The Washington times., 1913-05-10

The suggestion has been made by the
United Society of Christian EndeavoI
IN Boston that for the Sunday evening
service. when the Christian Endeavorers
come to the meeting, they be seated by
the ushers on one side of the Christian
Endeavor. room, which side will repre-
sent ''the world As the leader and
the members OF the society take part
in the service. they move over to the
other side of the room. thus sigrifying
their intention to leave the. things OF
this world, and to cross over" to
"Christ's world" which may be repre-
sented by the rapidly filling other side
OF the room II there be some timid
Endeavorers who fail to take part in
the meeting, they may be asked To take
their places on Christ's side during a
season of prayer or song.
This unique and interesting plan FOR
the. Sunday evening service leads us
into the reflections, Is Chrfsts Kingdom
to come upon the earth? Wih the Faith,
er eventually cause all the IcrceS OF
evil to bow before the foot-stool Of His
Son. and to acknowledge Him Lord Of
Lords and King Of Kings? Will all ma
tions and kindreds and climes bow
down before Him in token Of His ruler
How long must we wait before Christ is
acknowledged by all men? viii that
time come in our generation? Will it
be postponed for thousand genera
tons, or will that time never come?
VIII men ever learn 10 love not the
the ''leshpots Of Egypt" and to sell
their souls for messes Of potase?
THE WORLD SHALL BE CHRIST'S.
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outcome of the struggle between the
forces Of good and evil upon the earth.
The Bible tells US that Christ must
triumph. Satan must be bound. All
peoples and all nations must cry out
with the impulsive Peter. when Jesus
asked him, Whom say ye that I ann
lin a great triumphal shout: Thou
art the Christ. the Son Of the living
God,'
IN THIS GENERATION?
The great Laymen's Missionary Move
ment has for its slogan. THE World for
Christ in This Generation" When men
first heard that slogan. they marveled
and said; 1T is impossible: it can't be
done. But the great leaders of re-
hgious thought knew whereof they
spoke. They smiled at the scoffers:
they enlisted men all over the world
In campaign for souls; they prayed to
the God of the harvest that He would
Senu TedperS INTO the neidS mat were
already white unto the harvest" God
has been sending men over into Mace
dOnia, and with these men has gone
money. and the men and the money
have been followed by the prayers Of
Gods people in Christian lands, and the
present generation has witnessed such a
triumph for the Gospel in heather lands
as was never dreamed of nor expected
by the most optimistic missionaries a
decade ago. When Will the end be,
when all men shall have heard from the
lips Of the missionaries the old. old
story. and shall have been taught to
love not the world" but to love in
stead the things that pertain to the
Kingdom of God The men of the
church have said it must be in this
generation. and it would seem that the
prayers Of Christian people are to be
answered. We will not say that every
knee shall have bowed in loving sur
render to the King in this generation.
but We will say that every people i'm
every cline shall have been told of
Jesus and His love, and that upon them
shall rest the burden of a decision
whether they shall '1ove the world" or
love not the world" but God.
BIBLE PASSAGES.
The Bible has much to say about the
Derils of "woridliness'' John suggests
Il John 2:15) that We may derive bene-
hts from the world, but that we are not
10 love the things Of the world unduIy,
snd in the next verse he tells why we
should not, while in the seventeenth
verse he warns us by pointing out the
of woridliness. In the
fourth chapter and fourth verse he ex-