and national\\ngovernment would be ideal likewise.\\nFrom our homes of today will come\\nthe men and women of tomorrow, in\\nwhose hands will be the care and perpet-\\nuation of our free institutions, and how\\nwell they will perform their duties\\nthen depends on how well the parents do\\ntheir part in the homes now.\\nHow wise as well as witty was the re-\\nply of the old scholar and poet, John Tre-\\nbonius, Luther s old teacher, who being", "height": "3656", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "50 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nasked why lie always took off his cap and\\nmade a bow to his pupils on entering his\\nschool room, replied I make my bow\\nto the great men of the next generation\\nwho sit before me, in jackets, on those\\nrustic benches. Just so, my friends,\\nwith the great men of the next genera-\\ntion who are now receiving or failing to\\nreceive the proper training in our homes\\nand in our schools secular as well as\\nSunday through which they come up to\\nthe world and Church of Christ. It needs\\nno prophet s eye to see that the destiny\\nof the Church of Christ and of our nation\\ndepends on the proper training of the\\nAmerican youth.\\nThat the boy is father of the man is\\namply illustrated in modern biography,\\nbut withal, under the providence of God,\\nevery child needs the guidance and direc-\\ntion and prayers of wise Christian parents.\\nIt is always an advantage to be de-", "height": "3684", "width": "2448", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PARENT. 51\\nseen (led from pious parents. To have en-\\njoyed the guidance and example of a\\nChristian father and the love and prayers\\nof a Christian mother is the greatest bless-\\ning which we could wish to any child.\\nTo be brought up in a home pervaded by\\na godly atmosphere is a blessing which\\nonly those who know can appreciate.\\nIn so many of our families the father\\nhimself is not a member of the church,\\nand in many cases he is indifferent, yea\\nworse than indifferent. The mother of\\nthat family may be a godly woman and do\\nall she can, but when she does not have\\nthe husband and father s influence she\\nfinds her burden a heavy one, but by\\nGod s help she shall succeed, for our\\nlabor in the Lord is not in vain, and as\\ngood is more powerful than evil, as light\\nis more powerful than darkness, and as\\nGod is more mighty than the evil one,\\nso the good influence of a Christian", "height": "3656", "width": "2328", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "52 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nmother will olten triumph over the bad\\nexample of a father. The blessings com-\\ning from a good Christian mother can\\nnever be over-estimated. Monica, the\\npious mother of St, Augustine, prayed\\nearnestly for years that her son might not\\nfollow his father s footsteps, and, at last,\\nher prayer was answered and her son won\\nto Christ and Christianity, and he became\\none of the defenders of the faith and one of\\nthe most celebrated church fathers. Some\\none has said u As a rule where there is\\na Monica in the home there will be a St.\\nAugustine in the cradle, and where there\\nis a Eunice teaching the child the Script-\\nures, there will be a Timothy to teach the\\nGospel to the rest of mankind.\\nThe most illustrious statesmen, the\\nmost distinguished w 7 arriors, the most elo-\\nquent ministers, and the greatest benefac-\\ntors of mankind owe their greatness to\\nthe fostering influence of good homes.", "height": "3688", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PAKEKTv 53\\nThe family lays the foundation of\\nchurch membership. If every child in\\nthe land had the training of a godly\\nmother and pious grandmother like\\nTimothy, who at his mother s knee\\nlearned those beautiful Bible stories\\nwhich made him wise unto salvation,\\nwe would have more consecrated men in\\nthe Church of Christ. That home train-\\ning was not a matter lor the future with\\nhis mother, it was not left until he would\\nreach the years of discretion, it was not\\ndeferred until he could enter the syna-\\ngogue and learn it from others, but so\\nwell and so thoroughly was it done by\\nEunice and Lois and so far-reaching was\\nits influence that Paul considers it worthy\\nof a place in his farewell epistle his\\nsecond Epistle to Timothy.\\nNo, my dear readers, there is nothing\\nthat can atone for neglected home train-\\ning. It is either an efficient agent of God", "height": "3656", "width": "2328", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "54 THE CHUKCH MEMBER.\\nfor the salvation of souls or a powerful\\nemissary of Satan for the destruction of\\ncharacter.\\nLord Shaftsbury said: Give me a gen-\\neration of mothers like Sarah, Hannah,\\nLois, Eunice, Monica, and Cornelia, and\\na host of others less known, and I will\\nundertake to change the whole world in\\na few years. What we need, then, are\\nmore consecrated homes in which child-\\nhood is dedicated to and educated in the\\nlove and faith of the God of Hannoh,\\nLois, Eunice, and Monica.\\nIt is, indeed, sad to think that in so\\nmany Christian homes the family altar is\\nbroken down, and those beautiful Bible\\nstories which we learned at our mother s\\nknee are too often replaced by transient\\nliterature we are living in an age of\\nlight literature and it is producing a light\\npeople. The people need St. Paul s ad-\\nvice, today more than ever, about hav-", "height": "3692", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "ing ears itching after new tilings, and in\\nthe name of God, and for the permanence\\nand stability of society, we raise the voice\\nof warning to parents, today. Oh. neglect\\nnot the old family Bible\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Book of\\nyour fathers and mothers which will\\nmake your children wise unto salva-\\ntion. During those long winter even-,\\nings gather your family about you. and\\ntell them those beautiful Bible stories\\nwhich they will never forget so long as\\nmemory retains and discharges its happy\\nfunction. Think, what can be more in-\\nteresting to your child, if you wish only\\nto entertain, but withal what can be more\\nprofitable for the life to come than the\\nbeautiful and touching story of Joseph\\nwith his coat of many colors his treat-\\nment by his brethren his ruling during\\nthe famine, and his generous forgiveness\\nand reconciliation, at last, with his breth-\\nren. The story of Cain and Abel of the", "height": "3656", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "56 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nchild Samuel of the shepherd boy David\\nof Isaac and Rebecca of Ishmael and\\nHagar of Esther and Mordacai of\\nJonah of Ruth and Naomi of Job and\\nhis trials of the three Hebrew boys in\\nthe furnace of Daniel in tfie lion s den\\nyea, of the many beautiful and edifying\\nstories in the Old Testament, and then\\nthe New so full of God s love in the gift\\nof His Son, our Savior of Simeon and\\nAnna; of the family at Bethany; yea, of\\nall the facts and incidents associated\\nwith Jesus from the lowly manger cradle\\nto the rock-ribbed tomb of Joseph of\\nArimathea, and then the thrilling life of\\nPaul, and the other Apostles, on down to\\nthe Beatific Vision of John on the rocky\\nand storm-beaten Isle of Patmos. You\\ncan rest assured if you impress those\\nbeautiful lessons of God s goodness, love\\nand mercy upon the mind of your child,\\nin early life the Bible will become, to\\nhim, a blessed inheritance.", "height": "3656", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PARENT. 57\\nThen in the interest of his eternal soul,\\nI plead with you, parents, awaken in the\\nmind of your child a hungering and\\nthirsting after righteousness, and when\\nhe is old he will not depart from it.\\nBegard the spiritual training of your\\nchild not lightly or the voice of neglected\\nchildhood, like Abel s blood, will cry out\\nagainst you from the ground. Use the\\nold family Bible more as a Book which is\\nto make you and yours wise unto salva-\\ntion. Let not the dust of ages gather\\nupon its precious lids use it for some-\\nthing more than a mere ornament on\\nyour center table. It is the message of\\nthe Father from heaven. It is the light\\nwhich will dispell the darkness and gloom\\nof sin, and it will bring you joy and\\npeace as you near the evening of life.\\nIt is suitable for the palace of the rich\\nand for the hovel of the poor. It en-\\nlightens us that we may live aright here", "height": "3644", "width": "2332", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "58 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nand it gives us hope when these earthly\\nscenes shall change by the promise of a\\nhome with loved ones lost awhile, but\\nthen no more tears and separation. It is\\nthe guardian of childhood, the champion\\nof woman s rights, the comfoit of the sick,\\nand the consolation of the dying. Oh,\\nuse this precious Book and teach your\\nchild to honor and respect its precious\\nprecepts. In short, let it be, to you and\\nyours, a guide to the home prepared for\\nthe saints beyond. Give your child\\nsomething which will soothe his sorrows,\\ncalm his fears, strengthen his faith, and\\ninspire his hope something which will\\nthrow around the grave of loved and\\ncherished dead the light and promise of a\\nreunion in heaven.\\nFor the sake of your child emulate the\\nzeal and example of Lois and Eunice; in\\nthe early morning of life sow the seeds\\nand God will give the increase, and at", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "DUTY OF PARENT. 59\\nlast for there will be a last for all of us\\nwhen life s labors are done, you shall\\nall meet again around the great white\\nthrone to part no more forever.\\nLead, Kindly Light amid the encircling gloom,\\nLead Thou me on:\\nThe night is dark, and I am far from home,\\nLead Thou me on,\\nKeep Thou my feet I do not ask to see\\nThe distant scene one step enough for me.", "height": "3636", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV.\\nWHEN SHOULD A CHTLD JO IX THE CHURCH\\nAND WHAT THE PARENTS DUTY IS\\nIN HELPING THE CHILD\\nTO DECIDE.\\nWe assume, as a natural sequence, that\\nyou, as Christian parents, wish your\\nchild to unite with the church of Jesus\\nChrist, for we cannot make ourselves be-\\nlieve that you, who are members of the\\nchurch, could think of anything else. You\\nhave, both by precept and example, im-\\npressed upon his mind the duty as well as\\nthe blessed privilege of being a communi-\\ncant member of the company of believers\\njourneying toward the heavenly Jerusa-\\nlem. Your child is growing up about you,\\nand are you, true to the vows taken at his", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "WHEN SHOULD A CHILD JOIN. 61\\nbaptism, doing our part to see that at\\nthe proper age he is instructed in the way\\nof the Lord and will become a member of\\nthe household of faith? The question,\\nnaturally, follows At what age should\\nyour child join the church? Here, no\\ndoubt, some will differ with me, for I be-\\nlieve in having them unite earlier than\\nmany of the parents, in some sections of\\nour church, think they should, and I be-\\nlieve that sacred Scripture as well as ex-\\nperience will bear me out in this asser\\ntion. You say I do not believe in\\nhaving a child join before he knows what\\nhe is doing. Here, of course, we agree,\\nbut we may differ as to the age in which\\nyour child reaches conscious moral re-\\nsponsibility some children reach that\\nperiod at a comparatively early age or,\\nmay be, you decide to allow your child to\\ngrow up and choose for himself, and the\\nresult is he grows up and does not choose", "height": "3648", "width": "2356", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "62 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nat all. If so, my friend, you are respon-\\nsible to God and must answer for a neg-\\nlect of your sacred duty toward your\\nchild.\\nDo you not think it better, not to say\\nsafer, that your boy should grow up inside\\nthan outside of the church Do you not\\nthink it far better and wiser that he should\\nform correct habits in early life, than to\\nsow wild oats for a season, and then\\nbreak away from his indifferent or sinful\\nhabits and companions? You have an\\ninfluence over your boy until he reaches\\na certain age, and then he is beyond your\\ncontrol in many matters. There is danger\\nin your delaying in this matter until he\\nreaches a more mature age. There was a\\ntime, a generation or two past, when it\\nwas safe to wait to confirm the boys until\\nthey were grown up, but that day is past,\\nfor, in our age, the boys become men much\\nsooner than they used to and are beyond\\nthe parents control in a short time.", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "WHEN SHOULD A CHILD JOIN. 63\\nRemember this, fathers and mothers, to\\nbegin with Christ early means to begin\\nlife well, for what springtime is, in nature,\\nthat youth is in the life of man, and a\\nwasted youth like a wasted springtime\\nwill leave its baneful and barren effects\\nin the summer and autumn of life. When\\nthe fruit trees are hurt by the frosts in\\nspringtime, they never again, during all\\nthat season, recover completely. Every\\nperiod of life has its lessons to be learned\\nand its duties to be performed and, there-\\nfore, if you hope that your child may do\\nhis whole duty, as a man, you must see to\\nit now that he make the proper use of\\nchildhood and youth the periods of prep-\\naration.\\nEarly in Christ means a longer time for\\nChristian development, and thus you may\\nI e for a more mature Christian charac-\\nter. We learn by doing, and we grow and\\ndevelop by exercising our powers. As a", "height": "3640", "width": "2340", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "64 THE CHURCH MEMBE3,\\nrule, the world owes but little to those\\nwho began at the eleventh hour.\\nAgain, when we read God s word, we\\nfind that it is full of rich promises to\\nyouth. Remember, now. thy Creator, in\\nthe days of thy youth. etc. Eejoice. 0\\nyoung man, in thy youth, and let thy\\nheart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,\\nand walk in the ways of thine heart, and\\nin the sight of thine eyes; but know thou,\\nthat for all these things God will bring\\nthee into judgment. These and many\\nsimilar passages show us the special com-\\nmands of the Lord to youth with its pecu-\\nliar advantages and dangers. God forbid\\nthat they should live a life of sin in youth\\nwith the hope of living a life of holiness\\nin old age. The sins of youth will leave\\ntheir baneful effects which all subsequent-\\nlife cannot eradicate. May it not be said\\nHis bones are full of the sins of his\\nyouth, which shall lie down with him in\\nthe dust/", "height": "3656", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "WHEN SHOULD A CHILD JOIN. 65\\nNo, my dear reader, it is dangerous to\\ndelay until later lite. You can rest as-\\nsured on the testimony of the aged saints\\nnear the sunset of life, and you will find\\nthat none of those, who in their early\\ndays consecrated their life and service to\\nChrist, ever in after years regretted having\\ndone so. Their chief joy and consolation,\\nin their declining days, was the sweet\\nsatisfaction of having spent their days in\\nthe service of the Master Whom they soon\\nshall meet in the heavenly home.\\nRead God s word, relating to the Jewish\\nchurch, and you will find that according\\nto Jewish tradition the age of twelve was\\na very important period in a boy s life,\\nAt the age of twelve the Jewish lad was\\nexpected to join with the elders in relig-\\nious duties. At the age of twelve Moses\\nleft Pharoah s court, choosing rather to\\nsuffer affliction with the people of God\\nthan to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a", "height": "3640", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66 THE CHl KCH MEMBER.\\nseason. At the age of twelve. Joshua\\ndreamed of his great life work. At the\\nage of twelve. Samuel heard the call of\\nGod while serving the aged Eli. At the\\nage of twelve, Solomon judged between\\nthe contending women and restored to tlie\\nsorrowing mother her true child.\\nThe age of twelve was a turning point,\\na deciding period, a crisis, in the life of\\nevery Jewish lad then he became a Son\\nof the Law and was considered morally\\nresponsible for his words and deeds.\\nAt the age of twelve we see Jesus, with\\nHis parents, going up to Jerusalem to at-\\ntend the Temple service, and He is found\\namong the doctors asking questions which\\npuzzled the most profound. Here we\\nhave ideal parents, at the temple service\\nand their Boy is with them, and here they\\ndedicate Hi in to the Lord. How beauti-\\nful a sight it is to see parents and children\\ncome up to the house of the Lord together", "height": "3656", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "WHEN SHOULD A CHILD JOIN. 67\\nThe child Jesus was brought, He was not-\\nsent, nor was He left to choose for Him-\\nself or not to choose at all, as so many tip.\\nJoseph and Mary did not wait until He\\nwas old enough to know what He was\\ndoing or why He joined the caravan on\\nthat long pilgrimage. They knew that a\\nfather and mother could reach their boy.\\nin his younger days, while, so often, in a\\nfew more years he would be beyond theii\\ncontrol. They knew that a boy learns of\\nthings sacred by doing sacred things, and.