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About Danskeren. (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1915)
V m PUCK-K IVÄNCILISTIC MMODS OI TUS LWSAN CEWCUIU S. P. Lenz In g private letter »t« Unz- tuskytity«1’nitt·tli. 1915, Dr. G. H. Gerhssisding wrute to uns- »t« his krieuds, sayiuzk «()h, how l wish thut the Lord woulcl »Zuin the way sm- yuu tit specui 1917 in the gr·«ntksst Luther-m city iu the Woli! Sud us thi- liirgest uuuihtsr sit· nu churchokl l«utht«1-xms in the wuricll li« tin Church could wiu Phicusik it imuhl ihr-an thts Wes-St; auti that wuulcl nie-hu the winning »l· Axnstskissa!" In this sum-- suuuth uusl islouut the Miuo timss the-« RHU ll llmsglsh Spsusth in ZU arti-»sic- Ou «The Luther-tu Nun-cis Insel Moder-U Evangelist-iU iu the- Anwsicuu Luth ersu SurveL after a ww- zihlo Walz-As eisu eludes with this Paragraph «l haie lougc lcll that h»th fin- tin quiskkeuing Of the spiritiml life uf mir uwu members and for this cvhiigoslizutiuu uk thi) steht mass of the unehurehisij uhuut us, meth ods eousiclemhly mims vigiirous and euer-O tic than uuy we or In the huhit nf omplyiug might t» hi- sct iutu uporatiiiu sur-oh- thmsp is uuthing against the spirit und gtsnius of »in ohurch, surely Iiuthiug umwaiigeliorih in ius raugiug sur spsscial uiissiuus in »m- fes-pas tiw eumnniuiti·:s. iu which ist susviccs wu« tsnucsd sluriuk thi- u-c3c«-lc. and ; haps sur WiPLhS at a time. the- fuutiinuimt due-trink Ok G(»,l·- plau »t· Salve-thut shall im Hist furth with simpljcity aucl powcstn Such uiissiiqus an- asstuullx heilig hile sluring the Leim-u ssiasun iu sum 0k our- lakgek cities with thi cuopsxraticm ok all the- churehes of nur faith in the immediate viciuity. They should lis helcj Nimmt-er at all Israeticath asul ut fis-« quent into-Nahm The-)- should he made us at trsctive us can he to the gern-rat public. thosy should entmumge iuquiret-s, who see-Oh furthor justructiou Thou- csxisitcuccs and purpose shoulcl be made komm in evcsry pussililcs way to the gener-ei public-, hzs person-il juri tatiou and public advertisomeut A way should he fuuml to socure our StrssngosL mos. sttruotlve presse-hers, to comluot tlIc-m, nnd the ils-F umz« yet come-, and l for out- would welcomo it. when our Ghin-eh will tmin autlJ eall tue-u for this specific Werk, who shall hi evoogelists pure and slmple, rather than zur-! own. Athen of meu rather than Aleph-«de of ssthcsred flooko, just as it now does-, train auJ csll men kot- the work of lauer missious oml for itallze among thi- cuosu iu our volksng and umwallt-lex la the same sen-Je ja which st. Paul procloimed and 1)ractioed: «l am be come all things to all men if by any mann» l might suve sman we too ought to be wil lig-Z. and enger to heoome all things to all wen thut use may bring the true Evangel to Ill. This would be s cousistent attitudss as wolle as u couviuciog answer to Mode-m Evangeljsm.« The- tis-usier com-Amicias us tlm Musenle Chureh appoiutccl o emuuuisssuu to Hssnsl out s will for a '«.’x«ati«u-Wiclss Pressa-hing Mig slou." Thon- jg no um- slssuying this fiust thut tin-n- hkts lmpu somi- usmw with all Hirt-« hrauchssg of the Ums-oh ou ·-;u-tli. The- ils-— man Psstholic (’lntrt«h hin clunik wry l.ttl· for this-Im pxtktsi ol« tho world iu which slns lutes hod hists wehte-ist swoy isxnspt to link-D lusr Wohle in lguumur«-. This Risfunmssl sjivisiuu hats So split itzt-U up int» splintorg of mir tsriauisun nml has so nevivwl itsislf to clcsath that the end-schlank has lass-u los-it nusl tluss known-ng Ist-noli sxst Molc. and this sti---»1.s«.l extemal und itsteklmL how- mist lunl Find-J duced such a excl-sus- that then- lg not mimäsi C thr- saw-ilu-it tmil lo«i·t. Anml with all out-; boostjag ok «l)je keine Lohn-« and Echo-i true Luther-ou (I’huk«(:h" sinsl "(’ii«l’.