Evening journal., 1907-05-14
CRRIST'S CHURCH
WILL WIN WORLD
Imperfect As Yet, But DR..
Murray Has Great Faith
in Institution


ington Heights Church. Sunday night.
on the general subject why Men
DO Not Go to Church" The partic-
ular subject was Christ is the Head
OF the Church"
DR.. Murray said;
Christ redeemed the church. 1t be-
longs 70 Him with all its faults. He
IS faultless. To attemptNto add to His
perfection would be
ITO guild the fine gold, TO paint the
lily
To throw a perfume on the violet"
Christ the perfect, proposes to work
with the imperfect until the church
shall be without spot or blemish. The
church actual should never be dis
counted for the church ideal The
church militant will be tested and tried
until it becomes the church trium-
phant Wirh all her imrerfections the
church is going to win. Churches may
perish-the church never. The gates
of he'll may assail, but they shall not
prevail
"Is the church doing the work Christ
/ designed? If not, why not? In re-
/ sponse TO my one hundred letters some
/ have answered in the Affirmative, some
/ i'm the negative. What did Christ set
/ before the church as her work? This
! question can only be truthfully an
/ swered by what He said. Go into an
/ the world he said TO his disciples.
| There was mo time limit. The church
has gone toievery continent and almost
every island. Go preach. She is
preaching. Go teach. She is teach
| ing. Go publish. She is publishing
| Go heal. She is healing in her hospi-
/ tails Go disciple. She is dlscipling
/ Go baptize. She is baptizing. After
| the passing of nineteen centuries she is
still needing the commands I'm a broad
er and more practical sense than ever
before.
"The church is succeeding. The last
/ century was the greatest since Ponte-
/ cost At the close OF the first century
there were 100000 Christians: at the
close of the fifth, 150000 goo; at the
close Of the tenth 5O.00O000; at the
/ close of the eighteenth, 2OO000,O00. The
! nineteenth closed with O.OOO 600 doub-
I.ling the greatest increase in the last
| century.
! The church is not measuring up to
/ her privilege. but she is multipotent
! Her leven has penetrated the meal
! but IL has not permeated it. If the
/ church has not measured up to her
responsibility. why not? The follow
ing summary has been made up from
my correspondents; The church does
not adapt herself to the times. She
ought to learn from the Salvation
Army how TO reach the unchurched.
We ought not to do as the fathers
] "a 20 d
they had our problems to solve. There
are too many divisions in the church.
too much discord. This is true. bur
we are going to live in better times
when the church win he judged 10y
her harmonies rather rhan her dis
cords The discipline Is not enforced,
if Il were the church would have great
er prosperity. We grant this, if the
letter were not permitted to kill, where
the spirit maSeth alive. But did not
Christ say II thy right eye offend thee
pluck Il out, II thy right hand offend
thee cut It off? Yes. but Christ said
be your own surgeon. He gave no
/ right TO pluck out the eyes of others
or to cut Off their offending members.
He commanded that the wheat and
the tares should grow together until
the harvest. lest by Dlucking up the
tares, we should root up the wheat
also.
"a lack of decorum during the hour
of worship We so TO church to wor-
ship. not TO whisper. TO laud not Ia
laugh. Fairs and festivals: did not
Christ drive out those who were maxi
ing the house of worship a house OF
merchandise? Christ inshed them out
Il Is true. but was II for selling doves
and lambs for sacrifice or for making
His house den of thieves2 Christ
has no word against honest merchant
dising. but he does condemn eNtortion
and robbery either I'm church or out
Of Il. Too many denominations2 Yes
il would seem that one hundred and
fifty wore too many for America, hut
the purest and moat progressive
church in the whole world is found IN
our land. God has many different
flowers, all painted by tie same artist
If each church catches and holds hui
ray Of light from the sun of right
cousness the world win he the brighter
Professionalism spirituanzes too muci
and Romanism materializos too mucf
! to give the largest success a blendinf
of the abstract and the concrete would
result In greater achievements.
"a lack OF funds, begets ineficioncy
Workers can not give their whole time
because Of insufficient support. Will,
the love of money is the root of al
evil yet It answers all purposes. II
is one Of the greatest instrumentalitic'
for good. There are a few ministers
q and only a few who get big salaries
There are 10000 i'm the United state
who receive on an average only Of S55
a year. Yet they stick 20 their Job
Have they missed their calling? They
see hands paid thrice as much, as hear
and brains, no feeling Of envy nor
= word of complaint Listen what il
= said about the minister i'm contras
| with professional men. The physician
{ must practice medicine and keen clos'
: 10 his patient. The lawyer must prac
, tice law and keep close TO his client
The teacher must be abreast of tho
, times and keep close 90 his pupil. The
editor must gather news and keel
> close TO his subscribers The banker
must keep close to his money. The
4 business man must be loyal TO his
, business. but the preacher can leave
1 his work and fit like a bee from flower
2 10 over and from field TO field. gather.
+ ing hector from a thousand flower'
and he, himself. may suppose he Is
D making money when he is only buz
y zing Beside. ministers are trained
Z more I'm the method of their denomina