Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-28
SECURING TALENT
FOR CHURCH USE
Eloquent sermon Delivered By Rev. J.
Z. Connor Of Moline at the Milan
Camp Meeting.
GETTING MEN FOR THE SERVICE
Snow How Cause of Christ Must Per.
petuats Itself by Developing
New Workers.

~ the afternoon service at the Mi
Ian camp meeting yesterday the SER
non was delivered by Rev. J. (. Con-
nor Of Moline. Who spoke on the topic,
Finding Talent For the Church" The
speaker took as nis text I Timothy
1:1s This charge I commit unto
thee. my child Timothy. according to
tie prophecies which led the way to
t1ee that thou by them mayest war a
good warfare"
This is PauTs charge 10 his son
ia the gospel MIR. Conner said. 1T
is that he may war a good warfare
ZEE says he was led 70 give him this
charge by prophecies or according to
prophecies which led the way to him
Ev that we understand the apostle to
claim that he had been led TO select
Timothy for the work Of the ministry
by prophecy. or IN other words that
aa had been led by God to lay his
hands Oh Timothy and put him IN the
wg-k 01 the Lord II was as if the
L0l1 mad said plainly to him, when
HE came TO know Timothy, ! want
this man in Ny work He felt per-
tect-- certain he was carrying out the
Lords purpose when he was leading
Timothy INTO this work.
What ] am concerned about today
ri=. What were the subjective
r.au5 thar made possible sgch
revelation 10 Faul2 This. it seems to
me. is o very important question 10
ta- christian worker OF today. 1t was
Ha small distinction to have been the
al5eorerar of Timothy Paul was do
Ha much for the cause when he sent
him into The field Perhaps it is he
oar=a there are not more such dis
earara~a iu tire church today that the
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keen r.II of the hest men. II will pay
r--a Ht-re while To mediate uDon
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This is lust what we need and must
have if we are TO be more fruitful in
finding Young men and women for the
work of our Lord The cause must be
.u7on .our hearts mora than If Is
another facr in reference TO this
subject is this. that after all it is a
question Of men more than anything
else Everything depends upon men.
Win the right kind of men in the
work Of the kingdom there can be no
failure IT Is rbat wav with the church
as fl Is with other things Get the
right men interested IN any enterprise
and everything else Will come. Some
churches succeed and others fail. It'll
is always q question of the men and
women in the churches. We ought TO