-sl true visihle Church on k)u1·tl1," let us he- hinH est Quough to ask the qui-stinkt aml auswqu it: «U«hst would lu- the conslition uk this( World todt-L it« there ver-ro no other churoh ou esrth than any ons- seslf—rijxl1t(e»us lutthch w syno(l, or all the Luther-un syumlix naht-F den« With all our hoastiog of umwier Ihst would become of this poor lost worl-l.’ it we Luther-as hsd all the presse-hing to do. und did not work hardor at it la the-. www than we bsvs in the post? Whot are wo do jng to Ist-het- np our uuohurchcd Luther-an iv our III-so sitiosf tht is to heoome of the whole world wbioh is locke-Ins koste-· in num ber-s than the whole christsiau churoh, it wo do not wolke- up soon and put to practioe what we hcljove nnd tesoh with an ovokwiclksaiug powok the woaoektul Cotpol ot Ohr-ists lt msy be htiiniliotias. hut it is trat-, thut- there it something wrong with us. Wo have thi truth which the wole need-, but we have tot oone our duty to rasch the muss-. blau M Getbekdios und sputh sool the truth la view ok ther farzt-» let us Hamele ts von-frier kbs Propor- svcngslistio Ustbocls ot the Luther-n Charon I shall lsy Just-u th« Don-using thro» pru jositions kor comjdpmtismx I. The Luther-in ( ’:hnnh sammt mnsk birmonioush with pl-»f(-s-sj«n.cl vmugcljsm II The Lutbemn Unsre-h Mk « Duft-et klebt to make use ok ehe hast »1 u« »Hu-» list-. Ill. The liathcksa Charon Im- m-- heut tout-winnin« method in the »wid. is w will only use it. 1. The Luther-n cbumb cannot work hat moniously with preis-sonst Hauses-m When l Us- s boy Oft-»und to so to the Albright «) VIII-III hör i Wut-presst after — zog-sm- a um- assi. ehurch to see t-he hlg met-Uns III-» memorx tuskes me hnck about fifty years, and l have no better way of explainiyg professionnl ennsgelism thun to give the impression os the things l have sei-u aml the results during the past half Gentuan The first hig mustjng I ever intended 111««h:s u wundes-still lchpression on my mind. It was- nsiuter aml the- steigt-Zug was good und tlns splilpr lpoxs anil girls Intelwa up the hokses to u lslg Sled sml tle«l u its-w lsell t-- the han«-se und I wesut nloug lot tlus first time to sei- the .-lerigltts Shuut. The-) Zniql beforer we Starke-il thut St was nlsout tim» for l'l1jl llouser nml llemzv linsh t-- mit n llLI.-n, l"p to thut time l was used to rote-— nsneks tu the house ot Hoch hut that night l »m- hoys und girls have kun in the »san« of thi- ehmsoh and in the t«1«ont the- huxs nnd thi ghsls were kneeling ut the knottrners’ heueh weeping nnd cryiug nnd Orange Lake was proz-lag lomler nnd louder und soou Henry Allgicsr hegen to jump and shout nnd Uean Rush jumped over the hucks of the pews nnd how he dld jumkpl l never suw uns-thing like it. thll llnuser did not get through thut ulghh and it was understood thut ull must go ever-)- nlght til he gets religiom for-, Huld they-. he hents them all. l shall not tnlco the tin-c- to tell nll about those meetiugs thut winter, but the night Same Anally when Phil got rellgjon, nnd Such hopplng aucl shouting I nisvek Snw