\\nthey realized, that it was better and safer\\nfor Him to grow up inside of the church\\nthan outside. In our day too many fath-\\ners and mothers allow their boy to grow\\nup outside of the church of Christ, where\\nhe will certainly not grow better, but the\\nchances are the direct opposite they ex-\\npect him to join later, but their expecta-\\ntions too often are not realized. There is\\nsomething radically wrong in much of our", "height": "3652", "width": "2356", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "68 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nso-called home training, else we would not\\nsee so many grown up sons and daughters\\nout of the church when father and mother\\nboth belong. Oh, parents, I plead with\\nyou. do not neglect this important duty\\nIt is one which, as parents, you cannot\\ndelegate to your pastor nor to any other\\nperson living. This is a personal duty\\nwhich rests with you and for which God\\nholds you responsible.\\nMy dear reader, if you stop and think\\nhow you plan and help your boy to decide\\nin temporal matter, you will see the wis-\\ndom of my strong appeal in helping him\\nto start aright on the way that leads to\\neternal life. You use good judgment and\\ncommon sense in directing your boy s in-\\ntellectual education. You do not wait to\\nhave him admitted to school until he is\\nold enough to know why he is going.\\nNo, if you did, too many precious years\\nwould be wasted and he would see it only", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "W HEX SHOULD A CHILD JOIN. 69\\nwhen too late. The idea of the church is\\na spiritual home in which we may develop\\nChristian character Christian life and\\nwe join it not because we are good, but\\nbecause we are striving to do better, and\\nhere we find helps and the means of grace\\nto assist us. Then, do not wait until your\\nchild knows everything, else he will never\\ncome. Every year of waiting makes it\\nmore difficult to decide, for his ways and\\nhabits in life become more fixed and the\\nworld will have made a greater impress\\nupon his character. The younger he de-\\ncides for Christ the easier and the safer\\nin the end it will be. We learn, from the\\nHoly Eecord, that so soon as Jesus was\\nold enough to join public worship, His\\nparents took Him to the Temple. It was\\nnot enough that they set Him a good ex-\\nample, but they proposed to bring Him\\nup in the right way. They knew, that\\nwhatever a child ought to do, that", "height": "3644", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "70 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nbrought, to the parents, the sacred re-\\nsponsibility of seeing that it is done. If\\nHe likes to do it, so much the better, and\\nif He does not like to do it, so much the\\nmore need is there that the parents\\nshould urge Him to do it. Yes. even the\\nChild Jesus needed the worship in the\\nsanctuary, and the training and devotion\\nwhich went with it, And the child\\ngrew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled\\nwith wisdom f And Jesus in-\\ncreased in wisdom and stature, and in\\nfavor with God and man. How sad, it\\nis. to think, that so verv manv parents\\nneglect their duty toward their children in\\nbringing them into the fold of Christ. I\\nknow of a mother, herself a communicant\\nmember of the church, who was broached,\\nby her pastor, on the subject of her\\ndaughter, then a young ladv of seventeen,\\nuniting with the church, and, in her\\ndaughter s presence, she replied: It is", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "WHEN SHOULD A CHILD JODff. 71\\nall right to me, just as she decides. My\\nfriends, no argument is necessary to see,\\nthat here was a lack of home influence.\\nThe mother could give her daughter ad-\\nvice on ail other subjects, but the one re-\\nlating to her eternal salvation was left to\\nthe whims and fancies of the daughter.\\nThus many parents neglect their duty to-\\nward their child for vears and at last thev\\nawaken to the fact and then want the\\npastor to speak with the son or daughter.\\nBut, remember, your pastor can not atone\\nfor your negligence; he is willing to do\\nall he can, but if your child has gone\\nastray through you neglecting your duty\\nall these vears. the pastor is not likelv\\nable to reach him.\\nSee to it, then, parents, that your child\\nis brought to the house of God, early in\\nlife, and his desire will be to be with\\nthe people of God. Here he will receive\\nthe help and grace of God here he will", "height": "3648", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "72 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nenjoy the benefits and blessings which\\nshall come to all the faithful For the\\npromise is unto you, and to your children,\\nand to all that are afar off, even as many\\nas the Lord our God shall call. See to\\nit then that your child becomes a member\\nof the church of Christ, and, until he is\\nhere, your full duty, as a parent, is not\\ndischarged, no matter what else you may\\nhave done for him. May God help you\\nto be faithful in this important and\\nofttimes difficult task is our prayer.\\nOh. talk to me of heaven 1 love\\nTo hear about my home above\\nFor there cloth many a loved one dwell\\nIn light and joy ineffable.\\nO tell me how they shine and sing.\\nWhile every harp rings echoing.\\nAnd every glad and tearless eye\\nBeams like the bright sun gloriously.\\nTell me of that victorious palm.\\nEach hand in glory beareth\\nTell me of that celestial calm,\\nEach face in glory weareth I", "height": "3656", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER V.\\nTHE SUXDAY SCHOOL WHAT IS IT AND\\nOUR DUTY TO IT.\\nOne of the last commands of our blessed\\nLord to the restored Apostle Peter, was\\nFeed my lambs that is Be a shep-\\nherd over the tender lambs of the flock.\\nLead them by the still waters and in the\\ngreen pastures.\\nThe lambs of the flock are those who\\nhave come, lately, into the fold, and they\\nneed special care and oversight this most\\nimportant charge I commit into your\\nhands.\\nThis same charge comes to the church\\ntoday, of which you, my reader, I assume,\\nare a member who is interested in the\\ncause and work of the Master, hence it", "height": "3628", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "74 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\ncomes to you with equally as much force\\nas it did to the Apostle almost nineteen\\nhundred years ago.\\nOur blessed Lord saw what has been the\\nexperience of the church ever since His\\ntime, viz That the success of the Gospel\\nof Christ among any people depends to a\\ngreat extent upon the care and training\\nwhich is given to the lambs of the flock.\\nThe hope of the church in heathen lands\\nis in winning the lambs of the flock, who\\nwill be the future men and women, to\\nChrist.\\nThe world at large for time im memor-\\nable has been heeding this command of\\nthe Lord even before the time of Christ,\\nand in the degree that the people have\\nbeen faithful to this charge to that extent\\nhave they prospered.\\nWhile it is generally conceded that the\\nSunday school, as an agency for popular\\nreligious instruction, had its origin in the", "height": "3656", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THE c SUNDAY SCHOOL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 WHAT IS IT 75\\nwork of Robert Raikes, of Gloucester,\\nEngland, in the year of our Lord, 1780,\\nyet it was by no means the beginning of\\nthat method of popular instruction which\\nit has come to represent in the plans of\\nthe Christian church of today. We are\\ntold Even in Abraham s time he had\\n318 instructors who taught his people s\\nchildren the law of God, and, under the\\nMosaic law, the children as well as the\\nparents were commanded to be gathered\\nbefore the Lord for the study of the Law,\\nin order that they might supplement any\\nlack in their home instructions in relig-\\nious knowledge, and a very important\\nfeature of the Synagogue service, after\\ntheir return from the Babylonian captiv-\\nity was the study of the Law by free ques-\\ntioning and answering.\\nWhile, in connection with the Syna-\\ngogue, a system of religious schools was\\norganized in the first century before Christ,", "height": "3636", "width": "2356", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "T6 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nand every Jewish child, from five to seven\\nyears of age, was obliged to be in the\\nsynagogue Bible school and pass from\\none grade of study to another until he\\nreached full manhood. These schools ex-\\nisted the time of our Lord s earthly life\\nand He attended one of them and in them\\nHe taught as He- went from place to\\nplace.\\nWe find the same in the Apostlic\\nchurch and it was only when the eccles-\\niastical spirit overcame the evangelical\\nthat the teaching of the Bible to the\\nyoung was put aside, and many able his-\\ntorians attribute this as the cause of the\\ndecline of learning, and the dark ages\\nas the natural result. At any rate, when\\nthe Rennaissance and the great Reforma-\\ntion swept over the continent and beyond\\nthe seas, we find all the Reformers pre-\\nparing catechisms and again we see spe-\\ncial stress laid on the training of the child", "height": "3656", "width": "2452", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WHAT IS IT? 77\\nand youth, and we bear the bold Saxon/\\nLuther, say The children are the seed\\nand source of the church and for the\\nchurch s sake Christian schools must be\\nestablished and maintained, for God\\nmaintains the church through the schools.\\nBut again, in time, the polemic spirit led\\nto the overshadowing of teaching by\\npreaching and the child s religious in-\\nstruction was confined to a desultory re-\\nciting of the catechism, and later by some\\nchurch bodies entirely neglected, and as\\na natural consequence there was again a\\nsad decline in the religious life during the\\nseventeenth and eighteenth centuries,\\nwhich gave rise to free thinking and\\nagnosticism, both in the colonies and in\\nthe continent beyond the Atlantic but\\nfollowing the great religious revival, dur-\\ning the middle of the eighteenth century,\\ncame the modern Sunday school which\\nhas, since then, been the main agency for", "height": "3652", "width": "2412", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "78 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\npopular religious instruction. True, its\\nbeginning was unsatisfactory. There was\\na lack of unity and system in Bible study.\\nAnd it required almost another century of\\nevolution when in 1873 Mr. B. F. Jacobs\\nsubmitted a uniform system of Bible\\nstudies which covers the salient points\\nand dwells upon the underlying principles\\nof the Old and New Testaments in periods\\nof seven years, making three series or the\\nwhole cycle covering the principal parts\\nin 21 years. Thus the whole English\\nspeaking world has a uniform series of\\nlessons and the publication houses feel\\njustified in preparing helps for the lessons\\nin which they employ the ripest scholars\\nand the most profound thinkers who give\\nus wise interpretations that lead us on to\\nthat greater light\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Christ Jesus.\\nThese lessons may not be what all or\\nsome would desire, and there is still a\\nwide margin for improvement, but in", "height": "3656", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WHAT IS IT 79\\ncomparison with former times we are liv-\\ning in an age of great and glorious privi-\\nleges, and as naturally follows, the greater\\nthe opportunity the greater the responsi-\\nbility, hence the command, feed my\\nlambs, comes to us, living in this closing\\nyear of the century, with redoubled force.\\nAs the church advances she is awaken-\\ning to a fuller sense of her duty toward\\nthe lambs of the flock and the signs of\\nthe times warn us to be wise as serpents\\nand harmless as doves. Every age, of\\nthe church, has her battles to fight and\\nher principles to defend and we must\\nneeds put on the whole armor of God\\nfor the warfare must not only be defen-\\nsive but also offensive we must go up\\nand take the land for the Lord, and it is\\nour prerogative to use all legitimate\\nmeans at hand.\\nThe opposition to the Sunday schools\\nhas long since ceased, and all admit to-", "height": "3648", "width": "2416", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "80 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nday that it lias its place, and an import-\\nant place, it is, as an instrument in God s\\nhand for the dissemination of Christian\\nknowledge and the regeneration of the\\nworld. But it is a supplementary institu-\\ntion designed principally to compensate\\nin a manner or make up for deficient and\\nneglected home training. If all parents\\nwould do their whole duty in the relig-\\nious training of childhood and youth the\\nSunday school would not be a necessity\\nas it is under existing circumstances.\\nWhenever a child comes to a home God\\nsays: Take this child and\\nnurse it for me, and I will give thee thy\\nwages, Exodus, 2: 9. But alas, too\\nmany of our so-called parents are worse\\nthan indifferent to all that is high and\\nholy, and the child receives no nursing\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ntraining and this deficiency must be sup-\\nplied or made up as near as possible in\\nsome other way. To such children the", "height": "3680", "width": "2544", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THE SUNDAY SCHOOL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 WHAT IS IT? 81\\nSunday school comes with its benign in-\\nfluence and tries to lead the unfolding in-\\ntellect to a knowledge of divine things\\nthat the young heart and mind may have\\na higher view of a true life.\\nIt goes without saying, that there is\\nnothing no Sunday school nor any other\\ntraining which can take the place of\\nhome training, but, under existing cir-\\ncumstances, the homes must be supple-\\nmented by something which the Sunday\\nschool affords. Too many of our homes\\nare hot beds of vice in which the tender\\nbuds of promise are growing up sur-\\nrounded by a poisonous moral atmos-\\nphere and the church through the Sunday\\nschool has lengthened her cords and tries\\nto reach the child and develop, in him, a\\nsense of moral responsibility.\\nThe churches and the public schools of\\nour land have grave issues to meet,\\nor rather to counteract, which if not", "height": "3652", "width": "2416", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "82 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nrighted are sure to cause moral ruin in\\nthe end and the name of our posterity\\nwill be Iehabod departed glory.\\nThe laws of our land are for the purpose\\nof defending the weak and innocent and\\nto punish the guilty w-hile the church\\nand the schools are aiming to prevent\\ncrime, and an ounce of prevention is\\nworth a pound of cure. But, despite\\nthe efforts put forth, we find pauperism\\nand vagrancy, vice and crime increasing\\nat an alarmingly rapid rate. Environ-\\nment, heredity, drink, and neglected home\\ntraining all contribute their quota to this\\nsad state of affairs. All this host of de-\\ngraded humanitv have had their training\\nor rather lack of training, in some homes.\\nThere is something radically wrong in\\nmuch of our so-called home life. Ease,\\nluxury, and present pleasure seem to be\\nthe highest ambition of far too many in\\nour day. Some parents seem to think", "height": "3688", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE SUNDAY SCHOOL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 WHAT IS IT 83\\nthat if they provide for the temporal\\nwants of their children then their whole\\nduty is done, but, my friends, there is a\\ndeeper law written on our very being\\nwhich must be recognized or ruin is sure\\nto follow.\\nIf society hopes to maintain its purity\\nand integrity it must have honest, intelli-\\ngent, God-fearing men and women, and\\nas these virtues are not the natural\\ngrowth in some homes they must be de-\\nveloped outside and transplanted.\\nThe state uses its authority and thus\\nreaches out its long, strong arm of law\\nand lays it upon your child, saying\\nThis will be one of our future men and\\nI will look after him. I will give him an\\neducation so that he will become an in-\\ntelligent citizen, able to discharge the\\nduties of citizenship intelligently and\\nhonorably. Thus the state establishes\\nschools and maintains them for the good", "height": "3648", "width": "2384", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "84 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nof her future citizens and in some eases\\nhas compulsionary laws, making it oblig-\\natory, on the part of parents, to do their\\nduty with their child, and by taxation\\nwhich is nothing else than forced charity\\neach property owner helps to educate\\nour future men and women. The state\\nwants and needs honest, industrious citi-\\nzens who can intelligently, and who will\\nfaithfully discharge their duties, and hence\\nit has its laws protecting its future men\\nand women. But back ot this public\\nspirit for the good of its citizens there is a\\ndeeper law the law of benevolence be-\\ncause the churches have moulded and\\nshaped public opinion and taught the\\nworld the great Golden Rule and the\\nunderlying principles of the Sermon on\\nthe Mount.\\nThe religion of Jesus Christ has ever\\nhad the best interest of humanity at heart.