The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
MODERATOR HITS
CHURCH CRITICS
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10 fight our accusers or by having a
quarrel among ourselves i'm the mat
ter? Not at all. The remedy is not con
troversy. Like Nehemiah. we are doing
great work and cannot come down.
Pastors who are on their jobs have
enough TO do and have no time to
waste in trying to convince an un-
sympathtic world that the church is
sound. And as for the church herself.
the true antidote for error is the truth.
Nothing will heal our woes like grace.
and there is nothing like light TO de-
liver us from darkness.
mo appeal to force, no recourse to
law. no ecclesiastical bull. will drive
out heresy where heresy appears We
have the more excellent way depicted
In the thirteenth chapter OF First Cor
inthiaps What is needed IS the spirit
Cf Christ and a return to gospel
preaching. If indeed we have departed
from It; every man TO his task: the
laying Of now emphasis upon the
things most surely believed among us.
in every pulpit and class room of the
church.
Enemies Are Active
In speaking Of the enemies OF the
church. DR. HAYS said:
Some think they see evidences of
an organized propaganda against the
church. Whether this be true or not
va know the enemy was never more
alert than now to pick flaws and hin
der spiritual progress.
ranks. every smallest symptom OF
a weakening In Christian testimony.
every departure of any minister from
the faith. IS taken up and magnined
and broadcast ms though to create an
impression that the old foundations
are slipping and the church is losing
ground
Now is the time for loyalty to
Christian truth and Christian prin.
ciple. Now is the day of all days
when we should be clean who bear
the vessels OF the Lord. and when
the army Of Christ should stand with
n solid, united and inflexible front
before an unbaleving yet perishing
world"
Buildings Are Needed
DR.. Hays sounded n warning In
discussing the need for a building
campaign Of large dimensions. He
said:
I'm hundreds Of western. cities the
little chapel which was sufficient Mt
the start and has served its purpose
well. has now been outgrown and a
larger building must be erected with
out delay, If we are to keep apace
with the growing needs and rightly
serve the incoming population. A
million and more dollars in addition
to what Is provided in the regular
budget, could be used at once In help
ing worthy churches to rebuild or
enlarge.
Our fifty-seven colleges are all in
need of better endowment and equip
ment. and a church like ours. which
has always stood for Christian edu-
cation, must stand for it today as
never before in our history. The log
college, which served at one time, will
not do now. and should survive only
as a monument to the faith and sac
rif1oe Of those who built 1t.
Instead Of relying upon our an
nual receipts and the miserable pit |
taHC9 OIL our DuuBeC winch can De USED
for suoh purposes, it is time for
building campaign Of large dimensions
which will put our church to the
fore with college buildings and church
buildings and hospitals worthy of the /
Presbyterian name"
Defends Prohibition
In defining the stand of the church
on program Of Uorld-wide prohibit
ton. the moderator declared:
THE forces of evil challenge u.s. |
What has frequently been referred to |
in the assembly as the greatest OBJ
stacle to the progress Of the kingdom
received its death sentence in the pass
age of the Eighteenth Attachment; and
the devil has not got over 1t. He'll has
enlarged herself in the effort to re-
cover her lost stronghold. The tenn
perance triumph was a triumph of
the church, and it is no time to re-
treat. The church ewes "a duty to So
ciety as well as to the individual, and