before-. That wlnhsr nenle one humlmä were converted in the old All-right ehumh only one mile from our olcl st« »l»hu’S Luthekan ehurch where weweku glatl to see u emsig ok kifteen to twenty confirmed in the sprjng on Pol-n sundnzn As l grew older I notieeel that the Albright ohukeh dld not sit-»in to grow any largek und nearly ever-) wiuter the- old buckslideks heil to lns wurmesl onsr by the some old prooess ot« shoutiug, nnd sonn- ok the hoys with whom l weot to school neu-r could timl religion nt the Institut-« heuch Nearly hall« e ecntury has pas-Heil and tle old Luther-In Chnrch olalms nein-Uv nll thc mismherg of that neighhorhoocl nnd the Al lsrlglst cltnroh, now ealled the lcvungellcuh has only n few melnhers nntl has entwelef ohnnjked its methods ot« gettjng convertkt Tini-- passecl on und l hecame a pnstor of a chnreh in Columhus, 0hlo, and while then l sum- two txt-est kevlvals. One was conducted lsy a certain lcev. Von Dicke in the so-oalle(l Christian Church, bettet- known then as th( Wann-hellste ohukch, and the other by B. Pay Mille The first converted about thkee hun dred people in a few weeks under n tont net-«- the out-net of Plft Avenne nnd High und the other was s renl prokesslonnl evangelist pkonchlng for alle denonllnntlons· Van Mkqu oonverts were added to a llttle mission churoh on III-ist Plfth Avenue and in o short tlmok the-)- wore not to he found; and when B. Faz- lellla pkeached in Columhns his follow csrn loy this thousand-z were so full ot· lon thnt they hatt-d overyhocly who clhl not mer«-( wlth his methods and thozf followod hlcn to thss clepot when he wtsnt tun-)- lilce heru wuisghippssks in n crowd so las-gis thnt tlns mit-sing of n graut klug cuulil not hin-t- stir Isml thi- poeople nny more. Whnt wh- tlus ro sult li. Pay Mills has lett this Flut-listin fuith tin-l hls follow-ers lost all this roh-jun tl1i-»x« ssvssr lind, nnd that wem not »und-. Ile ikpponlsssl to thoir emotlons nnd the-F måstuolc thislr Vielan for thss now hi1·tl1 unil us soon »s- thsszs logt the-its Hnntlonal l"e·«lln»k-.-s thisy liml ih- lli--)" supposissl tin-its rssliwui Tau-s- yst-w l siui hast-or ·-l" thi« ls·i-·Hl Lunis-mi- thin-ile l lmns l»-·«n hist-H ls«x isuiipn isosisiml ius:e9tiug8. lu the lltsssl »in- si nsml selnusislisss unitsssl l» »Hm-Ort this vity Lin-l u Amt I-t«·-.««cl«-ts wus «.-«·ill--il links-. friuu Hin-u nsi. lvut tlns kiuul rsssiulti Humans-l ils-» lin- l«’ii-s.l eint-Hi liy thi- (,««l«i-li--tiiskil uisslliml uclslssil »Hu-is mismluscssi thun ull tlus utlissr sshunsliossi isuiulsiuwl This let-l uttssiupt wus this Bild-( suinlnzs »vor-unents, u l"--u- »in-um its-su, «l·lit«i· uns « Hisll«-«ppuintis-l llilly Sumle Hin-mil lssss ulmsli tmsli the luerf us uppisiiitiuks »Hi --i· tut-inhier «l1 »Ihr-r thun-how tu gis t» Brit-. l’n., i» so-« und hear tlns suslsslusittml inmlcsru tsvuugoelist nnd t» urmnms for hisi wmiuix t-) this e:it«v. He had writtcsn link-ins thut hi mmM come-. providing ullcs thi- must-staut churuhvs pxcrspt the lustlukmn untl the- Epis uupuliiins would unitss and clnse ull the-its wwle day uuel Rundin ssvoning spriieiss for sit weiskixh This selk-sppointec1 ceummittmi al so sppnintecl one meinher of my cum-rega tiun tu gis nlung to Arie-, l’u., to scsss uncl hem lsillzc While at Brit-, Billy ihm-»vier that bit-unhold lind five Luther-an chunehess nnd thut ins-s- iiktsken hundred cui-ruhen« were in the- l·’it-s-t Ghin-Ch. Just as soon as