The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-21
NAMES GREATEST
 TASKS OF CHURCH Evangelist Walker Breaches
 at First Christian IS MISSIONARY WORK
Most Important Task Is Missionary Work at Home and Next Comes Carrying the Gospel to the
 Heather Lands

At the First Christian church yes terday morning Evangelist w Graham Walker preached on "The Church Tasks" in which he emphasized the reed of brotherhood and cooperation in overcoming evil and in the further anee of the Kingdom of God
 The Rev. pr Walker defined the various tasks that confront the church today, such as evangelizing the heath- ems of benighted countries and Chris t:anizing the supposedly Christian peo- pic in this Christian country. In part Dr. Walker said:
 The missionary movement is on the increase throughout this country and riore beneficial results are being at tained by that great body of servants of the Lord than at any other period in the worlds history To day in our Bible schools more young men and women are willing to accept the mis- sionary call than we can use.
 The missionaries represent one of the greatest of the church's tasks. They go forth into the wilderness and into the wilds suffering privations and often death at the hands of savages to whom they are preaching the gospel
 
 aborigine may be saved. The mission aiy is supported in his endeavors by the church and is entirely dependent upon 1t for his livelihood And today more than at any other time the church is meeting the expenses of foreign mis- sions and is placing more and more missionaries in the field owing to the liberal support of churchgoers and the ample gifts of captains of industry who are willing that some part of their immense wealth should go to enlight- en the savages of uncivilized coun- tries.
 Save People at Home "The missionary movement repre- sents only one of the tasks of the church of today, although it is a very important one. In my opinion the church has greater task In saving it's professedly Christian people at home rather than the pagan of the heather world. The church today must awak e to the greatest task that confronts 1t and that is to get the people together again under the spell of the Lord Jesus Christ
 Here in this professedly Christian country the need at present is great est for get-together movement for 2 better church attendance and general moral uplift. People are getting to look with too much complaisance upon evils which exist today under your very eyes and the influence of Christ Is needed and needed at once to stem the tide of evil which is everywhere throughout the country. To preach righteousness at home and overcome the evil influences of the present day represents the greatest task of the church and in this city with its many | churches the task appears stupendous. | But I am optimistic and conditions will | he bettered: for the church is greater than its task and with the aid of Jesus Christ the solution of any problem is possible.
 Christianizing Politics
 "Still other tasks that confront the church is Christianizing modern bus | mess and business men, The great greed and false gain wil eventually fall under the influence of Christ and a long step will have been taken to- ward the kingdom of God.
 The politics of this land must be Christianized and that also represents | a stupendous task for the church of | today. It may be said that when the | church will have christianized big bus | mess our politics will also have fallen | under the power of the Lord. for pol | itics intertwine in and out of business and move of the one affects the oth- CT. There are other tasks but these | are the main ones and l can truly say | that the church is meeting these enor- | nous tasks with courage and a persis- tence that will win a glorious victory | for the cause of righteousness and the l furtherance of the kingdom of God"