Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
SEEKING NEW FIELDS
DIP. TALMAGE DRAWS LESSONS
FROM PAUL'S ACTIVITY.
Points Out Places of Usefulness Not
Yet Fully Occupied - Need OF More
Workers The Church H. Life
Boat.

need OF more ac,ivisy The text is
Romans Nv. -. Lest 1 should build
tpoa another mans foundation.
laying OFT the plan OF his mis-
-ionary tour Paul sought ont towns
nj cities which had not yet been
preached TO- RE goes to Corinth, "a
- famous for splendor and vice and
Jerusalem. where The priesthood ana
tae sanhedriu Were ready to leap with
10Th feet upon the Christian re-
s.on. He feels lac has especial work
- Go. and he means 10 30 it, What
MAS the result2 The grandest life Of
-~efu!ness that mdn ever lived We
modern Christian workers are not apt
- initiate Paul We build ON other
peoples foundations. If We erect Il
hurch. W. prefer 10 have il filled with
families an OF whom have been pious.
10 we gather d Sabbath school class.
we want sool boys and girls. hair
om5ed. faces washed. manners attrac-
i've 81 ehurcA in this day is apt TO
BE- built ont Of other churches. Some
ministers pend all oil their time in fish
ns in otter peoples ponds. and they
throw the line into that church. pond
and they jerk orr i Methodist and
,nrow th limo into another ohurch
pond and bring ont a Pres .ytcrian. or
Zero is religious row ~ some neigh
boring church and a whole school Of
fish swim of from that pond. and We
take them an in with one sweep OF the
net What is gained Absolutely
nothing for tho cause OF Christ. What
strengthens am army Is new recruits.
While Courteous 10 those coming from
other Hoek- W. should build our
churches bot ont Of other churches
rrt out 81 tho world iest wc btdld on
sno5her mans toundafion
Tie fac, IS this Is q big world
When. i'm our $, hool5oy days We
earned tie diameter and circumfer-
rnce OF this planet. Nc did not learn
half II j. The latitude ami longitude
AMI diameter and circumference OF
want and Voc and lin that no figures
an calculate This one spiritual con
'iueEt OF wretehednes- reaches across
al zones aud if ! were called to give
= geographical boundary | would say
T. Was bounded on The north and south
and east and west hy the great heart
l.-',.
- - D.'a" ~ mere - q
The spirit 81 EsanSFli.m.
Va need as churches 90 stop bonn
harding tho old iloacad sinners that
have been proof against - years o.
ariStiau assault Alas for that
.aurCh which lacks the spirit OF
-yaRgeiism spending on one chande-
Ter enough TO light 500 souls To glory
and in one carved pillar enough 10
nave made thousand men pillars in
the house OF our God forever and do
ing less good than many log cabin
meeting house with tallow candles
,flck in wooden sockets and 4 min
jster who has never seen a college and
does nor know the difference betxeen
Creel and choctaw We need as
churches To get iutn svunathv with
fIte great outside world and let then,
nov that none arc so broken hearted
or hardlv beefead that thev will nor
- welcomed No" saws some fas-
-idious Christian L don't like IN no
>oyded in church Don't nut any
one in INV pew
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