The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-20
METHODIST CLOSE
THEIR GATHERING.
Excellent Addresses and Illustrated
i Lecture


The afternoon session of the CON-
ference to explain the far-reachinga
purposes Of the centenary movements
opened with an address, "Organiza-a
tlon," by Rev DR.. /. W. LeBaron.s
The speaker said in substance:
IS "The Methodist church is called ]
upon-by God and humanity-to ans
wer for the salvation of one hundred
and fifty millions of the unevangel-9
lied people of the present generation,s
10 do that we must have multiplied
working force and multiplied SUPP
port for that force We must orr
ganize.
"The Sunday School is one potentiala
force for the task before US. 1t has,
the people, the energy, and from its |
membership must come the workers.
the school IN every church must
study missions, stewardship, life ser-E
vice, and must be prepared to give
both lives and money. Give the4
Sunday Schools chance. They will
deliver the goods.
Select local church council of
five or more of your best men. Orr
ganize them with a layman as chair
man, and then place each of the 9TH
ers at the heads of departments Of
lntercession, education, stewardship
and life service. Perfect your church
roll, and constituency roll, and divide
same into groups of from twenty to
thirty odd persons, and appoint al
leader over each. Next, have each
leader appoint from his unit q secre-
tary for intercession, education, stew
ardship and life service for that
group"
Rev. Dir. Bowers followed with an
address on Life Service" and the
1 closing address was given by Rev.
George A. Martin on Stewardship
Among other good things Mr. Martin
said, 'Christian stewardship is a
broad program for living and SER
vice, not narrow one. It calls for
the best a man has-time, talent,
energy, initiative, devotion, prayers,
his children, his money. There is
no room Oh this platform for the
fanatic, fool, Pharisee, or church
troublemaker. The handspring of
stewardship is not law, or cold, forced
and formal giving of a required por-3
ton, but free, glad pouring out,
in loving loyalty to God, of all that
IA man can spare; sometimes a great
deal, ,ometimes half his income,
sometimes much less, but never less
than would satisfy an orthodox Nor
mon, 4 pious pagan, or a respectable
jew"
The address of the evening was
given by Rev. Dr. H. G. Hageman on
"The Spiritual Interpretation of the
Centenary DR.. Hageman gave
most eloquent address, saying in
! substance:
l It has the Divine vision. Could
you sit beside God on his throne and
look at the world as he sees it? Do
You imagine He is concerned for
merely portion Of the human race,
America for example, or is He equally
DESTROYS for all? Undoubtedly for =
! all. This Centenary is getting the
resources of the Methodist EPISCOPAL
church behind Gods program for the /.
saving of the entire world.
g it has the Divine kind of vision
in this matter. It views the redemp- .
ton of mankind as a whole but it,
sees it also in detail, individually and
concretely. It is net up in the air
it gets down to the actual needs Of
individuals and of situations and has
L! Iofiy, y,1ooc f0,. 4haca 3fSa
i the Lord Jesus it would save all men,
but like He, it understands that they
come to a knowledge of the truth ono
by one.
5. Then the Centenary has the
Divine attitude toward the worlds
cry for help 1t is moved with COM
passion, but does not waste itself in
mere sympathy. 1t acts, does some
thing about it, plans, labors and sac
rifices for others, is among us as one
that serves.
| 4. In thus attempting great things
for God it is going to receive great
things from God. The moment
man joins himself with the Almighty
| in any task he is going to experience
the ul*llE CUlilpduiOHSup, uilu DIS III
goes forward in this, he will morc
| and more share the Divine Life.
The closing feature of the days
| program was an Illustrated lecture
/ on "World Opportunities and Needs"
| by Rev. DR. Adams. The speaker
/ had many beautiful foreign views and
\ gave a graphic picture of the work
II 'f,F l,a M o4h n1:r{r- Ci,;,,n T,,1;,
/ Mexico, Japan and the islands Of the