\\nIt is altruistic in the fullest sense of the", "height": "3680", "width": "2564", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "WHEN SHOULD A CHILD JOIN. 85\\nterm. It has fostered intelligence, hon-\\nesty, and industry. Our forefathers,\\ncoming to the wilds of America, built the\\nchurch and schoolhouse side by side.\\nThe church has ever recognized her sacred\\nduty of looking after the lambs of the\\nflock, and in earlier days the good old\\nBible was the text book, iu our schools,\\nwhen those beautiful Scripture lessons\\nand Bible stories were impressed indel-\\nibly upon the young and tender minds\\nand these greatly helped to shape and\\nmould their lives for true greatness. Yes,\\nthe Bible has ever been the friend of learn-\\ning as well as the champion of men s\\nrights.\\nThe one object of the Sunday school,\\ntoday, is to make Bible scholars, of those,\\nwho learn it not iu their homes, for the\\npurpose of making true, worthy citizens\\nfor the great commonwealth of Israel.\\nThe Sunday school is the handmaid of", "height": "3644", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "88 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nthe home and church, and though it is of\\nhuman origin, yet Gocl has set his stamp\\nof approval upon it without the shadow\\nof a doubt and if the church is to be the\\nPool of Saloam where the leprous sinner\\nmay find healing remedies, she must direct\\nher force to the fountain of immortal youth.\\nIf the young life\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the fountain is pure,\\nthen the stream is more likely to remain\\nuntarnished.\\nThe future hope of the church rests\\nupon the shoulders of the boys and girls\\nwho are now coming up through the Sun-\\nday school. Neglect the training of the\\nyoung and the church will surely follow in\\nthe downward wake. The fathers and\\nmothers of today will soon sleep with\\ntheir forefathers in the village graveyard\\nand the boys and girls must be ready to\\ntake their places in the church, or its glory\\nwill depart.\\nThe streugth of the church lies not so", "height": "3656", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "WHEN SHOULD A CHILD JOIN. 87\\nmuch in numbers nor in the wealth of her\\nmembers as in the consecrated men and\\nwomen, and the church of the future needs\\nBible Christians full of the love of the\\ncrucified and risen Savior, and burning\\nwith zeal for His cause. The church\\nneeds Christians who can give a reason\\nfor the hope that is in them. The plans\\nand purpose of the Sunday school is to\\ninstruct the children and youth in the\\nknowledge of the Holy Scriptures in order\\nthat its precious precepts may shape and\\nmould their conduct, thus inspiring them\\nto live aright here and at last enter into\\nthat rest which remaineth for the people\\nof God.\\nThe early impressions can never be\\neradicated. They w ill last until time shall\\nbe no more and scarce a ray of heavenly\\nlight ever penetrates the minds of many\\nof the rising generations save as it comes\\nthrough the Sunday school. Many an one", "height": "3636", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "86 THE CHURCH MEMBER,\\nis thus led into the church of Christ\\nthrough the influence of the Sunday\\nschool.\\nA grave and solemn task is ours and\\nmay we awaken to the opportunity and\\nduty that lies before us. God meant that\\nwe should give our aid and co-operation\\nby our presence, and in helping to gather\\nneglected childhood not onlv from the\\nhighways and hedges, but also from the\\nhigh places and byways,\\nIt is our duty to do all we can to bring\\nour fellow men of all ranks and condi-\\ntions to a saving knowledge of Christ.\\nThus we can help to save the souls of\\nthose who are in need of help but do not\\nknow it. God meant that we. as professed\\nfollowers of Jesus Christ, should be inter-\\nested in everything that will advance and\\nperpetuate the welfare of our fellow men\\nand the spread of God s kingdom, and\\nour interest must manifest itselt in a prac-", "height": "3656", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "THE SUNDAY SCHOOL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 WHAT IS IT 89\\ntical and tangible form. We can only\\nsave our own souls by helping to save\\nothers, that is Christ s law of Christianity.\\nWe are aiming not only to prepare the\\nlambs of the flock for good citizenship\\nhere, but also for the heavenly country.\\nWe are building to last after we are sleep-\\ning in our graves. We are laboring for\\nthe peace and prosperity of Zion, and\\nunless the world is a better, a happier, and\\na nobler place for our having been in it\\nwe have been unfaithful to our life trust\\nand our life is worse than wasted.\\nThen, my friends, let us do our part\\nfaithfully in life s great conflict. Each\\none of us has some influence for good and\\nmay we use it aright, may some hearts be\\nhappier and better because they have\\nknown us. Here we have a golden op-\\nportunity to use our influence. Let us be\\nup and doing while it is day, for the\\nnight cometh when no man can work.", "height": "3636", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "90\\nTHE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nAnd by and by each one must give an ac-\\ncount for the opportunities he has had to\\ndo good.\\nLet the members of the church of Christ\\nmeasure up to a full sense of their various\\nduties and the world will be won for\\nChrist. Let each one do his duty in deed-\\ning the lambs, and especially have we a\\nright to expect to find the officers at their\\nplaces giving their example, their help\\nand influence to this important branch of\\nchurch work.\\nPray to the Father for light and guid-\\nance as you journey over unfamiliar or\\ndifficult paths. Do your whole duty\\nfaithfully, for, in caring for the lambs of\\nthe flock, you are caring for the best in-\\nterest of Christ s kingdom, as well as for\\nthe best interest of your community and\\nland, for whatever will bring us to a\\nbetter knowledge of God and His will,\\nwill also make us better citizens.", "height": "3656", "width": "2564", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WHAT IS IT 91\\nGo forward, then, in your noble work.\\nYou can give no valid excuse, nor will\\nyou ask one, if you are full of the love of\\nGod and for perishing souls, and by doing\\ngood to others you will do good to self,\\nfor good is reflexive. Be true to your\\nfellowmen and the reward is sure to come\\nfor our labor in the Lord is not in vain.\\nNo word falls fruitless none can tell\\nHow vast its power may be,\\nNor what results enfolded dwell\\nWithin it silently.\\nWork and despair not give thy mite,\\nNor care how small it be\\nGod is with all that serve the right,\\nThe holy, true, and free", "height": "3640", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VI.\\nCHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT AXD CHRISTIAN\\nWORK.\\nChristianity is not only a belief or a\\nprofession, but it is a life, and as it is the\\nprovince or nature of all life to develop\\nfrom a less perfect to a more perfect\\nstage so do we look for, and have a right\\nto expect, a growth in Christian life and\\ncharacter. We are to grow in grace,\\nand in the knowledge of our Lord and\\nSavior Jesus Christ as we grow in years.\\nPaul writing to the Philippian brethren\\nsays Brethren, I count not myself to\\nhave apprehended but this one thing I\\ndo, forgetting those things which are be-\\nhind and reaching forth unto those things\\nwhich are before, I press toward the", "height": "3656", "width": "2572", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT AND WORK. 93\\nmark for the prize of the high calling of\\nGod in Christ Jesus. What Paul here\\nmeant, in a few words, w r as I have not\\nyet, by any means, reached the highest\\nstage of Christian character or develop-\\nment, I am not satisfied with what I have\\ndone nor with my experience in the past,\\nfor there is yet much before me and I\\nmust press forward to attain it. With\\nPaul it was ever forward and onward to-\\nward a better and nobler life. His spirit-\\nual attainments developed spiritual ca-\\npacities for him this life was not a fin-\\nished period, but merely a period of prep-\\naration and he must press on from one\\nstage to another, step by step, to higher\\nand larger attainments. So with you\\nand me, our work lies before and not be-\\nhind us. The motto of the disciple of\\nChrist is: Ever forward to duty, to\\nnobleness.", "height": "3652", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "94 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nNe er think the victory won.\\nNor lay thine armor down,\\nThe arduous work will not be done.\\nTill thou obtain thy crown.\\nThus, the duty of the child of God is to\\ngo forward overcoming evil with good/\\nadvancing and conquering to conquer.\\nUse your spiritual powers expand\\nyour life, your manhood, and your useful-\\nness to a larger degree than ever attained\\nbefore.\\nDo not sit. with folded hands, gazing\\nupon the past and satisfied with what\\nyou have done in days that have gone by.\\nYour life s work is not finished else God\\nwould take you out of this world. God\\nhas spared vou all these vears for some-\\nthing, therefore do not be satisfied with\\nwhat you have done in the past. If you\\nwere true and faithful, in the long ago,\\nyou then only did your duty, and, if now\\nyou are resting your hope on that. I fear,", "height": "3656", "width": "2640", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT AND WORK. 95\\nyou will be sadly disappointed, at the\\nclose of life.\\nGod has given you long days for a pur-\\npose to cheer hearts and homes darkened\\nby sin and sorrow, to lighten the burdens\\nof others, and to encourage and cheer the\\nweak and faltering, in short, to make the\\nworld better and happier and larger for\\nyour being in it. Today you are better\\nprepared to do a noble work than ever be-\\nfore, because these years have brought to\\nyou experience, matured judgment, and\\nChristian growth, and, unless, you are in-\\ncapacitated by infirmities you are not ex-\\ncusable for your inactivity.\\nThe trouble is, so many church mem-\\nbers gauge their Christian duty by what\\nsome other poor, weak, unfaithful mem-\\nber has done, and, thus, by gauging by a\\nfalse standard, they come far short of\\ntheir whole duty.\\nHave you, my friend, done your part in", "height": "3648", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "96 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nbearing the burdens of the Lord s work\\nor are you, in your mind, too old to be\\nactively engaged in the Master s vine-\\nyard Let us reason a little can you\\nstill attend to your own business affairs\\nor must some one be a guardian over\\nyou Can you still be up and about dur-\\ning the week days in time to do a day s\\nlabor If so then you are not as near,\\nor wholly, incapacitated, for the Lord s\\nwork as you imagined.\\nIf ever the time comes that your heart\\nis in the Lord s work as in your secular\\naffairs, then you will find it a pleasure to\\ndo the Lord s bidding and not seek refuge\\nbehind shallow or make-believe excuses.\\nPaul writing to the Christians in Gala-\\ntia says Be not deceived God is not\\nmocked; for whatsoever a man soweth,\\nthat shall he also reap then he con-\\ntinues, and let us not be weary in well\\ndoing; for in due season we shall reap, if", "height": "3680", "width": "2556", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT AND WORK. 97\\nwe faint not. It is not wrong to grow\\nweary in well doing, but it is wrong to\\ngrow weary of well doing. The self-sac-\\nrificing patriots, those Revolutionary war\\nforefathers, who wrote our Nation s\\nliberty with their own blood, often grew\\nweary in their struggles for the cause of\\nliberty, but they had such firm faith in its\\nresults that they never grew weary of the\\ncause of liberty, and finally their earnest\\nefforts were rewarded and we see them\\nplant the flag of freedom\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the stars and\\nthe stripes our Xational emblem, in\\nevery hamlet, along every coast, and upon\\nevery hill-top in our land.\\nYea, often were those self-sacrificing\\npatriots discouraged and almost dis-\\nheartened often were they weak and\\nfootsore leaving their bloody footprints\\non the frozen ground. In their wilder-\\nness homes they left loving wives and\\nhelpless children, in hunger and want.", "height": "3656", "width": "2368", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "98 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nand their hearts grew home sick for the\\nlittle family circle. Yea, they suffered\\nhardship and anguish untold often\\nweary in well doing but never weary of\\nwell doing.\\nThe same may be said of every worthy\\nenterprise and cause which has brought\\nus blessings, opportunities, and privileges.\\nEvery privilege and blessing we enjoy has\\ncost some one labor, anxiety, and sacrifice.\\nSo we, as members of the church of Christ,\\nhave a glorious cause to defend and per-\\npetuate, and hand down, untarnished and\\nundiminished, to our posterity. Let us\\nbe true to the privileges and opportunities\\nentrusted in our hands. Go forward to\\nvictory Be true to the cause you es-\\npousg. Rally about the Standard-bearer,\\nJesus the Christ, and He will inspire you\\nwith a new life and with holy zeal I Be a\\nwhole-hearted Christian. Walk as chil-\\ndren of light. Do not be in the church", "height": "3680", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT AXD WORK. 99\\nmerely for the loaves and fishes. Do\\nnot use the livery of heaven for filthy\\nlucre. Consecrate yourselves, this day,\\nto the Lord, that He may bestow upon\\nyou a blessing.\\nDo not be afraid you are doing too much\\nfor the church of Christ. You can never\\nrepay her for what she has done for you\\nin this life all the blessings of education,\\ncivilization, etc., owe their fostering care\\nto the church as a mother. If you are\\nblest with great intellectual ability, thank\\nGod that you have it, and can use it for\\nHis cause\u00e2\u0080\u0094 opportunities bring to us re-\\nsponsibilities. If you have financial abil-\\nity, thank God that He has counted you\\nworthy to be a steward, and then give\\nwhat is due Him. If others, who have as\\nmuch or perhaps more of this world s\\ngoods, give a mere pittance to the Lord,\\nI pray you, do not gauge your liberality\\nby theirs. Theirs is a false standard, and\\nLrfC", "height": "3656", "width": "2360", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "100 THE CHURCH MEMBES.\\nthey, failing to do their duty, will not\\njustify you in failing to do yours.\\nYou love to sacrifice for those whom\\nyou love. You are willing to sacrifice in\\norder that you may contribute to a cause\\nthat lies near to your heart. So. if you\\nhave the true love for Christ and His\\ncause, it will be a pleasure to contribute\\nfor its support.\\nOn the other hand, if you withhold that\\nwhich belongs to the Lord, your soul will\\ngrow smaller and the Christ love is in\\ndanger of dying within you. Study the\\ndemands of the church. Have an intelli-\\ngent understanding of her needs, and you\\nwill want to give. It is a hopeful sign\\nwhen great demands are made upon us.\\nit reveals the fact that the Kingdom is\\ngi )wing. Oh, be honest in giving the\\nLord what is due Him from you as stew-\\nards Eemember. a cheap religion makes\\ncheap Christians. Then develop the spirit", "height": "3684", "width": "2604", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "WHEN SHOULD A CHILD JOIN 101\\nof liberality for the Lord s cause and you\\nwill, develop a larger Christian life. You\\nalways Lave money for the things you\\nlove best. Pray God to enable you to\\nlove His Kingdom in a more tangible\\nform, that you may labor for the peace\\nand prosperity of Zion, for the widening\\nof her borders. What we need for the\\nevangelization of the world is, not so\\nmuch more church members as better\\nones filled with the love of God s cause.\\nTherefore make full proof of your min-\\nistry of reconciliation. Use the means\\nof grace. Be diligent in season and out\\nof season. Quit yourselves like men,\\nbe strong. In fact, so live that with\\nPaul you can say And herein do I ex-\\nercise myself, to have always a conscience\\nvoid of offense toward God and toward\\nmen, and then you will grow more Christ-\\nlike day by day until, at last, you shall be\\nable to say For I am now ready to be", "height": "3640", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "102\\nTHE CHURCH MEMBER.\\noffered, and the time of my departure\\nis at hand. I have fought a good fight.\\nI have finished my coarse. I have kept\\nthe faith Henceforth there is laid up for\\nme a crown of righteousness, which the\\nLord, the righteous judge, shall give me\\nat that day and not to me only, but unto\\nall them also that love his appearing/\\nWe are weak, but Thou art mighty,\\nHelp us then, oh Lord, we pray\\nTake us by Thy hand and lead us\\nAs we wander day by day.\\nHelp us, in our lonely journey,\\nDay by day on Thee rely\\nHelp us when the storms do gather,\\nHelp, oh help us, Lord we cry.\\nAnd, at last, when Death shall claim us,\\nTake us home to Thee, we pray,\\nTo the home of many mansions,\\nTo the home of endless day.\\nWhere a happy welcome waits us\\nFrom the loved ones gone before,\\nThere to dwell, in bliss, with Jesus\\nAnd our friends forever more.\\nJanuary, 1900. S. H. D,", "height": "3656", "width": "2572", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VII.\\nYOUR MINISTER, AND HOW YOU CAN ASSIST\\nAND ENCOURAGE HTM.