The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
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lnt in q mite hnx shat could be- ae
Itumrlishrd with he sum tVr mis-.
einns
lIas the founder and nreai head
LOT ihe church revealed ANY definite
/ plan fct The suppose Of bic church
This question lies naht at the
door of this uvesiipntion ~ con.
/ fronts every thuuehtul practical
T christian as Dee assumes the tespon
slhlluics of church membership The
purpose uf this diyinely ordained
Ichureh pivcs answer u be- Gods per
feeted Thought for mans redemption
land salvation. organized VA the gar
idrn aud contaminated on the cross.
Forty centuries Of history we're Nee
essary to bring IT TO its complete de
vclopment and start It on It's world
wide mission.
Moses. by divine direction. fixed
| the law of tithing FOR the Israelites,
and who dare say II is not intended
for the church universal? Why
should IT ever be changed
1t is not giving, but paying. We
give nothing till we have paid our
tenth or 1.-THE. But If our people
would only pay their just obligation,
| then we could put many missonar-
les to work and thus hasten the
cause. by far the most important
| work of the church of Christ, the
| one that should claim our most
lprayerful attention, is missions. The
great commission of our Lord comes
ringing down the ages: go teach
all nations Go ye into all the
world and preach the gospel to
every creature" Not many OF us can
go In person, but we can do this
work by giving of our means. DR..
Shauffler says. Money is myself, -
! We labor with our hands or brains
and get value received in cash that
can be carried In our pockets, but
! With this money We can put our SUB
| stitute in the field to labor for us I'm
! teaching and trying to win souls to
| Christ Sometimes we hear It said,
"These missionary societies are 20
IcXpenslve they are always wanting
more money" Well, why not? The
church has been praying the Lord TO
open the doors ana now that the
doors are everywhere open, how dare
we draw back and not rise to the
] t,piXt Ham h e.
or by our complaining virtually say
/ ing Lord, just close the doors now
land wait until we get ready O,
that Gods believing children might
move out OF their babyhood by walt
ing upon Him for the baptism of the
Holy Ghost and become fun grown
mon and women in Christ Then the
1.-THE and the offerings would pour
in, aud Gods servants could spend
more time IN getting sinners saved
Giving is the cornerstone of the For
eign Missionary society the giving
of love, time, talent, prayer and
money. II we could only realize how
fast they are going down to eternal
death ca million q month In China
alone alone going down to Christless
graves) would we not use more OF
our time ana energies In complying
with that last great command; would
It be necessary TO be continually dis
cussinp our finance and planning how
to get the women Interested Would
the women wait until late In the
year to pay their nlcdges' Are we
praying the Lord of the harvest to
send forth laborers? DO we really
believe that tens OF thousands In
Korea alone are begging the mis-
slonaries for instruction and they
cnn not give II for lack OF teachers
and buildingsG II ia really true that
God is not calling out any more
for the field because the church IN
robbing God in tithes and offerings
Conscience and | sat down togeth"
err to consider my Masters last COM
mand We found; That at home
there is christian minister 20 every
600 souls In heather lands only
one 10 100000 souls That there Is
a physician 10 every 500 persons In
the United states, but only one TO
every $4,000 In heather lands,
THAT II each young woman In the
Methodist Episcopal church South, !
would give one cent a day for year
to foreign missions the Woman's |