The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-13

The BLAINE Of KANSAS" THE METROPOLITAN TONIGHT

see that unhealthy and i%nsincerity IL it
Ia there. The boy is not a child. He
Is a man in the making, and this is
where We must take him and develop
him.
The last problem is. the church
must be willing to bring a type OF re-
ligious expression that Is based upon
the realm In which the boy lives. The
boys religion means doing things In
life In the way Jesus would have him
do. The religion of a boy means far
more than we think. 1t means action.
with intense loyalty to Jesus Christ. I
say to you hat although the old tesla
nent furnishes the very best food for
meditation and instruction. 1t Is yalu-
BILE only when YOU are willing to
bring 1t down and put 1t into this life
where he lives. He Ia not very much
Interested in the problem Of Abraham.
n Jacob and the patEiarchs unless
their solution helps him to live his in
in New Hampshire and talked to the
boys. The minister invited US to his
church and they got the boys out. and
marched them Two miles to this
church to listen to a sermon and the
minister got up and talked to them
Tor tortN-hve minutes on, THE Func-
ton Of the Angels" VIII you be.
lievc me. there was not 4 boy there
who wanted to be an angel. Every
boy wanted with all the power God
had given him to be a real man or
boy.
There are two great epoche in the
life Of every boy. First Of all. in
every boys life there Is an ideal life
which needs emphasizing. We should
help the growing ideals of life in the
adolescent boy. Let us recognize. as I
said a moment ago. that the boy must
nave expression for action and service.
Christianity. to the boy. mea acting
and doing things for Christ.
III you will give the boys q. chance.
remembering your own childhood and
a boys needs, giving the hoy a chance
to express his own initiative, YOU will
have n of the greatest powers in the
church that the church has ever
known. and the man problem, the
economic problem. and the test, will
be solved in the hearts and lives of
the American boy"
Address by Pearce.
The closing feature of this morn.
ing's session. was n splendid address on
The Bible in Action" by W.. e.
Pearce. expert in charge Of bible
oluuS 0OIhs XATs I,GdTCc SalO.
The church of Christ is an army
militant. An army has at least a
three fold mcdonnell needs to be
fed. The bible is the food for the
spiritual man.. In crossing the Cana
dian Rockies last summer, We passed
three different camps where men We're
engaged in various kinds Of work, all
of them living in tents. We noticed
that the first tent which was pitched
was the dining tent. and the kitchen.
This was because the leaders Of the
that mon could not work unless they
were we'll fed. The shops and fac
tories Of Rochester could easily be put
out OF business if the workmen were
as poorly fed as the average man is
fed spiritually. Second, the army
needs to be taught and the bible is
the tactics Of the army of the Lord.
In the bible we find carefully marked
out not only the perils of the battle.
field but also the plan Of campaign:
Third. an. army needs to be trained
and the bible Is the sword of the spirit.
! remember we'll when as a boy my
heart vas filled with wonder by two
swords that hung In a home of one Of
my uncles. One day he greatly de-
lighted me by taking the swords from
their place on the wall, strapped one
OF them on me and the other upon
himself. and then challenged ME to a
sword duel. In trying to strike him
l found that it was impossible. but
when he asked the privilege Of strik-
ing me l surrendered at once. The
difference was not the swords but in
the words-men. 1t is Just as true in
our Christian work-the bible is the
same book in Moody's hands as It is
in the hands of another-but the re.
suits achieved in its use are vastly diff
ferent.
Food that is uneaten is famine,
tactics unknown is confusion, swords
~unsheathed are helpless. an unfed
army is weakness. an untaught army
is confusion, an unframed army is
defeat.
Many victories have already been
achieved through bible study. We ask
the privilege of introducing here the
dispositions OF witnesses who cannot
he present but who have experienced
victories in the field and whose testi-
mony will encourage and strengthen
the hands and heart of every work.
maj here.
"First-At Canton. Ohio. ten years
ago. MIR. Welsheirner was called to the
%pastorate of the Christian church. He
found a congregation OF q few hum
utcA Will d SuHQdS ecnOOl averaging
in attendance about 100. The second
Sunday he was there he organized an
adult bible class. This class now mum.
bers nearly 1000 He has in his Sun
day school twelve other organized
adult classes. During the ten years he
has baptized and received into tho
church upon confession of faith more
than person per day. They have
passed a law in the church that no
man or woman can hold any Office In
the church who is not a member of
the bible school. They r rebuild