The Oklahoma Christian. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1900 Page: 2 of 4
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THE OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN.
Oklahoma Christian,
Issued weekly in the lntex sti> of tb<-
,
rltory by tbe
Oklahoma Christian Missionary Society
CUAKLKS HAZEMUUO
. A>soclate Editor. Orlando
\v a. HUMPHREY Field Editor. Guthrie
J. K. HBEWEH..Business Manager. Guthrie
St BSCKIPI ION K' A n:s:
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noma .a* >«-i'ond el;iss niail matter. Novem-
l . Mr, 1- iw.
There Should Be
l!S'r. I beater effort- put forth to
strengthen all our local congre-
gations.
■]( '< >N I). More general interest mani-
fested in the Territorial work.
ID, More liberal giving to mis-
-ionp—both Home and Foreign.
The Board of Church Exten-
sion recently received s.">,00iJ on
the Annuity Plan from David
R. Pickens and his wife, Melissa
Pickens, of Tyler, Texas. It | he does not hear it on account
bank, and there is a crowd of
witnesses higher up; they bend
over him, they understand it all
They say, 'Well done,' and if
will be remembered that Brother
KotUTIl. Ruildin _-provided for many and Sister Pickens gave OOlJ
of our homeless congregations.
FI FT 11.1 >eles:ates from all our churches
at our Territorial convention.
SIXTH, A largely increased subscrip-
tion list to The Oklahoma
C hristian", as a means to aid in
attaining the best results in every
department of our work.
T11UHSDAV. Al'KIL. -'i 180".
O" ■ r ot Publication :
• M|> t.il i "ty Hu> : ss College
Territorial Board.
pick T Morgan President, Perry
yirtes Williams...Vice President, Stillwater
\v. a. Humphrey
i'orri-Npoiuliii^ Sn retarv. Guthrie
J K Hrewer Treasurer. Guthrie
I li. l-'airtleld 1 iuthrie
.1. o Severns Gutlirle
C. M. Jackman K1 He no
0. t>. Halsell Oklahoma City
John Franlng Norman
Superintendentoi Sunday School Work.
11. I.. Hutchinson, Perry
S'.oiiTlnteiident ot Christian Kiule.ivor
Work .Miss Nellie I'. Whitfield. Kildare
WE WANT
12 New church buildings for 1 '.'<><);
100 Additions for every month;
100 1>< 'legates to our territorial con-
vent ion ;
500 New Subscribers to The Oklaho-
ma OltltlSTlAN ;
7000(;hristiails Oklahoma loawake
to the opportunity of the hour and
unite in a grand effort to advance
the cause of Christ in (iklahoma.
Subscribers to the Christian.
Below is a tabulated statement of
subscriptions received for Tin: Cuius
vian since January I. 1900.
For month of January
For month of February. -•">
For month of March 10
Total «6
Week ending April I 2
Week ending April 11' 3
Tlmt all may know our progress in
securing •">'hi subscribers to The Chkis-
i ian we propose to keep the above table
standing. Watch our progress ouch
week. Lend a helping hand. Secure
a list of new subscribers, at once. Do
not permit thi- matter to drag.
Additions Reported.
This table will lie kept standing from w. ek
to week. Preacher.', reporting should spei i ty
whether in/cession* axe by o.»u teflon, letter.
" 0th(TwiM*.
last July: which makes *10,000
that they have given within
nine months to help begin the
New Century with a quarter of
a million for Church Extension
of the babel, he will hear it in
the quiet time coming. Yea,
although lit- does not succeed
through the strength of the title;
although he fling an empty hand
tip to Heaven before the waters
!go over his head, that hand
This is the second So.000 gift shall be caught in the hand of
Home Missions appear to have I which has come from Texas this Christ."—Dr. John Watson.
the right of way just now. year. It will be remembered T1)ere is no ]i:e tluit j., worth
thatW. Iv. Homan editor of the 4inytlli that is not a ^-hting
With our present membership (Jhrislum Courier which is pub- lf- UoJ made us to He
in ()klahoma The Christian i lished at Dallas, Texas, is presi- ^ ug in thg wor]d tQflght We
ought to have a subscription list dent of the next National Con-I not bere merely to sail down
i vention which meets in Kansas ^ and take the drift as
Citv. which is the headquarters , .,
it comes, we are here to sail up
,, , the stream and meet the drift in
Brother Homan will have
of 1,500.
"We are a great church people
in Ok
\vi:i'°.K I;ndino
T tal for January
Kebruai v total
Total tor March
Grand total
1*
1 'j 4
ISO
... i of the Church Extension Board.
>ma numbering possibly T1 ....
- TJ will have rea-
son to be proud of his state,
when he gives the president s
address before the Natioi al
Convention. The Board has
also recently received S.VH) from
A. J. Thompson and wife, of
New Albany. Indiana, and £-!00
from Etnmor Strawn, of Salem,
Ohio. On April 14th, the re
ceipts for Church Extension
during the Missionary year were
>£0,607.57, which is a gain of
over the same time last
7,000. Let our offerings be also
great. ________
The church at Watseka. Illin-
ois, has had ninety additions
since the beginning of the year.
