The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-16

! glanced at this, that and the other
thing which attracted their notice. At
first they were charmed by the glory of
the Beautiful White City" and what it
contained In two or three weeks tired
in body and mind, fully satisfied, they
| lost interest in what, at first, to them
was SO attractive, beautiful and grand.
| They returned home. You asked them
| to describe to you some of the great
| things they saw. They We're unable, as
rule, to say more than, well; it was
| just simply grand. They had no clear
| conception of any one thing, They
| looked at it much as the people have
been led to look at and consider the BIZ
bic and with similar results-nothing in
particular learned after ALL
1t is a question whether the people,
both old and young, have not been just
educated to death in Biblical lore-their
minds "crammed" with what appears to
them a great mass Of heterogeneous,
unrelated facts and precepts. which
| they are taught to believe and obey,
with the idea they may thus SO please
God that when they die He will receive
them into Heaven,
In view of all this, when it is remem-
bered that Jesus is the only one whom
they should read, learn and know in or
der to have eternal life for the soul
John 1873 and which transforms it
into the Divine image and enables the
believer to bear fruit to the honor and
glory of God only by force of a holy
character. Further, when the fact is
recognized that a fragmentary knowl-
edge of any person is only superficial
knowledge, denying the possibility of
most thoroughly interesting the mind in
or knowing that person, and which is
followed by correspondingly little love
and meager service for the one fragmen-
tarily known. And finally, since in any
and all schools where wisdom directs, it
Is regarded as essential, in order to
learn and to know any subject or per-
son, to read and consider that subject
Systematically, beginning with the first
or simple and then advancing step by
step to the more complex. Does not
therefore THE Twentieth Century
Movement" as defined at the beginning
of this article. to the end proposed, APP
pear to be opportune and much needed?
But some one may add do not the
ministers preach Jesus? And do we not
study Him in the Sunday school les
sons? (How many, even ministers
themselves, not comprehending the real
purport of this movement, have made
similar remarks to the writer,) Yes, we
ministers preach Jesus. But during the
few minutes the people will listen to us,
each week, we are able to call attention
to only fragment of truth. Likewise
in the Sunday school, only a fragment
of truth can be considered in the few
minutes allotted for that service
Hence, again, the great need of supple
menting all preaching, teaching and BIZ
BILE study with a systematic reading of
Jesus at home, as per this movement of
the twentieth century-the people in a
given church, yes. in the different
churches and Christian societies every
where altogether, according to THE |
acknowledgements Method"-the
only true and most effectual method-as
they are led by their pastors and teach |
ers, who must set the example system |
atically reading their Bibles, at home, to
know Jesus only. This betokens a great
spiritual revival of the deeper sort, in |
the future, and for the promotion of |
which the favor and cooperation of |
pastors teachers and leaders in Chris
tan work everywhere is most cordially |
solicited.
Those who are interested may address
REV. EDW. McCLAIN. Chancellor,
713 Chapel ST., New Haven, Conn.
Care Y. M. G. A., or
1920 Chestnut ST., Philadelphia, Pa.