The Washington herald., 1910-05-09
Story Of a Believing Church.
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Editor The Washington Herald:
There may be others-I know OF one
And this one had a Moses who led tbar,
out of their Egypt and into the land NJ
corn and wine in which they are hand
Ing out TO others and thus today are
doubly blessed
This most notable church C,id, record
OF the scribe above-if you get there,
was not on upper Sixth avenu, and Of
surprising architecture, but a rough loo
! house IN the Kansas wilds. organfzed as
! a Sunday school outcrowth Of a fay,
| months. There were Thirteen" charter
members, and the date was tIls writer's
| birthday the 18th II March Onake what
| ycu can Of the '13'D, forty years ago
The NTH pastorate was that Of the Rev
Charles z. Brodt, and he only Ph. d
up above, l fancy, It is written as r
d. believing Disciple). Three or fo,,r
pastors preceding him we're early To-
warded with a crown. This believing
Brodt Is sull In the harvest field and
also field secretary Of foreign missions
The time came when a financial str,lr-
gle discouraged and depleted their
strength Burdened with debt and v-irb
no available assets. their floating debt
rose higher and higher each wear. To
state II plainly, the organization was
practically bankrupt, and no wealthy /
mertter 10 come % the fore. To orors |
the pastor: The members, though berYi, I
and generous, had personal obligations /
which taxed them almost bevonJ The /
limit Of endurance. ""s They looked opt /
upon nothing but the frowning cliffs and 4
rocks Of large bonded debt for which
they had nothing to show, and with
which they had no means to grapple"
1t became naturally, a question with
the officials, as business men, whether
1t was right to continue a business or
ganization that had for long been deem /
ening them I'm the miro and into addi-
tional obligations. for which no amount /,
Of financial figuring could show any DOS
sible way out.
In this desperate strait some unknown
souls had surely been doing some tall
praying, unbeknownst to the pastor, who
had laid hold Of the horns of the ,
altar or he would not have had the ,
vision that came 10 him, nor the com ,
nand, Arise and stand upon thy feet g
&c" :
He arose and began preaching with .
lnwonted power the Scriptural doctrine +
hat Gods presence and power was con- Y
iitioned upon a practical willingness. m :
'bey the great commission" \
one cold, bleak January morning the :,
'astor was prepared with this MESSAGE q
rom his Master: That their salvation de-
pended upon taking their little rem .
lant Of flour and pie and dividing II o
With the starving heather world :
Now, note the result Of this sinnnlo
aith in removing mountains" Tbot p
anne year current expenses paid and .
Ioating debt wiped out, the first spcb !.
howing in ten years. :
The second year Of this awakening tho :.
9reign mission support more than =
oubled. and a home missionary worl,
dded. That year the bonded debt re- %
loved out of all debt and money in tho
easury- They are now supporting four
merican foreign missionaries and tuor :,
'-fve native assistants. and the homo -
ission work has received an eoua1 sur y
)rt. Se
With all this work. born Of her nov &c
'ty and distress. she has during tho
lst nine years given more than $40 noo
r the work of the Gospel in their ov,r ST Se
wn And during this term 1.245 mem =
rs have been added to this church
ney voted to give their pastor to the -