The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-11-05
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ISNAlVIFESTED
MEETINGS OF CENTRAL CHRIS
TIAN CHURCH. ATTRAc TING
ArTENTIoN-GLoRYItNG IN THE
CROSS SUBJECT TONIGHT.

Evangelist snively preached to a
splendid audience last night. Rev.
Eddy and Rev Broomfeld took pasE in
the service. GEoryfng in the Cross
will be the subject of the sermon To-
night. Mr.. seniff will sing another OF
mis- effective solos.
The evangelsts and pastor feel that
they have mighty task on hand but
they realize that no movement ever
succeeded without a big job on hands.
the chief and vital danger in any
movement is that its end may become
smothered in It's means. 1t must have
a great, challenging, sacrfficial task.
A banquet is a good thing as spring
board, but not as. couch. AS q
church of Christian men and women
we need master passion for souls.
The Christian whose sense of respon-
sibility goes no farther than his own
soul has not advanced beyond the in
cubator stage Of Christian life. Coos
call is a call not only for volunteers,
but for recruiting officers. 1t Is also
a call to neIp unite the scattered reg
tments of the great army of OIL" Im-
mortal King under the one banner that
bears the Cross. christian unity
must come at the foot of the cross"
In these days the church is under fire
as never before and only by union
of the various UNCONVENTIONAL regi-
ments will the church be ready and
able to meet these attacks upon her.
At this very time the magazines are
spending their undertaking activities
on the churches. It is charged thst
the churches are doing nothing tS
meet the great social needs of to-day.
But the fact is that nearly all OF the
real philanthropic work OF our times
is being done by piofessed Christians.
even though they are working in so
called secular organizations. Many
organizations that the man Of the
market and the street calls secular,
such as the Y. N, c. "A. and Social Set
Elements and are in reality the
churches organized to work at spe-
clal task. The church is relating her
self to the problems OF our times, for
were it not for the church there would
soon be no phiIanthropic work. just as
there is none today in countries where
Christianity is not the current religion.
But united church could do hun
dred times more philanthropic work
ard carry Christian philanthropy
around the world in this generation.
Will the readers of our city press
note carefully the writer's fourth rea-
son for being Disciple?
w. am Disciple because :he re-
appearance Of the Apostolic church
in her solidarity and power will in
evftably exercise the evil genius OF
sceptIcism and doubt that tests SO
heavily upon strong men of today.
For this scepticism and doubt the
church, in the past has been largely
to blame. BY her bitter controversies,
bloody prosecutions, intolerant spirit
and manifold divisions she has forfeit
ed tile confidence and! to a great ex-
tent lost the respect of the masses.
When they asked ner for br9al and
received stone no wonder they turn
ed from her. BY the unbelievableness
of many of her human doctrines, which
were authorItatively made standards
of faith and conditions of saliva cion.
she repelled many sincere thoughtful
persons, who otherwise would have
become disciples. Instead OF going