Billy dis covered this tsct he was immediate-h- con vert-sc Ile now insisted that the Pirst Lu ther-un church must full into line with all thi- utlnscs Protestsvt dcnominstions nnd co upistsute with them, or he would unt come tu Mai-stiehl. You can imngsine the presure that usu- luvught now uu the meins-»s- ok this »als chumh and finslly on the Dator to yeilcl to the Empor-or uf Mode-m Bvsngelism The matt-Or was first hwught to the attontion of the Counoil and the Gouveil asked the qonsrogntion to der-ichs the wettet-. The time lud now Come kot- the psstok ok the- blitzt Luther-n Ghin-oh to takt- a Stand, or let an out-säm- come in sad diotste what he oould do, or not do, in the oonsregstion where God lmi osllsdhim to pro-oh and tslce one of the klagt over whloh klo hsd plsosd him. It was s Mit-s hour, bat I lud seen so mnoh ot ths ole kmüt o! the hlsh preiska meth wds tm I« am not W w h- Hostie-Ha T ee what the resolt would he. So I politely informed in)« eongregation that I would not hold a eluh over them, hut that they were trying to hold one over me. and that I want— ed it undoi·st·-od that it« the-)- voted to elose mx serviees here Sundax morning or even ing. that they were voting un in)« kesignatioo m th-( same time· The rsssmlt was that thi ·-«hgi-«s2utiuh unanicnousiz deniilch to do noth ihg t» hindu- the Billzs suiulux laufenan but w-« would kontinue ums »w« seniees as iiss hisd before. The rissulr wiss that Billx Sand-U uns-zi- caniik to Klaus-sieht ils-re is the lilmsc l«»l’ it H-1’)’ SUUJ (lt«t«stis-«1: li« lFlll)’ slllls day was in his- oanipaign solely to save souls, would he have refused to come just because one Luther-an ehureh, as he desired, did not Hsield tu his demand? Honestlzy does it not loolc as it· he want-ed the kifteen hundred ineinhksrs ot his tobeisuaele niecsting the last night to swell the 1)o(«lietliool- «’ The Liteiakzs Digsst oi sziil tl1i1-,d lltlv hit- ii photogihph of the following check ·"l’he Land Title end Trost Gomit-OF 1»hii«s1s21pi-iu. dssx 4317. zum-ci- 20, 1915. SZlJLISJIT Pop- to the order ol· William A sundoy Blitz-one Thousain One Hundked end "l’lii1«t)"-;-iix Dolliuss tin-l lsjight)--tive Conts. The Sehhoortl Xationiil Bank New York li. A. David-, See-retme The somi- ihajghzine shows that he touk from t.w«-nt)"-uoe eitles MUSAGET-L »w this loolc like the follow-er ot the humhle Katzenan At the present time aismngements ori- mmlks with Bol) Jones to come to Mons iield this 1«all. but the Luther-In ehurohes will not jin the inovement thv can we not work hormoniously with prokessional evan gelismi Ileke is the whole trouble. If the wankte-list represents no (lt-nominotion, then hi- must leere out the very things the peo ple need, koc- feak he ofkends the ehurehes. The result is that he does not presst-h s full Uospet The seine is tritt-, it he does repre sent another denomination. How can two denominations opposed in their dootrines honestly work together and play the hypo— cerite either hy ignoring the doettiines or hy see-hing to agree when they do nott To re preseut all the denomiaations is just as nega tive as to represent notie. You may exemineI the whole evangelistie sehool of preise-here in this oonntrv from the religious vaudevilleq eetor Bill) Suadsy to the reverential devo- i tod, lnnulslts, ein-nost, Uod-l·e-at-jng MoodyH and »von will find that thier ls no right onus coptlon of the means of grace in theils theo l()i(y, There