Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-20
METHODIST CHURCH.
ITS DARING VENTURE

The whole Methodist Church is 10
be reorganized and put on a higher
spiritual and financial basis to meet
the demands of this new day. The
entire church is to be modified for
war reconstruction.
What of The Future.-John h. Mott
says, at would seem that the clock
has struck and that the time has come
when the church should grid itself
adequately for this hour. 1t is the
time of the supernatural. Wien ali
the foundation we thought so solid and
so secure are heaving, we see they
are but shifting sand. The pillars
of civilization, to which we have been
pointing with pride, are crumbling
before our eyes. By an almost in
finite process of exclusion Christ has
been made more vivid than he las
ever been made to any previous gen
Grafton"
Commerce can kill famine. Science
can kill pestilence. Only religion can
kill war. Without religion, we are
without hope in the world. Without
God we are lost.
Pure democracy had never developed
apart from the pure and intelligent
home life, accompanied by the freeI
school and free church and these have
never developed apart from Chris
tianity.
Therefore the Christian churches,
at this critical time feel the tremen-
5lous responsibility of marshaling all
their forces to preach righteousness
and justice and brotherhood to the
entire world during the next five
years.
Square Deal-In its simplest terms
the world war became fight for fair
play among nations; but the struggle
to give fair play to every citizen of
our nation must be carried on long
after the close of the war. The Cen
tenary is organizing special work
among TIE Italians, eastern European
groups, miscellaneous foreign speak
ing peoples, the Japanese and the
Chinese and the Latin-Americans. S5,-
100000 will be used to educate and !
these foreign language
groups.
Another part of the home work is
that of caring for the rural church.
80 per cent of the population of Am
erica today is in rural sections. Care
ful surveys have shown that the
church has been losing its leadershop
and failing to maintain an adequate
of rural service. 100000
will be used to make the church
commanding factor in farm life and
provide pastors and leaders especially
,rained for this form of service.
Fifty-tlree thousand new recruits
will be needed for missionary, edu-
,ational and pastoral fields during
he next five years. $3,090,0O0 will
re used for the training of expert
leadership.
Stupendous Job.-The mobili8ing of
he home base is for the purpose of
reaching the gospel of civilization,
righteousness and Christianity to the
est of the world. The Methodist
llhurdh has been given definite por-
ion of the foreign world for evangel
cation. No other church will do any
York in these portions. Hence the
Centenary program. 1t calls for the
of the Methodist world
n five years. 1t calls for the es-
Gblishroent of LIZA institutional and
illage churches; 165 missionary res
dences; and 657 native residences:
calls for 500 primary schools, and
J. secondary schools. 1t also calls
or rs colleges; as hospitals; and II
Doctors residences. This equipment
viii be managed by 232 missionary
reachers, 1897 native teachers, 254
teachers, SO missionary
octors, and 80 missionary nurses.
The total expenditure during the
ext five years will be not less thar
The total expenditure al
PC horne base will be not less thar
4b,000,0OO.
Special Interest to Payette.-Cen-I
enary Convention March 8 and 4
peakers of national reputation: Dr.I
]. Lace, DR.. R. B. Johnson, DR.. Geo
Stereoptican lectures.
pecial music.