Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-07


over by DR. COnwell that is a vast
powerhouse of spirituality and benevo-
lence reaching the masses of the people
for purity and good. In New York Or.
GOodelIs great church is drawing null
titudes of the unsaved into the kingdom.
and down in Texas at Dallas. the
great church over which DIR. Truett
presdes is a marvellous soul saving sta
ton with ability to attract the wealthy
and poor the learned and the ignorant
There all meet together upon COM
mon plane and the Lord is ruler of them
all. God can take the little strength of
His churches and plus it with His great
power. and these same feeble churches
can fairly revolutionize thought and
action in their respective loCalit Is.
After all, much can be said about an
able church and what really consti-
tutes ability. 1t is not wealth and
education and influence. 1t is sim
pie faith in Christ and obedience To His
commands 1t is the spirit that was
manifest by the disciples when al the
command OF the Lord they let down the
nets, even though they felt that there
were small chances Of results from
| human viewpoint That spirit will ever
prevail and bring ability in IS wake.
a Church With Opportunity.
! An open door" is set before il which
none can close, an opportunity To be-
| come a real factor in building up the
community life Such a church as this
/ was the great Tabernacle church of At
I
/ Broughted whose farSighted policies
/ and wisdom made his great church
! factor in the social. moral, political, re-
! j giouS world about it. An opportunity
| to better politics and make mere time
| servers and man pleaSerS feel that
! Christianity applied to social problems
| meant a change for the better. An Op-
portunity not only to heal the sin-sick
souls of men. but to heal their bodies
| and send them forth sane and sound
| bodily and spiritually to engage in
| continuous crusade against evil and
sin The great trouble with most OF
! our churches is that they fail to recog
| niZe the door of opportunity that IS
open before them. Christ expressly told
! His disciples to preach. teach, heal, and
practically all of the churches to-day
| strenuously propagate the preaching
! idea, and, AZ a result, much eVangellZ-
ing has been done, but they have failed
! to enter the door of opportunity 50 far
las teaching and healing is concerned,
| and as a result ignorance prevails on
, every side and along with il evil of all
sorts. Healing is not thought of much
! in connection with the church. 1t Is
turned over almost entirely to the state
and the world. oh! for the day to come
! when each church will recognize it's OPP
portunity and put forth every effort to
improve and enter upon its heritage.
A Church With God as Keeper
Il also will keep thee" Here after al!
lies the chief strength of the Loyal
| her through dangers, tolls and SnaFeS.
| NiCissitudes small and great may come
into church life but if it's members de-
pend upon God to keep them, they viii
come out victors in the end. Alas! that
so many Of our churches should feel
this sufficiently and depend upon meth
DDS and pans of mans invention to
pun them through the hard places ana
over the rough roads. We'll did the
psalmist sing He who watches over
Israel slumbcrs not nor sleeps His
eye is even upon the sparrow, and not
a hair Of ones head can be harmed
without his knowledge and permission
To have such a God to guide and lead
and direct in the affairs of men Is
worth everything TO the loyal church.
Christ says, Behold, | give of the syn
agogue of Satan Of them which say
they are Jews. and they are not, but do
lie; behold | will make them to come
and worship before thy feet, and to
know that | have loved thee, | come
quickly. hold fast that which thou hast.
that no man take thy crown He that
overcometh, | will make him a pillar
in the temple Of My God and he shall
J go out thence no more; and | VIII write
upon him the name of My Cod and the
name Of the city of My God, the New
Jerusalem, which COmeth down out Of
heaven from My God, and Mine own
new name