The Oklahoma Christian. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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The Oklahoma Christian
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Orlando expects to dedicate
the fifth Lord's day and soon
after Geary and Perkins. A
pretty good start for the new
missionary year.
partments. They would
actually have been grieved
' tlleY failed to reach tlie
high mark at which they
were aiming. So while
they did surprise others
they were not surprised
themselves.
Every noddy that set a definite
s am to be reached, succeeded in get-
ting the amount. Where no defi-
nite amount was called for nothing
exceptional was done.
Now the lesson is easy: Set
your mark high! He confident
you will reach it. and you will
At this writing Brother D. W.
Solomon, elder of the church at
Kingfisher, lies in a very criti-
cal condition, it is thought at
death's door. Let us hope and .make a record otherwise impos
sible.
Brother Newby is on his way
to Cincinnati via Chicago, where
he takes a short course of lec-
pray that lie may be spared to
his family and the church. He
is a'very useful man.
The new church at Mountain
View is the first to dedicate j tures. Brother Boen. too is
-.ince our annual convention, j about ready to leave for the Ju-
The new house there is modeled) ljilee convention. So our editor-
after the one at Weatherford, ial staff will be pretty well rep-
being the same size and style, resented. We will expect some
Brother Monroe conducted dedi rery bright things from their
catory exercises last Lord's day. l)ens after their return. At this
A full account is expected from writing the Field Secretary has
liitn. about concluded to forego the
77 ; ; ~~ . , pleasure and profit of the trip.
Near the closing session of Jf ,, . . , . . /
. . it- this is the hnal decision he
our late convention a resolution
was passed calling for a com
mittee on a ministerial institute.
The committee composed of
A. B. Carpenter, E. M. Barney
and W. A. Humphrey reported
in favor of an institute being
held at Perry during the light
of the moon in December. The
matter of program for the meet-
ing was referred to the same
committee. All preachers es-
pecially should keep this in
mind and prepare to attend.
The program committee will
meet soon and make up the pro-
gram for the first ministeral in-
stitute for Oklahoma.
A Lesson to Learn.
There is a lesson in what has
been accomplished by the sev-
eral missionary societies this
Jubilee year. There were many
to prophesy failure when the
will just work right ahead and
try to quit thinking about how
much he is missing by not going.
Home Missions in Four Words,
The plea for Home Missions
can be made in four words:
1. For the sake of souls. No-
where can we win souls with so
little effort and so little
cost. The harvest is ripe and,
the laborers are few. Pray ye
the Lord of harvest that he send
forth laborers into the harvest.
2. For the sake of our plea for
Christian union. Nowhere can
our plea receive so respectful a
hearing as in America. This is
the seat of the disease of denom-
inationalism; here is where we
are to carry the cure; our dis-
tinctive plea is especially adapt-
ed to American Christianity.
God in his providence sent it to
Foreign Society said £150,000 America by our fathers and
and when the Home Board said every motive that sent ourfath-l
*100,000. Many said impos ers with this great plea impels
sible to raise so much more us today to send it all over the
than ever before. When the C. j goodly land.
W. B. M. said $U0,0<H) for '.•!». ij. Fur the sake of our country.
there was not much said about America needs the gospel of
it, for it was regarded simply our Lord. Jesus Christ is the
as another convention resolu only statesman who can proper-
tion. to be forgotten soon after ly solve the problems that are
the adjournment. But this was before our people today. Every
no part of the purpose of any! high motive of patriotism ap-
one of the capable men and peals to us to make this land
women at the head of these de Immanuel's land.
4. For the sake of our Lord Je-
sus Christ. Jesus needs America
just as much as America needs
Jesus. God has ordained that
nations should be his witnesses
as much as individuals. It is
ordained that America shall
stand before the nations and
bear witness. God wants that
testimony to be for righteous-
ness and for the gospel of the
Son of God.
The Anglo-Saxon blood is the
conquering blood; God wants
that blood to be pure and health-
ful.
By these four words Home
Missions lays claim to our love,
our help and our prayers.
God has honored this society
and brotherhood, whose servant
it is, in using it for the advance-
ment of his kingdom, and in the
effort to make this goodly land
more and more Immanuel's land.
Many newly organized
churches need to be encouraged
and supported; many ripe fields
need to be harvested; we should
have a thousand missionaries
under direction of our board.
In every mark of divine ap-
proval, in the fact that our plea
never received so responsive a
hearing as now, in the rapid
growth God has given us as a
people, our God is saying to us:
"Behold this goodly land; it is
yours, and you are able to pos-
sess it for the religion of Jesus
Christ." We should keep step
with the march of God's provi-
dence and get out with him be-
yond the camp of indifference
for the possession of America
for Christ. "Home Missions to
the front" should be the cry
of every minister, every elder
and member of the body of
Christ, and it should never cease
until we have won the victory.
Benj. L. Smith.
"I have known farmers, be-
cause of blustering winds and
squalls of snow in the month of
March, to house up and do no
work; and when came the pleas
ant days of spring, there were
many little jobs not done, which
they could have done indoors,
and the doing of these threw
them back, and all through the
spring and summer,being behind j
with their work, they were per-'
plexed; and in the autumn they
sustained a loss, but all their
regrets could not change the
result then. I have heard per-
sons at death deeply lament a
misspent life, but :Ill of their
lamentations in that solemn
hour availed them nothing. A
great many good intentions lie
undeveloped in the graveyard."
—Selected.
Bible School Department.
H. L. Hutchison, Editor,
Perry, Oklahoma.
Brother Chastain, of Yukon
has the right idea. He sends
the following from the Union
school at Yukon:
11 Dear 11 rot her:—As per your
request through the Christian
1 send you this information as
regards our members in Union
Sunday schools. At this place
our numbers are: assistant su-
j perintendent, organist and five
(all of them) teachers, and
i pupils, total 17. The Union
school at West Point Christian
church, Thurston postottice, has
j -0 of our members, three of them
j are teachers, and one assistant
superintendent. The above fig-
ures include members only."
I would have been glad also
to have had the number of our
children in attendance that we
1 may know how many of our
people are in Bible schools.
Brother Spencer E. Sanders, of
I Kingfisher, writes:
"I herewith submit report of
the Christian church Sunday
school, Kingfisher: Superinten-
dent, Spencer E. Sanders; mem-
bership 05; for Home Mission,
#4.50; for Foreign Missions,
$3,50; for support of school
$17.25; total $25.25. This re-
port is for work done since Jan-
uary 1, 18(J9."
These few lines are encour-
ageing, won't others send re-
ports'^ They are interesting,
and also will assist me in
the future work. In order to
have everything in connection
with our Bible schools work
smoothly, would not it be best
to change the election of officers
to September 1 from January 1,
then one year's report would
not be under two superinten-
dents, etc., then each secretary
could make his own report in
full for annual convention.
A Good Meeting,
Sheldon, Missouri,October 7.
I am in a meeting here; have
large audience every night.
Popplewell's meeting at Bates
City, Missouri, resulted in 41
additions. He did the preach-
ing; Brother Williams led the
singing, his wife played the
organ and the whole congrega-
tion sang with the spirit and
the understanding also. Will
be home after this meeting.
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Boen, J. B. The Oklahoma Christian. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1899, newspaper, October 12, 1899; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc305724/m1/3/: accessed April 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.