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c / v rz&s/ rz/£>j Oolo* Bm yt / /. THE EARNEST PRESBYTERIAN. Vol. i. TO EVERY MAN HIS WORK." Denver, Colo., January, 1882. No. 1. SE¥£NTEtNTH STREET PRES, CHURCH, Cor. 17th and Stout. REV. R. D. FIELD, Pastor. Services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath-school at 9:80 a. m. Seats free. Strangers cordially welcomed to all services. OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH. Pastor—Richard E. Field. Elders of the Church. P. W. Karnes, Simon Cort, John M. Reigart, Geo. A. Green, Daniel Hurd, David Morse. Clerk of Session—John M. Reigart. Trustees of the Church. President—D. W. Marshall. Treasurer—J. H. Meinhardt. Secretary—D. T. Sanderson. H. N. Rushmore, C. T. VanVliet, Andrew W. Myers. Officers of Sunday-School. Superintendent—J. M. Reigart. Assistant Superintendent—A. II. Barnes. Treasurer—P. W. Barnes. Secretary—Finlay McNab. Librarians—Sanderson and Hurd. Treasurer of Church—P. W.Barnes. Members of Choir. Prof. E. J. Pasmore, Organist and Director. Miss Mamie Lester, Soprano. Mrs. Mills, Contralto. Mr. Castle, Basso. Mr. G. A. Duncan, Tenor. Ladies' Aid Society, President—Mrs. H. N. Rushmore. Vice-President—Mrs. A. B. VanWagner. Secretary—Miss Grace Brown. Treasurer—Mrs. II. R. Green. Ladies' Missionary Society. President—Mrs. Simon Cort. Treasurer—Mrs. James A. Lowrie. Secretary—Miss Libbie Mace. The Earnest Presbyterian. The above title was at first proposed as the name for a paper intended to circulate throughout the Presbyterian population of the whole state. In that arrangement, Rev. John G. Reid was to be the chief business head and general news-gatherer. Brother Reid is the very efficient Superintendent of the Home Mission stations of our church in this State. The judgment of a very large number of the ministers of the State is that such a paper would have a wide field and do great good. Just at the time when the enterprise was ready to be launched, with Rev. J. Q. Adams in charge of its missionary department, and Dr. T. C. Kirkwood, of Colorado Springs, as its associate editor for the Southern Presbytery, the Board of Home Missions in New York notified all hands that they had accepted Rev. Sheldon Jackson's paper, the "Home Mission," as the special organ of the Board, and that they would like to have all try to push its circulation in their churches, and that especially Brother Reid, as the representative of their cause in this field, should give it his undivided energies in the way of urging its circulation and sending the news. It was at once seen that to go" on here was to put into the field two competing papers where the support of one was problematical. Of j course that was not wise, and the whole j scheme was then abandoned in that form. It j is now to be distinctly stated that this is not ! that paper, nor a substitute for it, nor a com- j petitor with the paper of the Beard. We do not propose to give much space to the news outside of the city of Denver and the Churches here now organized and proposed. What is intended is to furnish a convenient means of interesting all our own people in the news of our own Churches. Church notices are now so numerous and so take up the time of public worship as to be a nuisance. They only reach those who are at the Church that day. Besides, there are a great many little items of I news which, if printed in such a paper as this, would tend to inform people on the j work of their own Church, and interest them j in that work. It is hoped that this channel j will open a way to secure that good result. I The objection which will start up in the j minds of all the congregations is, that it will j be such an increase of work as to be unwise I on the parts of those who are now busy with their pastoral work. There are, however, several things to be said on that subject. In the first place, it will do a very considerable amount of work which will lighten the pastoral work. It will tend to unify the people, and do that much more effectively than the pastoral calling, which so very often amounts to nothing more than "How do you do?" and "Good day." Again, the page on the Sabbath-school lessons has now to be prepared for the weekly meeting of the editor with the teachers in the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. J Furthermore, at least two of the editors find j they can do their most acceptable work in j their pulpits by carefully studying up their sermons and then preaching them from full notes, instead of writing them out and reading them. Now, no man can keep that method of preparation up for any great length of time and neglect writing without his style becoming mere diffuse repetition. Den- j ver congregations will not stand that. The ! pulpit style may not now be what the people j want, and it is certainly not what the pastors j want, but it is by no means as bad as it would I be if those pastors did not keep it somewhat in shape by a great deal of writing for the sake of the practice in the matter of style. Writing for the press is the very best form of j practice. Editing even a small paper is con- j slant study of good, bad and indifferent forms of expression. One of the editors has a stack of manuscript of a very considerable size, which was written in the early years of j his ministry for no other reason than as I practice in the matter of composition. Every j one of us ought to write more every month than we can put into this paper, and we are much more likely to be careful and systematic in it, if it is to come before the eye of the small public we here address, than if it was to be written and then thrown aside. Moreover, it is a most important field of usefulness. There is not a Church in this city that will seat a thousand people. It is called a large audience in any city when, with any regularity, a congregation of eight hundred people can be got together regularly. Experience, however, has shown that it is safe to count that at least three persons read more or less of a paper, for