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September i, 1909. preacher in the pulpit or 7. Attend all the child front pew. Tell how mi much better meetings the tended the Sunday-school 8. Be sure to criticize low-members; always sa they do so and so, and tl that when you attended. 9. Give yourself no cc expenses of the church, t to that they are getting < 10. Keep right on sayi ails the church. You knc can't see why, but intim; ones are in the lead, and t 11. iNever call upon y wise, and never invite hi compliment his sermons, mon you heard the sfchol church on last Su 12. Play the martyr 01 know how badly your fee don't see how you will < home again in that churc to keep right on being when you die, and want there, but you don't see 1 to do it. 13. When you go to c J- J emu uiup uuwn on tne nr nothing quite so killing different you are. 14. Never ask any one church, but recommend spirit of some neighborin you don't know what in that church, meaning, of belong. 15. Criticize the choii singing. To kill the ch< church, as singing is said The choir should be kil hasten your work. 16. Don't hesitate to j nolitical cathprinorc anrl r O " ? cur on the evening of the to sinners far apd wide v 17. If at all convenient often, and give a glowing tion, the beautiful service, inspiring singing; and h and how very kindly the] 18. Contrive to make and by thei^ assistance ; church in hot water gem 19. Tell the people th force of circumstances, 1 way in which business is 20. Publish on all occ; fidence in the concern, down, blow up, and can have again and again to not listen. THE PRESBYTEF any social event on hand, ren's meetincrs. and sit in the .ich you enjoyed it and how y used to have when you at; the preacher and your felying you do not know why lat you know they didn't do incern whatsoever about the >ut tell everybody you speak dreadfully in debt, ng that you don't know what >w 11 is guing Qown, DUt you ite that it is because certain :hey need to change pastors, our pastor, socially or otherim to your home, and never but tell him of the good serarly Dr. Gush preach at the nday. 1 all occasions; let everybody lings were hurt and that you ever get over it, and feel at h. Of course you are going good, and going to heaven all the brethren to meet you how some of them are going hurch manage to get in late, st seat you come to; there is as to show how utterly in to attend tne service ot your the preacher and the social g church, always saying that the world has gotten hold of course, the one to which you r, and find fault with the sir hastens the death of the to be the life of the service, led at once, if you want to ?o to all the lodge meetings, social events which may ocprayer service, and then tell diat.a good time you had. t, attend other churches quite report of the large congrega, the splendid sermon and the tow much you felt at home, r treated you. yourself the head of a clique, and your industry, keep the :rally. at you are in the church by aut have no respect for the J i.. J cunuuciea. asions that you have no conPredict that it must fall, go never succeed, and that you Id them so, but they would UAN OF THE SOUTH. 21. Discard charity and your bosom, and make sche always say that no one pays 22. It is a good thing to you were to tell all you know Sister Crank, that some pec open, and that you just did in the church any longer if i never think that you are the 23. Publish all the faults care to magnify them to the good, and when you hear i Yes, but you don't know tha ers do. 24. Hurry out from the some member should get t< could no longer truthfully ! 99 me. 25. It will hasten the de; to make a subscriotion and keep right on making money 26. Never allow any one a member of the church, and fully and fully explain how is on the church book, and 1 for the way they do things 27. Of course, if you or 1 get*sick, you must expect th you, but you are under no send him word. No, it woi that would disturb the sick, that is his business, and not > 28. If it is Foreign Missii liever in, and a liberal giver if it be Home Mission Day, n M/-1 ?-? l?k/?? 1 ?* * " unu d nuciai giver 10 roreij Educational Day, you be a time way of "doin' things," had more "Holy Ghost preac the church would be better c Day, why, then, don't be a "let 'em" know that you do body. 29. If you faithfully try t does not die, it will be time your sins, return to your pi seek the fllowship of the sai the collections.?Selected. THE BUSINESS OI a1 * 11 a ?.< v 10 udu^ci mat tne real genius and purpose an of calls for help in social s multitude of such calls no 01 all good and are the expressi Church's earnest desire to m be had lest we imagine that the Church's chief business "promise Of the lifp that nn cause it holds for promise i come." The Church's chief gospel of God's love, of rep the power and penalty of sii place of personal consecratic tive work will fail without it < 9 candor; take distrust to :ming your specialty, and any attention to you. now and then hint that if r about Brother Blank and >pie would get their eyes n't see how you can stay something isn't done; but one to do that something, you see in others, taking fullest extent, minify the t mentioned, always say, t one as well as some othservice lest the pastor or o speak to you, and you say, "They never noticed ath of the church for you not pay it, provided you and living a worldly life, to suspicion that you are if it should leak out, careit comes that your name :hat you do not apologize up there. my of your family should ie pastor to come and see obligation whatsoever to lid not do to phone him; Let the pastor find it out; fours. on Day, you be a firm beto, Home Missions; and you be a firm believer in, gn Missions; and if it be hrm believer in the oldand tell " 'em" fhat if we :hers" and less Education, iff; and if it is Convention believer in anything and n't give "nothin'" to nohese rules and the church, for you to repent, confess lace in the house of God, ints, and contribute to all ? THE CHURCH. Church lost sight of its d snirit in flip -J ... vv 111 U1L1LUUV. ervice. That there are a le will deny, and they are on of real need and of the leet the need. Care should looking after externals is ?. True, godliness gives w is," but it does so bealso "of that which is to business is to preach the entance and release from n. Nothing will take the #n, ana ail social redempLutheran Evangelist.