The Caucasian., 1905-02-28

hedges, seeking sinful men an2 womel
wherever they may be found:
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
tolled the city bells, The evargellsts
and their followers worked on. Nine
ten, half past ten--the Christian disci
Piles worked on. Eleven, twelve. went
the clock. What! Is any one out to
night? Oh. yes; the messengers of siL
are out tonight. This is the harvest hour
for the demons of death. But tonight
aye, tonight-the angels Of mercy are
calling and pleading Mothers and ia
theirs in heaven, wives and children In
heaven, over the embellishments did We
not see the prayers being answered In
the midnight hour? Oh, God, teach us,
as these evangelsts have taught us,
that the mission of Christian church
ls not alone to care for a few people
who are our social equals and who hap
pen to come to our churches! The
is to go after men and women-to go
afteI them In saloons. In haunts of sin,
in gambling dens, every where and any
where-to go after them in the morn
ming, at noon and at midnight
The Church's Missiona
But, lastly, learn from the work Of
these evangelists lesson which ought
to make us one and all ashamed of our
selves. If the churches of the Lord
Jesus Christ would join together their
forces to make conquest for christ
they could win the same triumphs for
the Master year in and year out The
mightiest mission Of j. Wilbur Chap
man and his associates is to unite
Christ's forces. They have given us an
object lesson Of the victory that may
denominations
SuppOsing every fall the Congrega-
tional ministers, and the Baptist minis
ters, and the Methodist ministers, and
the Campbellite ministers, and the Pres
byterian ministers, and the Lutheran
ministers, and the Reformed ministers
would all get together. Then suppos,
ing they should say: LET us join in sec
tions. We will exchange pulpits. We
will preach for souls. no matter In what
church we preach. We will have our
cottage prayer meetings and our noon.
day prayer meetings. We will send our
best men down into the slums." What
would happen? Not only would they
break down sectarian lines, but they
would teach congregations that the
mightiest business Oh earth Is not to
build up denomination. but to sav'
souls. They would do just
what DR.. Chapman and his associates
have done. They would shake the cities
and the states from center to circum
ference
One of the most farseeng acts DR.
Chapman ever did for the advancemen:
Of a gospel movement was to combine
evan1elists' Of different ecclesiastical
into unit for the
spreading Of the gospel. DR.. Chapman
Is Presbyterian and is laboring under
the orders Of the general assembly Of
the Presbyterian church. DR.. Henry
Ostrum, his associate is Methodist
Hobson is Quaker Rev r.
w. Slough Is Congregationalist, Il. a.
Walton belongs to the southern Pres
byterian churcf-here there were no
northern and southern churches-Jolin
K. Elliott is Dutch Reformed minis
ter. All sectarian fences have beer
burned in these evangelistic meetings
Why cannot we do the same every year
rs gospel ministers? Let us have for
ward movement. Yes, but also unit.
I'd movement for Christ.
One In Essentials.
Every sectarian minister wants to
hoe In his own ecclesiastical row.
in fact and in truth. there Is
but little difference In these rows. They
Ill end in having their sheaves of
wheat deposited at the foot of the
,ross. Why cannot we work hand In
hand with other Christian denomina.
lions . Are we not all servants of
Christ? The Presby terian differs in
doctrine from the Methodist, the Con.
differs In church govern
nent from the Episcopalian, but all
give the same answer to the question,
What must l do to be saved?" Every
denomination points the sin
Ter to Christ as the one and only
Iource Of salvation. Love. gospel love,
,ught to make us all one Oh, for gos-
,el forces united and welded together!
)h, that the churches Of all the Protes-
ant denominations might enter into
concerted and single purposed move
nent for Christ, as was done Ia this
sreat gospel campaign ON the Pacific
.oast, which has won thousands Of
'ouls for the Master!
! cannot close without an expression
i gratitude to the evangelists who
AVE aided US. l honor all evangelists.
DO we realize how much these evangel-
SITS give up for their work? All the
oys Of home life, all the sweet fellow
hip with their people that the regular
minister entoys-these must all be sur
endered by the evangelist who goes
rom city to city to arouse and stimu-
ate the churches. DR.. Walton told me
hat for ten years the only home he
lad was trunk. Let us honor
uch men, who devote themselves to the
'ublic service. The church of Christ
'erefits by their labors, and too often
f0rgets the hardships they undergo.