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Encouragement.
business of the church is worth- j
ess. For example: A minister an
And (he) Josiah, set the priests'*nounced at a Sunday morning ser
in their charges, and encouraged vice for .ill who were interested in
them to the service of the house of a certain line of work, which is
the Lord 2 Chron. 35:2.
The above passage of scripture,
to the writer’s mind, places minis
ters of the gospel in a very re
sponsible position. Josiah set
them in their charges, and then
encouraged them in their work.
Many “poor" souls today are al
most starving fur encouragement
from their pastors and deacons of
very important in the worship of
God, to meet him in the afternoon
and get the matter adjusted, and
out of a membership of between
350 and 400, about 12 or 14 met
him. Now this is one way of let
ting the world know how the
Lord's work is being managed by
His stewards, (and we must all
give account of our stewardship).
the church. The pastors of today The minister, who is a deep think-
see fit frequently to appoint peo
ple for the different departments
of church work, necessary to have
a wide awake church, and perhaps
thnre are poor men and women in
the congregation who are always
present at every service. Poor in
this world’s synods, but rich toward
God ; but they arc overlooked and
have no work assigned them,
though their hearts may be over
flowing with the love of God ; but
their names are over looked, and
they go out feeling very much dis
couraged. That is what brought
the above scripture to our mind.
er, made a suggestion, and one of
the few present, who was a “poor’’
man, objected to the minister’s
suggestion; and as he was a “poor"
man, the minister told him it he
objected, he guessed he’d better
bring it before the church confer
ence. The object of the meeting
was to attend to that special mat
ter at that particular time, and
those few present seemed to be all
who were interested in the matter
refered to, for there was no reason
why all the church who were able
to go anywhere should not have
been present; for it was a bcauti-
Is it a fact that “poor" people are ful afternoon, and this line of work
not competent to take any part in
church work? If not, whose fault
is it? Josiah gave them work, and
then encouraged them in the ser
vice they rendered. Why can’t
pastors do that now? Then all
their members would be church
workers. David said in 1 Samuel
30:6, “That he encouraged himself
in the service of the Lord his God.”
That is the way for us poor ser
vants of God to do; for we will all
be rewarded according to our
works.
Very poor people can often be
had gotten very much out of line,
and it was a tuneful matter. But,
there was another brother present,
who is a valiant soldier of the
cross, and possesses quite an
amount of this world’s goods, who
agreed with the poor man, and
there was nothing more said about
bringing it before the conference. —
We mention this to show how in-; church that toleiates such foolish
consis’ent the best of people are ness; it needs something like an
some times, and how they have re- earthquak • to wase it up, because
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set on a hill." Lei’s encourage
> ach other more, is our earnest
petition. Mrs J. II. Summers.
spect for them that "wear gay
clothing,”
Poor Christians should
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very useful in the Lord's vine- couraged in the service
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encouragement. We read in the
(2th chapter of Mark about a very
poor, but a noted character—a
widow of very small means—but
be en
of the
house of the Lord; because all
manual labor is done by the poorer
class of people, and every institu
tion in the world depends on their
labor; and yet they are not recog'
it is fast asleep
Poor creatures who are treated
as described abov -, will soo 1 b> -
gin to look out for more pleasant
quarters. If they are of a worldly
nature, they will stay at home on |
Modest
Claims Often Carry
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minded, they will go out and finff
people who will appreciate ti e r
earnest efforts in trying to follow
the teaching of the word of God.
, “We speak what we do know and
men) who cast in large sums ot blessed Lord, He is no respecter testjfy lhat we have seen .” John
money, but none of them seemed I of persons; for in James 2:J we
to attract the Master's attention find these words: “Hath not God
Sundays and read a secular news- ( tlm trial wiw therefore n grout surprise,
paper, and if they are spiritually instead of disappointment. It is the
she cast all she had into the treas- j nized in church affairs and if one
ury of the Lord; and that was i should dare speak a word, he is
pleasing to Him. Of course there treated with sarcasm, even by his
were rich men (and perhaps wo- own pastor. But thanks to the
like the poor widow did. Nor do chosen the poor in this world ricn
we doubt in the least but tnat He j in faith and heirs of the kingdom
commanded her and encouraged which He hath promised to them
her to go forward in His service, j that love Him."
Men think they are very wise Your humble servant is very
some times, but they don t always ! thankful that we have the inlwel -
do the things that are best pleas- ; j n g 0 f u 0 ]y Spirit, and He has
ing to the Lord, unless they follow b ec0 me our all in all; but accord-
His direction. Some men thought; j,,g ou , experience, this indwelling
they knew what was best, on a cer- j doesn’t come in one day, nor even
tain occasion (and they were rich
too >, when they brought a poor
woman into the presence of the
Master, that He might condemn
her; but they made a big mistake
just like some are making today.
He, the great redeemer of man
kind, said to the poor woman: “Go
and sin no more.” And we fee
quite sure that He pointed out :o
her some kind of work to do, and
encouraged her to the service ol
His House.
for weeks some times. “Howbeit
this kind goeth out but by fasting
and prayer.” The writer fasted
48 hours at a time and prayed in
cessantly for two weeks or more,
betore He took up His abode m
our heart. It is no easy matter, as
some try to teaci it, to live a con
secrated Christian life—keeping
our minds and bodies always in
subjection. The Savior himself
did not have an easy time, and yet
He was without sin. It is neces-
3:n.
Poor people get very little if any
encouragement as Sunday school
teachers. The superintendent
never speaks a word of approval to
them, no matter how hard they
work; but we must meet the great
Judge and report for ourselves;for
often w have done all things that
are com l anded us. “We are un
profitable servants; we have dot e
that which was our duty to do.’’
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Encouragement is a great help, aHr y f or us t0 ]j ve very close to the
as many can testify from expert
ence. Most any class of -laborers
will do more and better work if
they feel that their work is ap
preciated; but if not, they become
discouraged, and often give up
their job. We do not mean that
ministers must be always running'
around after their members trying
Lord in order to have power with
Him. But for the power of prayer,
we would be unable to say often
times, when Satan seems to have
the supremacy, “All things work
together for good to those that
love God; to them who are the
called according to His purpose.”
Encouragement is needed from
to please them; far from it, for fact that we are all human bt-
that is not the teaching of the j n g Sj and human nature is weak
scriptures. We are not to please anc j s0 prone to evil. Take most
people, but God. anybody, no matter how much of
Paul said, “Be kindly affectioned the spirit of Christ they have, and
one to another,with brotherly love; let them feel as Cain of oid felt:
in honor prefering one another; “That everyone that findeth me
and as much as lyeth in you, live shall slay me.” And when they go
peaceably with all men.” Minis- in the house of God they are afraid
ters of the' gospel should treat all to raise their head for fear some
of their membets with the same good brother deacon or Sunday
degree of courtesy. For instance: school superintendent, or good sis-
if the church has a matter of busi- ter, will say to them, you must not
ness to attend to, they should give do this or that, it causes discord, it
a poor man’s word as much con
sideration as they would one who
has been more successful in world- have belter talents, and if you
)y possessions. We are' speaking don’t leave off a certain thing,
of God’s wav of doing things. If others have declared positivly they
He had left His work altogether will “quit.” You must, keep quiet;
in the hands of rich people while you might amuse somebody, and
He was here on earth, what wouid if eating meat causes your brother
have become of it? And yet a poor or sister to offend, you must not
man’s word with regard to the eat any more meal. God pity a
is out of harmony, it’s a disgrace,
and that part belungs to those who
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