The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-07-15
Of Church Work DweIt
Upon
BY REV. ], S, KENDALL
Individual Giving'is Endorsed
-.Church Charities an Inn
portaut 0usstIon--Mis-
sIonaries Talk.

The largest audience since the open
ing OF the general convention Of the
Y.P. c. U. was present at the services
Friday evening. The two principal
speakers of the evening were Rev. j.
s. Kendall, of Cleveland. and Rev. s.
8. Hough, Of Altoona. Pa. Several
missionaries, who have worked in for
eign fields, also made short talks ON
their work
Few. w. A. Cook led the congregation
in prayer after the singing of an an
them by the choir, under the direction
of Prof. Ruebush, OF Dayton, Va. Rev.
II. e. Williams read several passages
OF scripture. The reading was followed
by the singing Of "Tll Live for Him"
by the audience and choir.
Rev. J. S. Kendall, of Cleveland, was
the first speaker of the evening. His
subject was Christian Stewardship"
He impressed upon the minds of his
auditors that. the raising of funds to
carry on such work is one of the
most difficult things to do in the church
at the present time. The great ques-
ton before our pastors, said the speak
er, is how ia get the necessary funds
to pay the current expenses of the
church.
THE BEGGING SYSTEM.
Mr. Kendall contended that God had
plainly laid down the way of raising
money and to support this statement he
read several verses from the Bible.
ut is greatly TO my humiliation when
I think of how the churches today
raise funds by begging for donations
and holding church fairs and bazaars," /"
he said ,emphaticalIy.
Mr.. Kendall STATED that IL every
member of a congregation would at
tend the services on Sunday and bring
An offering as laid down in the scrip
turc the world would speedily be evan
gelized. er
A passage from Corinthians was read
to the effect that on the first day Of
the week every one should clay by
and attend the worship and prayer"
This thought was practiced in olden
times and the churches prospered. At
the present time the church must look
to few rich individuals for subscrip-
tions to pay running expenses. When
members of the congregation donate
tn this work, the speaker stated, they
think that they are only giving 1t to
the pastor but In reality every one
that gives receives blessing from God.
INDIVIDUAL GIVING.
Mr.. Kendall advised that the United
Brethren church pursue the same
course in raising money as the Pres
bytcrian church and many others do
by having each and every member give
an offering. ~
According to the scriptures God said.
LET no man appear before me empty"
!, and the speaker said that II one be-
lieves In the Bible he must also believe
in this passage and carry il out l
fipd he said that when taking subscrip-
tions only the heads of the family give
instead OF every individual of the fam
lily giving his share.
Mr.. Kendall declared that the amount
given to the church should be in pro-
portion to the income o: the family.
He claimed that the Bible was the
standard on this subject and read sew
.eral passages of scripture relating to
the amount of money given for church
purposes. The old method of giving
he said. was to give one-tenth Of your
earnings to the church. as the Jews
did. He also called attention to the
fact that besides contributing the above
amount to church work the Jews gave
Droportionate amount to charity.
GAVE STATISTICS.
The speaker summed up the advan-
tages Of the method Of giving one
tenth OF your earnings to the church
and heartily endorsed the method
Some OF the advantages are that
church members will not give grudg-
ingly and. as the amount to be given
is settled. 1t will have beneficial effect
) on the business habits of the people
Some statistics of the United Bretherr
church contribution in the Country
were given by the Rev. Kendall In
closing. a
The Otterbein quartet. which will
participate In the grand concert Sat
urday evening. sang selection ant
the hymn. 'Tis Sweet to Trus
Jesus" was rendered by the choir ant
audience. This was followed by the
address of Rev. Hough, given in an
other column.
Mrs. West. who spent several year,
In the dark continent as q missionary
related some OF her experiences. Sh'
told OF society of young children
which had been organized In Afric'
much ON the same plan AZ the Youni