The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-01
THE NEW CENTURY,
CHURCH VIEW POINT
What the Raleigh Pastors
Think Of 1t.
A VARIETY OF VIEWS
The New Century to Witness Re.
ligious and Economic Progress.
THE cHURCAFs WILL BROADEN
The Brotherhood Of Men 10 be One Of the Car.
dinaI Doctrines Of the Churches, Dur
rg the Century Just Ush-
cred In.


The News and Observer requested
a short article from each of the Raj
eigh pastors ON The Twentieth Cen
fury and the Church" A number of
very able papers were received. The
replies were as follows:
A SWEETER, BROADER FELLOWSHIP
Rev. M. W. Butler, pastor of Christian
church: A bow of promise arches the
door to the twentieth century. AS we
cross the threshold and pass over into the
new we enter the grandest field of privi-
leges and possibilities the world has ever
known. Indeed, I'VE are heirs of all the
ages past" AS compared with what seems
in the near prospect for us, the begin
ming of this century, so full of gracious
blessing, was midnight darkness, while
the boasted light and glory of these clos
ing years and hours are but faintest hues
| of twilight We believe the century now
| closing has been one largely of prep
| araticn and discovery. We cannot sec
| into the future and know what day may
| bring forth; but we do know that if time
| continues the new century will bring to
us questions and problems which will
| challenge the best and profoundest in
| man. These will have to be met, and for
| that the nineteenth century seems to have
| been preparing the world Extremes have
met and possibilities for good and evil
| were never so great as at the dawn of
| the twentieth century. The influence of
| the Son of God is the secret of Christian
| civilization. We believe the century is
| to witness the evangelization of the world,
| and nearer approach TO the unification
| of the church The narrow spirit of
| church exclusiveness and dogma has given
place TO more liberal spirit The church
| is to enjoy sweeter, fuller and broader
| Fellowship. The new century finds the
| doors to most OF the foreign lands open
| with the Christian world stirred as never
before on the subject of foreign missions.
| These are some of the blessings the old
| dying century possesses over the new.
BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.
Rev. II Adams, pastor of Central
| Methodist church.-Each century of the
| Christian church since it's establishment
| has had its distinctive characteristics.
To meet the requirements of the new CEN
| fury now dawning the church of God must
| awake 10 the new problems and conditions
| that confront us.
1.-The church of the Twentieth century
must rise to the comprehension of world
movements Every man now in speaking
| distance with any other man
2It must preach and practice the uni
! versal brotherhood Of man. One man is
no man. All the children of God
! 3.The world for Christ will be It's motto.
| 1t must heed the command go We" etc,
| and believe the promise 10, | am with
| you Away. even to the end of the ages. y
| A. 1t must interest itself in social and
| economical questions, everything that will
| tend toward the betterment of mankind,
| and the establishment of Christs King
| dom in the world.
| 5. 1t must utilize latent forces (a) The
men (b) The women (c) The young people.
G. 1t must be liberal in the use of it's
| gifts % Brains (2) Wealth.
| Z. 1t must have unwearying faith in God,
! and the endorsement of Holy Ghost power
| will characterize it.
SHALL WITNESS GREATER GLoRIEs.
| Rev. J. T. Gibbs, D. D., Presiding Elder
Raleigh Dstrict-The ecclesiastical and
| civil history of the past hundred years,
particularly in this country, is distinct
and yet closely related; nor scarcely less
so is that of invention and industry. There
| is not time to specialiZe-in the few
minutes that can be spared for this writ
| ing. The world has gone forward with a
mighty leapi 1900 is away out of sight of
| 1900 not only in material progress, which
has been wonderful, but in the recogni-
ton of individual liberty, the general diff
| fusion Of knowledge-the development Of
all that is best in man.
| The new century will be begun with
brighter hope that benevolent institutions
shall multiply and the time speed when
| the wealth of the world shall be conse-
Grated to lift up fallen humanity-to bet
| ter conditions and put heart into the
most needy. None need yield to despair;
| for there has been such progress and is
such promise that all may look forward
with dreams of glory in their view.
| Our own land in the century just closed
has been changed from a vast wilderness
and become mightier in production and
resources than any other country, and yet
| amid these enormous material demands,
schools and churches have multiplied and
great institutions of learning have been
founded and cared for and men have been
produced equal to the worlds best. me
natural resources of this land are only
yet partially developed, and herein Is
| found great promise of increasing Wealth
and the sustaining of vast population'
| and there is the promise OF large augIheA-
| tation of both the wealth and the popula-
| ton by our immensely widening COIN
merce; but will we see in it all the proVl-
| Dental demand of God to make Him
known to the ends of the earth? II SO.
the Twentieth Century will witness glorles
| greater than the nineteenth has.
WILL BROADEN HER SCOPE.
Rev A. A. Marshal, d. D., pastor First
Baptist church-We may reasonably ex-
peet the Goth century church Will take
broader views OF the whole plane OF living
and of learning.
The church has always been conseFVd-