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Show Tin: mini' vicim jL'iiinr. Tur Jubilee celebration of Ihe organ-lltloti organ-lltloti of tho itellef Haclely of the Church wa an occssloti of murliln-lereit. murliln-lereit. The association Is oueol great Imj-ortance. It has done eudli'lolng good work. It li hero of usefulness widens, as help In Church government, govern-ment, a time rolls along. Its chief function Is to put anf keepliiojra-tlon, keepliiojra-tlon, praitlral Chrlsllinlty to the most extensive degree possible toclothe Ihe naked, feed the hungr,, tint, comfort and mlnlilerto thealck nud all'lctcd, louring Ihe heating balm of consolation consola-tion Into Ihe wounded heart. The society organlzitlou Is so complete as to extent Hi ramifications throughout the entire Church, while Its services are not necessarily confined to It, but apply to all people within reach of II benign operation. The mission of tho society Is Uod-given Uod-given and beautiful. It was appropriately appropri-ately conferred a u s'-eclal domain, upon Ihe slaters of the Church. They are Utter ads; ted by nature for It than the sterner sex. They are couitltu-tlonslly couitltu-tlonslly more rrflued; their tender emotions are more intense, and consequently conse-quently more readily awakened. This uici;tlU!!tylacssentlat to the practical practi-cal at plication of charity dluicd lu' ditall, where the minuter ha to come In Immediate contact with the recipient recip-ient of Ihe exerclso of benevolence. The beatowsl of charily require n delicacy del-icacy which womau poisvses lu a much higher degree than mail. It conslltutee oneof her meat complcii ous charmi. H I eaiy, by a want of thl essential accemjiuulment of phll authropy, to Inlllot I alii upon tho feeling feel-ing of Ihe seusltlvo poor that almost overlalanies tho value of nglft. As alriaJy atated the field of useful-lies useful-lies of the Itellef Bodily widens a tlinepnuis and the condition of the community change There are social features now In existence that are threatening In their character. We refer eijeclally lo thn devulo, ment of pride, das distinction, departure from even the serolliuceof a serlou rleir of thooljcctof tho resent life and other Indication of the time equally Important. They are opposed to the genlui of Iho 0(,il,nnl directly o to the iplrlt nud Intent of the Itellef Boclety, This can be observed at a glance. Tl organization, above all others, can wield a potent corrective Influence u.H)n certain unpromising tendencies which are fraught wllh danger dan-ger to the HalnU. Ilecently the venerable and re-specled head of the Relief Boclety Sitter Zliift I). Young mdo un exhortative allusion lo an approaching event that Illustrated the neieulty of reformatory action agalnil worldll-mis. worldll-mis. Referring to tbu anticipated dedication, de-dication, In tha near future, of the Temple In thl city, rno spoke of the necessity of the people I urlfylng themulvi aa a prejaratory process, that Uod might ae-cejt that noble structure. There are certain drift that are not In unison wllh the Bplrltof Christ, and am certainly not of a nature to elicit the pleasure oftbe Lord. Hence tho need of active lu-fluenei' lu-fluenei' being exercised agsluit the condition that thriateu to divide lu place of cementing the coinniunlt), Thl labor come vt llhlii the tale of the HellefBoclety asa help In the government govern-ment of the ecclesiastical body, The publlo celebration of Thursday waaauextenilve alT-ifr, It lea probably pro-bably partlclated In by the Kalnla In every part of Hie world where there exist a branch of Ihe Church nf auy magnitude, a each of time division have, a a rule, a Itellef Boclety tun-nected tun-nected with It. A"antlclatlon forward for-ward polutl the view," the mind naturally seeks to reach ahead (anil endeavor lo grasp Ihe conditions that will prevail when the centennial an-nlvcrsar) an-nlvcrsar) of Iho Boclety shall bo celebrated! cele-brated! The potlbtlltles are, however, too great for resent human loin re-hvualou. re-hvualou. mm |