Benjamin S. Ferrell, is the pas-
tor.
The Stillwater (rir.etle of last
week had this item: "Monday
was pay (lav on the railroad and
Tuesday was pay day in police
court."
Brother J. B. Briney, one of
the ablest ministers of our broth-
erhood, is conducting a maga-
zine at Paris, Missouri,
Briney "s Monthly.
railed
Brother A. Martin, who is
ever active in the Lord's work,
recently closed a series of meet-
ings at Bloomtield, Indiana, in
which he had thirty baptisms.
Our New England churches
| the strength of God. We are
not here to tolerate; we are here
to be aggressive in the world, to
make it better for those who are
j here, and with might and with
main to do some noble service
for God and for humanity; to
tight with ignorance and with
evil in its thousand forms; to
tight for what is good, tor what
is true, for the kingdom ot our
Father and the love of our
Christ. The enemy is around
u>. before us, without us, aye,
and within us. This night 1
ask. Who of you are ready
euce of Foreign Missions con ; humbly, reflectively, but earn
vened in New York City la^t eMly, to lift up your hand to
Saturday and will be in session; Him, your risen Lord, who is
until May 1, not including Sun- beckoning you, and say. ''By
days. On Sundays the dele- Thy help. Lord, I will. Here
gates will be assigned to differ-lam I. I have been but a lag
ent churches to make addresses gar;l;I have been content to
and preach sermons in regard i tight in the rear. Take me on
to their work. It is estimated to the van, and let me have
that -.000 missionaries will meet some worthy part with Tlu< in
am
year.
The
great Ecumenical Confer
are having a good growth. Last together in the conference. Ex- this great holy war. Here
year the congregation at Wor : president of the United States, I, Prince of Peaqe; send m<
chester, Massachusetts, had a Benjamin Harrison presided at .J. Marshall Leva, 1>. l>
net gain of one
membership.
Several new lines of railroads
are being built in Oklahoma and
new towns are springing up.
We want to keep pace with this
.ti , development and churches in
! til ese towns.
April r>
• ' II
April 1 •
AN ACRCSriC.
Omit no Christian duty
Keep busy in church work.
L 'iik nut for something to do.
ft t tend all the-erviees of the church
Have something l" silJ" 11' prayer
meeting.
Open your purse as well as your heart
Multiply your good work.
Attend the Territorial l'on\ent i n
p"ul 1 in line; invite others to follow
Order ex! ra c< ipies of Tiik Ciiris n \ s
Rally to the support of your l'astor-
(Jontributs to the Territorial work.
Help in all undertakings of the church
P|eaa Tim Oki mioma Christian.
Increase your faith, »al and courage.
Subscribe for Tim Oiirisi ian.
7".>11 the "Glad News" of the Gospel
every w here.
hundred to it- the opening. Among the many
1 ""ood things lie said was this;
"I count it a great honor—a call
to preside over the deliberations
of this great body. It is to as-
sociate ones self with the most
influential and enduring work
that is being done in tliis. city of
great enterprises."
Many were the succtssful ''I suppose the meanest thing
meetings held in the territory that a man can do is to stand on
during the winter and we hear ol the bank when some one lias
others being held thi> spring, plunged into the water to save
A successful series of meetings a drowning man, and to criticize
have just closed at Orlando. the stroke of the man that with
laboring arms is bringing his
The church at Orlando was brother to shore. Poor creat-
great 1 y strengthened by its late urea! Very poor creatures!
HAVK Y< it' SI'.I.N*
THOSK FAMOUS
Jennie Lind.
New Departure,
^ High Grade,
Pattee Line
01 Cultivators,
Milwaukee Hinders. Milwauket
Mowers. Columbus Muggy Coin
[tally's Buggies, Peter Selluttlei
Farm Wagons'/
NOT. CAM, \NI.) SKI,
ni;rout: v< u* hi i
i:m
Corner Oklalnnii.t ami HroaJ,
<>i IIIIMI . OKI \IIO\k \
VanDyne & Packer
meeting. Twenty were added
to the membership. It is hard-
ly six months since the congre-
gation dedicated its new house
ot worship, but there were even
Why. if we cannot take off our
coats and go in ourselves, be
cause(»od has not given us the]
spirit, surely we can find a bit
ot cheer in our hearts to give to
iifjs during the meeting that the man. (live no heed to the
the house proved to be too small crowd on the lower bank. There
to seat the people comfortably are more crowds than one on the
i'.i runXI//- IIIiM / /X/>! s //, ) /; 1 / .s/ .v,
Silver and Gold Flour.
CANNOT HI! I \CI I I.I.I)
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Hazelrigg, Charles. The Oklahoma Christian. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1900, newspaper, April 26, 1900; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc305748/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.