The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-23

purpose OF informing the eiver oncea year Of
tne Total sum given. He IA In honor bound not
70 tell It to any one else. The church's ex-
ohune CONGREGATION as are those OF he average
enurch. put IL has never under this voluntary
month"
whd I,erhhans the Sone or two rich men carry the
Mo-, i,don,t think so. / have n guess that.
should the Treasurer state the proportion Of
IN" largest contribution to the whole sum. its
The reporter asked Mr.. Ogden the same Gues-
ton IN regard to, the modern parish house
whieh had been asked Dr. Savage.
~, believe in everything which helps to make
EIeBII St a part Of our eSeryiIiay Ife " be said;
Make it Christian in spirit.M
Or Josiah Strong. formerly a minister. now
believes In the pledge system Of raising money.
II Is in use in the church he attends at Green
strong told OF arh laidelphiia Church which re.
cures every mem her to make n contribution
Hi arFe or th SmyS fnr but Th & m nm9n nn, & siysn ,o mHy be
Not long, ago a member OF the church. who is n
m,ilIonaire and is also conspicuous IN Della
tne church because. even after repeated duns.
NJ. Neglected to make his, annual contribution;
whishb dianiot p sSG we're the pastor oil a ch"rcn
their ability and their sG" duty to oi give f"s% more lib!
but suppose II was O city church, and your
members drifted away to another church, :.
We'll. u 1t was not because OF the general
drift Of the whole population OF the city. II II
Vas evident that the trouble lay in my church
Itself; suppose I should resign"
conn, phe N it is the great preachers only who can
CONT !Set Pa at q ala RIay!TFss e ssn ars Very. very few great
preachers, Next TO che great preacher in abil-
TX to build un a church comes the good pastor.
! ne good pastor who Isl poor speaker is more
successful every time than the good speaker
who Is a poor pastor. In the pastoral work OF
the church lies an immense power Of building
1t up and keeping it built up.
The trouble with the churches. though, is
mat they haven't gone ahead; kent up with
church cannot do anything with a man as long
as u does not recognize his body as well as his
soul. You cant lit up part OF him while the
other part is, held, down. The churches that
ton a week or two ago. DR.. Tolman and l
went over there for a week. and every night we
E FAY what we call Everyday Religion Picture
Labor-Capital.' The Conscience OF the People.
Is Civilization . Failure 2 Living Among the
Peeople." Municipal Housekeeping and SO on.
vival sermon topics. do they? And yet it was
a. revival We had. and ] never preached a
stralEhter gospel than l did there in that Bap55
Men who had not been in a, church for years
came to those meetings night after night. At
the end OF, the week q man told me that about
Sl.5U0, had been pledged to help carry on hat
the church. Much Of it was given by men who
did not belong to the church. Fifty dollars a
year was subscribed by one man who had not
been inside of a church for fifty wears. There
is something for you II you want to find out
how to make a church nay. Make the church
e mart OF the everyday life OF the peopie. Make
munity. II you do that there won't be any
trouble in making 1t pay"