is a woeful coufusion in theil minds as to the work of the lloly spirit and they see-m to have no ooueeptjon of the real meuning of th·e Holy Sackaments. ll. This leads me to spegk ok the greatl lacet that this Luther-n Chor-eh has a perfech right to make use of the very hast ol· the lusst evmigeelists. It would he kolly to say that wss out-out lssam anything ol’ tho profisssjoi Isul protigeslist lle is a tmlned man und does things which we Shonld not ignorie. As a roh-. the trainpd osmngellst is very euruisst in his mein-hing ein-l is kksarlpss in his esxpos sitlon of this Divine law und know-; how tu prssss homss flu- juvitiltion to this sinnt-m tu. ttomts to Uhr-ist Vthsn « both-Tun Los-s tssj XorthkicshL Mass» ht- is dispply inqnwzsodl with two things: til-ist. the good it- wonldz do all Luther-an pastors and preuchprs to txt-. to Northkiold to Mit-n how to desvislop thss Hin-final sichs ok ("’-lns?s-tlm1ity: sc-eomll)". thi good it would do the Moody school of jin-Eh Just-s to nttcsnd a good Imthekkm Umsonst-oc csr Sehle of thosologzc We Luther-ans would .l» wtsll fo lssiusn of the tin-rags- Amme-list lum- tis kit··—;««l- s-;u«n«stl)·. l do not Nil-l- lo llns wismnisli its-l »l· Lan-Enk- »l«l" (:()lluI·.-s, Nil-trillio --h«it·— imsl ji«-mian III-on this pnljnL lpul Eli-« sincppl »l« .l«§ll«l Pius-O A llm LPHUJ xl lllsslll(« k-- pro-sont in « -:l--«-I-·xv ·-.u··«l«ss Netz-. XV« Slmulil sirisaoh as u thing »Hm l« thing tut-n l«i-t us not lns ofnsiil tu Hpionml this lziw This Sei-« nson ou th« Jlsnnst shows us litm spurlos-« Wirth inlg i« Ilion-his- the rtsal ttlmning us tin- («i-1ttttmt«li11·sitls. Wo munot piptmsis sein ftp-) Hinlul Tle tlmnslssrsi of Sitmi must pro »Nic- tlw »Hm-e of (’ulvin«y, bot nn-. tmilc(s an hour-ist notifession right here-· l was immly tu g« int-- this minishzv hesforp l lmiml u rtsiil imitution Lin-n from this pulpit »f« my ·l··m« Luthorun ohurch t» outside sinuers to oomssi t« f’hrist. l do not meua to Any tlmt tlierol wssrrs not things that could thun havts lnsen intssrpnstecL but I il» mpaa to Any thut ll non-r hearil a koial direct. stkoakp pesmnasins imsitation given for sinnen to come to Christi as it should lmws hpen given. Hin-ins tin-; ttuth us w-· hin-h we should not list im) unmxclist guer us in giving the invitkition to the lost to come to Christ somts one will sci)·: "lk we mm learn som· los-uns from ths pr«lc-Hsional evangelist uhz nist »ja-in in with th( mouement lor the good of this (-it)-. »t- tlns minmunity in which wi liVi-.l«"· Othissss will Myz «ll« only one goul in Hin-sil. is it not w irth the pries- ok the ta hnmuale ancl the ·«.l·i’»rt;·l« The questions can not honestly he mittled that was-. There iii somc good in Rot-um cstholism and in Christian sciences sintl in many humuu organi zation-V but does thut justiky one to identif) himsolf with such organizations without Con siderinix the evil in them? tht jk u redival does sovs c few goals-, and others are tot-over driven into n montnl state where they onn uot he tesohpd any nun-et Let us not tot-set that the omotioncl revival hu drin-u more people into latldoljty than say other voll-lon movsmont in the world list s nun thlnlc thut kullns is the now lilsth, Jud ths mit-W tut-Holla- link-« hin-Ists It m -—.«-.—.—.