▼oeum*
of God 1b full of illustra
prore this. The word of
show* many Instance?
| i >ave them. Hq. -.if,.
. We seem to be living , in an age
when God speaks only to. the lew, «
indeed he speaks at,all. It is inter
esting to hear men these days gfving
yon God’s great program as has only
been revealed to the few. We are
. not unmindful of the .fact that right
it would seem has always been in the
'' minority; yet the great question that
. should concern us all is why God
t has ceased to. speak to men every
where, to inform and keep them in
terested in His great and glorious
Perhaps this busy age in which
we lire has put men on wheels or
- has given them wings so that the
humming ot the wheels of industry,
of worldlh|pss Of the buzsipg of the
voice. We should think mor^ of Rev
elation *':6, /‘He that hath5 an ear,
L |nt him <hear what the spirit *aith
fNwato'th# churches,’’and this means
its membership, got time to listen to
the whispering of the Holy Spirit,
or wUl he be . made light of and the
Church, gp on- with her political
scheme. Take time to be holy should
be sung, and-r practiced more and
‘Be still,
nn^ know; that I am God * I will be
exalted among the heathen, I will
be exalted in the earth,” must be
.preached. ;
Frankly we are going up to the
; f General Conference in May and the
1/' thing that should set us all thinking
> is will God havp a chance tp speak
njen and offer any suggestions as.
to .what our program . snail be for
fee next four years or have we al
ready fixed it without Him- Are
we willing, to make this stupendous
task of selecting men hnd women
who will direct the affairs of the
'• Church for the. next quadrenninm, a
matter .of prayer and be led by His
, Spirit, or will ' we 'choosd men and
^ women because, they are our friends
and can be usedns, and then
KNIbdtto help tis l»ep them straight
or at least hid froth the public.
We should never forget that scene
General Conference that met
in our General Conferenc
fb to Charlotte in May 4912
Davenport Hints At Disagree
ment With Financial Plan.
By W. tt;Davenport.v;
i'l*' . . y ~ ■» ' i(i;i '»'« "*
A very Interesting document has
osne into our hand* recently, which
nm the nature of the letter aecom
nnying It, has gone into the hands
.Denominational .Creed” is the
»f the tireless Bishop Kyle*. It
m twelve articles of faith all
stay set. forth' in understand
inguage . To the better under
ig of the spirit animating this
,&no*t every method pa'd been used
i to elect some me# as bishops, but
(failed, the Conference joined in sing*
ing, ‘‘Father, I ptretcb toy hands to
Thee, No other beip I know," etc.
Tftas the hyton that should hpe
been used'at the beginningwas sung
near th# close and only when it wa»
found that nothing could b^ accom
plished by mere human force anti
schemes. • ■'W!
- Let Us hope that the noble men
and women elected to serve in the
Coming General Conference are men
and women; who will take Order# :
from the whispering' of the Holy.
Spirit amd will do what ought and
must be done for the establishing of
Christ's kingdom in the earth.
If it is making proper 1 district#;
saving the kingdom’s money or
electing competent men to be as
signed to tbe district, let us put
down selfishness and work for the
good of the Church.
Winston-Salem.
your whole duty, there
toshout to the passing
In fact, if
the reborn*
mce is almost
fcefcee and w®
polls to oil the
ttr Church, to
j|thd gear^in
momentum so
5 carry on foi.
fhc|t to put on g®
that w© shajt be i
MMrtqKMKjK y<
more, getting bet
four yeats than^
of Zion Methodist
Going to IndU
be carried along t
er used at Knor
man* eveny deleg
| 1 BI8H0P J. 8. 6ALDWELL, D. D.
Bishop. J. S, Caldwell, who speaks at the Chicago AlMRace Conferento
onthe subject: “The Effect of Religion on Race Relational ” >
the opportunity which she offers far
the development of their highest self
expression, and the achievement of
their individual and social aspira
tions.” That aritcle reveals the man,
and we can therefore apPrb|ch his
creed with more confidence and as
surance. It is, the purpose of thlf
paragraph to touch only upon One
other article at this time, for so many
are interested in it, whether they
less.t Article six
hat in order rS
admit it or not
of abstract noth
reads: “I bellei
secure the most
'Spresentativfe ot ms or <her confer
ence and given ajn opportunity to
help make tie law j which all of us
are expected to, ojey? Which? This
twentieth .century le an age of reas
oning, an age of thought. It should ha
i' the Geneial Conference is
t6Hu and plan a program
ler Qod, it ti hall be put over,
tlte Tercentenary campaign
ntied? This tuestton has been
id is being jaaked daily. If it
mtinued, ce tainly we cannot
leave the, General Conference without
a definite program to raise monies
for e a, dhurth extension and
foreign mission. And for Ood’a sake
do not forget our old minfetini who
centenary. “Teachi
ship." Have they
few, perhaps* but
day as they were fi
If they like the j
if they want a ch
pastors have raise
raise the following" with*
on a rally or appointing <
clubB to raise it.
I am not a grumbler m
tempt to crticise. I am not
an excuse for not raising.
it on as planned a&d better 1
wiHfoliow.
/ Perhaps as a church we a
much afraid of spending, mono
"strain at a gnat and swallow
pi." It takes money to pgt oyer
.program- Merchants spend thoi
of dollars to advertise their
Zion must spend money to
her people . / ^
More Bishops Needed.
I was talking to one. of our; 1<
pastors spme time ago- Iv*a
should elect five bishops. He
amazed and said, "Where ph
get the money to pay them.?'*
that is m trouble ^ith u»
The memhefs of the church ha
»o^ey, and if they, get Episcoi
pervision, they will give the n
By George A.
Miafcfc discussion is being h«|d now
concerning episcopal supervision.
Much crit:C|sm is beipg made be
cause during the past lour years the
Wshops have been worked so hard,
and pressed for time thgt m*hy sec
Hons of the' church have Vnotbeen .
able to have the care of an episcopal i
head.
This, however, could not be helped^
tor during the first year, cruel death
took four of’ our chieftains and the
work planned, at our General
ferenbe for eleven men has
placed on the shoulders of seyei
there" was sufficient work for
pfeven one can readily see tbirt i
rould be some part of & bra*
sity, neglected.
Though the cause was provide
the’ church has, however, f«ff<
ill
Because of this w;e shenld
>ur ears to the grognd, arid 11
to. the ci-yittg
jars are pot deaf to those who
sort the ‘cause, we , can hear 1
The South'
are ifc’the rfj&t
Bril deeds flee tl
the break of day.
rather than light*
are eril< When .i
tolerated in a ebl
i indicates that th«
rise up and cot
even when entre
wonders
v +A •. . • - ; '•*' •
member thereof unde
graft and rbrauption.
scintilla of pro^f is i
is a serious abuse of
speech. No sanely re
of public opinion- ^on
reckless utterance. 1
nalism' requires the*
definitely ascertained i
of where it leads or >.
But even here a wi«C j
vertisement of such ft
ment. The true crit<
determined by what h
be served, and hot by
nationalism. For the
cannot see what racial
is : accompSished hy !
pubfle scandal .our hie
tieal dignitaries. W|id
propensity in, apy ptjaej
our own. .^