The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-03-04
GREAT MOVEMENT BROUGHT TO
BOISE

BOISE
On the 10th and 18th of March a
great meeting will be held in Boise to
spread among the men of Idaho the
leaven that is to bring up the great
movement in this state of Christian
izing the world in the present genera
ton.
The meetings are for men, and it is
professional and the most energetic
men. of the nation in worldwide
movement to evangelize, 1t Is estimat-
ed that Christianity is being taught
now to one third of the human family
and that by multiplying the effort by
three, it can be covered completely.
1t is claimed that most of the
Outstanding work heretofore has
been done by women, and that when
once the men take hold of the job
the enegeries and working material
will be so multiplied that a clean
sweep will be the result.
So many reforms are being carried
forward now, all parts of the world
being engaged in the fight against
the liquor trade, opium trade, the
while slave trade, and so much strong
sentiment is being built up for uni
versal peace, that grand opportun-
ity is now open to combat all these
things with christianity put into
practice, and at one worldwide eff
fort to give to humanity something
absolutely beneficial and satisfying to
take the place of things they have
heretofore been slaves to.
The teachings of Christianity have
even been interpreted to mean in
practical, material things that "to
him that hath, shall be given" and
the individual who seems to be car
rying all the financial or material
burden he is capable Of, can put
large sums into Christian work and
still be able to carry the other bur-
dens more easily than before. That
this is not the result of miracle, but
of Gods divine and infinite power
bestowed upon those who make prop
er use of what they have-who dis
charge their trust in material things,
in keeping with divine law. That
the effect upon self, when acting in
behalf of others, reflects such results,
and the more there are engaged in it,
the more there is to reflect upon all
the givers and all others who are in
the position to be recipients.
The unbelieving, and those of lit
tie faith, have construed this to be
a method of graft, of parting people
from their money, and yet ID business
fhnU inf OF +D
who prove their ability to meet the
responsibilities and the trusts con-
ferred upon them; in politics they
follow the same principe, and it
seems reasonable that this principle
is active in governing the affairs of
the world and the universe.
However, men wish to find the
proofs of these things-they want to
see something tangible and incontro-
ertible before they put their means
into things that are to them only
half proven. Prof. Morse induced
congress to put $4,000 into the mag
netlc telegraph, even though they
could not see the electric current.
Cyrus Field induced men to put mil
lions into the Atlantic cable even
SA~SNoA sASJ SouAu NV pC ouI vi lC-
suits; the once great joke of develop
ing power with a wheel at water
fall and conveying the twisting mo-
ton to spindles far away by means
OF slender cable hanging motionless,
has passed the joking stage and the !
energies OF nation are bent upon
saving the power sites from being
monopolized by trusts formed by the
great captains of industry and fin |,
ance; while men hesitate to say they
believe In prayer because they cannot
see 1t transmitted, they stand by a
telephone line and know that mes
sages are passing even though they
cannot hear them midway, and sci !
ence has gone step farther in the
demonstration of how prayer is trans
mltted, by operating the wireless TEL
egraph that enables men to call across
the seas and receive replies; they
know that certain instruments must
be used by both parties in these COM
munications, or they fail of being re-
celved at both stations, and now the
hard headed business man is up
against the old question of faith,
the one requisite of successful pray
Or, and faith stands in the same re-
lat1On as the wireless instrument
faith pure and simple, tuned exactly
so, is the one requisite for transmit
ting prayer and having it received at {
either station-on earth or on High.
No religious denomination can
claim monopoly on the use of this
Divine power, and now comes this
worldwide movement that is inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL, combining alldenom-
nations in the effort to bring accept
ance of Christianity for the whole :
race, acting upon the motto, 1--WE can :
If we WILL" and changing this to the
later motto, 1--WE can and we will"
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