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THE BEST MODE

OF

WORKING A PARISH

CONSIDERED IN

A Course of Lectures

DELIVERED IN DENVER CATHEDRAL, JANUARY
AND FEBRUARY, 1888

AND IN SOME

Sermons

PREPARED FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS.

 

BY

JOHN F. SPALDING, S.T.D.,
Bishop of Colorado
AUTHOR OF "A MANUAL FOR MOTHERS' MEETINGS," "THE CHURCH
AND ITS APOSTOLIC MINISTRY," ETC.

 

 

MILWAUKEE, WIS.:
THE YOUNG CHURCHMAN CO.
1888.

  

TO
THE CLERGY AND LAITY
OF THE DIOCESE OF COLORADO
This Volume is Affectionately Dedicated,
WITH THE PRAYER AND IN THE HOPE
that it may be generally circulated and carefully read; that
large portions of it may be profitably used in lay reading;
and that the principles it inculcates may be duly
enforced in preaching, to the intent that all
the members of the Church may be-
come intelligent and earnest work-
ers for Christ, and that
through their efforts

THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM MAY THE BETTER
FULFIL ITS GREAT MISSION

towards the masses of the people, for whose
temporal and spiritual welfare it is
the only effectual agency.

Part I. The Best Mode of Working a Parish.

Chapter I. Introduction: The True Motive of the Work
Chapter II. Lay Work in Religious Teaching
Chapter III. Lay Work in the Sunday-school
Chapter IV. Lay Work in Training the People to Intelligent Worship
Chapter V. Lay work in Cultivating a Missionary Spirit
Chapter VI. Lay Work in Promoting Christian Fellowship
Chapter VII. Lay Work in Relation to Pastoral Care and Visitation

Part II. Principles of Church Life and Work

Chapter VIII. The Mission of the Church
Chapter IX. The Use of Grace a Means of Grace
Chapter X. God's Gifts to Givers
Chapter XI. The Aggressiveness of Christianity
Chapter XII. Young Men and Their Work in the Church
Chapter XIII. The Church's Work for Woman
Chapter XIV. The Working of the Parish
Chapter XV. The Strength of the Church in Unity and Co-operation

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