Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-20
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.
Prayer Meeting Topic For the Week
Beginnfng Sept. III.
By REV. 5. H. DOYLE.

Beginning Sept. III.
BY REV. S. H DOYLE.
Topic.-sThe home mission work Of our
teneuination.-Matt. tx, SIS; X. lis.
No matter in what part of the home
mission field the denomination to
which we belong labors, every Chris
tan Endeavorer should be interested
"a and actively cooperate in tAat
work The Christian to whom home
missions do not appeal may serious
" ask himself the question, Am | a
Christianf" Indeed, this may well be
the attitude OF any processing Chris
tian not interested in all missions,
both home and foreign, for the direct
command of Christ Is. Go We there
fore into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature" and among
His last words TO His disciples were
these: "Ye shall be witnesses Ut 70
Me. both in Jerusalem and in Judaea
and In Samaria and unto the uttermost
parts of the earth" If to be a Chris
tian is to obey Christ, how can we be
Christians if we deliberately disobey
His plainly expressed commands?
1nt AcEu u ubAit flAA~otDH WIN w
day is very urgent and pressing need.
Our country as never before needs to
be Christianized and kept Christian
ized The history of nations has usu-
ally been characterized by poverty and
struggle during which there have been
righteousness and virtue, followed BY
success. prosperity and wealth, which
nd VII
and these have been followed by ruin.
Babylon, Greece and Rome all passed
through these successive periods. Our
nation today is at the zenith OF Its
prosperity and power. What will be
the result? Shall we follow in the
footsteps of other nations that have
long since passed into history. or can
we still be just, upright. Christian, not
wfthstanding our success That we
may be so should demand the interest
of every true American citizen. I'm
less we can continue q Christian nation
or national life is doomed, but It need
not be so If the Christian people Of
cur land win be faithful to their trust.
perplexing questions are before us for
SA24aA ~ VAN Va IVA
population owns 81 per cent of our
wealth. The feeling between capital
sts and laborers is not the best Thou
sands of ignorant and often goddess
and even vicious foreigners are being
landed upon our shores. Millions in
our land are even now unchrlstianlZe1.
and the great greed TO get rich easily
and speedily is sapping the moral and
spiritual life out of hundreds and thou
sands of our population. What can save
- from the awful consequences Of
such conditions? Nothing but the Cos
pei of Christ and the principles of
Christianity practically applied to our
personal, social and political lives. Ly-
ing. stealing. impurity, intemperance,
must be crushed out of our lives or the
land we love so wen viii be ruined.
and every Christian can help win the
battle for continued national life and
power by doing his part In Christianiz-
ing all our people
That we should do our missionary
work through our own denominations
should be self evident Every great
denomination in our land has its or
Ranized missionary activities. and we
should sustain and support them; other
wise we are disloyal to our denomina-
lions and not unusually weaken the eff
fects OF what we give or do.
BIBLE READINGS
Neh. II, is; Ps. H. IS: cxxii, GO;
cxxxvii. 1-6; cxlvh. 20; Prov. xiv. "a:
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Z. IA, is.