Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03

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today f7ezs the Dsz1- ~Ea mat aaLl
pity EEaz t3e msur iendastsl unto the
Lord a23 laae wh5r1 be laf& g7pais
wIA He rsE8x l1z2 again '-Pr3T 1877.
The Fasger sarIaissad that Deazsgse he
has pEs2I&sl Ger G~eirty-eigAr ysars
w5rhSNEE bsvSasg swsr saSte4 ~ ii called.
taos er SEsssa14I fsr ugplggy IN cunaec,
taon WIFI E&s ETcrk- sarzts ziaT anTs
reached TIE err2zesgs ete7cigsigr gasc
he Is opposed 20 e1arisasS Nothing
ccu21 be farther from cle ruth. Lsur.
Ing his ministry EaAgT thussssGaG dat-
lars hare passed through his aaa,Es-
voluntary gtfss freE1 graEgE15 sesEss. gyr
the spread OF cas Glad Things at greac
jog. AcZegFsz II is b&s C~cuvir1eu r2aar
no one cezSd ka III 9ccepCao3e Chris
ran ua2sss be possessed ghs spErEr gf
charity. beasyalsnes.
From tha speakers yew2gfae. mis-
sioEary enterprises cslgtt prpcgesF be
considered c~Aarirfas-atr not SO ChurcS
enterprises The ChurcA he claimed
IS net . missionary society so- ssa
worlds benefit. Bot an Arrangement
for tAs benefit az it's members Hence
esch member Of this brotherhood
should consider himself tn duty bound
TO cooperate TO the extent OF his sh4lE-
tE 10 providing for the lecesSary ex-
psnses connected with tie meeting
piaee-light. jsHitnrags. etc~the bless
tngs and comforts Of which he en5Qys,
. TIE PASTOR considers Ii wrong tos 1
congregation 70 aspire TO an expensive
auditorium ard general establishment
beyond their aeans and then TO go
outside to solicit money from the
world the fesh and the Devil. He
declared that God never authorized
such proceedings; for as surely SIS it
would be offensive to any right-uina-
ed person to have money solicited in
his name. 80 must IL be ~dlspIeasing to
the Almighty to have begging done In
His name without His authority.
Apparent Loss a Real Gain.
Should any protest that IL solicita.
fons. collections. pew rents. fairs.
festivals. etc, were abandoned. all
churches would be closed. except those
bene6cially endowed. the speaker re-
piled that IL this were the case. never
theiess the; Church would gain o
and iassnenss with the world which
would more than c~ofapgfisate. II one
half Of tie churches were 10 disorgan-
Ike. doubtless the other half. rightly
supported In accordance with the d.
zine precspts and the example Of Jesus
and His Apostles, woald accomplish
more good than would twice the nun.
Der under presert conditions. Al ii liz.
they have considerable or the worlds
seorIl.
10 illustrate this conviction, the
Pastor cited the fact that the Divine
pleasing has attended his own wess,
He aglisiitted that the money passing
Ghrongh his hands is really as nothing
compared with the large sum spent al
xslallg BY the varieus denominations;
and fha1 the International Bible STU.
Giants Association owns 10 valuable
real estate lDi boasts OF no large bank
aeeornt- They use actively ana eco
DoInicaily ln Cots service whatever
u.oiley comes voluntarily to them.
Goo blessea the work: unsolicited
donations increase annualiyi and the
activities inci6erital to the use OF these
funds now extend TO all parts OF the
earth, preaching the Message Of Gods
Lore and opening eyes OF understand
ing long blinded BY creeds. p~btlosorhieg
and Observation-Disclosures If Gods Word.
Generosity Is Godsikeness.
In declaring generosity TO be Godiike
ness the Pastor would not be niisun.
sderstood to mean that gifts could pur
class Divine favor and Relationship.
There Is only one way into Gods fam.
ty --renouncernent OF sin. turning To-
Fighteosaness, acceptance oil Christ.s
redeanptfve work and full conservation
to do Gods VIII, even unto death. Only
Ssaeh sp~aElt-bcsotten ones are Scsiutur.
nilT acknowledged as Gods children.
All others are called aliens. strangers
to God and His promises.
But there are nobIe-minded souls
who have not entered this narrow way
and therefore are not children of Gcd.
but who naturally possess aome IL
mans original Godlikeness. ia urac.
flsinS charity these are blessed Ia their
Epyvn hearts and liyeH. Willis not al.
z the provisions for the church, usr-
Ax4helcss these arc being benetifed b.
flsgir Retserpe,s course iii contrsbafSnx
szszk ~ reiisK of suffering, Tor the f1sfrE
66sSslHfse 0{ widows. orphans. hosuffa3a.