———— l ly will—then he thinks he has lost his reli «gion nnd will he harder to reach than ever. l gnw my ohservation of r·-i«ix-iilism for near ly fifty years for n nur«-»s-. lt ilissws tkmt the »Hast-in has lieikn eunstiintlzs isliikiigiiig. Hm soc-tun- itl"ter th» other has tsiilsil till now th« tulieriias«lks»sli«w is un ones-. Jus-i s.-l slusn mors- thiiu unt-«- wilh Zilly Nin-law ils Hu— —t.-«-.-«-t»i·. i«s-i-«-.Hiix.- »wi- vjithinon :«.. twuitzuutsp shurt --«n««n.««1«--tits. ilthors Eil-s trjving t» iuiitims hin-. Iiul it is this ·lk-«tli —tt«ugglss ist « sl)«iii2 Amsel-. The Eos-it wiil lau-. unil thut i-· thi— wijv »in-liest pi·osii(:liin«-.s. »lhs- 1«(«iii«l«.— lisiiuneisit siu »T« sin, uusl the pres sing invitsitiutn hut so nun-h is hist «..;! thut we Luthersns cannot join in the uswonient without siteritioing the Vers things for which we statt-L and the time is not sur oft when som» ehurehcs must changi- to the ziruotiess which l shall next mention, »i- (li-«. lll. l reker to the taet that tin- Luther-in thut-eh has the liest wol-winning method in th« world. ji« she will only use it. ln the first Fluch-, we have the most perfect Gospel the world has ever hean can there he n dicken-nei- lietween Gospel und Guspelsl Cer tninlzss the-re enn! The tin-il einnmansl of Jesus was so plain that any chilcl ought to understand what it nie-int. thsu Jesus vMitl: "(io »so into all the world," Ile certain ly ilisl usit tin-tin sur us t« sit Jown ein-l let AWJOUTLUUU lichthen pe,-i-isli without even tell iug them who Jesus is. XVhen He sah-L «Än(l nie-ke- ciisoiples of all nations," He oertainly ilicl not ins-an only the schilt-; hut how-mits thsn He saicl, «huptizing them into the name us the Patheiy and the Son, and the lloly Uhr-st," He did notimean that a man shonhl preaeh in twentzuone oities for two years for stil46,000 and ins-ver mention hup tism. lk l told s little ohild to katten a heu, feeding her corn, I certaian should not ex peet the hen to he fattened first and then fed, or not ked at all. When Jesus said that we should make disoiples. liaptizing them, He meant it, and it is a poor Gospel which ignores lsuptisin, or the haptism ok little in ksnts and ohildren. When Jesus seid, «teaoh— ing them to ohserve all things whatsoever l hin-e eommanded )"ou," He eertainly wanted the teaohing to sont-inne after haptism. The Lutheer Phuroh has the t«ullest, most com plete, most perfect GospeL the world has ever hssard from the ljps of the tninistrzs since the days ot« the spostles We have just what the worhl meer We have the sonl-sntiskying lnscssd ot· like. What the world needs and does not know, we have-. l um not Sitz-ins it hoastfnth but tlianktitlly, that it is easier to preaeh in the Luther-an churoh than in any other denominstion in the world. Our theo l gy has a «’l’hns saith the Lord" bsok ok ix that makes the Luther-in pulpit und sohool u power and keeds the souls which come to hegt-. Then why let down the hars to the ten-l ot· the dxing system ok the ohurehes whi(·h have negleeteil the- plain eommand ok the Lord Jesus Christ to make diseiples, lisp tizing them anil trat-hing them all things which He eommavcledt We have not unlv the must perfect blos snsl tu preach to the people-. hat the most permiswivcs invitntiun to extksml to them. The Its-sung invitiitiun »t· the Hasses-list tu n sinnek t» accept Christ seems very sit-unk- and plain. lint the farzt is that the sinncsr cloes not. know what he means-. VVho has not looketl with pity un an warne-It sinner kneeling on one shle ol" a nmntsths lsixnceh seeking Uhr-ist nnd