THE OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN.
Y. P. S. C. E. COLUMN.
.Miss Nellie F. Whitfield, Editor.
Kildare, <)klahonia.
TOPIC FOR APRIL 22.
Serving Clod joyously.
Matt. 22; 1-14.
Great Opportunities, Crcat Responsi
bility,
God lias given the disciples of
Christ the most wonderful op-
portunity ever presented to any
people. It is an opportunity of
immeasurable magnitude — the
winning of America to the gos-
pel of the New Testament.
For half a century this coun-
try has been making yreat
strides in industrial expansion;
science has been opening new
avenues for the creation of
wealth, until we are indeed be
coming the heirs ol" the aye,-,,
and America become- the field
nt the greatest activity of the
race.
This country is to in tlie
greatest manufacturing country
on the face of the earth; here I
are the raw materials, here the
coal, the ores, the land. A1
ready we have ten billion of dol-
lars invested in manufacturing
plants, and the value of the an
uual product, fifteen billions.
In twenty-five years we shall
have a population of 100,000,000,
and our manufacturing product
will reach twenty-five billion
dollars annually.
Will our people rise to this
magnificent opportunity? If we
see bur day of visitation; if we
keep >tep with the leadership of
Cod; If we do what our Cioii
wants us to do, within twenty-
five years we can leaven this
great nation with our plea for
primitive Christianity: we can
number two and one-half million
disci[iles in the United States;
we can have" hundreds of
churches among the Germans,
the Scandinavians, the Chinese
the Japanese and other nation
alitie>; our national conventions
will have representatives from
all these nations; we can be giv-
ing ><1,000,000 a year for Home
Missions. This is our great op-
portunity, will we rise to meet
it? We need to face the situa-
tion with prayerful considera-
tion. We need men large
enough in mind and heart to
grasp the situation; men who
discern the times in which they
live; men competent and will-
ing to lead the church of Cod
into her rightful service.
To meet this splendid oppor-
tunity Home Missions must be
pressed to the front as never be-
fore. Our young people must
lie thoroughly indoctrinated into
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THE COURSES OF STUDY
tn our Institutions embrace Hook-
keeping, Business I'l .n tioe. Com-
mercial Arithmetic. Kapid Calcu-
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Papers. Teleferaphy, Shorthand,
Tvpewi i \ >rrespi >;11T■;: -
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GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA.
OUR GRADUATES ARE UNIFORMLY SUCCESSFUL
our great plea, so they will be
loyal to it at all times a: il in all
places. We must keep and oil
tivate tlie spirit of evangelism;
having men of large talents and
men of small talents goiny
everywhere preacliing the Word.
We must aid our Home Hoard to
begin the evangelization of our
German neighbors; we must in-
augurate missions among tile
Scandinavians; we must plant
the churches in the read}' ripe
fields of our la lid.
To meet this splendid oppor-
tunity means largely increased
work in our cities; we should be
spending $100,000 a year in city
evangelism, and all that in
cities having more than 100,000
population.
in the new communities and
in the rapidly developing manu-
facturing towns we must be pre
pared to act promptly in estab-
lishing mission churches for the
tirst in the field if well managed,
will generally become the lead-
ing factor in the religious life of
that community
It behooves the leaders in our
churches In recognize this splen-
did opportunity-, and help our
Home Mission Hoard to meet it.
Delay means the loss of God-
given opportunities. Once lost
they can never be recalled. The
Lord has given us a vast oppor
tunity. He has called us to
these responsibility's which
should burden every heart.
America is a "mighty world
rounding into form." and upon
our work during the next twenty-
five years depends our influence
in moulding the destiny of this
land, and through it, all the
lands of the earth.
Will our brethren heed the
call from our Hoard of Home
Missions to do this great work ?
— Henj. L. Smith, Correspond-
ing Secretary American Chris-
tian Missionary Society, Y. M.
('. A. Huilding, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Home Mission offering first
Lord's day in May.
21 7 WEST H RRISO N
GUTH RIE, O W LA H O M A.
£ branches:
PIANOFORTE, VOK'L, ORGAN, GUITAR, MAN
£ DOLIN, VIOLIN, HARMONY, COUNTERPOINT,
£ COM POSIT K >N, MUSICAL H1ST< )ltY.KL< M'UTlON
x= AND ORATORY.
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DIRECTOR. *
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The Lead and Zinc Fields of North
crn Arkansas a re 111 1 ■ a-ily r>  
via 1 lie Frisco Line. Arrange men ts havi
been completed for daily stage service
between Ohadwick. Forsythe and I. ad
Hill ; also between Kureku Springs Yell-
ville, via Kerryvilie. < >reen 1' orest, 11 ar
rison and Powell. These Mages make
dose connect ion with through trains 0!
t he Frisco Line and affords most comfor-
table and convenient means of reach-
ing that important locality. Descrip-
tive literature with rates, time of
trains and stage connections will be
furnished upon application to any
representative of the Frisco Line, or to
Bkvas Sxydkk, General l'as.-rnger
Agent, St. Louis.
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