The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-01

/ he Is revealing himself to others.
Thus we should take as our authority
| the church In preference to the indi-
vidual We must not forsake the ex-
perience of the church, but We should
yield to the eonsecrated experience of
our brethren.
We are still men and women need
ing Gods help among us in every
thing. Let US have Christian Unity.
We must remember that this great
body, the church, has a great many
members and each has duty.
The Apostle Paul had a sympathetic
mind and he wrote this 18th chapter
of Corinthians. We must have this
spirit of Christian brotherhood.
Now as we Friends meet here from
three yearly meetings may we recon-
secrate ourselves in the work of orr
God.
Mr.. Barnes gave a vocal solo. after
which the benediction was pronounc-
ed.
a union Christian Endeavor PRAYER
meeting was held at $50 p. m.. which
was well attended
Saturday Morning.
The meeting for worship at SIS
was led by Caroline Jones of Shade
land, Ind. The subject was "God the
home of the Soul
The session at 9 was opened nv
singing: "Break Thou the Bread of
Life
Thomas Newlin then gave his study
on "The Function of the Church. ;,
"A man or an organization must first
know its function, and then adjust
itself to rs Surroundings.
A very small proportion of our pop-
ulatlon attend church on the Sabbath
day.
The Jews are known today. not be-
cause of what they are; but because
OF the memory of their rejected lead
erS.
The function Of the church is self
perpetuation. We as a church offer
very little inducement to our Young
men who feel called to the ministry.
and there is a great dearth of young
men coming on in the ministry.
One of the greatest of virtues Is
the willingness to face facts. and we
need to face the facts that while So
clety and its institutions are undergo
ing rapid development, the church
must not get too far behind. Men and
women must be trained for all kinds
of service in the church. A church
must do both foundation work and ST.
perstructure work if it is to prosper.
The time is past when our church can
content itself by bearing our testi-
mony and saving ourselves. The
church is like Christ: It can not save
others and still save itself.
Every church should be in some
sense an institutional church, but it
must be devoutly spiritual. 1t must be
able to make the men Of the world
know that the face of God is toward
them and not against them. Tt must
and realize the divine idea
in human life.
The church does not need to oecome
a reformatory, or political institution.
1t need not dictate to the state what
it must do but it must make the state
want to do right.
The church needs to be socialized
in its finances. We spend money on
in the purchase of luxuries. |
out are slow to contribute to the good |
IF the community.
Whatever has reason in II is first
'ate Quakerism.
We have been slow in using music |
md the facts and discoveries of sci
ence.
Routine and program are always |
easier than intelligence, but not nearly
20 valuable.
The session at 10 a. m. was opened |
~ singing, "Jesus More Than Life to
Me.'
Then Prof Smaller Mathews gave a
tudy Of "The People of New Testa-
nent Times" The "People," that
S the common people, as distinct from
he Pharisees, is our subject this
The Jordan River is the most use
ess river in the world, too shallow
o serve as military defense, too low
Town for irrigation, too impure to
rink, too subject to floods to help ag-
iculture.
The land of Galilee is the true Holy
land of the Christian. Nearly all Of
-or,., ,ro,1- woo Jo,o .o,,+c;Jo J,lo, |