which one of a family subscribe. If now we can get a list of five hundred subscribers, that will give us twice the audience to which any of us ever preach. Indeed, we" will preach to more of our own congregations in the paper than we will in the church. In any event we will publish two thousand copies. If our people will take hold and help to circulate these, we will have an audience of five or six thousand, and that will be more than we get to come to hear us in a month. Possibly some bird shot sent in this way may get a lodgment in some hearts which will not now come inside of a church. If advertising is good in business, is it not as good in religion ? What is wanted in religious matters is that the subject shall be talked in the same tone of voice in which people talk about other things, and in the same practical way of reasoning. Men's minds are not reached in one way in politics and in another way in business, and in a still different way in morals. That which we seek to impress upon them, we must, keep before them. To do that, every efficient w~ay ought to be adopted. Elsewhere a church paper, coming once a month, has been proved a most excellent method of doing good work. Bro. Gage of Pueblo has for several years had " the Presbyterian Herald" in his church, and he confirms the presumption that what is good in the East is good in the West. Let the paper have a fair trial, and see whether it does not relieve us from as much work as it makes, and do as much good as the same amount of effort in any other direction. If I we are Presbyterians, let us be earnest Presbyterians, and have enterprise and practical good sense in our work, and we will see the fruits. A great deal of work can be done if it is only systematised and not fretted about, and every part is made to go as far as practicable. A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form. It is the finest of the fine arts. Only a smile! But it cheered a broken heart, and engendered a ray of hope. Only a word ! But it carried the poisonous breath of slander, assailing the character. Oh, how it pierced the lonely heart! Only one glass! And how many have filled a drunkard's grave through its influence ! How many homes made desolate, how many bright anticipations of a glad and happy future blasted by its influence !
Object Description
Call Number | C285.178883 E127 |
Title | The Earnest Presbyterian: Vol. I No. 1 |
Creator | Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.) |
Date | 1882 January |
Summary | Newspaper produced by the Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church, known today as Central Presbyterian, located in Denver, Colorado. |
Description | 8 p. |
Subject | Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver. |
Geographic Area | Denver (Colo.) |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Rights Contact Information | Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org. |
Reproduction Available for Purchase | Yes (digital reproduction) |
Notes | 1660 Sherman St |
Description
Call Number | C285.178883 E127 |
Title | The Earnest Presbyterian: Vol. I No. 1 |
Creator | Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.) |
Date | 1882 January |
Summary | Newspaper produced by the Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church, known today as Central Presbyterian, located in Denver, Colorado. |
Description | 8 p. |
Subject | Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver. |
Zip Code | 80203 |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Rights Contact Information | Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org. |
Reproduction Available for Purchase | Yes (digital reproduction) |
Notes | 1660 Sherman St |
Full-Text | c / v rz&s/ rz/£>j Oolo* Bm yt / /. THE EARNEST PRESBYTERIAN. Vol. i. TO EVERY MAN HIS WORK." Denver, Colo., January, 1882. No. 1. SE¥£NTEtNTH STREET PRES, CHURCH, Cor. 17th and Stout. REV. R. D. FIELD, Pastor. Services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath-school at 9:80 a. m. Seats free. Strangers cordially welcomed to all services. OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH. Pastor—Richard E. Field. Elders of the Church. P. W. Karnes, Simon Cort, John M. Reigart, Geo. A. Green, Daniel Hurd, David Morse. Clerk of Session—John M. Reigart. Trustees of the Church. President—D. W. Marshall. Treasurer—J. H. Meinhardt. Secretary—D. T. Sanderson. H. N. Rushmore, C. T. VanVliet, Andrew W. Myers. Officers of Sunday-School. Superintendent—J. M. Reigart. Assistant Superintendent—A. II. Barnes. Treasurer—P. W. Barnes. Secretary—Finlay McNab. Librarians—Sanderson and Hurd. Treasurer of Church—P. W.Barnes. Members of Choir. Prof. E. J. Pasmore, Organist and Director. Miss Mamie Lester, Soprano. Mrs. Mills, Contralto. Mr. Castle, Basso. Mr. G. A. Duncan, Tenor. Ladies' Aid Society, President—Mrs. H. N. Rushmore. Vice-President—Mrs. A. B. VanWagner. Secretary—Miss Grace Brown. Treasurer—Mrs. II. R. Green. Ladies' Missionary Society. President—Mrs. Simon Cort. Treasurer—Mrs. James A. Lowrie. Secretary—Miss Libbie Mace. The Earnest Presbyterian. The above title was at first proposed as the name for a paper intended to circulate throughout the Presbyterian population of the whole state. In that arrangement, Rev. John G. Reid was to be the chief business head and general news-gatherer. Brother Reid is the very efficient Superintendent of the Home Mission stations of our church in this State. The judgment of a very large number of the ministers of the State is that such a paper would have a wide field and do great good. Just at the time when the enterprise was ready to be launched, with Rev. J. Q. Adams in charge of its missionary department, and Dr. T. C. Kirkwood, of Colorado Springs, as its associate editor for the Southern Presbytery, the Board of Home Missions in New York notified all hands that they had accepted Rev. Sheldon Jackson's paper, the "Home Mission" as the special organ of the Board, and that they would like to have all try to push its circulation in