The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-21
THE GIVING OF TTTHEs.
A Resolution FavOring 1t Adopted
The Affernonn Session
Fully three thousand of the religious en-

RESOLUTION FavOring 1t Adopted
I he Afternoon Session.
Fully three thousand of the religious en-
thusiasts of the convention gathered in
Tomlinson Hall yesterday afternoon for a
continuance in the work of their organiza-
ton Every one was deeply interested in
the work at hand, and the close attention
given to every detail of the programme be-
tokened the strong spirit underlying the
convention. After some stirring music
short, earnest prayers We're offered by Rev
d. c. Stewart, of st. Louis; Rev. Ralph
Atkinson, Of Chicago and Rev. Joseph
Kyle, of Allegheny, Pa.
The meeting was opened by praise serv-
ice, with Rev. G. CT. Dale, of Columbia, S.
c., presiding. Rev. Dale is a pastor of the
Associated Reform Church of the South.
The Scriptural lesson was taken from the
twelfth verse of the fourteenth chapter of
st. John. The work of the sectional con-
ferences was then taken up, and that Of
missionaries and volunteers was considered
first Rev. Charlse S. Cleland, of Philadel
phia, read the report. This conference met
at Roberts Park Church. with a goodly
numcer in attendance, and the command of
Jesus, Go We into all the world and teach
the gospel to all the people," was adopted
by the conference as the watchWord for a.
number of reasons, among which are these,
because it implies universal love and it pro-
claims the fact of unlimited sufiiciency in
Christ Said the speaker Nearly nineteen
centuries have passed, and yet almost one
fourth of the world has been reached. That
command is given to us, we who are as
sembled here in convention. Our work is
crippled for lack of money. Shall the
march Of Christianity be set aside? No; we
pledge ourselves in the presence of God to
consent to no setback in the cause of
Christ We will spread the gospel to
Egypt, India and, it was suggested, to
South America, to all who are stumbling
in heather darkness we will flood with the
light Of Christ. We also resolved to dis
tribute our missionary literature more gen.
orally"
Rev. Charles F. Wishart of Allegheny
Pa next spoke concerning the conference
of college and theological students, which
met in the Y. NJ. G. A. Hail. He said:
Owing to the nature of this conference
1T was not so largely attended, but what it
lacked in numbers was made up in enthu-
siasm We considered three questions. First,
the church in relation to the college, and
under that we recommended "a close unity
between the two. The pastor and members
should endeavor to draw the student into
the church, for just at that period of the
students life are many influences of d
wholly secular nature bearing upon him
which tend to turn him directly from the
church and its resultant good. Our second
topic was, The College in Relation to the
Seminary There should be greater care
IL seminary instructor. Lastly, The Col
lege in Relation to the Christian Worker
was considered. We also urged fall cam
paign for souls in the colleges"
The conference of workers in rural and
village churches met in the First Baptist
Church, with about one thousand present
Mr.. Stewart said that the work in the field
was the subject discussed.
The conference of workers in city
churches and MISSIONS which was held in
Tomlinson Hall, made report, through j.
w. AshwoOd, who said that there was a
good audience and splendid work done at
The next thing on the programme, was a
rfp9rb by Of e b P 6camP6e Of GaiGago
mittee consists of Rev. j. A Crosby, Of
Aurora, Ill, and William Woods, of Mon
mouth, H., beside Mr.. Campbell. The com
mitteo reported that the number of 1.-THE
payers had grown during the past year
from $50 to 4,000 thereby showing the great
hold the payment of tithes has obtained on
the minds of the young people. The com
mittee has sent out 800 personal letters, 20
900 general letters Is. 900 leaflets %, 900 1.-THE
cards and 10000 of the little paper, Gods
REPORT ON TITHEs
Mr. Campbell, in making his report, spoke
as follows:
IF you own a farm and I make applica-
ton to be your tenant, the first thing we,
as business men, do is to determine what
proportion of the product of that farm falls
TO each of us. 1t would be absurd for me
to come to you at the close of the year and
say: My crops have been poor, my ex-
penses heavy, and, therefore, I cannot pay
you the two-fifths we agreed upon, but here
SC he
The Lord has fixed a minimum price that
we shall pay for what He gives US. In
Leviticus xvii, 30, we read that The 1.-THE
is the Lords; it is holy unto the Lord This
is the statement of fact, not principle,
and the fact exists, independent of any
principle The use of the present tense for
bids us to suppose that, then, for the first
time, the tenth was made special property
Lords, He surely meant that that of which
lie was speaking was some fact already es-
tablished.
Il know you are saying in your own
minds Il mean you who are not tithers)
that this was an old Jewish law, and was
never meant for the church of to-day In
other words, it Old Testament idea,
and when Christ came He abrogated that
law. This is an easy way of relieving your
COnScienceS, but before sweeping your
minds free from all doubt on this matter,
take your Bibles ard thoroughly and earn
estly read in Genesis xviii ~ the motto
We see Jacob 270 years before the LeVitical
law was enacted in a solemn VOW promiS-
ing to make the giving of the tenth a rule
of his life-apparently in perfect harmony
with what appears to have been a well I'M
derstood principle Now if this law
of the tenth did not begin with the Jewish
or Mosaic dispensation on what ground
shall we say that it ended with that dis
pensation, unless it is positively stated? 1
am sure that We all believe that the Jeho-
yah of the Old Testament, the one to whom
Jacob and Abraham gave the 1.-THE, was
was repealed in the New Testament we
would expect the Christ to whom the tenth
was due to have repealed it. Listen to
what He says out of His own mouth from
you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for
we pay 1.-THE of mint, and annis and cum
min and have omitted the Weightier matters
Of the law, judgment, mercy and faith;
leave the others undone.' Consider well
the latter part of this sentence. These
the tithing ought We to have done. and not
to leave the others undone.' If the above
is true, and who can doubt 1t, for they are
the Savior's words, Gods law of the tenth
is just as binding upon us to-day as it ever
was upon the Israeite of old
FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT.
But. waving all considerations of duty
in this matter look at it from a business
standpoint. The successful business man
is the systematic man. What more sys-
tematic plan can be suggested to the man
and religious life? What is more calculated
to arouse his zeal and enthusiasm? Who
would more gladly make a free will offer
ing for the advancement of the church of
God? You cannot afford to pay the tenth?
The tithe is not yours. 1t belongs to God
by right. You are expected to make free