\\nThere is no one more conscious of the\\nsolemn responsibility which the sacred\\noffice, of the ministry, bears with it than\\nthe minister himself. He has spent the\\nbest part of his youth and young man-\\nhood in preparing himself for the sacred\\noffice. He has studied books and men,\\nand he sees the sad havoc that sin has\\nwrought upon the human race. He sees\\nwhat God sacrificed for the salvation of\\nthe race. He loves souls, else he would\\nnot stand at the sacred desk. He comes to\\nyou, as the servant of God, to encourage\\nand guide you in doing the Lord s will\\nupon earth as it is done in heaven his", "height": "3644", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "104\\nTHE CHURCH MEMBER.\\neducation and training have all been with\\nthat end in view.\\nBy the help and grace of God he tries\\nto comfort the bereft, to encourage the\\nweak and faltering, to warn the careless\\nand indifferent, and to awaken in them a\\nsense of duty to God and fellow man.\\nTo what extent his ministry, in your midst,\\nwill be a success depends as much upon\\nyou your prayers and co-operation as\\nupon his own zeal and fitness. You must\\nnot expect to sit down, with folded hands,\\nand have him to do everything. He\\ncomes to you, as the servant of the Most\\nHigh, with God s authority and promises,\\nbut, he needs your assistance also. He is\\nhuman, and, in the onerous duties of his\\nsacred office and in his zeal for good\\nworks, there are times when the dark\\nshadows will fall upon his pathway, and\\nhe passes under the cloud or through\\ndeep waters and then he needs human, as\\nwell as divine, encouragement.", "height": "3656", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "HOW YOU CAN ASSIST YOUR MINISTER. 105\\nYour best interests and welfare are ever\\nnear to his heart and he tries to preach\\nChrist and Him crucified for your com-\\nfort and edification. But he cannot preach\\nto empty pews. He needs your presence\\nand prayers at the services in the sanctu-\\nary. There is nothing harder than to\\npreach to empty pews. He must have\\nliving beings whose countenances show ap-\\npreciative and responsive souls breathing\\nout prayers in his behalf. The minister\\nlooks over the congregation and sees\\nyour pew vacant and at once it cools his\\nardor. He may have driven five or six\\nor even more miles through heat or cold,\\nthrough rain or sunshine, across almost\\nimpassable roads, but observes your ab-\\nsence, when you have but a few squares\\nto the house of the Lord. Surely, if you\\nare a consistent church member, you have\\na greater interest in your church and a\\ngreater love for your pastor than be so", "height": "3644", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "106 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nindifferent to your privileges and duties.\\nYou have pledged your love and co-\\noperation, through your representatives\\nthe church officers when he is called\\nto become your pastor, and, pray tell me,\\nwhy so indifferent and unfaithful now?\\nHe is fulfilling his part of the contract.\\nTn his quiet study he has you in mind\\nduring the preparation of his sermons, but\\nvou are seldom seen at the regular Lord s\\nDay services, much less at the mid-week\\nprayer meeting, and, consequently, his\\nmessage will not inspire nor encourage\\nnor comfort you.\\nEemember, there is nothing that\\ncauses more anxiety, to an earnest pastor,\\nthan the careless, haphazzard manner in\\nwhich some people regard the sacred priv-\\nilege of attending the services in the\\nsanctuary, not to say anything of their\\nduty to attend, for which God holds them\\naccountable.", "height": "3656", "width": "2608", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "HOW YOU CAN ASSIST YOUR MINISTER. 107\\nBut happy, thrice happy, are we, who\\nare messengers of God, preaching the.\\nGlad Tidings to a (lying world, that we\\nfind many true, good, and faithful mem-\\nbers, in our parishes, who, when they are\\nabsent, have a real and not an imaginary\\nreason.\\nTo the minister there is nothing more\\nbeautiful than to see the whole family\\nfather, mother, young men, and young\\nwomen in their accustomed places at all\\ntimes and upon all occasions.\\nThen, again, if your pastor gives you a\\ndiscourse which cheers your soul and en-\\ncourages you to a higher life, let him\\nknow that it has done you good. He is\\nnot asking for vain, empty applause, but\\nit does his soul good to know that he has\\nbeen instrumental, in God s hands, of\\nhelping and cheering some pilgrim on his\\nway to the heavenly home. He ofttimes\\nneeds a word of encouragment. At", "height": "3636", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "rimes, he thinks his work is for naught or\\nmay be his reaching does not reach the\\npeople, while, at the same time, his peo-\\nple love him greatly and are highly bene-\\nfited by his sermons but are too timid to\\ntell him so.\\nIt has been the experience of more\\nthan one minister, who thought his efforts\\nnot appreciated or for naught, answered\\na CO.U to some other field, and. when about\\nto leave, only realized how much he and\\nhis services were appreciated by his pa-\\nrishioners, It was then he said Had I\\nonly been conscious of the fact that my\\nefforts were so much appreciated I would\\nhave been content to remain. Thus, my\\ndear readers, I would say Do not forget\\nto show your appreciation before it is too\\nlate. As my good Virginia classmate\\nused to say It does us a heap of good\\nto receive a word of encouragment once\\nin a while.", "height": "3656", "width": "2600", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "HOW YOU CAN ASSIST YOUR MINISTER. 109\\nAnother way to encourage your pastor\\nis: Pay your salary promptly. It is an\\nhonest debt and you desire to maintain\\nyour honor as a church.\\nYour pastor has obligations to meet.\\nHe has many demands of which others\\nknow nothing. There is no class of pro-\\nfessional men more poorly paid, for their\\nservices rendered, than the ministry,\\nwhen you take into consideration the\\ntime and money and energy spent in the\\npreparation for his calling, and let it be\\nunderstood that we are not in the min-\\nistry solely with a mercenary end in view,\\nand. yet. the minister and his family must\\nlive, and, I believe, it is the sacred duty\\nof every man to lay something aside for\\nold age. but this, under the present salary\\nsystem, means the strictest economy\\nmost ministers learn to practice economy\\nby force of necessity and in many cases\\nit is simply impossible to more than make", "height": "3656", "width": "2360", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "110 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nends meet, especially if the minister was\\nobliged to go into debt for his education\\nas many must do.\\nBut, if you are the true kind of church\\nmember, you are jealous of your minister,\\nthat is, you desire that he and his family\\nmay be dressed respectably and live as\\ncozily and comfortably as your neighbor s\\nminister, and he must do this on a small\\nsalary, and that, ofttimes, in arrearages\\nfor more than six months, while your\\nneighbor s pastor receives three times as\\nmuch, promptly paid up.\\nTry to be consistent, in this as in all\\nyour other church relations, and, remem-\\nber, no money invested will bring greater\\nreturns to a community than that which\\nis invested in the Gospel, not, of course,\\ndirectly in dollars and cents, but in those\\nthings which are priceless happiness,\\npeace, morality, thrift, and noble aims in\\nlife, in fact, in the Christian virtues which", "height": "3684", "width": "2604", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "HO W YOU CAX ASSIST YOUR MINISTER. Ill\\nmake prosperity possible. Do, then, see\\nto it that your salary is paid promptly\\nand have the honor and self-respect not\\nto pay an insignificant contribution. We\\nhave known of some so-called church\\nmembers who would leave their Church\\nobligations unpaid for a period of more\\nthan three years, and, at last, when ap-\\nproached and urged, repudiate it; and\\nthey were not the poorest among the\\nhumble band of disciples, either. No,\\nthank God for the poor as the world\\nreckons wealth. Their wants are few.\\nThey find their chief joy in the Lord, and,\\ntherefore, are usually prompt in meeting\\ntheir obligations and in responding to\\nthe various appeals of the church at home\\nand abroad. But is those who come clad\\nin purple and fine linen, those who live the\\nmost elaborately and feast the most sump-\\ntuously that are dishonest in their church\\nobligations. But rest assured there will", "height": "3652", "width": "2368", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "112 THE CHCKCH MEMBER.\\nbe a day when all will be judged by the\\ntrue standard. Such, indeed, make the\\nheart of the minister sad.\\nI know of a working maid who in a\\nquiet and humble way contributes more,\\ntoward the support of the Gospel, than\\nher mistress. They that are such serve\\nnot our Lord Jesus Christ but their own\\nbelly and by good words and fair speeches\\ndeceive the hearts of the simple.\\nThese think the minister can wait until\\nthe last, and, of course, he will if he must,\\nHe is all the time preaching about\\nmoney Yes, he needs it. Like the old\\ncolored minister who was taken to task\\nbecause he asked so often for money\\nHis critic quoting the passage of Scrip-\\nture referring to his reward being in\\nheaven replied. Yes brudder. but I\\ncannot live on that now, I cannot preach\\nhere and board in heaven. I must board\\nhere, at least, so long as I am preaching\\nhere.", "height": "3656", "width": "2616", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "HOW YOU CAN ASSIST YOUR MINISTER. 113\\nI beg you, my friends, do not humiliate\\nyour pastor. Pay your salary promptly\\nand cheerfully that he may be relieved of\\nall unnecessary anxiety concerning his\\ntemporal obligations. He has earned\\nwhat you owe him many times over. It\\nwill be much easier to pay him promptly\\nthan to allow it to accumulate. The cash\\nsystem is the best for all concerned in the\\nend.\\nAgain, you can assist and encourage\\nyour pastor by contributing toward the\\nbenevolent operations of the church at\\nlarge as he asks of you. Remember, he\\nwill not ask you to contribute toward any\\ncause which is unworthy classes, synods\\nand the different church bodies always\\ndiscuss the various demands made for\\naid, and they arrive at their conclusions\\nafter due deliberation and earnest prayer.\\nThese bodies apportion the amounts\\nneeded and send them down to the vari-", "height": "3656", "width": "2360", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "114 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nous charges, and, now they look to the\\npastor to see that the moneys are raised.\\nIf they are not raised, your pastor is, at\\ntimes, accused of failing to do his whole\\nduty by not properly presenting and urg-\\ning, the claims of the classis, to his church\\nor charge. In this your pastor needs\\nyour co-operation and response in a\\ntangible form. He distributes envelopes\\nand makes an earnest appeal, but, alas\\nhow often those little envelopes mute\\nmessengers pleading a cause are con-\\nsigned to the flames, and on the day ap-\\npointed for the offering, possibly, only\\nhalf of them return bearing a gift unto the\\nLord. While the coppers and nickels are\\nthe most in evidence on the collection\\nplates, Alexander, the coppersmith, still\\ncontinues, as of old, to interfere with the\\nspread of the Gospel.\\nI kindly plead with you, church mem-\\nbers, awaken to a full sense of your duty", "height": "3684", "width": "2620", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "HOW YOXJ CAN ASSIST YOUR MINISTER. 115\\nHave faith in your pastor. ben be pre-\\nsents tbe claims of the church, help bim\\nto maintain the honor of your charge and\\nchurch. It is your duty as well as a\\nblessed privilege to give to and have part\\nin the spreading of God s Kingdom, and\\nin helping the poor and needy for, Inas-\\nmuch as ye have done it unto one of these\\nye have done it unto me. Oh! make\\nyour pastor feel and realize that you\\nhave faith in him, and, that you mean\\nto be a helper and not a Jiinderer in the\\ncause of Christ, and his labor in your\\nmidst will be with a light heart, and in\\nreality a labor of love, and he will have\\nreason to thank God tiiat his lot has\\nfallen into pleasant places.\\nIn all things give him your confidence\\nand co-operation. Do not be afraid you\\nare doing too much for the cause of Christ.\\nPut your shoulder to the Gospel chariot\\nand help to lift. In fact, be a church", "height": "3648", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "116\\nTHE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nmember in reality, not in name only.\\nPray that the Holy Spirit may give\\nyour pastor and your church officers wis-\\ndom and power and might to guide the\\nattairs of the church militant aright, so\\nthat it may be a great power for good in\\nthe world.\\nDo all you cau to cheer and lighten\\nyour pastor s labors. He needs those who\\nlaugh when he laughs and those who\\nweep when he weeps. He needs the\\ntouch that will make him strong. He\\nneeds your love and encouragement. He\\nneeds others to stand by and assist him in\\nbearing the burdens of the parish, and,\\nremember, as you are true to your pastor\\nyou are true to God who sent him.\\nLord, Thine appointed servants bless.\\nThat they may faithful be,\\nTo preach the truth in righteousness.\\nAnd sinners win to Thee.\\nUphold them by Almighty power.\\nThy strength divine impart.\\nAnd. in each dark and trying hour.\\nCheer Thou their fainting heart.", "height": "3688", "width": "2612", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE VIII.\\nTHE PASTOR S VISITING.\\nWith some ministers, the visiting feature\\nhas become the most prominent. It ap-\\npears to be their forte and the people have\\ncome to expect it.\\nThis has its place, in our ministerial\\nlabors, but it is not by any means all, nor\\nis it the chief means for developing Christ-\\nian character. It is true, by coming in\\ncontact with his parishioners, in their\\neveryday life, the minister sees his people\\nas he does not anywhere else, and be\\nlearns to know their needs and wants and\\nenvironments as he can in no other way,\\nand, thus, having his congregation in\\nmind, while preparing his sermons, he can\\nprepare for them that spiritual food which", "height": "3640", "width": "2360", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "118 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\ntheir souls long for and stand most in\\nneed of.\\nBut the minister must have his hours of\\nquiet and rest his periods for holy medi-\\ntation and communion with God.\\nHis study is his liohj of holies where he\\ngathers strength and grace for his minis-\\ntrations. If he is to preach the Word\\nhe must study it with all diligence. If he\\nis to inspire, his people, to a higher and\\nbetter life, he himself must be full of holy\\nfire. Re cannot give that which he does\\nnot himself possess. He cannot lead un-\\nless he himself knows the way. He must\\nkeep fresh and strong, and this strength\\nhe gains in his private studies and devo-\\ntions. He is doing an injury to himself,\\nas well as to his people, if he spends the\\ntime, necessary for study and pulpit prep-\\naration, in visiting and thus feed his\\npeople on husks. He will be a back\\nnumber before he has reached the period", "height": "3656", "width": "2600", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE PASTOR S VISITING. 119\\nat which he should be most useful. He\\nwill reach the dead line in early life.\\nNo, my dear readers, do not expect\\nyour minister to do with his feet what\\nshould be done with his head. You come\\nto the Divine services to be fed on spirit-\\nual food, to be instructed in the way of\\ngodliness, to be inspired with holy zeal,\\nand it is his duty to prepare himself to do\\nit,\\nA house-going pastor makes a church-\\ngoing people may be true in some parts\\nof our church, but my experience and ob-\\nservations have failed to convince me of\\nthe fact.\\nMy experience has been, that the peo-\\nple who complain most because the pastor\\ndoes not visit them enough are the ones\\nwho are the most irregular and indifferent,\\nand I have also learned that those who do\\nnot attend services nor take an active\\npart in church work, unless the pastor", "height": "3648", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "120 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nvisits them often, do not amount to much\\neven if be does visit them frequently.\\nSome people expect the impossible from\\ntheir pastor. They are selfish with him.\\nThey want him all to self. But a man\\nhas a large and widely-scattered field of\\nthree or four congregations over a radius\\nof ten or more miles, and he must drive\\nmany miles before he reaches his members\\nin the outlying limits. In such a field it is\\nalmost the next thing to impossible to\\nvisit the whole charge, as frequently as\\nsome seem to desire, and at the same\\ntime attend faithfully to all the other\\nduties of the pastorate with man there\\nare impossible things.\\nTrue, I would not wholly set aside pas-\\ntoral visitation. It has its place and I aim\\nas near as possible to fulfil that part of\\nmy ministerial labors, and where it is prac-\\nticable, as in the city or larger towns,\\nwhere the membership is not so widely", "height": "3652", "width": "2660", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "THE PASTOR S VISITING. 