Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-03-04

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man and his associates Is to unite
Chrlst's forces. They have given us an
object lesson of the victory that may
be won by the united effort of all the
denominations.
Supposing every fall the Congrega-
tional ministers, and the Baptist minis
ters, and the Methodist ministers, and
the Campbellite ministers, and the Pres
byterlan 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 on earth is not to
build up a denomination, but to save
immortal 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 farseeing acts DR..
Chapman ever did for the advancement
of a gospel movement was to combine
evangelists Of different ecclesiastical
denominations into a unit for the
spreading Of the gospel. DR.. Chapman
is a iresbyterian and is laboring under
the orders Of the general assembly OF
the Presbyterian church. DIR. Henry
| Ostrum, his associate, Is Methodist
Tilman Hobson is a Quaker, Rev. r.
w. Slough is Congregationallst, r. A.
Walton belongs to the southern Pres
byterian church-here there were no
northern and southern churches-John
X. Elliott is a Dutch Reformed minis
ter. All sectarian fences have been
burned in these evangelistic meetings.
Why cannot we do the same every year
as gospel ministers? Let us have for
ward movement Yes, but also a unit
ed movement for Christ.
One In Essentials.
Every sectarian minister wants to
hoe in his own ecclesiastical row,
whereas, in fact and in truth, there is
but little difference in these rows. They
all end in having their sheaves OF
wheat deposited at the foot of the
cross. Why cannot we work hand In
hand with other Christian denomina-
tions? Are we not all servants of
| Christ? The Presbyterian differs in
doctrine from the Methodist, the Con-
gregationalist differs in church govern
ment from the Episcopalian, but all
give the same answer to the question,
"What must | do to be saved| Every
evangelical denomination points the SIN
ner to Christ as the one and only
source of salvation. Love, gospel love,
ought to make us all one. Oh, for gos-
pei forces united and welded together!
Oh. that the churches of all the Protes-
tant denominations might enter into q
concerted and single purposed move;
ment for Christ, as was done In this
great gospel campaign on the Pacific
coast, which has won thousands of
| souls for the Master!
| cannot close without an expression
Of gratitude to the evangelists who
have aided us. l honor all evangelists
| Do we realize how much these evangel'
lists give up for their work? All the
ioys of home life, all the sweet fellow
ship with their people that the regular
minister enjoys-these must all be sur
| rendered by the evangelist who goes
| from city to city to arouse and stlmu'
late the churches. DR.. Walton told me
that for ten years the only home he
| had was a trunk. Let us honor
such men, who devote themselves to the
public service. The church of Christ
benefits by their labors, and too often
it forgets the hardships they undergo.
I want you to pray for Gods evan
gelists. Pray for them when, tired and
fatigued, they go to their lonely rooms
in a hotel. Pray for DR.. R. A. Torrey
and Mr.. Alexander, far, far away from
home. Pray for these friends, DIR
Chapman and his associates, who are
now going up and down the land, who
have lately bee. among us. May theil
Joy be the peace that passeth all under
standing. May their happiness be gain
ed from the fact that they are winning
many, many souls for Christ. God bless
the gospel evangelists, that they may
teach us gladly to do the Fathers will
whether it be like Paul in faroff Mace
donia or in our home Tarsus, (which
Is no mean city"
ICopyright, 1905, by Louis Klopsch1