their churches, and that especially Brother Reid, as the representative of their cause in this field, should give it his undivided energies in the way of urging its circulation and sending the news. It was at once seen that to go" on here was to put into the field two competing papers where the support of one was problematical. Of j course that was not wise, and the whole j scheme was then abandoned in that form. It j is now to be distinctly stated that this is not ! that paper, nor a substitute for it, nor a com- j petitor with the paper of the Beard. We do not propose to give much space to the news outside of the city of Denver and the Churches here now organized and proposed. What is intended is to furnish a convenient means of interesting all our own people in the news of our own Churches. Church notices are now so numerous and so take up the time of public worship as to be a nuisance. They only reach those who are at the Church that day. Besides, there are a great many little items of I news which, if printed in such a paper as this, would tend to inform people on the j work of their own Church, and interest them j in that work. It is hoped that this channel j will open a way to secure that good result. I The objection which will start up in the j minds of all the congregations is, that it will j be such an increase of work as to be unwise I on the parts of those who are now busy with their pastoral work. There are, however, several things to be said on that subject. In the first place, it will do a very considerable amount of work which will lighten the pastoral work. It will tend to unify the people, and do that much more effectively than the pastoral calling, which so very often amounts to nothing more than "How do you do?" and "Good day." Again, the page on the Sabbath-school lessons has now to be prepared for the weekly meeting of the editor with the teachers in the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. J Furthermore, at least two of the editors find j they can do their most acceptable work in j their pulpits by carefully studying up their sermons and then preaching them from full notes, instead of writing them out and reading them. Now, no man can keep that method of preparation up for any great length of time and neglect writing without his style becoming mere diffuse repetition. Den- j ver congregations will not stand that. The ! pulpit style may not now be what the people j want, and it is certainly not what the pastors j want, but it is by no means as bad as it would I be if those pastors did not keep it somewhat in shape by a great deal of writing for the sake of the practice in the matter of style. Writing for the press is the very best form of j practice. Editing even a small paper is con- j slant study of good, bad and indifferent forms of expression. One of the editors has a stack of manuscript of a very considerable size, which was written in the early years of j his ministry for no other reason than as I practice in the matter of composition. Every j one of us ought to write more every month than we can put into this paper, and we are much more likely to be careful and systematic in it, if it is to come before the eye of the small public we here address, than if it was to be written and then thrown aside. Moreover, it is a most important field of usefulness. There is not a Church in this city that will seat a thousand people. It is called a large audience in any city when, with any regularity, a congregation of eight hundred people can be got together regularly. Experience, however, has shown that it is safe to count that at least three persons read more or less of a paper, for which one of a family subscribe. If now we can get a list of five hundred subscribers, that will give us twice the audience to which any of us ever preach. Indeed, we" will preach to more of our own congregations in the paper than we will in the church. In any event we will publish two thousand copies. If our people will take hold and help to circulate these, we will have an audience of five or six thousand, and that will be more than we get to come to hear us in a month. Possibly some bird shot sent in this way may get a lodgment in some hearts which will not now come inside of a church. If advertising is good in business, is it not as good in religion ? What is wanted in religious matters is that the subject shall be talked in the same tone of voice in which people talk about other things, and in the same practical way of reasoning. Men's minds are not reached in one way in politics and in another way in business, and in a still different way in morals. That which we seek to impress upon them, we must, keep before them. To do that, every efficient w~ay ought to be adopted. Elsewhere a church paper, coming once a month, has been proved a most excellent method of doing good work. Bro. Gage of Pueblo has for several years had " the Presbyterian Herald" in his church, and he confirms the presumption that what is good in the East is good in the West. Let the paper have a fair trial, and see whether it does not relieve us from as much work as it makes, and do as much good as the same amount of effort in any other direction. If I we are Presbyterians, let us be earnest Presbyterians, and have enterprise and practical good sense in our work, and we will see the fruits. A great deal of work can be done if it is only systematised and not fretted about, and every part is made to go as far as practicable. A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form. It is the finest of the fine arts. Only a smile! But it cheered a broken heart, and engendered a ray of hope. Only a word ! But it carried the poisonous breath of slander, assailing the character. Oh, how it pierced the lonely heart! Only one glass! And how many have filled a drunkard's grave through its influence ! How many homes made desolate, how many bright anticipations of a glad and happy future blasted by its influence ! |
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