The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-14

TIC ana whlch are cpboSSb " Wv
religious principle which they all
hold in common
The chorus OF 'amens "hlch
greeted the wonderfully inspiring
and scholarly message the great
teacher brought attested the favor
able impression. II created among
church workers who are at this turn"
engaged in thc task Of carrVt02 tn p
gospel everywhere as the only cure
for the evils OF the times, on tn"
largest scale II has evet before at
tempted.
Or. Morgan. who - visiting thi'
country for the first time since ia p
war, hut who at various times has
preached in every state in thc Union.
said he finds the sentiment for uni
fcattn0 Of effort gaining strength
wherever he has gone
The three essential doctrines. n"
declared, unon which all rhurrhes
can stand without any differences Of
opirion are the authority OF the
Scriptures the absolutism It Christ
and the church OF God as the tnstrr-
rucnt throayh which Christ * re-
yealod to tho world.
ahSoluti~m Of Christ,
at is only necessary Nc said.
that you believe the Bible is God
brcathed ." II makes no difference
how Il became that way. Every man
has "A right t. his own individual
opinion uoon that You need only
the bed rock Of faith.
And then there is the ahsolution
Of Christ believe all US can @et
together on that. In studying the
Bible listen more to the und >rton"
Than to tho actual notes In the Ola
Testament | read that they want a
priest. king and a prophet. The
wish is never achieved But when
I turn to the New I find Him. II
is Christine representation Of no.
feet humanity and God Himself. TINS
IL enough Tho mystery with which
he lis enveloped makes no difference.
The last elemental princtnle ppon
which we all agree Is the efficacy OF
the church as the pillar and founda-
ton OF Christ the sacrauentAl host
IF all souls That is all We have 10
believe The rest makes No differ
cnce In fact. delight in the amaz-
ing irregularitv of the HOLY Ghost
From the acts Of the APOSTLES
could write brief for any demon o.
nation on earth, and there are only
three grand divisions in the Proio2-
tant church. the tnnCregattoua}is'
the Presbyterian and the Episcop71
Il &c not the means. but grace that
is saving. I had rather not hay"
the cruciix and the high ritual They
bore me. Eut TO some people II -
tho only way to worship
Il is only tho non-essentials, there
fore Dr Morgan said. that keep the
denominations apart.
In closing he held IN tho churcA
and the religion Of Jesus christ as
the only cure for the universal So
ciat disturbance--thc church, clear
rs the sun. fair as the moon, anj
terrible as an army.
He was introduced by Bi~hon En-
gene Il Hendrix. who presented him
not as pr. Morgan, Of London. but ~
Or Morgan. Of everywhere
DIR. Edgar BIake's Address.
The feature OF the morning SEES
sion was an address by Or. Edgar
Blake, of New York, member oi
the Methodist Episcopal church and
one Of the leaders in the recent Cen
tenary movement for that body His
address dealt largely with the con
servation program Of the centenary
campaign
He said that the centenary cam
paign had raised the per-capita Civ
ing OF the Methodist Episcopa
church from seventy-one cents l.
$500 The wealth ~ the Meth
cdists was estimated at $4,000. 600
900. 90. increasing at the rate Of
$t25. 100000 every thirty days.
1t was declared that the Meth
odists Of Virginia were as we'll OF
financially as any other section O.
the country.
The centenary subscriptions, mag
nihcant as they are have onl!
touched the hem of the garment o
giving. The speaker continued an1
, said: IF only one cent OF every dol
lar made by the Methodists Wa
given it would amount to twice a
. much as had been pledged to tn
centenary fund lie called upon hi
audience TO pray for an outponrinl
; Of the power OF the spirit in orde
+, that there might be an out pourIni
, of substance.
The presiding elder or distric
superintendent as he is denon1i
mated in the Nj f. church. was char
acteried as The applied end Of tn
Episcopacy,
In the Stewardship or Tithiuj
campaign, one-third of million
tstAors. ha We besaa. see0rs3s ,nt, W u
lion being set as the goal Thi
t campaign however said Or Biuk
should be continued until NOT onl
one-tenth but all of our suhstoaC
was recognized as belonging Ia God
and even further stiIl. not only sub
stance but talent, time strength
life. all of lariety as well as ministr
F., laid on the altar for the service O
! God and humanity
He said when they sought for
: layman to lead in the laymens
movement, they found that the,
=, would have to have n $50. 10000 lay
man to fiji 100000 preacher
task when they had found thei
man he refused. because he was nc
willing to make the financial sacri
fee for the sake of the Kingdom o
God. The time has come for on
standard. A comfortable support
not all that any man ought to as
of society or even of God He ha
" the right TO have enough to edu
e cate his family. and give them com
Portable surroundings and eve
a luxuries The time will come whe
/ every man win consider that every
s thing he has is at the service OF hi
. fellow man and his God.
Mobilize Spiritual Resources,
. DR. Blake spoke OF "Radtc;
"a :, Christian Revolution" as the thin
u that he wanted, Every man VIII
names the name of Christ must lear
r that the highest satisfaction is foun
p, in investing in the lives OF their fe
"a low men.
Il $40 100000 was indeed
great amount for orr tNXo prcf