The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-05-20
Presbyterian General
Assembly at Denver

LDdt says 30 one HNiAAt are sc "l
baptized into one body
what then is the function Of thil
divine organization In a word, I,
mediate Jesus Christ. Gods Son anS
the worlds redeemer. 10 a world los
in sin. 10 give a whole gospel 20 al
men and to all Of men This mean.
hospitals for the bodily needs, schools
for the intellect and the church viii
its activities for the spiritual Just as
its divine head was for rich and poor
learned and unlearned high and low
alike. So is His church. His body. "a
be for an
"An honor to those good men and
women who were not willing to wait
upon the church in its organized ca.
pacity 10 do the work TO which il was
called but who went ont TO the poor
and sick with hospitals and asylums
to administer to them in their press
ing needs But why shall the church
longer hesitate while others do the
work to which it has been called in
the divine providence? ! honor the
Young Mems Christian association. as
/ do the Young Womens Christian
association and the Salvation Army,
but their existence is, in my Judge
ment, an awful rebuke to the organiz-
ed church OF Jesus Christ. If the
church Of London had reached the
young men OF that metropolis, God
would not have impressed, in by judg-
ment. a young man to start that great
movement known the world round as
the Young Mems Christian association.
The church Of England was not reach
ing the submerged tenth and General
Booth heard the call to God and went
out with drums and tambourines.
singing lads and lassies. and pray
ing men and women. to the corners of
the streets with the gospel of hope,
with unskilled workmen to be sure in
many td5t5f bul Ht went anu AHc
Army is today doing a
work which the church in its organic
ed capacity too long neglected. This
the church ought to have done and,
when it gets the right view of its
it will do
Having examined the functions of
the church and having discovered the
side reach of these functions, what
then are the resources of the church.
that ID may do the work to which in
the providence of God it has been
called These fall naturally into two
divisions The seen and the unseen.
Among the seen we may mention the
wealth of today Never was there
such an array of material resources
upon which the church may put its
hand as we have today All of this
Jesus Christ. as the head, will put
under tribute to His church when He
discovers that il can be trusted with
It, We are poor today not because
our Divine Head is poor. but because
He has not dared to trust us with
the vast resources to which we as
the children Of God. have become heirs
with Him.
Second. Then consider the means
Df communication today by which this
tribute may be transmitted to the ma
tons Of the world. The world has
been brought into one great neighbor-
hood-Shanghai. Liverpool, London
and New York are no longer separate
entities but are merely parts of one
metropolis. Shall the church remain
iumb and idle at a time when it may |
speak to the nations of the world in
1 day?
Third Then consider her resOur-
,es in the United States of America
md throughout the world. for that
natter, in the men and women found
githin her ranks. Here in America
ire the potency and power for world
if we marshal these under
he banner Of our Great Captain; but,
f we neglect. if we hesitate, we may
,e called in the near future to face
hese as our most inyeterate foe. If
We Christianize America in the pro-
'idence of God and transmite that is
low a mighty field into a mightier
orce. We may expect to see nations
,orn unto God in a day, but to neg
ect this opportunity at time like
his. when America is tremulous with
reat possibilities. is little short Of
riminal in the sight Of Almighty
iod?
OWN YOUR OWN HOME. Fidelity