Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-15

Lutheran is a iturgical church. of the
character that will. If properly understood.
be acceptable to all Christians desiring a
devout scriptural form of worship.
THE lutheran Church is also character
lied by being Christie Centric, and will,
therefore. appeal to- the people at large
1t is polyglot church. and breaches the
word Of God in this country alone in no
less than fourteen languages or dialects
every Sunday. In addition, the American
citizen is predisposed to the Lutheran
Church because of its regard for the in
dividual it being, with its parity of the
clergy, its doctrine of the universal priest
hood Of believers, and It's popular form of
government, a church of the people, for
the people and by the people. AS such, the
Lutheran Church has power for the ex-
tending of Christ's kingdom as none other
has
"A thing that often appears rather incon-
sistent is the fact that we send. and should
continue to send, missionaries to people of
foreign lands. feeling satisfied at making
one convert in ten or thirteen years. when
at the same time we heedIessly pass by
persons from those very lands who may
happen to reside in our own country. In
stead of making one convert in thirteen
years we might by mere zeal and conserva-
ton for the cause of Christ in our own
land make 1900 converts in one year.
"Helpers Mt Home."
1.-THE very men and women whom we
pass by without any recognition or spirit
ual concern in our large cities, keeping
ourselves far away from them as pos
sible-those very same persons We would
be more concerned about if abroad, and
would make all manner of effort to save
them. Why not be more practical? Why
not be true helpers at home" The good
housewife does not place the Heaven on
the outside of the meal from which she
wishes to make bread, but puts the same
in the center, allowing 1t to work outward
IN al ig 1naU nod I'm f1n
the work of spreading the gospel will meet
with more rapid success and better results
in the end to the salvation of more souls
for Christ by beginning at Jerusalem
III we are ever to prosper as a nation,
and retain the high standing we now claim
to hold, then must the church be the
mighty power. Without a knowledge of
God the very foundation of morality is
sapped as well as Is good order and social
happiness"
What the Ministry Should Know.
DR.. Hasskarl selected as his theme what
the Ministry Should Know" and in part
said:
Every student of history every thought
full observer. must be conscious that ours
is an age of unparalleled scope, of extraor-
binary mental activity, of great nervous
ness; an age in which men are possessed Of
the idea that they must be gsniuses, must
do something extraordinary; an age in
which even violence is put forward for
progress and men are making attacks
upon institutions Of every order. in the
nope that in the general ruin they may
come up Oh top.
Let things be new. is the watchword of
the vast majority of humanity, and to
make things new is its resolve.
A Divorced Condition.
why this divorced condition Of affairs
natural and spiritual? Is it not a conflict
of and for the manhood of man, a combat
Of and for the immortal Of the nations of
men. all clamoring for freedom, true hap
piness and real peace? The magnitude of
this struggle has become worldwide in its
dominion. In whose pathway of conquest
the great armies of Europe count for
naught, and the wisdom of the worlds
greatest chancellors is but folly!
What is the foundation cause of this
fierce combat? To the world 1t Is religion:
to Christianity it has become the church
The churched and the unchurched alike
are beginning to inquire: Is religion at all
necessary? How much Of true religion is
there to be found in the Christian churches
OF today? What position should the church
universal occupy In the social and political
dispense altogether with that institutfon
called the Christian Church:
A Question COMPOUNDED.
There is no question which has become
more COMPOUNDED than that Of the church
none that has ever been defended with
more bitterness and greater passion; none
that more actually threatens the peace of
the world. Is she not at this time fast
bringing on a most terrible war among the
civilized nations? And for that reason for
fear of a general war, have not the great
chancellors of Europe for the past thirty
years been crying peace and advocating
arbitration? The United States even has
felt the effects of the uncertainty OF thing.
continental, and for that reason has now
squadron in the Mediterranean sea.
Need we wonder. therefore, that the
CHRISTIAN Church. in her onward march
through the centuries. by only emphasize
ing the Observation-Disclosures and wholly
neglecting the ethics-social. thus virtually
became the cause Of many upheavals and
Of most of the wars between the nations
of Europe for the past 1880 years?
WAS 1t not the Church OF Rome that
summoned church council upon church
council; that attempted to rule emperors
and did govern empires; that brought per-
| secutfon upon persecution; that caused the
glorious reformation: that empowered the
| Jesuits; that Endorsed the inqaisition that
| rent Europe In twain?
On the Other Hand.
ION the other hand. whilst It cannot be