121\\nscattered as in a country charge, there\\nmore frequent visits are in place. There\\nthe minister has his mornings and even-\\nings to himself and can spend the after-\\nnoons in the homes of his members.\\nOf course, the aged and infirm, and the\\nsick, who in the providence of God cannot\\ncome to worship in the sanctuary, those\\ndeserve our special care and comfort, but,\\nin my humble judgment, others who are\\nyounger and whom we see at their accus-\\ntomed places, in the sanctuary, Sabbath\\nafter Sabbath, such do not need nor\\nshould they demand our special time\\nwhich should be employed in other chan-\\nnels.\\nThen, my dear reader, I beg you, be con-\\nsiderate, in this as in all other things,\\nknowing that, if your minister does not\\ncome to see you as often as you would\\nlike to have him, he thinks you do not\\nneed his special attention. He looks after", "height": "3640", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "122\\nTHE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nthe most needy and wayward and you can\\nfeel yourself complimented to think that\\nyou need no special attention. They\\nthat are whole have no need of the physi-\\ncian.\\nEemember, the minister is interested,\\nin the welfare of his flock, as no other\\nman can be. He delights to see you pros-\\nperous and happy, and he wishes you well,\\nin all that is honorable and legitimate,\\nand when sorrow or sickness comes into\\nyour home, and you desire his presence\\nand comfort, if you send for him he will only\\ntoo gladly respond; Remember this; be-\\ncause, ofttimes, there has been sickness or\\nsorrow in one of our homes for weeks be-\\nfore we knew it and they wondered why\\nwe did not come to see and comfort them.\\nSome people are very irregular at the\\nLord s Day services and, when they are\\nabsent, it is no unusual thing and, hence,\\ntheir absence does not solicit inquiries\\nconcerning their welfare, and it has been", "height": "3656", "width": "2592", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE PASTOR S VISITING. 123\\nmy experience, that such are the most\\neasily offended, if the minister fails to\\nvisit them when they are ill.\\nBut, my friends, if you consider a little\\nyou will realize that the minister has a\\nmultitude of subjects claiming his\\nthoughts and attention and he may not\\nknow of your illness. He cannot know\\nall the time how all his members are,\\nHe is not omniscient.\\nDo, then, be as considerate with your\\npastor as you are with your family physi-\\ncian. When you want the physician s\\nservice you send for him. Do likewise with\\nyour pastor and he will respond as\\nquickly as can be done.", "height": "3628", "width": "2328", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IX.\\nTHE OLD MTSnSTBK AXD HOW HE SHOULD\\nBE TREATED.\\nMy dear reader, are you a member of a\\ncongregation or charge which has had the\\nservices of a good, faithful minister for\\nmany long years?\\nPerhaps he came, to you, young and\\nfresh from the School of the Prophets\\nwith the fire and .zeal which goes with\\nyouth and young manhood.\\nHis aims and hopes were high and holy.\\nHis air castles were grand and impos-\\ning. He came into your midst and\\nlaunched upon an untried sea. Your\\nfathers and mothers, long since gone to\\ntheir rich reward, received him with a\\nhearty welcome, this was in the long", "height": "3652", "width": "2600", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "THE OLD MINISTER. 125\\nago and the work of the charge, or\\nparish, at once assumed a different aspect.\\nThe little church soon proved inadequate\\nto accommodate the large audiences that\\ncame out to hear him some of the more\\nsinister minded then said A new\\nbroom sweeps clean, and many came\\nout of sheer curiosity and after a time\\nagain fell back to their old ways coming\\nbut once or twice a year in order to let\\nthe minister and people know that they\\nare still holding to the church.\\nBut, your minister keeps on truly and\\nfaithfully and the Christian fathers and\\nmothers of Israel God bless them re-\\nmain faithful by his side. They come out\\nthrough heat and cold, through rain and\\nsunshine. They receive from his minis-\\ntrations, comfort, inspiration, and edifica-\\ntion.\\nHe is a man above the average in abil-\\nity sincere and earnest and full of zeal\\nfor God s cause.", "height": "3652", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "126 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nThe members soon realize his worth\\nand, like the people of Ephesus, would\\npluck out their eyes for him.\\nHe may receive a call, or an invitation\\nto come and locate in some other field,\\nmore promising than theirs, but, with\\ntears and pleadings, they entreat him not\\nto leave them. You shall never leave\\nus, they say, until death doth take\\nthee.\\nHe remains, serving a large and widely-\\nscattered charge, on a small salary by\\nwhich he can barely make ends meet ex-\\ncept by the strictest economy he must\\nsacrifice, but for their sakes he is willing\\nto do so because the fathers and mothers\\nlove and appreciate him and his work, but\\nhe is not able to lay anything aside for\\nold age.\\nThe days and years come and go, the\\nfathers and mothers fall asleep and are\\nnow lying in the village churchyard, en-", "height": "3656", "width": "2588", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "THE OLD MINISTER. 127\\njoying their well-earned rest in the heav-\\nenly home. Tour faithful minister has\\nlaid them, tenderly, to rest, and the green\\ngrass grows in heaped turfs over their\\nsleeping places. He gave you comfort\\nand consolation out of the rich promises\\nin God s Word. He told you of the glori-\\nous hope and the happy home in store for\\nthose who live and die in the Lord.\\nYou become attached to him as a spir-\\nitual father. He lays his hands upon your\\nhead and asks God s blessing to rest upon\\nvou. He dedicates your children, for\\nyou, in baptism to the Triune God. He\\nbecomes, in fact, so closely identified with\\nyour congregation as a father over all.\\nAge and sad, as well as joyous, experi-\\nences have matured his judgment, ripened\\nhis scholarship, and made his heart tender\\nand easily touched. He has truly grown\\nold in the harness. The fathers and\\nmothers who stood by his side and", "height": "3648", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "128 THE CHURCH MEMBER,\\nstrengthened him, when young, are no\\nmore they are sleeping in Machpelah s\\nburying 1 ground.\\nHe. too. is nearing life s sunset. He\\nrealizes that the infirmities of age are\\ntelling on him, He has given you the\\nbest days of his life. His step is not so\\nfirm as it once was. His sermons may\\nnot be so full of holy fire as they were,\\nin days gone by, bat they are fuller of the\\nlove of Jesus, fuller of heaven, you may\\nrest assured.\\nSome one intimates that our pastor is\\ngetting too old to serve us acceptably,\\nAnother says He is getting to be a\\nback number* and we should get rid of\\nhim and secure the service of a younger\\nman who can reacli the younger dement 5\\nthese are chords of dissension, these are\\npebbles that disturb the calm waters, these\\nare apples of discord and. the young,\\nwho never thought anything else than", "height": "3656", "width": "2568", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THE OLD MIXISTEK. 129\\nthat be was the best roan living, will be-\\ngin to find fault, and your people can pre-\\npare for the revolution that is sure to\\ncome.\\nWhat is to be done? He is now old.\\nHe has given his whole life, or the best\\npart of it, to your church. He has been\\nwith you in joy and sorrow, in the day of\\nprosperity and in the night of adversity.\\nHe is old now and, unless he has children\\nto whom he can go and with whom he\\nmav make his home, he will not know\\nwhat to do and the heart strings almost\\nbreak.\\nIn all other professions you wish the\\nservice of a man of experience. When\\nyou have dangerous illness in your familv\\nyou want a physician who has had long\\nexperience and who has proved himself\\ncapable. You do not wish to risk your\\nlife to a novice. When you have an im-\\nportant case before the courts of justice", "height": "3656", "width": "2368", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "130\\nTHE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nyou want an experienced attorney to look\\nafter your interests. In the schools you\\nwish a teacher, for an important position,\\nwho has had experience, but, in the min-\\nistry, in our day. for some cause or other,\\nage, experience, and ripe scholarship do\\nnot count much the only qualification is\\nHe must be a young ruan this seems to\\nbe a travesty on the judgment of the\\nchurch people.\\nBut we need not argue that feature anv\\nfurther. It is a foregone conclusion; you\\nhave decided that you must have a Young\\nman and that settles the whole matter\\nonce for all. The next question that nat-\\nurally presents itself is What is to be\\ndone with the old minister He is too\\nold for you. Maybe some small, strug-\\ngling charge could use him and perhaps\\nnot. Do you mean to turn him out in the\\ncold world near the evening of life\\nYou know he is old and he has been at", "height": "3680", "width": "2600", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "THE OLD MINISTER. 131\\nan expense of which few outside of the min-\\nistry know. He may have, by strict econ-\\nomy and a great deal of self-denial, man-\\naged to save a little for the declining days,\\nbut in many cases he has not sufficient to\\ngive him a comfortable income for the re-\\nmainder of his life. What shall he do?\\nHe is ashamed to beg. He is too honest\\nto steal. He is too old to do manual\\nlabor. He cannot well do anything else\\nfor he prepared himself for the ministry\\nand did not keep up with the other profes-\\nsions. Must he do day s work as I know\\nof one who. when too old to preach, must\\ndo in order to get his bread and butter\\nThe sad fact too often is unless he has\\nchildren with whom he can spend the re-\\nmainder of his days and there think oyer\\nthe good days that are past, he might be\\nobliged to knock at the poor house for\\nentrance.\\nIt is shameful, in the highest degree,", "height": "3652", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "123 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nnot to say sinful to turn out, into the\\ncold world, an old, faithful pastor who\\nwas dearly beloved by your fathers and\\nmothers in days gone by.\\nOh honor him, respect him, and keep\\nhim to the close of his life, for the good\\nhe has done. If he is too old and feeble to\\nassume the active duties of your congre-\\ngation, then elect another and a younger\\nman to assume the duties of the charge,\\nbut let the old father be pastor emeritus\\nwith a small salary so that he may still\\nworship with you and thus spend the re-\\nmainder of his days with the people he\\nloved so long and well. You will never\\nmiss the extra salary it will take, and you\\nwill feel so much better when you your-\\nselves will come to the Indian summer of\\nlife. Yes. Make his last days as peace-\\nful, as comfortable, as quiet, and as happy\\nas possible.\\nIan McOlaren had an article on Should", "height": "3656", "width": "2600", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "THE OLD MINISTER. 133\\nthe Old Clergyman Be .Shot in the\\nChristmas number of the Ladies Home\\nJournal, 1899. and after discussing the\\nsituation, from the standpoint of a lay\\nmember, finally comes to the conclusion\\nthat the best way to get rid of the worn-\\nout old minister was to shoot him.\\nThis in some respects would be an\\neasier death than many meet, for the man-\\nner, I have noticed, in which one or two\\ncongregations treated an old, faithful ser-\\nvant it meant death from a broken heart,\\nwhich was slower and more painful than\\nby shooting.\\nI sometimes wonder when some people\\nreach that u happy land for which they\\npray, and find the old minister inside, if\\nthey would not be ashamed to enter.\\nOh be kind to him for what he has\\ndone. Cast him not off in the time of old\\nage and forsake him not when his strength\\nfaileth, and when you meet hin* in that", "height": "3640", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "134 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nheavenly hbme it will be a day of joy arid\\ngladness.\\nGone have ye all then gone\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe good,; the beautiful, the kind, the dear\\nPassed to your glorious rest so swiftly on,\\nAnd left ine weeping here?", "height": "3656", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE X.\\nTHE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF\\nCHURCH OFFICERS.\\nIt goes without saying: That the\\nChurch is a Divine-human organization.\\nAn organization must have laws and reg-\\nulations, and as we must have officers, to\\nsee that the laws are executed, and who\\nhave in their hands the management of\\nher affairs, so are there times when nomi-\\nnations and elections are necessary to\\nselect them.\\nThe Church must have her officers who\\nconstitute a body, in whose hands are the\\nspiritual and temporal management of the\\nChurch, and whether you call this body a\\nConsistory, a Church council, a vestry, or\\nby whatever name, it is the privilege and", "height": "3648", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "136 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nduty of the members to elect\u00e2\u0080\u0094 say by\\nvoice or vote who shall have in their\\nhands the affairs of the church, for a\\ngiven time, at least,\\nThere is here as in other things diver-\\nsity of opinions, as to how the candi-\\ndates for office are to be named or nomi-\\nnated. In some places the consistory or\\nchurch council names one ticket and the\\ncongregation names another and then the\\ntwo named tickets are placed before the\\ncongregation and the members vote their\\npreference.\\nAnother, and, we think, a better, and\\nwiser method of making nominations, is\\nto let the consistory name twice the num-\\nber of officers to be elected and then sub-\\nmit tbem to the congregation to be voted\\nupon. Our reason for preferring the\\nlatter mode can be expressed in a few\\nwords. It is this The consistory or\\ncouncil can discuss the relative merits of", "height": "3656", "width": "2548", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "CHURCH OFFICERS.\\n137\\nthe available members for the sacred of-\\nfice as cannot be done in the presence of\\nthe congregation. It is a great honor to\\nbear office in the Lord s house so also\\ndoes it bring grave and sacred duties and\\nresponsibilities, to each one, which should\\nnot be considered lightly.\\nA man may have business ability and\\ntact but may lack the moral qualifica-\\ntions. While another may have the\\nmoral sincerity and enthusiasm for the\\nLord s cause but lack ability and judg-\\nment in other respects, while all these\\ncombined, as near as possible, is what the\\nChurch needs in her officers.\\nOfttimes a mistake is made, in the se-\\nlection of officers, by nominating some\\ngeneral favorite who is a whole-souled,\\nhail-fellow-well-met, because among a\\ncertain set he may be a popular idol,\\nwhile otherwise he may not possess the\\nfirst principles necessary for a cup bearer\\nin the Lord s house.", "height": "3640", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "138 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nSometimes, too, we have known a man\\nto be nominated and elected to the\\nsacred and responsible office for a joke,\\njust as if the church and the Lord s cause\\nwere to be conducted for the sport and\\namusement of the members. This is\\nwrong, in the highest degree, not to say\\nsinful, and the crippled and sad condition\\nof some churches managment are the\\nfruits of this pernicious policy.\\nThen, again, there is another fallacy in\\nnominating and electing a man to the\\nsacred office, in order to get him inter-\\nested in the work of the Church.\\nOne of my good old teachers often told\\nus: Gentlemen, never have a man put\\nin as an officer, who does not take an in-\\nterest in the Church, in order to get him\\ninterested, for, if he is not interested be-\\nfore, be assured, he will not become inter-\\nested, when an officer, and you and the\\nChurch must suffer for the experiment.", "height": "3656", "width": "2580", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "CHURCH OFFICERS. 139\\nI have learned the truth, of his admoni-\\ntion, to my sorrow, in my brief ministry.