Subject: INCIDENTS #23 From: ELIZABETH RUSSO Date: October 29, 1998 INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM By The Reverend John Elmore DuBois Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois (c) 1998 DuBois Publishing Co, Simsbury, Connecticut. All rights reserved. Eight "Oh! For a Mims!" It seems that Seaborn Mims was an instrument in the hands of God for the accomplishment of one great purpose, and that was the building and establishing of churches. He moved about from place to place and wherever he pitched his tent in that neighborhood the church rose as by magic. He was not very long in any new neighborhood before the sound of the "cross-cut," the ring of the axe and the clatter of hammers were heard in the erection of the "meeting house;" and soon long lines of the awakened pioneers were seen wending their way to the dedication of the new chapel, and the silence of the wild solitude was broken by the songs of praise. In the building of a church the co-operation and assistance of the neighborhood was sought; and if obtained all well, but if not, the church must rise, and rise it did. There is no estimating the worth of such a man. Today when I look about me and see the destitution of some communities in Church privileges and witness the puny and sickly efforts of wealthy communities to build them and hear that old plea of morbid avarice, "Hard times," my heart involuntarily cries out, "Oh! For a Mims!" Reader, who can tell the good that may be accomplished by the establishment of one Church? Upon it may hang the immortal destiny of thousands. Its effects may be felt throughout eternity. Then give, and give liberally and cheerfully to build them; and remember that it may save a soul--your own, perhaps. "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" [To be continued.] ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |