The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-19
Union Lite Work Prayer Service
Written for the FdnmOni Ministerial Association B,
J. EBERT WELLS,
Pastor Diamond Street Methodat Episcopal Church.
To PRAY the Lord of the harvest that HI
will send forth laborers into His harvest"

will send forth laborers into Hi His harvest 'HA n'
THE Frmont Ministerial Association has arranged for union
Life Work Prayer Service be held at the Methodist Protestant
Temple Wednesday night 500 o'clock The people of all
the churches called upon together that evening and unite
prayer that God may lead parents conseca their children to
Christian service and that people adequate numbers to do
the work Of the ministry the fields and other Christian life call
ngs may be led to dedicate their lives to definite full time Christian
and that Christians everywhere may be led to dedicate definite
margin Of their time the work Of establishing genuine Christian civil
izaton upon the earth
1t coming be positive Of the worlds great Chris
tan thinkers that the only possible way make the world safe for
democracy to lead the world adopt the Golden rule enuncated
by the Prophet of Nazareth Scientific surveys have been made through
which has been discovered that thousands men and women must be
added to the Of full time Christian workers if the world is be
convinced that morals more necessary than money that purity
vital to the nation than pleasure and that integrity of character is
greater asset than the stability of AS Jesus made clear
hata house divided against itself stand Lincoln made
clear that this nation could not long endure half slave and half Free
halt drunk and half SOBER the World War has made clear that the
world stand half democracy and half autocrac 50 it being
made clear these days that the world for decent
people to live long half selfish and half unel6s half idle
and half busy half bad and half good very that no nation
be strong when great numbers of her oae are drunk
ards gamblers thieves oafer. bums dvourers of widows houses
aduterers liars ceae coyeous hater Of good without public
spirit supporters OF benevolent and community enepse-n other
words. clear that citizen good citizen until he morally
clean morally trustworthy accepts his life stewardship that
all gifts talents and for his but for the COM
good and himself member Of the world brotherhood
The pgm Of Jesus Christ calls for the raising up of citizenship like
that for nation under heaven chst Go ye all the world
calls for Of religious education big enough and far reaching
enough present His claims with winning every man. woman
and child beneath the sun.
All the above calls for thousands Of men and women who will
dedicate their e to the most inspiring and the monumental task
Of which the worlds deamers have dreamed task Of modng
the world into Christian brotherhood
And all this the why Of this meeting The ministers are calling
the people of Famont together pray the Father
and the Father of that young and young IN Fasont
and everywhere hear and answer Gods call service
Dr.. Wallace B. Fleming President of West Virginia Wesleyan
College and Life Work Secretary for the Pittsburgh Area pittsburgh
Ere and West Virginia Conferenc) the Centenary Movement the
Methodist Episcopal Church. will speak upon the call to life service
Dr. fleming presents this subject as but few All young people,
all parents and all church officials especially invited 10 attend and
the doors open to all who will come