Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-04-30
The methodlst Church
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Nt"iHs ho' WI "n unceTtuih truli mere
", but of II great highway: not of
aprhomoric experiment but of u re
s,s;ance unto death striving agnins
sin. Of the 18th century religious rev
olution. which was essentially re
,ival within II great church agains
formal religion and cynical worldli
ness.
"rle splendid victories by Ian,
and sea, and the dazzling episodes, ;
in the reign of George II must yield,
says Lecky. Sin real Importance Il
that religious revolution which short
~ before had begun by the preaching
Of the Wcsleys and Whitcficld. Tn,
creation of II large. powerful and
active sect. extending over both hem
isphcrs. and numbering many mil
lions of souls. was but one of it,
consequences. II also exercised II
profound and lasting influence upon
The spirit of the Established Church.
upon the amount and distribution of
the moral forces of the nation. and
even upon the course of lis political
history"
Says Green. whose history of the
English people is read by every col
lcgc graduate in the United States of
America. "Thr great body which he
tWrslcy) founded thus numbered one
hundred thousand at his death. and
now counts it, members in England
and Amrrirn by the million. But the
Methodists themselves were the least
result al che Methodist revival. It's
action upon the church broke the
leIhargy Of the clergy; and the evan
gelirnr movement. which found rep
rescnlativcs like Newton and Cecil
within the pale of the Establishment.
made the fox hunting parson and the
absentee rector at last impossible. A
new philanthropy reformed our pris-
ons. abolished the slave trade. aud
gave the first impulse 10 popular edu-
cation"
The glory of this history is ours to
uphold. and in thus doing-bcst of
alive sustain the Kingdom Of God
The climax, last Sunday. at our
church, was the long meditated and
now inevitable requirement of our
cause from its genius within. aud the
necessities of its enemy. modern so
cicty. without. The church has far
less To fear from the professional I'M
drrworld rs il stands unblushingly
for its traffic in souls. than il has
to fear from the middleworld, with
its social standing. so-called. sedu-
cling the bride of the Lamb into those
avenues. which lead only to the
depths of sin.
A policy of publicity. in newspn-
per terms, of Light" in Bible langu-
ages. shall be mine hcnceforth. in n
new and wider sense. though ! have
not hid my light. A ministry Of
sweetness and light is all very well
but one of personal and concrete
righteousness is better.
! believe in publicity. because there
are no real secrets in the church. and
the world ought to see. and be affect
ed by what we ARE aud do. We must
''lcl our light shine. that they may
src." II ! pay for it. do not see
why ! cannot have II column in the
press, like any other man who has n
.ood thing for sale.
am sworn by ordination VOWS to
do this my duty. a friend of mine
told me once that the preacher who
broke his vows was worse than any
public officer who failed in his oath.
lie is right.
Any baseball game. any quarantine
any doctors orders. any army, any
peanut stand. that was run like many
would have the church run. Judging
by how they do, and how they act
when the umpire applies the rules
they have agreed To, would utterly
fail. Play the game! Have you
of the true sportsman in
yOu9
| wish il understood that in this
matter ! have acted upon the respon-
s,bility of my own office alone. and to
shield you from faction among your
selves. no one man can be blamed
for collision with me. Even my
brother pastors will have to be ex-
empi from the charge that "these
preachers" just got together and
Matched this thing out.
In joining the Methodist church.
members in Baptism, solemnly take
this vow. ''Dost thou renounce the
devil and all his works, the vain pomp
and glory of the world, with all cove
tous desires of the same, and the
carnal desires of the flesh, so that
thou wilt mt follow nor he led by