\\nThe fact is, my friends, if a man is not\\nfull of the love of God and His cause be-\\nfore he is an officer, in the Church, it is a\\nvery dangerous experiment to elect him\\nto that sacred and responsible position\\nwith the idea in view of getting him in-\\nterested. A man who is so full of the\\nworld that he wears himself out, during\\nthe six laboring days, in accumulating\\nthis world s goods, so that on the quiet\\nSabbath morning he mmt rest and thus\\ncannot get ready for services or that he is\\nso busy with his own affairs that he has\\nno time during the week for a consistory\\nor council meeting, such a man is not the\\nkind that the Church of Jesus Christ\\nwants at the head of her ministrations\\nwe want men, and we must and can have\\nthem, who have the love of the Church,\\nat heart, enough to be able to give her", "height": "3636", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "140 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nsome time and consideration. We want\\nmen, as officers, who are not afraid they\\narc doing too much for the Church, men\\nwho will stand by the eternal principles\\nof right i men who are sober, honest, dill-\\ngent and upright; men who give their life\\nand influence to nothing that would bring\\ndishonor upon the religion of Jesus\\nChrist; men who are burning with the\\nlove of Christ and His cause for it is a\\nself-evident fact, that, in order to succeed\\nin anything, a man must be in love with\\nhis task, and, at the same time, be con-\\nscious of the sense of responsibility which\\nis resting upon him. We want conscien-\\ntious men, men who are conscious of the\\nfact, that every honoiy every privilege,\\nevery blessing, and every opportunity\\nthey have brings, to them, grave responsi-\\nbilities and sacred duties which they dare\\nnot neglect.\\nThe Church oflicers are the minister s", "height": "3656", "width": "2548", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "CHURCH OFFICERS. 141\\ncabinet bis advisers and helpers they\\nare to be, unto him. hands and eyes/ and\\nremember this, my Mends, the honor and\\nwelfare of your Church, to a great extent,\\nrests upon their shoulders. They repre-\\nsent your Church, before the higher judi-\\ncatories and before the world, and you\\nwish to be represented by the best, the\\nnoblest, and the most Christlike.\\nBut let us assume the nominations for\\nofficers are made and the day for election\\nis near at hand, and, now, do not forget\\nto pray to the Father, to guide and en-\\nlighten you, so that you may put aside\\nall personal preferences and cast your\\nvote for the one. or ones, answering most\\nnearly to the ideal officer, as God would\\nlike to have him be. Do not vote for a\\nman, principally, that you may confer,\\nupon him, the great honor, though he may\\nbe your best friend. Remember, the\\nhonor and welfare of the Church are at", "height": "3636", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "142 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nstake. But vote as you think will be the\\nbest for the good of the Church and the\\nglory of God, and, especially, be it far\\nfrom you to vote for an officer merely\\nfor a joke the Church of Jesus Christ\\nis not a joke and she does not exist for\\nthe amusement of her members, but for\\nthe salvation of souls and you want of-\\nficers who love souls and are full of Chris-\\ntian zeal.\\nIn a few words, pray right and then\\nvote as you pray and your officers and\\nyour Church will be as God meant they\\nshould be.\\nEndow thern with a heavenly mind\\nSupply their every need\\nMake them in spirit meek, resigned,\\nBut bold in word and deed.", "height": "3656", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XL\\nCHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP, OR SHOULD A\\nCHRISTIAN TAKE AN ACTIVE\\nINTEREST IN POLITICS\\nShould the Christian take part in poli-\\ntics? You ofttimes hear it said: That\\nreligion and politics do not go together.\\nPray tell me why should they not If\\nthey do not they surely should, and once\\npolitics is conducted on the principle of\\nthe Golden Rule as it should be then\\nreligion and politics will go together and\\nwhose duty but the Christian citizen s is it\\nto make it such\\nWe should take our religion with us to\\nthe polls and then vote as we pray. Are\\npolitics, in our day, too corrupt for a\\nChristian man to take part in and, if so,", "height": "3636", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "144 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nwhat has made them such Does not\\nthe whole secret, of corrupt politics, lie in\\nthe fact that the spoilsmen are trying to\\nrun the machinery of our municipal,\\ncounty, state and national government\\nfor policy s sake, and are content to sac-\\nrifice the eternal principles of right and\\njustice, using all means, whether honor-\\nable or otherwise, to accomplish their end\\nWe hear the local politician echo, the\\ncry of the boss Be loyal to the old\\nstandard, and too many voters go to the\\npolls like dumb driven cattle and cast\\ntheir ballot and influence at the beck and\\nbidding of a few political leaders who\\nmake them believe the salvation of the\\ncountry is at stake and depends on the\\nsuccess of their party.\\nBut all men cannot be fooled all the\\ntime, and, in time they see their mis-\\ntakes, become disgusted and finally re-\\nmain entirely away from the polls, and", "height": "3656", "width": "2556", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP. 145\\nthe boss and his hangers on have thing s\\ntheir own way, and matters assume a\\nmore forboding aspect than ever. It is\\nsimply going from bad to worse. There-\\nfore, we say, the Christian citizen should\\nvote. He should give his influence for\\nthe good of the government, under which\\nhe and his must live. His religious prin-\\nciples the eternal principles of right\\nshould be stronger than his love for party.\\nHe should vote for the man or men, irre-\\nspective of party affiliations, who have\\ncharacter and moral stamina, whose word\\nis as good as his bond. Let character\\nand attainments be the sole qualifications\\nnecessary for a candidate\u00e2\u0080\u0094 for character\\nis more than party.\\nThe more independent voters a district\\nhas the better and purer will be its laws\\nand its officers. If the government of a\\npeople is oppressive and ruled by a few\\na veritable oligarchy\u00e2\u0080\u0094 it is because the", "height": "3640", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "146 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\npeople will it to be so, for, you can rest\\nassured, once they rise, to a full sense of\\ntheir duty, like one man with a single,\\nnoble aim in view, no power on earth can\\nstay them.\\nOn the other hand, if the Christian citi-\\nzens remain away from the polls and\\nallow the grogshop politician to vote his\\nhangerson, thus bringing about laws that\\nare distasteful and oppressive, they have\\nno right to complain.\\nIt is the duty of every law-abiding and\\nliberty-loving citizen to vote at every\\nelection, and he should vote in accordance\\nwith his own convictions. The ballot\\nthief, and all others, who make a business\\nof politics, and thus want dishonest gov-\\nernment, which best serves their end, will\\nbe certain to vote not only once, but as\\noften as they can. Those who are inter-\\nested in corrupt elections are certain to\\ngive their whole time and labor, in order", "height": "3656", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP. 147\\nthat they may accomplish their end, and,\\nsurely every honest and well-meaning\\ncitizen should x)erform his duty, at the\\npolls, and give his vote and influence in\\nselecting the best candidate, for every\\noffice, regardless of party.\\nThe better class of citizens, interested\\nas they should be, in the public welfare,\\nare beginning to see the evils of too\\nmany of our political caucuses, and are,\\ntherefore, beginning to vote independent\\nand we see the signs of better times send-\\ning their rays of light across the eastern\\nmountain heights.\\nThere are festering sores on our body\\npolitic because the good citizens have, too\\nlong, stood aloof and permitted the boss\\nand spoilsman to have his own way, and,\\nonce men vote as they pray, these social\\nand political vices which are a menace to\\nour free institutions and government will\\nbe delegated into the realms of oblivion.", "height": "3652", "width": "2456", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "14S THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nBut as long as Christian inen pray one\\nway and vote another, so long will the\\nevils of our government be here to op-\\npress us. By all means. Christian breth-\\nren, pray right, but, then, do not forget to\\nvote as you pray, and then, those evils\\nwhich are now, like a canker worm, sap-\\nping the life from our nation will be\\ncrushed.\\nThese evils come by legislation and\\nthey must go as they came by legisla-\\ntion.\\nThe damnable drink traffic, which is\\none of the worst cancerous sores on our\\nnational life, undermining health, dwarf-\\ning ability, bringing hell and damuation\\nto homes which otherwise could be happy\\nand peaceful, is here because of legisla-\\ntion\u00e2\u0080\u0094because the representatives whom\\nwe help to elect are too often bought to\\nvote, for it. in our legislative halls. The\\ngambling and lottery laws and the privi-", "height": "3680", "width": "2564", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP. 149\\nleges which the great corporations and\\nmonopolies enjoy. The laws which fix\\nthe prices on everything you buy or\\nsell, and which enrich the stockholders\\nat the expense of the consumer of whom\\nyou are one and which is making the\\nrich richer and the poor, at least, rela-\\ntively poorer, all these and a host of other\\nharmful and pernicious law 7 s, favoring a\\nfew at the expense of the many, are thrust\\nupon us, and they mean, to every man, a\\nlarger outlay for the necessaries of life\\nthey mean, that you and your family,\\nshall henceforth, receive fewer of the nec-\\nessaries and luxuries of life, for the same\\namount of money, and they mean that\\nyou take less for that which you have to\\nsell.\\nThe price is fixed on everything you\\nbuy or sell, and what will you do about\\nit? These things can be remedied and\\nthe remedy lies in the pure and free use", "height": "3640", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "150 THE CHURCH ME 1 BE zl.\\nof the ballot id the hands of the better\\npeople. The fact is. the politician who is\\nin it for the spoils is ready and willing to\\npromise anything and everything until\\nafter his election when he votes and gives\\nhis influence the way that brings in the\\nmost money for him.\\nLet the Christian man vote for men of\\nprinciple men who do not make politics\\na business, no matter what his party con-\\nvictions may be. It is the chief business\\nof the spoilsman to get himself and his\\nassociates maintained at the public ex-\\npense, and, according to his standard, the\\nchief duty, of a public official, is to draw\\nhis salary regularly.\\nNo, my friends, we want, and we need,\\nand we will have, if j on say so, an honest\\ngovernment, and this should call loudly\\nupon every good citizen to come forth\\nand say, by ballot, who shall handle the\\nrevenues paid by the tax-payers and who", "height": "3656", "width": "2564", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.\\n151\\nshall make and enforce our laws. It is\\nyour privilege, will you use it\\nRemember, your Christianity should\\nshow itself in all your various relations of\\nlife you, as a citizen, owe duties to your\\ncommunity and to your nation, and, it is\\nyour duty as well as privilege, to say who\\nshall have in charge your munincipal,\\nyour county, your state and national gov-\\nernment.\\nEemember, you have not only a right\\nand privilege but it is your duty to exer-\\ncise your citizenship. Do this intelli-\\ngently and conscientiously as God shall\\ngive you light, and your government will\\nbe purified, and in time will be clean, as\\nit should be, and then you can take your\\nreligion into your politics and your poli-\\ntics into your religion.\\nSo live that when the mighty caravan,\\nWhich halts one night time in the vale of death,\\nShall strike its white tents for the morning march.\\nThou shalt mount upward to the eternal hills,\\nThy foot unwearied, and thy strength renewed,\\nLike the strong eagle for the upward night.", "height": "3636", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XII.\\nMISSIONS AND WHY I BELIEVE IN THE3L\\nGo ye therefore, and teach all nations,\\netc., was one of the last commandments,\\nof our blessed Lord, to his disciples, and\\nthis, like all the other commands, should be\\nobeyed by his disciples today. All his\\ncommands are just and reasonable, and,\\nas we still rely upon his promises which\\nare to us no less than to our children, so\\nare his commandments also binding, and\\nfurthermore, on truly benevolent princi-\\nples we are constrained to bring the glad\\ntidings of peace and good will to those\\nwho sit in darkness and are waiting for\\nthe light.\\nThe principle of Christianity is the di-\\nrect opposite of selfishness and exclu-", "height": "3656", "width": "2532", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "MISSIONS. 158\\nsiveness. One of the great fundamental\\ndoctrines which Jesus taught, by word\\nand precept, was the Brotherhood of the\\nrace. With Him there was neither Jew\\nnor Greek, neither bond nor free but\\nChrist was all and in all.\\nIn the parable of The Good Samari-\\ntan He taught us to help the needy no\\nmatter to what race, color or nationality\\nthey belonged. We are to extend the\\nhand of help to raise the fallen, to cheer\\nthe faint, to give them a higher and\\nnobler view of life, and a hope for the life\\nto come.\\nIn the Sermon upon the Mount, His in-\\ntroductory sermon, He emphasizes the\\nsame principle As ye would that men\\nshould do to you do ye even so to them\\nlikewise. Put the Golden Eule into\\npractice and place yourself in the posi-\\ntion of the heathen. Imagine yourself, in\\ntheir sad condition, sitting in darkness", "height": "3644", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "154 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nand waiting for the light of the Gospel of\\nChrist which would bring the manifold\\nblessings which go with the religion of\\nJesus Christ.\\nStudy the sad condition of those whom\\nGod has made for true nobleness, and see,\\nif you would not desire others to help\\nyou, if you were as they are.\\nThere are so many who do not seem to\\nappreciate that the blessings, which the\\nGospel of Christ have brought them, have\\nalso brought duties and responsibilities\\nwhich they owe to their fellowmen in\\nother lands.\\nWe are liviug in a laud of light and\\nliberty, today, because: We have the\\nopen Bible, and the hallowed influence of\\nfrhe quiet Sabbath day; and, the fires of\\nincense and prayers are rising from ten\\nthousand family altars at the beginning\\nand close of every day.\\nWe are a Christian land and nation be-", "height": "3656", "width": "2536", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "MISSIONS. 155\\ncause Our forefathers, from across the\\nsea, sent missionaries among us, at a time\\nwhen we were near to becoming a nation\\nof infidels.\\nThere are none of the original churches\\nin America but which received their first\\nministers, and the means to support them,\\nfrom the fatherlands beyond the broad\\nAtlantic. Michael Schlatter, the pioneer\\nof our beloved Zion, after viewing the\\nsituation of the spiritual condition of the\\npeople scattered through the wilds of\\nSouthern Pennsylvania, Maryland and\\nVirginia and seeing their need for the\\nGospel of Christ, returned to his native\\nland and made known their wants, and,\\nhistory tells us, how liberally they re-\\nsponded. On his return he brought, with\\nhim, \u00c2\u00a312,000 and six noble young\\nmen consecrated to the Gospel ministry,\\nand those Christian fathers and mothers,\\nwho were waiting on this side for shep-", "height": "3624", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "156 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nherds to feed them the bread of life,\\nthanked God and took courage.\\nDo you say, then, we owe nothing to\\nmissions? Did others ignore our cry for\\nhelp? Did they turn a deaf ear to the\\nMacedonian call coming from the wilds\\nof America? History answers: No!\\nAnd, now,, shall we who live in the light\\nof that Gospel, shall we, who are reaping\\nand enjoying the fruits of that sowing, be\\ncontent to enjoy those blessings while\\nothers call* to us, for help\\nOh, Christian people, remember, this\\nprivilege places upon us a sacred respon-\\nsibility and a most solemn duty which we\\ncannot ignore.\\nThen, again, think of it, my friends; had\\nSt. Paul directed his missionary opera-\\ntions toward the East, instead of bearing\\nthe banner of the Cross into the wilds of\\nEurope, then China and Japan might\\nhave become Christianized, and instead of", "height": "3648", "width": "2544", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "MISSIONS. 157\\nwe sending missionaries to them, they\\nwould needs bring the Gospel to us.\\nUnder the providence of God we know\\nthat where there is life there must be ac-\\ntivity. When a fountain ceases to flow it\\nbecomes a stagnant pool which breeds\\ndeadly diseases. To live it must pour\\nforth, and so with the Church of Christ,\\nshe exists for something, and that church\\nwhich does not send forth the light of the\\nGospel to other benighted lands. That\\nchurch or that member who is not inter-\\nested in missions in the welfare of his\\nfellowmen in need has not yet learned\\nthe first principles of Christianity.\\nThe congregation that withholds the\\nGospel from others will soon lose it her-\\nself. u He who is poor in charity is poor\\nindeed. The question which comes home\\nto each one of us is not Will the\\nheathen be saved without my help? but,\\nwill I be saved if I am unfaithful to my", "height": "3648", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "158 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\ntrust, and ignore the commands of my\\nLord and Master, whom I profess to fol-\\nlow?