Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-21
How Denominations May
Be United in Service
Sermon by
REV. FLOYD W. TOAIkINS.
Text: Isaiah Iii. rs

~ '''''''' so iluch. III my opinion. that
III" church is divided into dcnomina-
IONS " only We were in close fellow
SNIP one with another Some OF US arc.
personally, in close fellow ship and love
w Worship, and pray and work to-
sc'h"r. hut the denominations as
p""'cs corporate are not in such fell
lo"ship. If they all believe the old
gospel ana have faith in Jesus Christ
az IN" Son OF God and the worlds Re-
d"cmer. they ought to he in fellow ship.
what We Christians can DO To forward
Snch blessed unity is our subject TO-
day And first OF all we may say that
every Christian ought TO desire such
i"llowship. TO long for IL ana to pray
Tor IL even as our Lord prayed: THAT
'NcS All may b" one II is the inGif
ference OF men that pcrpctuatc evil.
AMI so Indifference becomes "a sin We
all confess that economically our divi-
sionS are q mistake. ana so we are
wasting Gods money We all ac-
knowlcdg" that NOR. could he accom-
! bllShcd II We w"r" united ana SO we
''r" not doing our work. especially our
missionary WORK, - we'll ~ we ought.
W" All know ;hat tn"r" can lie no real
qua fasting brotherhood as long We
20 on in our 1Isiucd Christian condi-
non. ana so wc are noi fulfilling Gods
IA" 81 !oy" Let as wake np TO tins
sUcn.iblc TO- g.,
y surely rc.nn,,.;I,o TO-, &C.
SuoIIn i.u,y nm, =
CHRISTIAN UNITY
cb,is,.. nr,y.r,,ts "'"N"
III. fo,,o,.or -, """'e"
ought 20 wish ii and pray for it, And
~" arc not ono when wc canno, wor.
snip and work together. when we can
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works arc v.j,, -. ,.,,.o,,.,, ,,,'a
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without prejudice OF IN. min. c,,,,
corning the Kingdom
MIST LEARN MORE
ABOUT Etru oTiIER
We must learn q it'll. more .bou,
d al Maritime, =,
speedily dlsarus prejudice as the study
Il OF each others religious experience and
methods OF worship. II is no: hight for
me TO be ignorant of OF indifferent TO
| what my brethren of other dcuomina-
lions are doing In the missionary field
i for instance. or in home missions
Beading the religious papers OF other
denominations viii 40 much To broaden
! my sympathies and enlarge my Chris
/ 'iah knowledge. Ana there ar" many
pub!lcaiohs whlch ineIud" news from
h!i the ms 'ohary helds
hes'"e thls' mere IS an opportunity
! 70 "''S"'' '"S"'"r' "''eh' especially
W 'he summer ""eh we are away from
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Capitalization ~ r.,l .niri,,., ,;,.
h,,.o wonderful s,,c..ee r,,ia,.
i lust because Of this fellowship. Per-
! hnps these organizations are a part of
4 Gods service, and so ". can hardly
| placc ourselves in opposition TO them
or be negligent of our duty concerning
their work.