The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-01
OUTLINE WORK
FORCHURCHES
IN RICHMOND
Policy of Laymen's Mission
airy Movement Here Was
Unanimously Adopted At
the Final Session.
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NS0AlthNou LOiH ago Su6p
ding and we wish it known that We
feel indebted to the church board.
And to the subscribers who put up
the guarantee fund, we wish to extend
thanks.
TO the committees who worked for
this great gathering, we want to thank
them for they have worked together"
Class of Men.
Prof Michel announced that a class
of men was being organized for the
study Of Mr.. Dougnty's book 1.-THE Call
OF the World" These classes will
meet at 1870 in the Y. NJ. G. A. one
night a week for four weeks and will
be under the direction Of Professor
Ebert Russell of EarIham College.
J. Campbell White followed with
His subject was "Your Life Purpose"
He spoke in part as follows:
IF one is to adopt life purpose
that is comprehensively and wholly
Christian, it will include several vital
elements. The first of these is the
purpose to follow and obey the will
OF God, no matter at what cost. DR..
Sen of China says, God wants not
your patronage but your obedience
THE second element is the purpose
to study both the word of God and the
facts of the Kingdom. Only a person
who studies seriously these principles
and facts, is able to relate himself in
any large way to the salvation of the
great problems that confront the
church.
The third element of worthy
Christian purpose Ia to give with sys-
tenn, proportion and sacrifice to the
work of the Kingdom. God does not
ask us to give because He needs the
money, for the silver and gold are
His and the cattle upon a thousand
hills. But he asks us to give it that
in doing so we may become more like
Himself.
1.-THE fourth element of a Christian
life purpose is to pray patiently for
more laborers, for those already at
work and for the coming of the King
dom of God in the world. There are
1440 minutes in every day. Can we
uOL Spcuu dL least OItC OUT OIL
each hundred in prayer? Nothing
else can SO release divine aenergeies
through us. Prayer moves tn hand
that moves the world. 1t is the
Christians primary method of work
You can do more than pray after you
have prayed but you cannot do more
than pray until you have prayed.
Laymen's Duties.
witnessing habitually to others
about Christ as our sufficient Saviour
is the next element Of Christian life
purpose. Be witnesses unto me- was
Christ's plan of world-redemption
Money can't save America or any
other field, it can only support the
workers who give their testimony. 1t
is the witnessing that produces the
results. And this is not the preach
er's job alone, but the work of every
layman also who is worthy of bearing
the name of Christ.
THE sixth thing is to plan. The
business of making mankind Godlike
In character is the biggest undertak-
ing in the world. There is a place
for the largest and best plans. No
man should give less intelligence to
planning the work of the Church than
he gives to his own private affairs
The Church needs the best brains of
the greatest men to plan for the en-
Iistment of the whole church in be-
half of the whole world.
And the last thing is to go, either
personally or by proxy and make dis
ciples of all nations. Young men and
women should either go or give God
a good reason why they do not go.