Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-23
Reporort of the Committee to the
General Missionary Baptist
State Association
STATE OF THE COUNTRY


D-.sbe- Moderator Messengers Gentlemen
We the committee the of the country do hereby
report:
Whereas the conditions country appalling not only
this but throughout the known world
paraeed history From economic, political social industrial
point and munitions Of have
role of thousands into unimely graves And
Whereas daily papers constantly giving the reading
public THE Suffering Noneonbaants the title of an editorial in
the Missionary Review of the World in
which we read tho foloxns history of the
such appalling of suffering due to
.nze disease Moreover this is condition for
passion prejudc of responsible and it
nixh haso Seen other days history
by by femine by plaques earthquakes foods
,nrao Of bat there has
humanity by human forces and
a-h suffering the part of the innocent noaombants
OF millions dead cry aloud in
wounded I'll hundreds Of hospitals ard
blind The lame ard the muated remnants of who have
viii be object LESSONS against for
long day The would scarcely qae
well informed to-day In tho light OF thes facts
hardly possible for to conclude that conditions IN the
world improving,
While the facts are startling editorial
bring ourselves to the conclusion that the country growing worse
editorial Yes, it that millions Of
beings engaged directly indirectly in this horrible
conflict and has been the President Woodrow Wilson,
caused the Of the United States declare that state of
exists between this and Germany; but
strained believe the country getting better regarda Of the
3d. gs o. s aa agqa better err e sn n PpEs apo
with individual il * with whole nation nations they sin
they paid III and the Of sin DEATH"
Greed. gain and ambition trinity Of evils because they
conceived bred and born The late Daniel Webster foresaw the
drift Of things and quoted having said friends If religious
books widely circulated the in this country,
and the people not religious IS
become Of natoa" The thought that should
reflection part every patriot
truth not dfuse will be- God and His word known
and received the devil and his works win the aseendncy the
evangelical volumes do reach hamlet the of
and eentos literature WILL tho tho gospel felt
through the length and breadth Of the land ANARCHY srae dega
eaon corruption ard drunkenness will reign without mitigation
end These things Anarchy popped
UP ITS head IN our lana But the strong OF the being invoked
drunkenness has almost the nation But
and the church mnbrs fighting mighty
strong drink out OF the land Wise legislature is being enacted by
number Of the well
TIE things herein stated fufJment scriptures
These nations what they however
VIII be the result Of this for without the EMBEDDING of blood
there be of The Thomas Jefferson having
the slavery question in view said
God is just renbe for my country" Talmage
Every drop Of blood drawn with the lash paid back with the
sword"
The tho shack Of four million
slaves War only help Sherman styled
brought happiness TO four million
that the immortal Lincoln enred for the
ident Wilson to-day but greed gain
The people camored president
just they clanong
just the Jews ciamored for the blood of With
strokes Of e after tho shedding
slaves free When Jeus shed His blood
the and the morning. possible
for the whole human family be He speaks
The 9Th va sy e sR1 s hear Of Of @ars sa %
of that be troubled for all
to pass but the end not yet For nations shall
and kingdom against kingdoms and there shall fannes
pestlences and earthquakes in divers places All
bgnning Of SORROW When great army
Lord following him who horse going forth
conqueng and and the Lord
While true that Satan has than
aso true that Jesus Christ
der in all the world Ee is mounted the leading
II will be remembered Christ
New Testament Churches have
ten the number unparalleled history length Of
time nothing Of the The
gospel ovepradng the land
viii be filed with the knowledge God
the
D. J. Prince
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