South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
PASTOR EXPLAINS
UNFINISHED TASK
Rev. Allison Says All Must Be
Saved to Complete Work
of Church.

As long as there is a single man,
woman or child unsaved in the COM
munity of the church the work OF
the church is incomplete, according
10 Rev. George William Allison, pas
tor or Hope Presbyterian church.
Sunday morning in his sermon on the
them Our Unfinished Task a Call 20
Conservation" In explaining the work
or the church Rev. Allison said in
part:
I'm the beginning OF another years
work in u church, IL is well for us
10 pause and consider what really is
our task in Il that we may clearly
understand what we are striving 20
accomplish. Then having located the
goal toward which we wish 10 strive,
we may benz our every energy 10 the
attainment OF that end.
All Must BE Sought.
Probably the first thing of which
we are conscious as earnest Chris
tians is the necessity Of continued
evangelism, or spreading OF the good
news oof Gods love through Jesus
Christ SO long as there remains
one adult who does not know and
love God Our ask is unfinished. So
long as there remains M child who
is not brought close 10 Jesus our
work is incomplete. There ought be
no home in the community TO which
our church ministers into which the
quiet and enObling influences Of the
Christian gospel have failed to ra-
date. If men and M boys and
girls will not come to Christ. we must
take Christ TO them. Here again the
vivid words OF Jesus are most apprO-
pirate, Lift up your eyes and look
OF the fields hat are already white
unto the harvest" 1t would even
seem that the entire farewell dis
course OF Jesus in Johns gospel from
chapter Is through Is is most fitting
for our thought. They need Christ;
we have Him; shall we not take Him
10 them? This then becomes a call
TO reccnsecration 10 Christian service
1t Will mean much prayer and ac-
tual service to accomplish all we
ought. Let us use our talents. rather
than to bury them in a napkin. for
they increase with the using.
Must Build Up Lives.
W not only need to 90 evangelis-
tic work, but also TO build up our
own lives in the knowledge and grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Doing work
for other will assist in this enter
prise. Our regular attendance at all
of the church services will do this.
And SO long as there is one noble
trait OF character that is not COM
pletely sanctihed this task Of creating
a personality X unto Jesus Christ
is unfinished. Let us work toward
his end. and we shall be rewarded
hot only 10y the satisfaction of hav-
ing achieved. but shall also look for
ward TO the well done Of the Mas
ter. This task also will mean much
prayer and service, and living close
90 the Book of Life. This incomplete
work is also a G all for reconsecra-
.tiOn. Let us give our lives 70 Him.
and strive 20 make them count for
the most possible good during these
coming months that are rich with
opportunity, working in relds that
are ripe unto harvest.
Two Tasks to- Finish.
I'VE have thus before US two
tasks-both unfinished and incom-
plete. But when we look at these
two tasks in the larger light, they
are seen 20 be but one. And that
single task is the bringing IN of Gods
Kingdom, and the Fastening of the
time when His will shall be lone per
fectly on earth, in our own lives first,
but also in the lives Of others. as is
now done perfectly in heaven. Let
us give ourselves enthusiastically to
this high endeavor. with all that it
means in conservation and Christian
service God bless YOU"
The. evening service was devoted to
a consideration of the homely classic.
Pilgrims Progress" and was illus
trated with s-tereOpticon slides.