The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-19
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~ always try to learn how to preacl
oe1sr," he counseied. 1T matter
-" he told them. IF you do forge
q DUar grammar sometimes Sometime
q when the Spirit possesses you your
& nFAmmar lags behind and your mes
100 goes out with greater force
u you ara not going to preach grammar
zen are going to preach gospel
rs bishop Kilso told them that no had
made grammatical slips In sermons
hut the results had been good. He
ia he was once asked II no used
~ ame language In preaching to
uolcred people that he did in preach
NJ 70 white people. So far as he Is
aware. he said, he did. And. he said.
tia negroes understand him i new
or knew 4 negro to say amen at the
Wrone time or TO shout in the wrong
place" he added.
Addressing himself TO the lay1nen
The bishop told them IL was their duty
70 cooperate with their pastor. to
among them He said he knew OF
Iayu,en on ofYicial boards who handi-
capped their pastors by showing
dissatisfaction with their work. lay
men should encourage the pastor,
they should not talk OF turning him
away, but should help him 10 meas
ure up to the standards they sought
Don't talk of sending mission
aries to China" said the bishop.
when you've got heather on your
board of stewards"
"If l was rich would build n
church and run II with the Gospel, and
Il wouldn't be any green-apple Gospel.
II would be mature Gospel; that Is
what we want"
Mr.. Bowles in reporting on the
lay activities Of the Virginia Con-
ference said there are so 1000 layfnen
IN the conference. He told OF the
work that has been done, the pro-
xress made during the year just
closed. and asserted that greater
work could be done. He read a
number OF recommendations made nS
the committee for the guidance OF
ire laymen during the coming year
These recommendations pointed ou'
the needs of the church that laymer
can supply, as the committee sees
them.
Needs of Church.
These include a fair and just re
turn TO the minister for his service
the payment of every assessment II
full; the adoption of the budget sys
tenn and of the every member canvass
. larger number of contributors e
church societies: a well planned ant
executed campaign of evangelism
orranized Bible classes in every
church: make all churches self-sus
tanning: services in every church ever!
Sunday, and attainment of the high
est efficiency possible.
Mr.. Bowles read a tabulaoon o
figures showing the increase in PEI
capita contributions since 1909 IRON
- cents to $1.45 In 1915. He said tn
minimum per capita of 81 ia still be
Ing strived for.
Resolution Withdrawn
A resolution recommending that M
married preacher be given appointment
to a charge paying less than $500 PEI
year was withdrawn at the suggestion
OF the bishop, who pointed to th'
: fact that such recommendation II
not in conformity with the constitu
fional rules OF the church.
The hour having arrived for Thu
special order for the missionary hour
Bishop Kiigo relinquished the chai
to Rev. DIR. w Il. Beauchamp. Rev
J. w. Shackford made the prayer, af
ter which DR.. Doughty. executive sec
rotary of the IAymens Missionar,
Movement was presented. He pre-
faced his address with the assertio:
y
It's greatest opportunity. but Its great
est hour of peril. While the worl'
war is raging there are In this eoun
try, the melting pot for all, repre-
! sentatives OF all warning nations an
more. He spoke OF the alchemists O
old who, at the critical times In thei
operations over their cauldrons, mad
/. the sign of the cross on the melting
pot. and declared that the cross nov
should be raised above this great
melting pot,
Hour For United Church.
1.-The hour has come for unitin
OF all the fighting church for tn
worlds good" he declared. Their
must be a mobilization of laymen 70
this holy war for the worlds evan
gelization. The world will never b
evangelical by the ministers. The
are too few. The work must he don
by the laymen. When Christ said &
into the world and preach He mean
for every man to preach.
The most pressing need In evan
galisrn Is the recovery Of the ancien
passion for souls ard its setting /
the stream of modern life
DR.. Doughty spoke OF big gifts re
gently made for beneyolences and 70
missions and announced that 9TH
hour has come when men are bein
challenged adequately" He told tina
tho Northern Methodist Church gay
100000 fo- home and foreign mis-
sions last year. He told OF the ap
plication of the head OF a certai
movement to Boston man and hi
mother for a gift of 100000. Fl
aAid letter was written the ma
asking him to consider with his moth
or the giving OF 100000 needle
for putting the project in operation
and told OF the reply. which was tina
100000 would be given. II tina
would DO any good. DR.. Doughty con
tended that this IS the day OF DARN
challenges. II the challenge is dar
ing enough and big enough he sal
the response would be big,
Mtlitarfstic Ideal Gone.
He said that with 100000 men i
Europe under arms the time has com
for a Christian characterization. tn
materiaiistic. militaristic Ideal o
world safety has been shattered. b
declared. 1t IL not battalions and bull
lets and battieships that make worl
safety; II Is Bibles and Christianit
and missions. He asserted that tn
principle OF brotherhood must be prop
Asated to make the world safe TIL
only thing that can al 1t Is a Christian
tntarnationaiism. He said that Chris
tianity has not failed with the re
sulting world war. that It Is the ma
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