The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-08
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In our private lIfe We aIp falling
short of oar ideals. we are NOT what
We ought go bo as church by q
great deal. but after We have made
due allowances for our weaknesses.
the church 90 God is the greatest
exponent In this world of the great
doctrine Of human brotherhood
Continuing Bishop Ward said IN
part.
In the beginning OF the last cen
fury, there was not one great city in
the western world, and there were
not more than six bayinE a popula-
ton AS large as Waxahachie. Now
| OF the Ave largest cities in the world
we have two, and the two have an
aggregate population greater than
| the entire population OF our nation
at the beginning OF the last century.
Instead of six cities, we have some
thing more than $40 having 5000
or more population, and the $40
have an aggregate population of
some 2S000,000, approximately
| ons-third of the population of the
entire country. If the present rate OF
increase continues for a few years,
ed change, II will not be great
while before a majority OF the peo-
pie Of the United States will be ur-
ban rather than rural. and what is
| true OF the western world is true
measurably Of the eastern world,
The growth OF the church Is also
one of the marked features or our
modern life, growth not so gener-
ally recognized. perhaps, and yet
scarcely, If at all, less marked or less
| significant than the increase In the
| population of the republic. In 1850
there were 100000 communicates
Of the several Protestant commun-
ions In this country, Figures just
Issuing from trustworthy source
show that there are now something
more than 21,000,000 communicates
or the Protestant communions in
the United States.
The outstanding of the modern
city is no small undertaking. 1t will
require faith that isn't merely sem
| timont, but faith that has TO II a he
| role qualhy,
II the church In the city is to ac-
complish its mission, to exercise its
place in the control of the city, there
must be adaptation Of methods TO
meet the prevailing conditions, Now,
II Is to the glory OF Methodism that
II has devised the best system the
world ever saw for preaching the
word and building up the church on
the boundaries of civilization. The
Methodist circuit rider was the pio-
neor or civilization and leader OF
prowess In church and In state.
hut the methods adapted to the
work of fifty years ago on the boun-
daries are not adapted to needs OF
today The methods OF the church
should be as perfect as those which
amy business man can apply in his
vocation.
am not revolutionary in any
sense, Innovation for the sake OF in
hovatlon ~ folly, but to cling to the
antique simply because II is antique
is not one whit less foolish. The
thing for the Methodist church TO do
is to do the work that God gives us
20 do in the best possible way,
whether II be the old or new.
We have men, many of them. in
our pulpits, the peers OF amy men in
any pulpit or In any profession
They are men who are doing heroic
work, Ottimes they are men who
have gone onward and forward, step
by step. over the most tremendous
difficulties, The number of such
strong men is utterly Inadequate TO
the needs Of the church today. The