Mexico Missouri message., 1911-03-02
REV. HOWARD L. DAVIS.
Presiding Elder of the Mexico
District of the Methodist
Church.

banquet rendered recently by the
pastor. the Rev. Willis CARLISLE.
BY the subject assigned me !
presume ! am 10 give an Outlok of
the world from a religious view
point. That is, What of the Day.
Which way are we goingi The
trend Of things.
There is today "A universal
awakening throughout the world
on religious lines There is an
unrest among all peoples, espec-
tally is this noticeable among the
heather nations. The Spirit Of
God has gone in advance Of the
church and is working upon the
hearts Of the heather who have
not even heard of the Church, or
of God and these people are now
expecting to see God or a super
human being of some kind-they
know not what to call Him. They
are looking for a power or BE
ing, however, Of some kind. They
are in some places in Africa and
other heather countries making
long trips Westward in quest Of
this. to them. the unknown God
following the Sun in the hope
that it will finally lead them to
the Supreme Being. In some
cases when these groups of saw
ages have come upon the Chris
tian missionary and found him 50
kind and intelligent they are led
to believe they have at last found
God. Thus it will be seen that
God is today working upon the
heart of the heather world and
also upon the Church. and the two
are now advancing toward each
other, and the day will soon be
here when the two will meet heart
to heart. The Church is now
aroused as never before. This
moving Of the Spirit upon the
heart of heather people is a full
fillment of the statement of John
when he depicted the final con
quest of the world by God s
Kingdom, saying. THE Spirit and
the bride (church) say come. -
Rev 22:l7 The Esprit" is to
give the invitation first, and then
the Church.
Then today j will be noticed
that there is brotherhood spirit
among men as never before. A
kind of "peace on earth and good
will toward men, idea running
through the heart of man. This
will he seen in such gatherings as
the Hague Peace Conference, The
Federal Council of Churches, Con
gress of Religions. etc. The peO-
pie are getting together. CONT
nentS. nations and denominations
The Churches. all denominations
Of any consequence. are making
efforts for unity of purpose.
Within one quarter of a century
there will be about three Protest
ant denominations in the world
doing business for God. Bap-
fists lall strictly immersion de-
n0minations) will be united into
one Church; Presbyterians, in
Guiding all Churches that baptize
by affusion and are Of cOngre-
gational form of government, will
unite; and the numerous Meth.
Odist bodies will get together in
one great body. When this hap
pens you may expect very rapid
work in the final conquest of the
world religiously. The Churches
are consolidating both in spirit
and body and are really becoming
one in Christ.
Another very fattering and en-.
couraging thing is the Interest
men are now taking in the Church
The time was when the Church
was mainly carried on by the pas
tor, a few faithful women. and tho
children. Today you will see Tia,
fathers, sons, brothers at the helm
Great men, Kings, Presidents
men of thought and leaders OF
great corporations and financial
interests are throwing their in
fiuences as never before foI
Christ, the Great Captain of Oul
salvation. Man was created Ia
be the head Of the home, tn,
Churches and the Nation. and W,
are glad 10 see him coming for
ward and takin0 his rinhtfnl NO.,