Our Centennial is a crisis. The great undertaking of bringing all of God's people into one for the final conquest of the world lies before us, stretching away into the dim future. When we contemplate its vastness and its infinite difficulties, faith staggers. There is need that we prostrate ourselves to the ground and pray almighty God to rekindle the fires upon our altars and send us on to the completion of our task. This is the hour for which we have come.
Countless dangers threaten our sacred cause.
The world is still waiting for a people to live the simple religion of Jesus. Thanks to Elaine Philpott of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society for arranging the loan of the book from which the essay has been transcribed. Pagination has been represented by placing the page number in brackets following the last complete word on the printed page. Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited. Created 18 October 1997.