sum-,- ignumnt prsifessed c’l1rlstia11 on the other shlts of the heneh not knowing what to Js- ms link-? llow much hetter it would hin-e Iw-« for that sinnst-f if he had heen invited int« u Haut-l entgeht-Ucle elass where step lik stiip h-- could hun- learnml (-’»,«l«s plan of Sal mtinn nnil tin-n hi- mmld have hacl n» trun lilts to must-Ist l’hrist itltxslligentl)·. Thus-» is n» eumpnrisun hetween the link-)- invitation of un Orange-listig entnpnign und the reason uhle appenl to a man to siin s eateehetical elkiss to investigute the plain iloetrines of sal vntion We are living in im ang when men want to know what they are doing. They want to investigete Icvery Luther-an pastor should have three oateohetioal elasses at lenst ten month-«- ok the year darin-; his whole min ist1"z-: one for this little childken above six years ok age and one for the regular can-sehn mene from twelve to fifteen years old. and one for adults ok any age. Every memher ot· the ehureh should have a card in his pocket all the time reading something like this: l am now ready to learn more fftu the way ok salvation and to join the next est-e ohetionl class ok the Lutheran chureh. Name Adclkess ———-..—.-...-—-——-—«————— l)nte————-———-————— Thisu lu- shunlil usi- hjs Zuflu««n(-(- im thr nsnn M-« works by bis sich-, un any man with whom ht- mmsss in Untat-L that- ncods thi- ins Hirnctimk t» porsuzisio hjm to joiu the n·sxt keins-s- innt got ltim to sign the card-sit Ins-uns mun- tlmu u verbal promise——an(1 Womit-sc hins to start tu the class with him Juni du it. Hain-z aktisr the- jnclivsdnnl man Mir-n- hi u«m·ks. »t- liv("«8, Inn-its hnililing taberuacshss n thousand times. The wiss-le chnnsh Shmild wutoh the upon dont-s as God opem tin-m. Go(1’s true revivsls km« plmmed by Him. lf we will watch cakixkullzz m- will see the open doors into which He would bin-e us entetz Let me give one example. Our plan is to re ceive now momhers about Pshn sundazg ot lcsster sunday, but this you-, after pro-Od ink s taung sei-man Hut-ig- holy wol-, those O mihsoad men called me up and wanted me to statt a new katechetieal elass for them. klare tioil opisncstl a door. Eva follow-ed up GOE jslxxu anil luul tesn praxi-r Herricps iu ten dis ti·L«-t— in onss ists-hing: aud. lsy the use of an «iit»i«ol«ih-. l visitetl all tcsn tiieetings, and ot«l"s-i·t-il ssnis short praxi-r at nat-h met-klug and asliwl all tin-mutt. it tluzv know any-inc- who ilwulsl l-« a Unsisstian antl ·join a nosw Class. l i««-««s-in«sl th-— sonnt-s- ol· fifty-»Ent- pisoplts that Itixzht This nisxt wsstslc I visitmä the fifty-inne Isistssotinlly ansl got the promisss ot fifty-two t-- »j«iu th« plus-: What was the i-«-sult".« l («Xplain«-ii thss unttxchjstn lsriisl"l)’ antl on Pen t·-(·«.»t l Liiptizwl oktcl kontinue-il l·ll"t«x·-t-in-ht schilt-, tuostLv lujsads ol· J"amilies, ancl baptized tonrtusn ol« their ohildrtxsn These people are now worliers in the chureh and are Entltiug ·-th·-rs. lsjtssrx Luthoetsan in this country should he taught tu ssxtssnd the- intitatinn to sinnt-thing «:l«-1«inite«. to a cslass to st11-l)« the Rekitsturpsh This is- tshe tit·,-St.ssft«wtins iin·ita tion in this world. lict the worldling under stand that hi- is askesd oanf to inwstigate and then clocids for himstslf alte-r ht- und-sk stancls: and the invitation appisals to him. "l’lu-ri« is no rssason why the l«uth·«i««n cshurceh should not hold a set-les of nieetings in tin tall ol· this zwar just before starting the isatsisolnstial Hasses and malt-« as strong a plssa as- any Hangplist fix-r (·at(:-eliunnsns. As the month-s »F July and August are vakation month-« and thi- publics shools are csloskstl it is not a good time to carry on th(1 can-che tieal work. At this point 1 wish to states that then- is no better System in the world to win souls for christ than good (-.at(-ehis-ttion. .."l’rain a ohild in the way he shall go and when he is old he will not dppart from it.