The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-02-03
TWO CHURCH
ES-ONE WORK
PASTOR OF THE FEDERATED
CHURCH OF MARION, =
KANSAS - :,
Publish by r~quest OF Rev. Il. z
JOhnson.)

J9hns"n.l
,Thsre .sre eight rhnrch organizations =
Marion. Kansas. t.wn of sprs-thinl
over e.fssI in a rich agricultural fexfdn
Bnti 1.-Two of them are proving that chur~k
federation works. s-..s.
1frv are the Baptist and Presbyterian
Congregations .Pscb. i~fore the union,
hal about a hund. III ns inb rs. Previotn
to March first "f last year the Prssby-
tefian church hal isen ~ithout a pasto,
for ah"ut year and half, and tho
Baptist church tor si"ut n year. AZ al:
m-mt~rs of the-e two churrh~. had al
Ways l~en frirfsiIy. and We're Largely pro
Hre~sive ami tcosi.mindsSi ps-,pkf' the3
frankly dfsru-s.-i iirs.ir sit,latisus. wists
earir other. end ter preiintipaxy coz
fereR.s- and -p ssi.. mrsi'pgs iccuye'i
the n s.,afiop Churrh of Marion. >
Fab organization remains intact ANY
one j"ining tins Church nn,rst. ut piesrsst
t*come -. Baptist or q .Ire-bytrIian,: A..
cording Ia the rit.- spd customs N escl.
church A I,osid II n,siiaprrs wss -,ert
ed, composed 'oi tlifre' '-nn~iiib~r- frs6
sea-h saanrsts, who hate. .c.,ares. of th<
EroI<siiss of the. t,-t.sss.tjprs >. And .tip
gsnersi s',er~iyht vt: usr organization
efS'en-sT arr provided ,ait OF = cs.n,-
mon fnpd, but tfie meii,brrs II easH
church pl.-ig, 10 the l~.iist. II ns,, OF es,bi
deo.,.,,;s'~.n. an, a's. ,,aid To- the ss-s~rab
denomination Al boards.
Zach sunday -'i"sd. i"r tirr pps-eni'
h"li- IL -s---i'.i'- ia its'rs-Eectivs elm 'ch
Enr ri.- ta,:l,-I,ing -s-rvk,-- a~e held in tie
baptist rhurrh. as IL l. tilp ir-~-+- ialiit !
ing. Tie prrsef meetseci i=lrejd1n tb.. !.
Presbyterian rhnrch, while thr Chri~tis,'
Endsa,or S1-afy u,rsts al tlse Baptist
eaupla ntf thp 'Mes's Bfotis~ylssd. "a
ti~,i'rs~l,Ster3n chuSrhs- 13s. .N4pp-n',
ss.-'sa'~s aI- t"r Vie pr-ssn. keEs.sp.ra~.
1lr Presbyterian church has nlsnsr AMI
il ir ocruy i.-, by the pastor Of the FEEDER
afs-i Church. - = ~ Il
1he scoring ofSr asser MS sarIspate,'
To- tl.e managing board, hut the chV.ce oi
the iosrd must ie ratified 10y the entu.
membership of'ff,e 'F~,h-rais.f ciairh
SANE ol the l'ressoierisns favored aBsp-
tet .muii-srr aud spine ri the Bapsizi,
ist.sssi that. plan. :: Bot It MAS trm!y dr.
eided u call a CDErrgstionslist,
How does il work First, fbe sndi1nce~
are large and enthusiastic. VIXEN 'thess
chSrshes " jssiaysl sel~rstssy,: the -ao-
dlsnres were n.o~tly su.4ll now thes hay..
n.ore than. ,oullsi. show i,g that large
gronp maker an appeal that The smaller
one cannot make A. to money. much
lsryer amonnt is rsis~,i more easily than
tise smaller amounts ofearfr sdlnrsh xfel
tsy were -.parate. When special fund.-
sre needed for various PURPOSES, they arr
estberei qaiskly snsf EASILY - ysrc
But the. moet isofamdly sgHftam
phssr Of this movement " its eject upon
thov~ outside 81 the. church. Many pro
pie have said that tins thing appealed b.
tlsrm g. no single church could. thst the |
spectacle oi two churcl,es, - widely, dts
ferent i'm their customs and dortrinsil
pcints Of viw. living soyetirer harmoe
niOusly and. carrying ont thear work u
grther. challenged their interest and ~
moved their reasons for staying out Of
the church.
The plan has bad some opposition.
SOnie VI the older and more. conse~s stiv.
members of both churches oppo-ed tf.
consolidation and lev are still unre.oh
eiIed. sone of. the ns-sDi-rs OF othe~
cburcle- of the town talked against ia
and lew of the ministers were skeptiess
a. ~ IT. Succs=-. But Il - the conviction
81 tho-e who understand tire situation
the i~~f that IN another year all 5atts-i
ton will have disappeared.
1l'- h"Ie Ut the iuiure is It'll cI.-er
g -.,,-rati1n Wh~rtver there can n.
cO-Or-rstssl wius,ut tsfnclling upon tb.
d uosnlnat,onal sii'liatioi,. the federation
II artivitie- win c,ntinne. This would
esentnaily bTing the two sunday ~bool-
and tlse lsdisS' s~ietie- togrsher, and
eliminate lev rmsining duy,licstion-.
We l-lievr ~ ars among tie r,ionaer.
of movement which will in tl,e course
Oi time -~~rp oseg tpe country and solve
the proDl<n of che over-churshed com
mnnIty.
EDIroR's Norr ~ very noted minister
in the BAPTIST chuich asked the writer
ID your eburcl'. meaning ire Pre-l,y-
terisn church. riJ le'i - a church or 50
cFtyy'' Tie qus~t'"n di-clo-s-i the lsck
Of Information ~hsch which - sal con
dlfior. with - many Who ssy they arr
tl,e ''Call,d ~ o.s-i' 4, hal the geny,le
in this twentieth day s'ly sncement Prom
stsnd,-,int ~ Ti'ss.1sgy tie Pre~iy tsrisn
and Baptist ei,urchs- are one and the
same, 18th i<ing Calvini-tic. Tie differ
ence - in policy not in Theological d.gms
This article below y puili-iesi for two
ressons. nsmrly N let tie people resd and
~ &C the moyemnt in the Christian
9 sburh ef toa~y. towards upisy of opsrs-
ton in The vovk given - the church %
% IN tk,e world. Next, = 70 give the m