The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-06

uiSCoura8ement, or sorrow, and a |
mighty weapon in every conflict OF
right with wrong. Not SO much a !
knowledge of the Bible is desired. as
that this knowledge be turned into
action. and SO became a real force In
lie. We may not be able to agree
upon the traditions and theories that
gather about the Book, but we can all
read in hearty unison its great mes
sages from a loving Father to His
needy children. The aim Of the move
ment is that every man shall SO learn
the gospel story that he can work out
Tor himself the program of Jesus
Christ.
Evangelism.
The Bible is the message of God to
man. Linked with this message must
be the work Of evangelism AS by
inducing men to study the Bible we
cause them to hear the voice Of God,
by evangelism we persuade them to
heed that voice.
evangelism must pervade every de-
partment of the movement. 1t must
be the very life Of it. 1t is the key
stone to the arch. The good news OF
hedeemer and OF redeemable
world gives the passion for Social
Work, Boys Work, Bible Study and
Missions. The moment We shun this
word and what it stands for, we lose
the one factor by which we may sue
coed. This movement puts the first re-
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church.
The reproach that has sometimes
been connected with this word has
been due In part to evangelistic meet
lngs In which individual and churches
have eagerly adopted plan by which
1t seemed possible for them to fold
their hands and enjoy great revival
meetings while strangers to the COM
munity tried to do their work. A re-
action is Inevitable when the human
instrument that has been used OF God
to awaken men has been withdrawn
before these newborn men have be-
come strong enough spiritually.
At the conference on Charities and
Correction, held in Boston, June, 1911,
the church had prominent place on
the program for the first time. AT
the first general session of the Church
: and Social Work Section in fremont
v Temple, over two thousand were
e present and manifested the most In
/ tense interest in the discussion Of the
g place OF the church in society. Ole
a attendants said 1T was the high watel
e mark of all conferences.
The full social program will not be
carried out save as 1t is pervaded b,
n the purest religious passion. Hence
a at the meeting of the Religious Edu
/ cation Association held in Provid shce
a that dean of social workers, Miss JAM
q Adams declared that legislation ant
publicity will not suffice, that the da,
= is past in England and America whel
there was the demand for absolut
separation from religion because
seemed to lack reality. She close
:. that address with stirring appeal t
. the church to enter into real &C
- operation.
- Surely here is a task that will al
j, tract the strong red-blooded. spirit
!, touched man and make him feel it
- worth while to be christian. In fac
- this is the only hope of society. Ever
= community, from the city, crowde
= with it's millions to the scattered farm
e ing districts has its social, politica
=, and industrial evils which are pate1
:. to all. and which challenge tn
:, church. The leading social experts c
- North America are in this movement
~ have sent a ringing message to tn
:. men of North America, and have pre-
. pared for the Program of Work"
- chapter full of definite suggestions a
- - to what to do and how to do 1t.
y One has said he approved this move
ment because it puts the man VIII
stands for individual salvation an
the man who stands fer social saliva
70 ton ON the same platform. Let us d
At better than that Let US have ever
AZ man a we'll balanced combination G
is the two. 1t may be that we can be
at gin with only sympathetic relation
N but let us not rest until the most e,
+. IRENE evangelistic workers and tn
IN most extreme social workers see tn
N need of each other Thus the churc
.. will fulfill its mission of individua
"a and social salvation
IL Missions.
. Missions is the next theme in thi
ia message. 1t is inseparable from tn
lie preceding, for it is impossible to dra,
definite line between missionar
10 and social work. The most successful
y social settlements In the world ar
10 the foreign mission stations whic
q antidate all the well known socia
a settlements OF North America. Thei
success Is due to the union of socia
ID work and evangelism. First In the pla
~ is the hospital the charity work tn
"a school and the workshop. First i
'e the purpose is that men shall kno'
the love of God revealed in Jesu
u Christ made plain to nonchristia
. people by the humblest service tina
: can be rendered with an explanation
of the why.
1t is most natural thing to hav