« Pater-Maul Christi-ins may stray trin the straight and narrow wa)f for a while-. but like the prodigaL they will come back hohle. They know the truth and know the way back. They have something to hold to; and like the disciples ot« Christ, hear and learn God’8 Word in and through which the Holy spirit oparates on their hearts day and night It lis an easy matt-er to rjdjoule head-religion, Jbut God gave us heads to reach the heartz Hand Eis comtnand is to search the Revis-takes l Prorn all that has been said let us draw la few conolusions: l l. liet Luther-an pastors literally «eat« Zthe little book as John did according to the tenth ohapter ok Revelation and tagte the sbitterness of the law which oondemns us and the sweetness ok the Gesle which saves us and "prophesy again before many peop les, and nationa, and tongnes, and kings.« Il. Let us preaoh as dying men to dying men and make a strong plea in every sercnon for souls to join the cataohetioal olass and learn the will ot« God more kully and becolno intelligent Christian-L Ill. liet us not at this late hour. when all other methods have been rednced to the last struggle of a dying system, let down the high standard of the hast method tlod ever trat-e to reach the world. The- New Testament has onl)f one sermon on the Monat. but many oatcschisatisms by onr Lord, and the first wlnsn Ho was onl)f tmle years Old, askinzx anxl answerjng questions IV. Inst one- of the great tnonstnents ok th« year 1917 lu-« Luther-an evangelisml ---------------------------------------- Leu Hut-. En un Udgave af Lew Wollaces bersmte : : Bog »Von Hur-« er nung udkommen i Dan- : : mark, og finde-:- nu paa Lager has undertegs : : nede. · · . Udgaven er delti tre Dele og bver Del : :sinskilt kartoneret. Der er oltsaa egentlig : : Z Bind. bvcr non ca. 125 Sider, i Format : :4·"3(z-6-"Zg Wonnen Paa Forsiden as hver: :Tcl finde-Z j Farvctrnk Billodet af de tre : : Viscy der sølqer Ostens Stimm. Snm For- : : ord finde-s en kort Levnedskildring af Forfats : : term. Bogen er trykt med store, let lasselige : : latinfke Typer. : : Den fælges, san lanqt Lager-et kcekkexz for : : den befkedne Pris af « 60 Ets. per Etscmplat . Partei-sit : Dan. Luth. Publ. Hause. · ---------------------------------------- stosssssssssssssssossso Den lille Stfngi. En gvd oa Interegfant Fortælling fta Kristenforfølgelsen i Spanien 142 Sider, smcmfnldt indbnnden i rtdt Shiriing med Gnldtryk. PrisLör. Dia. Luth. Publ. Osnfr. OIOOOOOOIOCOOOOOOOOOOOIO Balölevi Buches Den nye Udguve as Lutheks Katekibmus med IVifkop Bälslcvs Fortlating revideret efter den nne Overfcettelfe as det ny Testamente og trnkt mesd latinfke Typcr foreligger nu fckrdig og vil herefter blive udsendt paa alle Bestillinger for denne Bog· Den nye Udgave er en net lille Bog i lidt mindre Fonnat end den gamle. Den et trykt med nye Tvper pas godt Papit es heftet med Traun Prisen btivek spm hian so cu. Dan. Luth. publ. confi