The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-09
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE CHURCHES OF
The UNITED STATES
BISHOP OLDHAM TELLS FOURTH
STREET CONGREGATION OF
SOUTH AMERICAN NEEDS.
Discusses Growth OF Pan Americanism
and Tells How Rest of Americas
Welcome New IDEAS.

That Il is ihr Great rrrand OF Chris
tianS in the United States. just ut this
time when thu Monroe doctrine Is bios
Soming into tho wider and nublcr idea
Of I'au-A m"riCIutSm. 20 do III religion
us the Tinted States has been doing in
all other !clIt ions with the othcr Amer
lets. to put tn" soul into the dollar in
order tn help others TO Il better rCali2A-
ton and Interpretation OF life Is he zip.
OF the message Of Bishop William +.
Oldham. u. L., LIZ. D.. OF liucnos Ayers
South .Nn"Tica. who spoke both moruluH
and e!"H!ME ut the Fourth Street MelhO-
dist Episcopal church.
Il thiHk.' Bishop oldham says. that
It is on" %rcat opportunity 10 call back
tho rductated classes of South America
10 tn" faith There has been so large
u loss OF religious faith among so many
OF the better cducated people there,
"Whatevcr has been done In promo
ting the interest OF the Americas. the
uutci States has been first In every
move. The other Americas caught their
republican ideas from her. l am gems
back to South America not as propa-
gnmist or L proselyter, but as q repre-
sentative and an advocate OF the best
there is In this country"
The Fourth street congregation did II
splendid act yesterday morning when. Il:
the Close Of Bishop OldhumS morning
sermon the men and young men got to-
::,.Ihcr and pledged themselves 10 sup
pert on" nt the high school teachers In
I;nlivla for whom Bishop Oldham mas
found II difficult to provide.
Comlnends High School.
Il learn with pleasure that Spanish
has been included in the course or Stu1y
in Wheeling high school" Bishop Old
ham told an lutelllgencer reporter at
the home Of DR.. Clarence e. Allen, pas
tor Of Fourth Street church. last even
ing because l am firmly convinced
that English and Spanish must be The
abiding languages of tho twin continent
One other message am g!ad "a
bring That Is that the digging OF the
Panama canal. characteriZed by ole
speaker as the greatest liberty man
ever undertook with nature. has weld'd
the two divisions Of the continent more
than any other one thing ever accom-
plished. We have separated the carth
and joined the nations. What we nave
actually done-we have laid down n
SccDtic zone in the very heart OF the
tropics as q physical object lesson, hno
as 4 result of that lesson every Central
and South American state has begun 10
clean up.
What think out church needs TO do
Is TO reach out and establish = sccpt!'
zone OF Il spiritual nature so that PEG,
pie OF the other nations may be guided
10 better ideals Of life"
Addresses Club Tonight.
This evening Bishop Oldham VIII de-
liver IN address ut the opening meeting
of the fall and winter series OF the
Fourth Street Mems Club, and the in
terest created by his sermons yesterday
insurcs I large attendance at this meet
ing.
bishop Oldham's stay In the United
States is nearing close. He sails next
month and 10 begin holding q series OF
conferences throughout the southern
half of the continent.