El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-26

ness go. there are several fundamen-
Seek Inspiration.
/ First, Inspiration" Let the
/ preacher so away from everybody
and lay his head and heart, like John
Z did, against the breast of Jesus
Z Christ until his brain throbs IN re-
Spouse to Christ. until he has some
what the same spirit that Jesus had.
He will never kindle a fire until he
! is ablaze. I would that I might be
accused for my brother-such must
be his cry.
Next. Education" He has got to
know what he is talking about He
ought TO know the missionary facts
OF the hour Not before the war, not
yesterday, but today, and il he win
send in to the missionary board they
will be glad to furnish him with all
/ the ammunition necessary.
Third. Agitation" If new baby
comes TO your house you buttonhole
every fellow you meet on the street
to tell him about 1t, with your eyes
shining and your face q sunshine.
That is, provided II is not the 18th.
and IN that case you might name 1t
Judas Iscariot, Ike the negro. who
cause, she said. II would have been
better for him II he had never been
born.
II John Wesley had never been an
agitator the Methodist church would
never have got out Of Oxford
You have got to talk missions, eat
missions. sleep missions, dream mis-
siOns- The reason why many OF US
don't raise any commotion or money
either Is because we are not agitated
ourselves. You go running along the
streets hollering. "Firei firei" as long
as II is somebody else's house burn
ing. You don't put much JUNCTION in
your voice. but when you turn the
corner and see that il is your house
and your children in danger, you let
out 8 yell that will reach across the
river, and the world wakes up.
Never Get Mad.
The next step is Qualification" II
may seem irrelevant, but it isn't.
Never get mad, no matter what the
man says. that you are asking for
subscription. Keep him in a good
humor. Chaplin McCabe raised six
million dollars, and he said he did It
mostly by getting his folks to laugh
He found when man laughed he
had no control over his pocketbOok.
He could put his hand in and take
all he had.
elimination. Having decided what
you are going to raise for missions,
OF course, nothing less than the as
sessment, then begin with your best
and most cOnSecrated man, and 20 on
down the line, making each sub
scriber an ally and taking the line OF
least resistance. This is according
to military tactics. and will take any
city or church in the world. The Ro-
man phalanx was successful. not be-
cause II was Roman. but because II
was a phaianx, and there we're no
traitors. shoulder to shoulder be-
hind the shield Don't call a meet
ing where one ADVANTAGEOUS steward
can spoil the whole thing. Take
them one by one. 1t is harder. but
1t gets there.
The next step is Organization"
AS you get your laymen interested
send them out, you going with them
to help do the work. 1 have seen
men who were in the habit OF giving
a few paltry dollar7 increase their
subscriptions to princely sums.
One man increased from 500 70
$4,000 In Oklahoma City when he was
put on the missionary committee
and had TO do the work himself Gen
Pickett had one Of his young men
ask to be changed from the infantry
to the band. Pickett replied that he
needed more shooters and less too
tiers, and IN this business of raising
the collections there is more shootin'
than there is tootin'.
Conservation and Desperation.
Lastly, Il has to be done by Con
secration and Desperation" The res-
son William OF Normandy CONQUERED
England was because he pulled MS