. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . an help, by meetingthe emergency now. Something can be said for a campaignof education that looks to the future forresults but more for a campaign that em-phasizes the eternal now. Christian peopleare cursed with wealth that belongs toGod. We have embezzled the trust fundscommitted to our care, and then lift upour hands and pray, Thy KingdomCome. The coming of the Kingdomwaits upon the contributions of the people,and we will not give. Many who oughtto lead in arousing the church to its re- sionary Society to send able-bodied mento put them in a
. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . an help, by meetingthe emergency now. Something can be said for a campaignof education that looks to the future forresults but more for a campaign that em-phasizes the eternal now. Christian peopleare cursed with wealth that belongs toGod. We have embezzled the trust fundscommitted to our care, and then lift upour hands and pray, Thy KingdomCome. The coming of the Kingdomwaits upon the contributions of the people,and we will not give. Many who oughtto lead in arousing the church to its re- sionary Society to send able-bodied mento put them in a corner and extract thecontribution that they ought to makecheerfully, gladly and generously. By missionary meetings and missionstudy classes in the local societies; byconferences and conventions in ourunions; by inspiring appeal and inform-ing literature we have been trying to rallyour Christian Endeavor host to the mis-sionary standard. But the atmosphere of the averagechurch is against us. A few faithfulwomen are with us. But the men, the men. WILLIAM SHAW, BOSTON, MASS. sponsibility are silent or apologetic in theirappeals. The people need to give whetherthey want to or not. It reminds me of the handsome Jerseycow a farmer owned. A neighbor in-quired how many quarts of milk she wouldgive a day. The farmer replied, Wall,if you mean by voluntary contribution,she wont give none, but if an able-bodied man can back her up into a cornerwhere she cant kick, he can get elevenquarts a day. Our churches, many of them, are kick-ing cows, and we compel our Home Mis- of mean?, the men of superb businessability, the men who are astonishing theworld with their business enterprise arenot with us. Would that this meeting might mark theend of our playing at missions, and of ourpetty discussion of methods, and that theremight be sounded here a high clear note that would rally the young andthe old. the men and the women, thepastor and all the people to the suprememission of the chur
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