The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-08

DRs.s w. a. CRAWFORD AND CARL
N G. D0NEY MAKE STRONG
INV, ADDRESSES.
OFEFIRST METH0-
DIST CHURCH FILLED WITH
EAGER LISTENERS.
DR.. FREDERICK3sTONE, OF AMER
ICAN UNIVERSITY, GAVE
GE IA GOOD TALK. "a


ICAN UNIVERSITY, GAVE
"a: GOOD TALK :
The Anniversary Of the Board of
Education of the Conference was held
last evening with. DR.. ]. E. Bird, Of
Charleston, presiding. DR.: H. F. ].
Riley offered feryent prayer. Fol
lowing the devotional exercises DR..
Frederick Stone, Of the American
University of Washington. D. c.,
made an interesting address in the
interest Of the institution. DR.. w.
H. Crawford followed with brief
but good talktin the interest of Allie
gheny College of, NIeadville. 70
Wesleyan College at Buckhannua
was represented by DR.. Carl G. Don
cy in a brief address. These gentle
men were given close. attention and
they ably represented the interests
Of the great institutions OF learning
they represent. .s4 W.
A large congregation assembled for
the exercises Of the evening and
pleasing feature of the evening was a
duet by two Of Fairmont'sitalented
soloists, Messrs. w. D. Darlington
and Jack Abbott. t9a"t e't
Rev. w. c. Hartinger, of Wheel
ing, one of the prominent dtvines OF
the Methodist Episcopal conference,
delivered the annual missionary SER
mon yesterday afternoon to large
congregation. Rev. Hartinger Is
clergyman OF great ability and his
sermon was masterpiece.
Rev. Hartinger, said in part:
The Universal Kingship of Jesus
Christ.
Text-Matthew 24:1S and 2s:1S-
10.
The idea Of universal imperialism
has always been growth, never u
first thought with so-called world
conQuerers:
In distinct contrast to all human
forecasts and dreams there is pre-
sented in the prophecies and in the
Gospels of our Lord a picture Of uni
versal imperialism, unique and with
out parallel
Jesus Christ encourages world
plans. talks of world victories and
sends His Disciples out upon a world
mission. i.I THs
Our text is in perfect accord with
all the Scriptures. When we see the
Gospel as a whole we have an OUT
look as wide as the world. "The word
Of God has universal significance or
It has none" f
Christ's world program is receiv-
ing new emphasis today. God has SO
compacted the human family, so con-
tracted the world that missionary
work has become the article OF
standing or falling church, stand
ing or falling civilization. Mission
airy zeal has no longer be matter OF
geographical boundaries. For Goo
las made the whole world one.
Eyangelization must be made to
include Characterization. Our task
includes the transformation OF hn-
man life after the pattern Of the
Christ life, the reconstruction Of hui
man society after the constitution OF
the Kingdom of Heaven as Christ
conceived it, the capture for righte-
business and God Of every force ana
process of civilization, economic, O.
ciaL political, commercial, Industrial
national, international. To attempt
less is to cheaper our task, till 1t Is
unworthy OF serious evangel.
A personal recognition of the Lord
ship and Kingship OF Jesus Christ is
necessary to our cooperation In
Christ's worldwide purpose. The mis-
sionary enterprise is inseparably
bound up with the supernatural view
of Christ's person. We must be GER
tain that Jesus is necessity to men.
We must be settled in our minds that
He is no mere prophet or teacher, but
the Divine Christ, through whom
alone salvation can come to men. We
can not whittle away our conceptions
of Christ and retain our missionary
zeal unimpaired. The bracing sense
Of Christ's Lordship, His Lordship
over the world, His Lordship over US
is what we need to steady US and
give us strength for the fulfitlment OF
our supreme task.
Mark you, the condition of Christ,s
abiding presence is obedience to His
great command. The home. church
must do its best to evangelize anu
IChristianize the world in order to re-
tain the presence Of the living, con-
quering Christ in her own experience.