Adults in the Sunday school; a field and a force . e church. Just as the Biblefinds a place in many a home, where its contentis never read, so the church is counted indis-pensable to a community, even though thepeople never think of using it. It is an assetof respectability. This superstitious notion ofthe church will not be banished until thechurch wears everyday clothes, as well asfine linen, and hits hard blows for social right-eousness, and proves that it is not here to beministered unto but to minister. For suchan opportunity the Organized Bible Class hascome to the Kingdom. We now propos
Adults in the Sunday school; a field and a force . e church. Just as the Biblefinds a place in many a home, where its contentis never read, so the church is counted indis-pensable to a community, even though thepeople never think of using it. It is an assetof respectability. This superstitious notion ofthe church will not be banished until thechurch wears everyday clothes, as well asfine linen, and hits hard blows for social right-eousness, and proves that it is not here to beministered unto but to minister. For suchan opportunity the Organized Bible Class hascome to the Kingdom. We now propose to submit a program ofservice wide enough in its scope, and yetdefinite enough in its details, to be adopted asa working basis for any earnest Bible Class,whether in the city or in the country. The widening circles of service shown here108 A PROGRAM OF SERVICE illustrate the field. The Bible Class in thecenter serves first within the church andSunday school, then moves out to the com-munity, and extends its cooperation to earthsremotest What are some of the things that may bedone? I. Within the Church. 1. Provide good equipment for the Sun-day ADULTS IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 2. Promote and practice church attend- ance. 3. Engage in personal and team evan- gelism. 4. Socialize the church. 5. Put business methods into church finance. II. In the Community. 1. Study social conditions. 2. Work for wholesome recreational fa- cilities. 3. Work to remove all destructive agencies. 4. Promote all constructive enterprises. 5. Relieve distress of every sort. 6. Seek to remove causes of social and industrial distress. III. In World Enterprises. 1. Study missionary problems. 2. Infuse into the church zeal for mis- sions. 3. Be a center of intercession. 4. Give money and life with abandon. It will be seen that this program is notimpracticable by the following quotations from110 A PROGRAM OF SERVICE reports received from classes that are testingits suggestions. Mens Classes R
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