\\nThat oft-mooted and threadbare argu-\\nment (I question seriously if it can claim\\nthe title of argument) which we ofttimes\\nhear expressed, when an appeal is made\\nfor missions I do not believe in mis-\\nsions. I do not believe in sending money\\naway to the heathens. We have heathens\\nat home to convert. Let us convert them\\nfirst, and then begin with those in other\\nlands, is born either of ignorance, or is a\\ncowardly excuse for stinginess, or selfish-\\nness, or all combined, and, in my mind, at\\nleast, is the expression of one who by his\\nvery words is a self-confessed heathen. For,\\npray tell me, what else than a heathen\\nmay we call a man who does not believe\\nin the promises and commandments of\\nGod s word He does not believe in\\nmissions? Then let him tell us what part", "height": "3656", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "MISSIONS. 159\\nof the Bible does he believe Has he a\\nmutilated Bible from which all passages,\\nrelating to missions, are expurgated If\\nso, then he has a Bible without God, a\\nBible without Jesus, a Bible without the\\nApostles, a Bible without the sermon on\\nthe Mount, a Bible without the Ten Com-\\nmandments, a Bible without the Lord s\\nPrayer, in fact, a Bible which is no Bible\\nat all the play Hamlet without a Ham-\\nlet for the central thought, the underly-\\ning principle, from Genesis to Bevela-\\ntion teaches us love to God through love\\nto man.\\nMy friends if you do not believe in\\nmissions it is necessary for you to read\\nGod 5 s word more diligently, it is neces-\\nsary for you to pray more earnestly that\\nGod may enlighten your minds and that\\nHe may sanctify your affections. You\\nmust needs be emptied of self and tilled\\nwith love to God and fellowman and,", "height": "3636", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "160 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nthen, your heart will go out in a practical\\nand substantial manner to those poor, be-\\nnighted of our fellowmen sitting in dark-\\nness and waiting for the Gospel light.\\nThen you will thank God that you are\\nliving in a missionary age and can have\\na part and privilege in the evangelization\\nof the world.\\nBemember, the heathens at home, of\\nwhom you speak, all have had the oppor-\\ntunity of the Gospel, lo these many yenrs,\\nbut they have wilfully hardened their\\nhearts and turned away from the light.\\nWe have done our duty with them, and if\\nthey perish, in their sins, their blood rests\\nupon their own heads.\\nBut the Macedonian call comes, to us,\\nfrom lands beyond the seas, and it is ours\\nto respond. For those, who deny Christi-\\nanity to others, cannot retain it long\\nthemselves. Charity begins at home\\nbut if it ends there it is a poor charity in-", "height": "3656", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "MISSIONS. 161\\ndeed. The chief concern of the Christian\\nis not his own salvation but the salvation\\nof others. He saves his own soul by\\nhelping to save others. The religion of\\nJesus Christ is not egotistic but altruistic,\\nand the Church that lives only for self\\nwill soon not live at all. We are not to\\nbe concerned principally about the sav-\\ning of our own souls but in that of others\\nand thus, by saving others only can we\\nsave ourselves.\\nJesus asks for self denial He asks for\\nthat love which prompts us to sacrifice\\nfor the good of others. Some people s\\nidea of charity is giving away what they\\ndo not want themselves, but the most ac-\\nceptable gifts are those which cost us\\nsomething.\\nThe love, of Jesus, for fallen and sinful\\nmankind caused him to sacrifice the\\nglory which He had with the Father and\\ncoming as man among us men, the Sin-", "height": "3652", "width": "2452", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "162 THE CHL RCH MEMBER.\\nless One bearing the sins of the whole\\nworld.\\nWhile we, too often, when the Church\\nmakes an appeal, say Nl see if I can\\nspare it/ which means: I ll see if I\\nhave any money left after I have gratified\\nail my own desires, after I have every-\\nthing just as I want it. after I have all\\nthe necessaries and luxuries, then if I\\nhave anything to spare Fll give it to the\\nLord s cause.\\nToo many are like the Pharisee who\\nthank God that they are not like the\\nheathen, but forget that their privileges\\nand opportunities bear with them grave re-\\nsponsibilities.\\nHow much are you to give This ques-\\ntion you can best answer for yourself.\\nAsk, what would Jesus give, if he were\\nsituated in life as you are\\nGive as the Lord has prospered you.\\nGive that which requires sacrifice and you", "height": "3688", "width": "2564", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "MISSIONS. 163\\nwill give according to the Bible standard.\\nThe widow gave her mite which was all\\nthat she had. Here you are stewards.\\nGive to the Lord what belongs to Him.\\nBe faithful to your Lord s commands and\\nyou will be faithful to yourself.\\nOh 5 I pray you, do not ignore Christ s\\ncommandments else you are worse than a\\nheathen you have the Gospel light, walk\\nas children of light. Cast your bread\\nupon the waters and it will return again.\\nCan we. whose souls are lighted\\nWith wisdom from on high,\\nCan we to men benighted\\nThe lamp of life deny", "height": "3648", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIII.\\nTHE CHURCH MEMBER S WEDDING DAY,\\nThis is a sacred, a solemn step which\\nno one should take lightly. The solemn\\nwords, which are to bind two hearts and\\ntwo bands together forever, and which\\nwill change the currents of your lives,\\ncan be spoken in a moment, but a life-\\ntime is required to fulfil them, and the\\nneglect of this duty will cast its shadow\\nupon eternity.\\nThe wedding day marks the beginnings\\nof a new career which, in God s provi-\\ndence, is intended to make you wiser,,\\nbetter, and more useful in the world, and,\\nif the yows are faithfully kept by both\\nparties, you will grow to understand and\\nappreciate one another more highly as", "height": "3680", "width": "2532", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "THE WEDDING. 165\\nthe years come and go, so that when\\ndeath, at last, breaks the link that binds\\nyou, it will find the two hands more\\nfondly clasped and the two hearts more\\nclosely joined than on the day that you\\nplighted your troths before God and\\nman.\\nThe permanent union of one man with\\none woman establishes a relation of af-\\nfections and interests which can, in no\\nother way, be made to exist between two\\nhuman beings, and it calls forth tendencies\\nand capacities and powers for good which\\nwere not even known before.\\nMy aim, in this article, is not to give\\nScriptural proofs of God s sanction and\\ncommands to enter the holy state of mat-\\nrimony, nor do T wish to philosophize on\\nthe congeniality of spirits necessary to a\\nhappy union of two souls all which are\\nof the greatest importance. But I pro-\\npose to deal with the simple fact of mar-", "height": "3640", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "166 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nriage. It is one of those things which\\ncomes about somehow and some way that\\nbaffles explanation. But, let us assume,\\nthe days of wooing are drawing to a\\nclose. The engagement is announced and\\nthe wedding is to follow, as a matter of\\ncourse.\\nThe next question comes Where\\nshall we plight our troth V This depends\\non individual choice. Some prefer the\\nchurch, within her walls consecrated and\\nmade hallowed by sacred memories, be-\\nfore her holy of holies, where they were\\nbaptized and confirmed they think this\\npreferable to any other place for taking\\nthe solemn vow.\\nOthers prefer the home, about which\\ncluster so many fond and sacred memo-\\nries of by-gone days the home which the\\nbride is now about to leave this she\\nthinks the best place for her.\\nOthers, again, prefer a quiet wedding,", "height": "3656", "width": "2528", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "THE WEDDING. 167\\nand, for reasons best known to themselves,\\nthey visit the parsonage and there have\\nthe solemn words pronounced.\\nXext, who is the best fitted to pronounce\\nthe marriage ceremony, which is one of the\\nsacred institutions of our holy religion?\\nSurely, in my mind, not a justice of the\\npeace, nor any other secular officer, can\\npronounce these solemn words, in a be-\\ncoming manner, with the brogue of the\\ncriminal court on his lips. This makes it\\na civil contract, and does away with that\\nsacredness, which belongs to it, since the\\ntime of man s innocency, and, in some\\nStates, none but a regular ordained priest\\nor minister of the Gospel is permitted to\\nperform the marriage ceremony this is\\nas it should be everywhere.\\nYou are a member of the church of\\nJesus Christ, and you believe marriage to\\nbe a sacred institution of the church, do\\nnot, therefore, demean it by having some", "height": "3640", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "168 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nsecular officer to go through the ceremony\\nin a haphazzard and perfunctory manner.\\nYou desire no mock marriage. You\\nwant God and His holy angels to witness\\nit, and, therefore, you must have regards\\nto the place as well as to the person who\\nis to perform it, and none but a regular\\nordained minister, who has been conse-\\ncrated, is fitted to do so, and none so well\\nas your own pastor. Here let me speak\\nto you confidentially, remember, it always\\nlooks more respectful to have your min-\\nister with you at that time. When you\\nhave sorrow or a death, in your family,\\nyou desire him to be with you in the\\nhouse of mourning, and now remember\\nhim also in the hour of joy. Do not take\\nyour wedding trip before you are married\\nand have some strange clergyman say\\nthe words. It always looks more re-\\nspectable, in the eyes of the world, to\\ntake your trip after the wedding. But if", "height": "3656", "width": "2532", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "THE WEDDING. 169\\ncircumstances and conditions are such\\nthat you must go away, kindly ask your\\nminister to accompany you, for remem-\\nber, you are never justified in doing a\\nwrong to your pastor, who is ever inter-\\nested in your welfare, and is willing to do\\nanything honorable for you.\\nHe needs your encouragement, in this\\nas in all other respects, and it will cause\\nhim anxiety. He will wonder what might\\nbe wrong that you prefer another to him\\non such an occasion. In short, always be\\nhonorable to your pastor and you will\\nnever have cause to regret it.\\nWhat of the fee ah here is the rub\\nthis may have a smacking of the mercen-\\nary, but, we hope, the motive in speaking\\nof this feature may not be misunderstood.\\nWe simply say Let the fee be in keep-\\ning with other things.\\nDo not insult the girl, whom you are\\ntaking from a good home and whom you", "height": "3640", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "170 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nvalue and admire above all others, by giv-\\ning a mean little pittance to the parson.\\nDo not undervalue the ceremony when\\nall else is done with an idea for show.\\nThere are some ladies who. I have no\\ndoubt, would blush if they knew the in-\\nsignificant fees paid at their marriage.\\nThere are some people who save neither\\neffort nor money where they can make\\na display, but, where the public does not\\nsee, they are mean stingy.\\nI have witnessed several swell wed-\\ndings 3 where the elite of the city were\\nin high places, where broad cloth dress\\nsuits and silks were in evidence, where a\\nsumptuous feast was served, where\\ncolored waiters catered to the taste of\\nthe guests where presents aggregating\\nan outlay of hundreds of dollars were to\\nbe seen in a brilliantly-lighted room and\\nwhere a wedding tour was contemplated,\\nand taken, to all the principal cities,", "height": "3656", "width": "2536", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "THE WEDDING. 171\\nmeaning no less than a hundred or more.\\nBut alas! the parson s fee! It was a\\nmere pittance, in fact so small that it\\nbarely paid for the marriage certificate\\nwith the internal revenue stamp affixed\\nas the law requires.\\nI know my ministerial brethren will\\npardon me for divulging one of our\\nsecrets, but the fact is: most of us find it\\nnecessary to grade our certificates accord-\\ning to the fees.\\nThere are some people who think that\\na ministers supplies are furnished him\\ngratis. How they have arrived at such a\\nmistaken conclusion we know not, but\\nour supplies cost us actual money, and\\nwe find it necessary to exercise the best\\nof judgment otherwise some weddings are\\nto us a financial loss.\\nYes, there are many, very many, who\\nwhen they can make a display curtail no\\nexpense, but they must draw the line", "height": "3628", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "172 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nsomewhere and the parson usually is out-\\nside of that line.\\nAre we wrong in judging the worth of\\na man by what he does in secret A\\nman is known by the little things. We\\nare waiting to see. Does he consider the\\nceremony of so small consequence or\\ndoes he so little appreciate the services\\nof his wife s minister that anything will\\ndo? This manifests a poor principle and\\nand is an insult to the girl whom he mar-\\nried.\\nThere are smiles and tears in that gathering band\\nWhere the heart is pledged with the trembling hand.\\nWhat trying thoughts in the bosom swell.\\nAs the bride bids parents and home farewell\\nKneel down by the side of the tearful fair,\\nAnd strengthen the perilous hour with prayer.", "height": "3656", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIV.\\nTHE EVENING OF LIEE BE KIND TO THE\\nOLD.\\nThere comes to me a mingled sense of\\nsadness and reverence when I see an\\naged father or mother basking in the\\nevening twilight of life.\\nThe long shadows falling toward the\\neast indicate that their day has almost\\nclosed, and according to the laws of nature,\\nthey can be with us only a few more brief\\nyears at most.\\nTheir Indian summer is nearly over\\nand with its close they must bid the world\\nadieu.\\nThey are living mostly in the past. All\\ntheir friends of the days that are gone\\nare sleeping in the silent city of the", "height": "3636", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "174 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\ndead. They are left alone, like some\\nsolitary tree marking the place where\\nonce upon a time stood a dense forest.\\nThey have born the burden and heat of\\nmany a summer s sun. Their hairs have\\nbeen frosted by the snows of many win-\\nters. Time has taken the elasticity out of\\ntheir steps. The cares of years made the\\nform, once erect, now bent. The totter-\\ning step, the wrinkled brow, the hoary\\nheads, the bent body, the trembling hand,\\nand the melancholy crack in the voice, all\\nindicate the nearness of the end. These\\nprophesy that the journey will soon be\\nover.\\nThey live in the fond memories of the\\npast. Their best days were in the long\\nago. But now they are strangers in the\\ncommunity where their whole life was\\nspent. The eyes that once looked into\\ntheirs with the most tender affections\\nhave long since been closed by the hand", "height": "3656", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "THE EVENING OF LIFE. 175\\nof death. The voices that responded to\\ntheirs like sweet music the voices that\\ncheered and stirred their souls with the\\nmost tender affections, have been hushed\\nthese many years. The old familiar home-\\nstead, and the scenes about it, with which\\nwere associated so many fond friends of\\nby-gone days, has undergone changes\\nunder the ravages of time. Yea, all has\\nchanged since the days of their youth,\\nand in the march of time they find them-\\nselves strangers in the home of their\\nchildhood and youth. They are sad and\\nlonely and with the Psalmist cry out\\nLover and friends thou hast put far from\\nme.\\nYes, the old have outlived their day\\nand generation. They cannot become\\nreconciled to the new ways and ideas in\\nlife, and, thus, are not in sympathy with\\nthe way we do things, hence we naturally\\nthink them peculiar. Their language is", "height": "3628", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "1T6 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\noften the antiquated brogue of the past\\ngeneration and, thus, with all their sor-\\nrows and longings they become, to an un-\\nfilial son or daughter, a burden.\\nHow sad it is ofttirnes to see an old\\nfather or mother, who spent a life of sac-\\nrifice for their children, when old and\\nfeeble, to be shoved aside as an old, worn-\\nout, and useless article of furniture. One\\nsuch sad incident came under my observa-\\ntion. It was that of an aged mother\\nwhom none of her children wished to be\\ntroubled with, and, be it said to their\\nshame, all of them had of this world s\\ngoods an abundance. When she came\\nshe received as cold a reception as the\\nactic explorer, and was soon given to un-\\nderstand that they could put up with her\\nonly for a certain definite time, and well\\ndid the poor old soul understand what\\nthat meant.