Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-01

the middle west be was pastor of
large churches of over 1000 member
ship each. In wal time DIR. Bennett
served as a volunteer chaplain in Camp
Funston and Fort Riley. The last
three years his pastorates have been
in Idaho and Great Falls.
Sunday night a large congregation
greeted DR.. Bennett, and there was
demonstrated the new type of evening
service that characterizes the modern
way, using moving pictures. The ma
sonic picture. The Citizen and His
Country was shown through the
courtesy Of Jack Lloyd and J. NJ. Char
teris. Since 1915 DR.. Bennett has
made considerable use of moving pic
lures in his church work on Sundays.
but the spiritual and evangelistic note
has been kept primary even in this
popular form of church feature.
In his address DR.. Benentt said, in
part:
II am glad that ] felt called of God
into the ministry of the gospel of Jesus
Christ. / am glad that my lot has
been cast with the Methodists. I am
glad that / had small appointments in
the early part of my ministry. 1t has
been % years of test and trial, and
much hard work. Yet felix's have been
good TO me and my family. Though we
went forth, somewhat like the apostles
Of old, without any store of material
resource. but wholly dependent upon
God and the good will OF the people,
and we have lacked nothing necessary
to our daily living in comfort. The
.providential care of the good Lord has
hands of human friends and loyal
churches. In Kansas. in Iowa, in Ne
braska, in Oklahoma, in Idaho, and
now in Montana, there have rallied no
bic. spirited men and women who have
cared for their pastor unfailingly and
encouragingly and cheerfully. There
has been a silver lining very real to the
clouds of dependence which a
minister must trustfully undergo in his
Trust Is Justified
THAT we can safely walk in the
providential footsteps of God, we hum
bly declare. The Methodist preacher
is subject to appointment to any field
Of the homeland or foreign lands.
in the assurance that If me TO farthest
seas the wings of morning bear, the
Hand that leads and holds me here,
shall lead and hold me there No
Young man or woman need fear to cast
the lot of life with God in the name
of the loving Christ.
The method and program and
preaching of the church has changed
considerably in the quarter century.
The primary emphasis of this time is
on the kingdom Of Christ on earth.
The conversion of the soul is not
alone a matter of making peace with
God, and the lifting of the condemna-
ton of sin by divine forgiveness, with
the prospect of heaven as the hope and
of life. The conversion from
to service, from the low
er plain of personal peace with God
and the personal prospect glorious, to
the higher and wider range of devo-
lion to humanity's redemption. acting
as one with our fellows in undertak-
ing and striving to carry forward the
conscious and purposeful direction of
human evolution and progress. and
our s%agacious, skillful and for
ward looking human providence, as
one Of our great modern preachers has
said, until more and more the king
IONS Of this world become the king
of brotherhood. peace and
righteous prosperity, with earth and
years moving toward the purpose
IF the skies
A New Concept Of Religion
"A new concept of religion is COM
ne into our life. It is 10 mere alb