Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-28

NEW YORK, Oct. 1s.-The national CEN
trail committee OF the Twentieth Century
National Gospel Campaign has sent the
following letter to the ministers and
churches OF the country: --
To the Christian Ministers and Leaders
in America:
On the 18th OF December last, we sent
to you our first appeal, expressing our
conviction that, with the opening OF the
twentieth century, the hour had struck
for the great forward movement OF the
church, through existing organizations
and agencies" and for the rousing OF
Christians TO their God-given mission OF
evangelizing the nation and the world.
That appeal met with wide and emphatic
responses, but the mighty task OF re-
formation has been only just begun; the
crisis is still upon US, its profound char
acter having been merely emphasized by
the striking providences Of the year, so
today vastly greater and more pressing
than they did a year ago.
The tragic yet glorious Christian trans
lation Of our mar<yred president, VIII
lam Mckinley, has revealed. as under
searchiight, some things to which we
need to give quick and earnest heed.
The whole world has been brought 70
sympathetic and intense admiration OF
the spectacle of the sublime faith ana
heroic death OF Christian martyr in one
OF the foremost positions Of power in the
world, and the chord of human brother
hood has responded to the divine touch
as never before. The common grief and
affection have prepared for common eff
fort for that which is highest and best;
and should be taken advantage Of to call
all Christians to a higher and more
strenuous Christian life.
The whole world has had a vision Is
never before of the unseen forces of EVIL
that have in them the possibilities Of ma
tional destruction; of the awful menace
Of the ''lapsed masses whose countless
millions are practically unreached
by the gospel. That vision should
urge, as nothing has ever before urged,
OF God to grid yourselves to meet these
vast responsibilities.
/. We ask your attention to the su-
preme Importance Of a national gospel
awakening. A terrible affiiction has been
permitted OF God. and has brought US to
a consciousness Of the existence of an
awful social disorder. which, II not stayed
in its course, bids fair to work incalcu-
liable evil in days to come. While pro-
posed legislation may serve somewhat as
a deterrent Of future violent develop
ments OF such disorder nothing but the
eradication Of evil dispositions from the
individual members of society will extir-
pate this and many other evils that men
ace our peace. prosperity and properties,
our liberties and our lives. Such eradi-
cation can be effected only by the regen-
Grafton OF the individual members Of So
ciety by the atoning grace Of the Son OF
God, communicated through the preach
ing of the gospel, and by testimony as to
the present and practical effectiveness
OF the Christian faith. We therefore re-
alize in our national affiiction clear call
TO the immediate and thorough evangeli-
Zation OF all the Inhabitants Of America.
g We call attention to the need OF an
evangelistic reformation OF the entire
church Of Christ. In order to the evan
gelization Of all the unsaved. The