The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-13

plln OF the invisible hair and draw thdt
man soul through the hole. Such man
might call q tenth too much but surely no
Christian EndoavOrer."
An address on foreign missions by Rev j.
&. X. Ewing, of LapCrte, in which he de-
claI'sd that the teachers from India who
come as speakers to this country are not
representatives of the Hindooism of the
day. but the persons who have absorbed
the truths of the Sermon on the Mount.
Rev j. 5. Davies, of-New York, made an
earnest plea for systematic and proportion
ate giving to God. Mr. Davies said, IN
part
FOREIGN MISSION SUPPORT.
Immense exertons are made every year
in the community that l represent to raise
the money necessary to support our for
eign missions. All sorts of legitimate eX-
pedients are resorted to and then we fire.
quently fail Now if each one of your nine
hundred thousand members could be in
duced to give cents per week to this cause
for which Jesus Christ gave himself we
would have at the end of the fiscal year
a handsome surplus in our treasury And
our church authorities are beginning to re-
allze the immense possibilities which are
EMBODIED in this systematic idea and in our
UNCONVENTIONAL papers, our ecclesiastical
courts, our religious services, the subject
is being brought up with growing frequency
and increasing favor and these are signs
of hope, not only because of the financial
power it must give the church, but also be-
cause it brings US back to the scriptural
method of giving.
Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, of Philadelphia,
had something to say on the same subject
III the way of criticising some of the SEN
sational methods employed TO raise funds.
Said he: We certainly need another Pen
tecost and the need is always prophecy
of the coming of that which should meet
the longing The church needs it. We be-
hold people to-day utterly forgetting the
place of the Holy Ghost in the government
of the church. substituting man-made
power and methods for His power and d.
rection StOOniQQ all sorts of methods
for the purporse of raising funds TO carry
on the work of the gospel almost COM
pletely marking out the line of demarka-
ton between the church and the world; In
the light of these things. l say without
hesitation the church needs another Pen
tecost when the money changers snail De
driven from the sanctuary, when hypocrisy
| shall be cast out of the house of God, when
the Holy Ghost shall be given the place
of the vicar of Christ and when the fire
of cleansing and of power shall burn in us
from morning till night and from night till
morning. God send the church another
Pentecost."
The missionary roll of honor was then
read and number of visiting missionaries
were introduced TO the delegates. An elo-
quent address by Rev. Nemehis Boynton,
of Detroit, on home missions was the last
set speech of the morning. Then the com
mittee of 81 was called to the platform by
Secretary Baer who presented through
them to Golden Gate Union testimonial
for its effective work. This was not on
the programme and was a genuine sur
prise.
The morning session at Woodward's pa
vilion was attended by an enthusiastic
President Clark presided The service was
conducted by A. IT. Sutherland, while the
the Rev. H, Misser of Reading, Pa. The
first speaker was Miss Lillian Stable Meade,
of Adelaide; South Australia, whose sub,
ject was THE Worlds Prayer Chain"
Miss Meade said in part:
I'VE have heard great deal during this
| convention about the jubilee bonf1res that
blaZa6 all ENGLAND. from Gibraltar
| and Malta, and Cypress, and India, and
| then down to the land we call home on the
Hong Kong and Canada until the bOnfires
| were blazing all around the world. 1t has
seemed TO me that this was something like
the worlds prayer chain only the the light 3 OF
| land and this prayer chain in America. But
| this light has shone in more countries than
even the Queen of England reigns over.
While there is a likeness there IS also A
difference Their bond is that of a great
empire ours to the country of Him who
forever and forever Theirs is bond to
great Queen; ours the bonds of those who
are bound to God; the King of kings; our
Father. This is the only bond that is asked
from those who belong 20 this worlds pray
er chain. 1t is not that we need to be Chris
tian Endeavorers, not that we must sub
scribe to any particular creed but it is that
we shall be faithful and trust in Jesus
Christ and look to Him for strength and
poses for which He called me.
OUTSIDE THE CHURCH.
| The Rev. Charles D. D. Roads, of Penn
| sylvania, spoke of "Evangelization Outside
| the Churches" Among other things the
speaker said: I'VE must save cities.
or all Christendom perishes. What can
Christian Endeavor do for comprehensive
evangelization. We must be loyal to our
churches, but we cannot save either our
churches or the city unless we work out
side But if Christian Endeavor can indeed
| c.
adelphia New York. Boston, she will have
lighted up the whole continent and will
have taken long strides towards say
| ing the whole world hold that the city
| can be saved only by a Christian work of
| the churches. 1t must be outside of their
walls, but leading directly into them The
| city must be saved. 1t can be saved The
| vision of holy cities is our inspiration. The
| forces of Christ are adequate In any city
Holy Spirit. Evangelize with pentecostal
faith and power to place every worker in
a definite field, centralize results in your
own church"
The addDess by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman,
| D. D., of Philadelphia, on Deepening of the
| Spiritual Life Inside Our Churches which
/ came next, was in part as follows: I'VE are
| living in the dispensation of the Spirit. He
| is the vicar of Christ and the life of the
body who is the church. Lesson may be
| taught by contrast That which does not
| grieve deepens the spiritual life. That which
| is to be avoided is the cause of His being
| grieved. OF all the epistles that ever came
| from the heart of the great apostle Paul,
| his letter to the EpheSianS seems to me
| about the sweetest and best 1t is the epis-
tie in which we find The heavenly places
mentioned so many times; II is the episte
| in which we find many different names
applied to our Father in heaven and / sup
pose ii is the letter in which we find the
very highest spiritual truth presepted in all
| the Bible. But while we find the/Very high
est idea of spiritual things, we also find the
| apostle Paul turning to give us instructions
| concerning the most ordinary affairs Of
| daily life. The spirit of God is grieved when
| allow old nature to triumph over
our spiritual nature For God has promised
! in His word to set us free from the law
| of sin and DEATH
In the afternoon Woodward's pavilion
| deaVorers. including a delegation of white
| capped convention ushers who occupied the
| center of the auditorium. Secretary John
| Willis Baer, of Boston. presided. The song
| service conducted by X. j. Morris of San
| Francisco. was followed by devotional ex-
| ercises under the leadership of Robert j.
| Carkey of Salt Lake CITY practical
| School of Christian EndeaVor Methods and
| Ways of Working" was the name given to
| the proceedings The most interesting fea-
! ture was series of so-called open parlia-
| mentS conducted by Christian EndeaVorers
| They were conducted by the leaders asking
| for suggestions for practical work where
| upon enthusiasts arose in every part of the
| hall for one-mlnute suggestion. AT times
dozen persons were endeaVorng TO talk
at once and the leader had trouble in keep
ing school. one of the leaders, Treasurer
William Shaw gave a humorous turn to
his questions and kept the audience in a
roar. Other leaders of parlamentS were T.
II. Grand Shields. of Philadelphia; John r
Cary. Of Baltimore; w. II. Davis of Seat
tie. Wash, and III. n. Lathrop, of Boston
one of the musical attractions was the
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