| Show ttlTIIOlT nlI Some of our exchanges note afc somithlng extraordinary the fact that n pastor nf u lluptltt church In Chicago recnll mad the announcent Ihot be was going to preath without a salary and that he wanteil the work of Ih church rrld 00 by aluntary contributions It seems that the members mem-bers were at first opposed to this arrangement ar-rangement but the minister carried his point and from now on only In caso nn thing In I left after tho ex In nr paid III tho chor I anything for the suplwrt of hlmelt and famllj He declares it ns his Mw that this is I the onlj wai pleasing pleas-ing to the Almlght and he believes the day Is I approaching when nil the nocalled Christian churches will adopt a similar method It hag often been observed that the doctrines of Mormorlsm like a lenven are slowly permeating the ecclesiastical world This Is natural for whenever they are understood they commend themselves tu the Judgment and con sdtnc of the bt men and wamn The great truth that the ministers ot the Oospel should devote themselves to their work without n fixed salary wlthoul cllln II at much a ord as It making merchandise of itla dis tlDcthly Marmaa In fact It wa an of the teachings that called dawn upon the Saints the wrath ot a Dalarl1 ministry In the beginning culng much bitter persecution yl no there nre signs of Us being adopld by others as the only Scrlptuial mlhod The reverend gentleman In Chleao has set a noble example Un > bted I ly he will further search the Rcrlpluroa 10 Iarn Ihe bulns method of the I Almighty ns regard Ills Church and then hc will fin 1 that not Oluatary coatrlhuUan nlan ut IIthln Is om lOandd a tho aurcp 01 rvnu 01 Ills t > ople We Imagine It 1 nilI b a great eleal easier to persuad the clerk of the divine origin of Ihe law nf tllhlU than ot the ncelty of rrenehln wllhaut a 410 Hul alll I nra ommnld In ha writ amI Iho Chunh mut submit or i lose hor 1 > 0 I cr foi good In the world |
