The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-04-21
CAPTURING THE WORLD
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The tragedy that lays waste the
moral. material and social life OF
Europe throws down to true, spirit
II has ever had. What is the church
in has ever had. What is the church
doing to meet II? Nothing, as yet,
In an organized way. The most ac-
compllshed so far is a growing sense
Of the proportion Of the task OF whose
threshold the church now stands.
but the problem is not one simply
for the churches OF the United States
or the neutral nations; II Is one that
demands the cooperation OF every
branch OF the Christian church, Cath
ollie and Protestant, throughout the
world. II the Christian church will
not act as unit In this most com
polling challenge OF the centuries,
when can unity Of action be expected
The war has sent It's qualifications
throughout the whole earth and has
Interrupted or hampered the cause
Of Christian missions In many lands
But when the nations lay down their
arms, the appeal and opportunity to
make Christianity worldwide will be
the greatest In history. Mohamme-
danlsm has always been the greatest
barrier to the spread OF Christianity,
but this new appeal and opportunity
will be notable In the case OF Mo-
hommedan countries. Pan-Mohom-
mechanism. thing the Christian
world used to dread, Is dead The war
has proved the lmposslblllty Of arous-
ing the followers Of the crescent
throughout the world In a holy war
against the followers Of the cross.
May not the recent MOhammedan
prosecutions Of Armenian Christians,
the most terrible In all the history OF
that martyr race. be the last gap Of
q MOhammedanism that feels that II
is losing It's grip on the world? For
the last 500 years in particular the
history Of the Armenian race has been
one Of martyrdom. Bleeding Armenia
Is challenge TO the Christian church
to see that the Mohammedian, at
whose hand this ancient Christian
people have suffered for centuries,
shall no longer have the power to
torture and destroy
Besides the 221, 100000 Moham-
modans there are 300 100000 adher-
ents Of Confucianism and Taolsm,
900 Of Hlndoolsm 1875, 900
OOO Of Buddhism. 1853 ,OOO,O 900 Of An
imism and $4,000, 900 Of shintoism.
Against Christian population Of
more than l,OOO,OOO,0OO.
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
churches represent 100000 per
sons with 10000 clergymen to Off
Ger the great army. Besides this there
Is within tho church an army Of 49,
goo 900 Sunday school scholars with
1.GE0,OO0 officers and teachers to in
spire and lead them.
In this peaceful conflict as to what
faith shall ultimately prevail through
out the world, the odds in numbers
are two to one against Christianity,
but this need cause no dlsmay II the
churches Of all denominations with
all their Intelligence. wealth and con
secratlon were united and organized
Not alone has the church a task In the
evangelzatlon Of the race, but In the
reconstruction, period TO follow the
war II will need to do It's utmost to
see that the permanent possession Of
humanity. the standard Of individual
and national and international moral
lty.
The press is preaching and the ma
lions are talking preparedness. It is
high time the church faced the email