The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-09

to the word church So we put down
these references. Then we asked the
material before us some questions
what is the church Of Godg' What
does the expression meant, ana 9 50 . on On:
swered the different questions. And do
you know, in the end, [ had better
knowledge of 'the chur rch of God than
I ever had before. In sharing, your
Investigations with class you help the
class greatly ;,
. "There are things to avoid. Don It
run along in a rut. And don't detach
texts of scripture too much. Don't,
like the Mormons, get, a theory and
then try to prove it by texts. Let
the word tell It's own theory; l knew OF
a young man who once told his grand
He used the detached text method.
EGran dmother,' he said. tdoesn It the
Bible say some place, tssJudas went out
and hanged himself?' yes. well,
grandmother, doesn't the Bible say. in
aaother an;othe5 place. $50 thou '1 and 40 DO ike
s'I believe the teachings of the Lord
Jesus contain a blessed warning lesson,
to first study and. fully understand the
Bible, and then to teach it. -
DR.. Taylor Speaks.
Dr.. Taylor spoke next. He took his
text from the seventh chapter of John,
beginning at the thirty seventh verse:
said, IF any man thirst, let him come
unto me and drink Of the living We
ters.'
"Jesus was addressing a multitude.
He knew the people were reaching up
for better life. The fact remains the
| same today, that there is a great multi
tude of people wanting something bet
low fol Sc
ering of people trying to bring the mul,
titude to the real light. Today the need
| is not being met The masses are not
I being reached,7 in spite OF the better
organization Of churches today than
ever before. There's something wrong
somewhere. Nor is it because Of lack
Of intelligence, preaching ability, nor of
of people are living in sin where the
teachings Of Christ are to be heard in
all purity and power. .>,,s .'...~ ssa
| "There are men all over this city
who have never heard the gospel
preached to them by a layman. They
expect the preacher to do it, why should
they not the layman? The great need
of men who will be filed with God and
whose lives will be filled with rivers of
living waters that might reach out
with blessed influence to the unsaved.
!. When men see in you and me .
j deep-seated passion for the salvation of
their. souls, then they will not with
4 stand it. = sz E+%$ ,5.$.s? i3e s}.S : 81
I "A: # Come Unto Me- SSa@.
"Jesus says, If any man thirst, let
him come unto me- / want to put
strength on that last word, Me- All
power belongeth unto God! The thirst
cannot be satisfied by human aid, or in
!. 10 hot I, 4o&L
walton must go to the throne of God.
NO man, perhaps, was more filled
with the spirit Of God than was Paul.
Paul had no honor, no friends-but
Christ. Yet he was so filed with the
spirit Of God that it overflowed to all
> men. And if we are inspired with the
holy spirit, it is the Christian work to
, pour water upon him who is thirsty.
= For he that so labors, God promises
, blessings upon the seed sown.' Mr.
Tayor concluded wit .sha sincere praye,
that all might be made as STREAMS 1soi
10" living. water for the work Of saliva
tiOn. - .-.-. 49, -~--.-r s."'-~'s
, After the singing of two hymns, DR.
,, Ostrom took the platform. -
= If you try to run church on socia
bility,' he said in his remarks, "yor
= will get beaten. The saloon outdoes
you in this; it is busy at it all hours
/
, told ME Of how his church had beer
run on oratory. have an abiding re
spect for men Of intellect, and word
but you can It make a church on mer,
oratory. 1t needs more than that.
Run on Music.
NAnother church I know of was ru1
on music-had beautiful soprano AM
magnificent basso. | believe in gospe
music, but not in a lot of humble,
gush put into beautiful melody in
church. You can It run a church OF
music. - - ss.. ~ 'E+
"There's but one thru line for tn
church; that is, making bad men good
and good men better. You and [ wer
sent to- march in step onward for tn
church of God in it's glorious work o
saving souls. -. H.. -
Il. sThe world wants to see the wor
Of the gospel in effect on individus
. character. And such nifestation
s. will do a great thing for the church Q
God. If q man is going to be evaI
gelistic as a pastor. there are. a fe'
= things he must observe. WhenShe frs
comes he allows II Essti himself to Be mad
What would ! do? The first thing, |
ask the church officers. to all pray. fc
me at this first meeting. ID adm
my faillngs. and ask their aid thf
my hearers might nave their eyes LITE
to the Divine One. and not to me. An
if the congregation does not want tn
kind of preacher, why doesn' It he g
to China. where they are anxious fl
the word2
A Mighty Nuisance.
"a church that is social clube is
p mighty nuisance. The minister and tt
church must be filed with the spirit
] God. There must be a concern f,
souls On the, part of the minister if l
y is to be a godly success. The church,
have all been started by fusion
fire; men, burning with desire. f
;. the following out of the desire of. I'll
II spirit of God thru his grace. I belies
I IL. -.s..s lls vr the g-crtsst onnn