Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-21

had well said: IF we cannot Christianize So
cialism can sociGlize Christianity" If men
could not get the sweet socialism of Jesus they
would get the socialism of the devil. The
cialism of Jesus did not saw: ''All thine il mine
but all mine is thine - The other socialism was
seen In bloody streets. devastated homes and
social upheaval-the wisest of heads Spitted on
bayonets and the costliest of civilization scat
tered i'll the dust.
The fourth note would be comprehension
intellectual comprehension. for comprehension
was broad word. The church must not re-
fuse light from any source and he did not think
the conference was afraid OF the word evolu-
ton. lApplause.] The church of tho blind
could no. be the church of the future. How
little was the degree of separation between the
Methodists and the Baptsts and the Presby-
terians and the other Protestant churches, and
how much better would it be were they all in
one fold [Applause.l And with DR.. Buckley
he differed on one point. How much was there
in common between the Protestant and the
Catholic church. The Roman Catholic was
nearer to the Methodist than the Unitarian.
Was IL too wild dream that the church of
Rome might yet be purified from corruption.
The church that had missioned the red Indians
with such splendid results: which everywhere
showed solid face against vice; which had
produced the best writers of our times; which
had had hundreds OF priest as humble as
Thomas a kempis and as heroic as Xavier;
which had introduced the gospel to England
had preserved the Bible itself through CEN
turtles of barbarsm. Was it too wild a dream
that this church, which had lasted 80 many
centuries, might yet be purified and in the emo
stand hand in hand with its great Protestant
sister? IApplause.l
The presiding officers gavel abbreviated Mr..
Dawsons address,
Rev Frank Ballard tried to have the time
rule LAID aside, but Bishop Hurst would not en-
terrain the motion, because he could not.
HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.
Bishop Hendrix of the NJ. E. church south
captured the great audience instantly by the
popularity positive way in which he asserted
There will be a church OF the future. a house.
hold of faith He said that Macaulays New
Zealander, who sat on the remains OF London
bridge and skelched the ruins of ST. Pauls,
would be a Christian. for only Christianity
could teach a savage how to cross the ocean to
sketch Clearly and with eloquent brevity he
outlined the field, the appliances and the work
of the church of the future. The church of
the Lord Jesus Christ, - cried the bishop; what
can stay her progress? Not revolution: not
evolution. Where the spirit of Christ is there
is Hischurch. While there may be many things
that in a sense may peutraliZe her power vet
she Will live and grow unto perfection" The
most serious problem to be solved was in Chris
tian and not in heather lands. The growth
OF intellect and wealth was enormous was the
church keeping up with il? Do these men of
original thought I'LL the pews? Do the rich rec
Ognize the ownership of the Son of God? No
church was doing Its whole Christian duty if il
neglected the rich. Bishop Hendrix said he
glOried in what Methodism had done for the
poor, but there were no hearts aching TODAY
tor the comforts of religion as those of the
neglected rich.
The church must realize that it came into
the world as the exponent of truth and the
church of the future must be the champion of
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