\\nSo long as she could help them to do", "height": "3656", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "THE EVENING OF LIFE. ITT\\ndrudgery, and bad some money of her\\nown she was received with open arms and\\nthe best was scarcely good enough for\\nmother, but, now, since she has given\\nthem her all, and is old and feeble and\\nalmost helpless, she is an unwelcome\\nguest lest she may become a charge to\\nthem. With the Psalmist her soul\\nbreathes out the words Cast me not\\noff in the time of old age and forsake me\\nnot when my strength faileth.\\nMy dear readers, can you not remember\\nher for the good she has done in days\\nthat are gone by? She it was who bore\\nyou and gave you being. She it was who\\ncared for and watched over you during\\nthe helpless and trying times of infancy\\nand childhood. Can you not now be a\\nguardian angel of old age\\nOh be kind to the aged. If they do\\ncost you some extra care and expense, re\\nmember, they will not be with you long", "height": "3644", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "178 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nanymore, for behold! the shadows are de-\\nclining and they will soon leave you, and\\nwhen you must stand beside the open\\ngrave you will never have cause to regret\\nwhat good you have done for them.\\nWe have, indeed, a beautiful example\\nof true filial affection and consideration\\nin Joseph s conduct toward his aged\\nfather, Jacob. Though he is ruler of\\nEgypt, yet he is ever mindful of his aged\\nfather in far-away Canaan. He sends for\\nhim and his kindred and does all he can\\nto make him happy and comfortable the\\nremainder of his days, and, when he dies,\\nJoseph takes his father back to Canaan\\nand has him buried beside his beloved\\nEachael, as was his last request. Joseph,\\nthough he was ruler of Egypt, was not too\\nbusy to have his old father about, nor was\\nhe afraid lest he might embarrass him by\\nhis uncouth and rustic manners.\\nAnother beautiful incident was the con-", "height": "3656", "width": "2572", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "THE EVENING OF LIFE. 179\\nduct and consideration of Millard Fill-\\nmore, when President of these United\\nStates, toward his aged father. We see\\nthe elder Fillmore visiting his son, Millard,\\nat Washington, and the care and consider-\\nation he showed his aged parent was an\\nexample of true filial affection. How he\\nwas introduced to all the great men\\nHow he spoke with the great Webster\\nThis was an evergreen spot in the old\\nman s memory, which he could never for-\\nget.\\nThis stands out in sharp contrast with\\nthe incident, which suggested to Will\\nCarlton the subject for his poem\\nOVEK THE HILLS TO THE POOE-\\nHOUSE I VE WA^DEBED ALOXE\\nTHEEE TO DIE, when a rich and pros-\\nperous son had turned his poor old\\nmother out of his home, for the simple\\nreason that it cost too much to keep her,\\nand she having no home crossed the hills", "height": "3640", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "180 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nbeyond which was located the poorliouse.\\nShame shame! on the wretch is the ver-\\ndict of the whole world. The money, he\\nthus saved, was blood money. His\\nwealth shall become moth-eaten. His\\nriches are corruption. His love of wealth\\nhas dwarfed all his better and higher\\nnature and thus robbed him of the first\\nprinciples of manhood.\\nBut, thank God, this is a rare excep-\\ntion, and with most sons and daughters\\nthat filial spirit is manifested, and the\\nlast days of the parents are made as\\npeaceful and comfortable as possible.\\nBoth sacred and profane history is rich\\nand full of the noble deeds of sons and\\ndaughters in their conduct toward their\\naged parents, and they never had cause\\nto regret it.\\nWould that all children were as kind\\nand considerate to their aged parents as\\nwas Joseph and Millard Fillmore. Then", "height": "3656", "width": "2548", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "THE EVENING OF LIFE. 181\\nwe would see fewer lonely old ages and\\nmore happiness in the evening of life.\\nOh, think of it, friends, many of our\\nparents are near the sunset of life. Many\\nof them have visited us for the last time.\\nTheir days are growing few and soon they,\\ntoo, will sleep in the village graveyard\\nwith our ancestors.\\nThe care and attention we bestow upon\\nthem will only make us better and nobler,\\nand, when they are no more, the sense of\\nhaving done our duty with them will\\ncome back as so many drops in our cup\\nof joy, and, think of it What a happy\\nday that will be when we shall meet them\\nin that heavenly home.\\nLet not the cares of this world engross\\nyou so much as to make you too busy to\\ncare for them at a time when fhey need\\nyour special care and attention the most.\\nConsider nothing too good nor too ex-\\npensive for their comfort and conveni-\\nence.", "height": "3640", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "182 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nThey will not be here in any more days,\\nfor behold the shadows are declining,\\nthe sun is fast sinking behind the western\\nhills, and the night is setting in and soon\\nwe shall see them no more for awhile.\\nIt is then we feel the force of the words\\nof the poet i\\nk Farewell I did not know thy worth\\nBut thou art gone and now tis prized,\\nSo angels walk unknown on earth,\\nBut when they flew were recognized.", "height": "3656", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XV.\\nTHE CHRISTIAN FUNERAL.\\nAmerica s favorite poet has beautifully\\nsaid\\nThere is no flock, however watched and tended,\\nBut one dead lamb is there\\nThere is no fireside, howso er defended,\\nBut has one vacant chair!\\nThere is no truth more frequently\\nbrought to our notice than, man is mortal\\nand in time must pass away. It is, al-\\nways, a sad time, when the tender ties of\\nlove and friendship are broken in this\\nway, and when we see the remains of our\\nloved ones laid to rest in the silent city\\nwhere soon the grass will grow green in\\nheaped turfs.\\nWe all need the help and encourage-", "height": "3640", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "184\\nTHE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nnient, the friendship and love of dear\\nones, and we are poorer for every friend\\nwe lose. Yes, we miss them sorely.\\nWhen they are gone we feel an aching\\nvoid, a loneliness which baffles descrip-\\ntion.\\nNo wonder the tears those silent tell-\\ntales of deep sorrow flow unbidden.\\nUnder such circumstances our sorrows\\nare too great to be expressed by words,\\nand then the only language is tears.\\nDuring those sad visitations of Provi-\\ndence there is nothing like the comfort-\\ning assurance, revealed to us in God s\\nword, of the blessed hope in store for the\\nsaints of light, when this weary life shall\\ncease.\\nAnother one of our loved ones gone be-\\nfore us, and now we, perhaps, for the first\\ntime look beyond the things of time and\\nhave an interest in the heavenly home\\nfor we are always interested in a place\\nwhere we have friends.", "height": "3656", "width": "2556", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "THE CHRISTIAN FUNERAL.\\n185-\\nWe now want the minister of the Gos-\\npel, if at no other time, to be in our home\\nto pray for us, and to speak words of\\ncomfort as we sit under the shadow of the\\ncloud.\\nNaturally, after the first shock, result-\\ning from the loss of a dear one, has passed\\naway, we must needs make arrangements\\nto lay the body to rest. And now let me\\nproffer a word of advice. See that every-\\nthing is done with decency and in order.\\nAvoid empty show or vain displays of all\\nkinds as much as can be done. That you\\ndesire your pastor s service, at the funeral\\nof a member of the family, is a foregone\\nconclusion. Therefore, remember that,\\nthough he is always willing to do all\\nwithin the limits of justice, common\\nsense, and physical possibility to give you\\nall the comfort to be had, yet he has also\\na multitude of other grave duties claim-\\ning his attention, and, therefore, must\\nneeds plan ahead.", "height": "3636", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "186 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nFrequently he has other engagements\\nwhich cannot be postponed without the\\ngreatest inconvenience and at times\\nheavy loss. He is not only your pastor\\nbut has also pledged his service to the\\nother members of the household of faith\\nas well as to the needy outside of the fold\\nof Israel. Then the wisest, the best, and\\nthe safest plan as many of the more\\nthoughtful members do is to be con-\\nsiderate and respect your minister s\\nrights. Go and consult with him as to\\nthe time, all things being favorable, it\\nwould be the most suitable to have the\\nlast sacred rites. You can name the time\\nwhen you think it the best for all con-\\ncerned, and, I assure you, he will do all\\nthat is reasonable to conform with your\\nplans. But, if possible, avoid holding the\\nfuneral on the quiet Sabbath day\u00e2\u0080\u0094 let it\\nbe as it siguifies a holy day of rest. On\\nthat day yo ir pastor, if he has more than", "height": "3656", "width": "2632", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "THE CHRISTIAN FUNERAL. 187\\none congregation, as most pastors of our\\nchurch have, has all he can well do, or\\n4 lse he may be obliged to disappoint a\\ncongregation of worshippers who have a\\nright to his service at that -time, or he\\nmust postpone either the Holy Commu-\\nnion or some special service for which all\\npreparations have been made $pmQ weeks\\nahead, or not be able to officiate at your\\nloved one s funeral which has been my\\nsad experience on several occasions when\\nsome good, faithful, aged member whom I\\nloved and cherished must be laid to rest\\nwithout my services, because he had to be\\nburied on Sunday for no other reason than\\nthat the family desired a Sunday funeral\\nfor which there was no necessity what-\\never.\\nOne special instance which I now have\\nin mind was that of a young woman who\\nhad to be buried on Sunday, because some\\nof her nearest kin could not spare the\\ntime to attend the day previous.", "height": "3624", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "188 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nTrue, it is, there are some instances,\\nand they have come to our notice, when a\\nSunday funeral becomes a necessity as\\nwhen a young man in the full bloom of\\nhealth lost his life by a railroad train on\\nSaturday eve, and we must bury him so\\nsoon as the necessary arrangments can\\npossibly be made\u00e2\u0080\u0094 under such circum-\\nstances, which are special, a Lord s Day\\nfuneral is justifiable.\\nOur Synods, Classes, Consistories, in\\nfact all ecclesiastical bodies, with a few\\nexceptions, urge the sancity of the Sab-\\nbath day to be observed as much as pos-\\nsible and thus they advise the minister to\\ndo all they can to avoid Sunday funerals\\nwhich make extra labor a necessity, and\\nwhich also interfere more or less with the\\nsacredness of the day.\\nIf all the ministers of all denominations\\nwould co-operate and educate their peo-\\nple against Sunday funerals they could", "height": "3656", "width": "2632", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "THE CHRISTIAN FUNERAL. 189\\nbe done away with entirely except in\\ncases of absolute necessity. But we are\\nsorry of the fact that some ministers are\\nalways catering to the populace, and\\nthus, are ever ready to do their bidding.\\nInstead of educating public sentiment\\nto have a sacred regard for the Holy day\\nthey cater to their whims and fancies.\\nThey sacrifice principle for policy s sake.\\nThey wish to be popular. Desiring the\\ngood pleasure of men more than to do the\\nwill of God. These words grate harshly\\non our ears but they are cold facts, which\\nno one will dispute, and not the theories\\nof a day dreamer.\\nBut, I am glad to say, the most un-\\npleasant experiences in regard to funerals,\\nfor most ministers, are with those people\\nwho are outside of the Church those who\\nhave nothing for the Church and nothing\\nfor the minister unless death invades the\\nfamily circle these think, they then have", "height": "3620", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "190 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nan exclusive right to the minister s service\\nand he must leave all else and come do\\ntheir bidding. They send for the under-\\ntaker and pass by the minister s house.\\nThey make all arrangements for the fun-\\neral, and, in a day or so later, send word\\nto the minister that they want him to of-\\nficiate at the funeral on Sunday morning.\\nThey are very thoughtful and ofttimes\\nsend a text which is anything but appro-\\npriate, they manage to borrow a neighbor s\\nhymn book so they can hand the minister\\nthe hymns one of which invariably is\\nAsleep in Jesus! blessed sleep, no\\nmatter what kind of a life the dead lived\\nhe now steeps in Jesus and, if the min-\\nister finds it impracticable or impossible\\nto comply with their requests, he usually\\nincurs their enmity which is, as a rule, the\\nmost bitter and he is branded and anathe-\\nmatized forever. In short, they want the\\nminister to preach comfort when there is", "height": "3656", "width": "2628", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "THE CHRISTIAN FUNERAL. 191\\nno comfort they want hiin to give hope\\nwhere there is no hope. Yea, they ask\\nhim to do the impossible.\\nThey always manage to have some one\\ntell him of the great virtues of the dead\\nof his kindness in the home, etc., etc., no\\nmatter what his life was like; now, since\\nhe is dead, we must remember only the\\ngood deeds and give him a passport to\\nthe heavenly home. And, when all done,\\nthey never appreciate the minister s ser-\\nvice. If all were as they, then the Church\\nof Christ could not exist and they and\\ntheir dead would be buried as they lived\\nwithout Christian obsequies,\\nBut we are writing to those who are\\nmembers of the church and they are usu-\\nally though not always thoughtful. The\\narrangements are now being made for\\nthe funeral, and let them be made in\\ndecency and order with reason and\\ncommon sense prevailing. Prepare to", "height": "3616", "width": "2436", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "192 THE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nlay your dead to rest respectably but not\\nextravagantly, nor beyond your means.\\nI know of a certain family where the\\nmother passed away, and they said It\\nis the last we can do for her, we will give\\nher a grand burial. They ordered a very\\nexpensive casket and buried her in the\\ngrandest, yea most extravagant style, but\\nthe undertaker is not paid to this day, and\\nthat is only half the story.\\nEemember, friends, it is always more\\nhonorable to have an inexpensive a sim-\\nple, modest funeral and feel that all\\nbills are paid, than to have an elaborate\\nshowy affair with the bills never paid.\\nYou show more respect for the dead by\\nhonesty than by pomp. You will feel\\nmore respectable when you meet the un-\\ndertaker, and you will be more at peace\\nwith your own conscience when you come\\nto need burial.\\nAgain, I would say Be prompt on the", "height": "3656", "width": "2624", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "THE CHRISTIAN FUNERAL.\\n193\\nday and hour appointed for the last sacred\\nrites. Set your time for the services at\\nthe house and begin when that hour ar-\\nrives. All the friends can be there in\\ntime if they only think so. There is a\\nwide margin for improvement along this\\nline. Sometimes one man, and usually\\none who lives nearest, keeps the whole\\nassemblage waiting (and their position is\\nalways a very tiresome one) because he\\nwould like to attend to something more\\nbefore the funeral, and he knows they\\nwill wait for him because he is one of the\\nfriends.\\nI knew of a man who, at the funeral of\\nhis brother, kept them waiting for more\\nthan one hour and a half while he was\\npottering about his premises.\\nIf a man s time and mind are so much\\ntaken up with worldly cares, it matters\\nnot much whether or no he will be pres-\\nent at his brother s funeral. He is too\\nmuch for self and too full of world.", "height": "3628", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "194 TRE CHURCH MEMBER.\\nShould you pay the minister for his\\nservices during the funeral of a member\\nof the family We feel loath in express-\\ning our opinion on that question, but we\\nsay That in some sections of the church\\nno one would think of asking a minister s\\nservice for a funeral without expecting to\\ngive him something lor it, no more than\\nhe would ask him to perform a marriage\\nceremony gratis. They look upon it as\\ninvolving extra effort and time on the\\npart of the minister who, of all profes-\\nsional men, is the most underpaid, consid-\\nering the time and effort and expense\\ninvolved in preparing himself for his call-\\ning, and thus these people are educated\\nto give something for his services, in that\\nway showing their appreciation.\\nIn other sections many of them are in-\\nclined to think that it is his duty to bury\\nthe dead, and this seems to be the pre-\\nvailing opinion among outsiders.", "height": "3656", "width": "2620", "jp2-path": "churchmemberhisv00diet_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "THE CHRISTIAN FUNERAL.\\n195\\nOthers, again, think that the outsiders\\nwho never contribute a single farthing\\ntoward the support of the Gospel, should\\ngiye something for the minister s service,\\nwhich requires extra time and effort.\\nWe reserve our opinion. 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