The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-03-22

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reason, and for the further reason that
In spite Of al! that Is being done, there
yet remains O large number Of pro-
Tossing Christians who are doing nc
systematic reading Of the Bible, and
millions Of others who almost ignore
the Book, the institute has felt led to
open up a campaign for the promotion
Of daily Bible reading, and we invite
the readers of this column to Join
with US In this effort and to share In
It's benefits.
We realize that the members of
Christian Endeavor societies, Epworth
Leagues, and all similar organizations,
are already pledged to read the Bible
daily. Furthermore, the covenants of
most churches require their members
to do the same, but we are satisfied
that n large proportion of Gods peo-
pie, both young and old, are not doing
1t, and therein lies their weakness.
How to induce them to do what they
already admit is their duty, is the
problem before us, as 1t is before
every pastor and church leader. To
scold them Is worse than useless.
Questions to Consider.
Question-Can you give any reason
why 2O,000,000 church members, with
opportunity from week to week to
listen to sermons and admonitions
from nearly 100000 pastors, do not
more closely follow Jesus and more
fully represent him to and In the
world?
Answer-Yes. The words Of the
preacher fall on hearts full Of the
cares and pleasures Of this life, and in
soil u%nprepared by the indwelling Of
the Spirit and the water Of the Word.
Question - Without increasing
churches or pastors, how could their.
efficiency be multiplied one hundred
fold?
Answer-By a proper preparation Of
the heart to hear the messages pro-
by the ministers of God.
Questi0n-How can this preparation
be brought about, without any more
Institutions, organizations or expendi-
Of money?
Answer-If all church officers
with the pastors, insist upon
daily worship and daily Bible readings
In the homes Of all the Christians in
the land, themselves becoming exam
Piles and inspirers therein, God would
answer the effort and service with
a blessing to his church as the
world has never known. The people
would be more godly, and the world
would have preached to them the
greatest sermon Of these nineteen cen
And now, pastors, will you help us,
and will you let us help your We do
not claim to haye any special light or
wisdom on this matter, and we would
not presume to teach you, who have
!ong and prayerfully pondered this
problem. But we have a vision Of q
widespread and appalling need, a
famine Of the Word Of God;
md we believe that n wise and persist
campaign to promote daily Bible
is greatly needed. BY q cam
paign such as you and we can carry
IN, together with multitudes Of lay-
men who will gladly cooperate, and
scores Of religious papers which we
nope to enlist In the same work, be-
ieve that thousands Of church mem
,ers can be induced to read the Bible
more regularly than they are now do
ng.
We know there is power in the
Word, almighty power, power sufl-
lent for every need. And we be-
ieve that with your cooperation we
let loose some Of that power, and
these columns a blessing to null
itudes of hungry hearts and homes.
BY filling these pages with helpful
Methods, timely Illustrations. brief ex-
POSITIONS, and stirring testimonies, we
that you and we together can
make this department n blessing to
thousands and tens of thousands.
Now, will you Join hands with us in
great campaign? VIII you preach
n the theme Of daily Bible reading,
nd stir up your people on the SUBJ
ectf VIII you tell us of any plans
which you have found helpful in arous-
ng an interest in the Bible? And
I'LL you pray for us, as we do daily
or you?
To Lay Workers.
You too can help us by calling the
ttention Of your pastor to this col
mn, by asking him to preach on the
of daily Bible reading, and by
us any helpful plans or Illus
which bear upon this subject.
.bove all you can pray that God will
i've us wisdom and grace sufficient to
airy this great campaign to a sue
essful issue. VIII you do 1t?
To all Readers.
Next month we purpose to describe
plan by which one pastor was able
interest his people, young and old,
Bible reading, in an unusual way,
nd by which his own ministry was
implicitly transformed, and his use
illness was greatly increased. 1t is a
AN which we believe all pastors will
nd easy to work, though not without
ork, and ~unspeakably helpful to
Watch for 1t NEXT month.