Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-11

and paragraphs and the very finest
that our printers could devise, to be
sold at only a nominal price? Let me
say now, once and for all, IL should
make up my mind that cared Moth
ing for God and His kingdom and
wanted to corrupt the world, I would
simply adopt the method of tainting
just a little Of the Sunday school lit
erature Of our country, and Of work.
ing just little of my misleading opin-
ions into the school books. Shrewd
and cunning methods like these are
worth a thousand times what the re-
suits Of an open fight would be.
The International Association with
all Of its auxiliaries makes the great
est bulwark the Sunday schools Of our
country have or have ever possessed,
and II taken away, your Sunday
schools will become victims Of the
birds Of prey that now sit about on the
surrounding trees, ready to pounce
down upon them at any time. Can
you afford to have its influence with
drawn? II not, can you AFFORD to do
the very small, narrow thing Of re-
fusing to cooperate with 1t In the In
terest of yourself. your school and the
kingdom at large?
There are other logical and valua-
BILE reasons for the existence Of this
organization. Christians, regardless
of distinctive names, should cooper
ate because 1t Is Christ-like. II we
recognize the Fatherhood Of God, we
must admit the brotherhood Of man.
True brothers will not stand aloof
from each other, and refuse to asso-
ciate with and help each other. A
good Christian example is worth more
than all we shall ever be able to speak
and write. What then, can be the
opinion Of the unsaved part of the
world as to the genuineness Of our
Christianity, IL we profess to be
was broad enough to take In the
Jew and all the great Gentle
nations, and yet we refuse absolutely,
as denominations, to keep company
with or help each other? In the foreign
mission fields the denominations have
had to get closer together because the
unlearned heather could not under
stand and were absolutely amazed at
the differences existing between Chris
tian people who professed to follow.
obey, and serve the same God. I'm
saved men and women are doing the
same thing right here In the Sunny
South, and before we succeed In lead
ing all these unsaved people to Christ
we must certainly put before the world
our belief In a united way in those
things which are essential to salvation
and cease to magnify and wrangle
over our differences Of opinion as to
nom essentials.
There are so many other good rea-
sons and enlightening illustrations
would like to give, and would but
for the fact that time will not allow.
I would like to answer briefly few
objections that have heard and read.
would not have you believe that ev-
erybody favors the Organized Sunday
School Movement, for IL no objections
were recorded against 1t, that In tt
self would constitute an objection sur
ficient to my mind to cause me to
shun it. No Christian denies Christ,
but no Christian would stultify him
self so much as to say that no one
objected to Him or His teachings.
Just so surely as counterfeit money Is
proof Of the genuine's existence, so
sure Is objection to the Organized
Sunday School Movement proof that
1t has true, genuine helpfulness In its
methods for the Sunday schools Of the
world. II there were no Sunday
school leaders Of worldwide visions
Of the on-coming kingdom, there
could be no counterfeits to object to
a movement that seems nearest to
what the Master intended His king
dom to be-world-wtde.
There are few men and women
who seem never to realize that the
church Is Gods instrument to save the
world and that all Christian activity
should be for the promotion Of Gods
worldwide kingdom and not alone for
the promotion Of the interests Of the
one body In which we hold our MEM
bership. Yet there are those who be-
lieye that II Gods kingdom cannot be
advanced through the narrow chan
nels Of their special beliefs, that 1t
cannot and ought not to advance at
all. They simply hold their denomf-
national banner high; and the banner
Of Christ far below, IL at all. To them,
their religion Is what q terrapin's shell
Is to it-something into which they
can crawl, shutting themselves in and
everybody else out. No wonder they de-
sire no company as they go through
life, for their track is too narrow
gagged for them to walk side by side
with broader people. They are to be
pitied rather than blamed.
I'VE are at disadvantage in inter.
denominational bodies" says one. or
lowing the teachings Of Christ? The
teachings Of our Lord and Master are
invulnerable, unanswerable and abso-
lutely irresistible, and II your beliefs
are founded upon them and you are
strictly following Him In letter and
spirit, you will be at disadvantage
nowhere among any people In the
wide, wide world. God save q man
whose religious beliefs would place
him at disadvantage or for one min
ute embarrass him while in company
with any Of Gods people in the whole
world, or while mingling among sin
ners. With such man something Is
radically wrong. God save him,
broaden his mind. widen his soul and
give him one taste Of that which he
hath never had, the true, genuine
spirit Of Christianity.
Another objection is that the time
and money spent in Organized Sunday
School Work should go to the denom-
ination. Another evidence that man