Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-12-13
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B~Gtsafax Dee II.
BY REV. s. IL DOYLE
Topse.-yFhat our denomination stands
for.-I TIN lH. I4-le; 1 Pet 81. 5.
Christian Endeav0r has always been
fnterdenomlnatiouai In character. yet
Il has always emphasized loyalty 10
ones osn denomination At the origin
Of TIE movement one Of the most fire.
qusat criticisms against il was that Il
woud lead tie young people from their
deE,Salinatlanal bearings. bat history
has proved hew EsaseLesS these charges
were. paoninatla4aI loyalty has IN
eree sez sGeEx TIRE y0unS people * cur
caaFcasas tn the last twenty-five years
TIE yo9E= people have BECOME Esore
tAarg1=e5iy fnEs-nzaed egaeerzzag thesr
dsz1 et51ass ana aaaze directly N
tergseea IA shsasr wvork- ams4 fAe fact
tkmz tie hes1 Cg szesrsssmseai national
aG1erzEigz1 slaEE EsEE l4nss q waTk
ksss Eat au azE EalrM tn usr d.
Ezaaaasiaz= Il spJezs2d Eraof thar
assns1zs aa ea.1ss ara essE tAag @n5
1zey ara &r~aaBs sseas1zszl1 .s3al1i
zzisu s. tlt lgr,sss5i s sazzG. All Aazzsse
We al nee to Azaw wa4k Ssxr 6enazni-
naslsEs aegazve. and 30 BE interested Ia
+essr aersv 1i,ss.
The Elsranee Il a1aHx peoPse con
earu1a.z e-sie eenaazEz&sl1lS IS iaex-
ezsaHIz We sngzJd 6es ashamed 70 be-
IonS y a aEsazzE1gisa @El ngg know
wE-t Il Stands tor "a asMeg. "a gsveen-
Esent~ Is 1~szzp aaa vszr i has stood
fog in & II there was 8 ngare
thg~ougt invest l@sf5aa UFssa Use part Of
cturea Eeubers as to SHAT their de
noEZiBatiasss stand for. there would be
more dan la1nati9EE-l 10y atty AMI a
more wf.es..re44 interest in denon-
national work. Bur thousands " PEG
pie unite " ID Christian denominations
who never think or care about what
the stand for and have no interest il
their work. They are fairly loyal 10
the local church to which they belong.
but pay no attention to the wider In
terests of the denomination 10 which
the local church belongs. But this IS a
mistake. Every great Christian de-
nomination has It's work. and every
member Of that denomination should
be Interested 81 T. he r. 9 fsaor sol
der. indeed, who does not know tie
principles of the government for which
he fights. American soldiers owe Their
supremacy largely to their intelligent
understanding Of the principles OF our
government They fghs well because
they know what their country stands
for and what calamity II would be
II government "of the people. BIZ ta1
people anal for the people" were to per
ish from of TIE earth Christian sol
diers viii do their best under similar
circumstances Ignorance undermine
interest and activity. while knowledge
promotes them. knowledge is pow
en-" not only In the world. but also IN
the church.
While there were no distinctive de-
nominations in Panrs day. such as II
ours, yet the apostle emphasized the
importance Of knowledge Of the church
Of God To Timothy he says. The
things write unto thee . that t1oa
mayest know how thou ougsItest to be.
have thyself In the house OF God. whlsA
Is the church Of the living God. tie
pillar and ground OF the truth" II
Timothy needed 10 know these things,
so do we. Let Us therefore know what
our denomination stands for that we
may iore # more and serve ii better
and thereby do more for the extension
Of Christ's kingdom on the earth.
ETBLE HEADINGS.
Gen. |, /; FPS. exix. 105; John xiv, 10;
XVII, 1875; Acts ~, II. u. xvi. 25-31:
/ Cor xr, IS; Gal Y. i; vi, lilo; Rev.
xxi, IL.