Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-16
CHURCH MUST GO
FORWARD IN WORK


DIES MONIES. Iowa, oct. Ia
serious aspects of world affairs de
! mand Increased efforts toward Chris
| tlhn unity, according TO Peter Aiusic
ul baltimore, who addressed the
/ churches Of Christ convention here
tonight He said IN part.
wv" have been $50 long accustomed
| 10 DIVISION I'm the church that II is
| Frequently looked upon as "A normal
condition, whereas Il rs both abnormal
ana immoral a divided church can
never serve the purpose for which IT
was esta ablishcd, for its divisions make
/ II thrnul ana incompetent. Jesus said
| that house divided against itself
cannot stand, SO that the issue today
Is not whether Christianity VIII CON
qucr the world. but whether II Will
be able To- stand against the great
opposing forces
The church never faced more
serious period IN its history than now.
! had a letter from Dr. John r. Mott a
few days ago I'm which he said If there
WAS ever a time for the church to get
upon her knees and stay there I'm
| prayer II Is now. for there Is no other
method of meeting the issue cNcept
hN renewed conservation.
There IS not q nation on the globe
a majority of whose citizens are
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tory of the world is raging on the CON
tlncnt where Christianity has been the
Longest. u dozen other conditions OF
"a similar character face us. Long be
fore this war neither Roman Catholics
nor Protostauts were increasing in
| Europe and the growth of Chris
tlnuity I'm America las been nothing
TO hc compared to its possibilities Tho
principles of force on one side and
U ~ ,l al h. 9TH lt. lot
of a divided household are undermin-
ing the very foundation of our faith
so that If our religion is based only
upon certain scriptural interprcta-
tons of crcdal announcements Il will
never satisfy the hunger OF tie worlds
multitude. when asked why this con-
dition, there Is but one answer and
that Is. II Is the product OF a divided
church.
2 "The fact OF the matter is the
church has been fOoling away her
time on credal announcements and
dress paradcS, keeping up her de-
nominatiOnal fences, and with scores
Of men willing To die for denomina-
tiunal convictions, no one of which
has anything to- do with the salvation
Of a single soul, while great world
has been lying at the feet Of the
church lost and uncurcd of its sins
cause OF the great war lies at the door
of the church-an instance of lost
opportunity. | was in Europe at the
outbreak of this war and | was simply
overwhelmed that neither the Roman
Catholic nor the Protestant churches
were taken into any consideration
whatsoever, but the great war moved
as though the church did not exist.
The European tragedy has revealed
the impotency in the house of God
as has never been revealed to us be
fore.
There is no time for boasting:
there is no time for arrogance. As
disciples of Christ, we ourselves are
called To- practice long suffering
and patience and brothcrlincss with
the whole Christian world that will
win men to the principles that under
lie all union. for a theological union
is of little avail, and ecclesiastical
union viii produce division, union by
compromise is only temporary. 1t must
bc union built upon the spirit of
Jesus Christ. who revealed the dignity
of repentance. the power of love, the
charm Of kindness and the winsomc-
ness of long suffering These are the
fundamental things in religion"