L' t :' T" I ' 4_T r Inside. :HYMN REMINIScENcES ANt)GOSPEL' " STORIES <strong>The</strong> Preacher Magazine stories of the famous-hymn writers "and. evangelists of the O • + : great C, Stebblns. M odythe s time, only survivor told withofthat vivid and greatsoul-stirring group of revivalists effect by_ and George sing- A monthly journal devoted tothe interests of f;hose"aho preach, the full gospel " ers. Many incidents in the"lives and "experiences' of Moody and Sankey ' J, B; _hapman. Editor/ ili*i' ,_ are related, :This is a large volume of 327 pages ,with 23 full-page Publishedmonthilt/r tile Nmreld PublislllnllItmtse.2928 Tent>stAre.. K,_nsasCIO,./_10,.Iratlfl/ali_ed Dr and In "ii : portraits. Ih_ interestclothe talurrh0t Ule Nazarene,StllxqcrlpthJn tJtird,SLSS p_r _e_r. At_pllrannnfttr stilt!t &l 8ecor_tl-c.llgls _'_ " . ' hurter st.KallsasCuy,.Mo.,Is pcrldlCrge :' : • Publisher's price $3.00. We lmve a few copies that .: " :. MAX',1926 Nt_M_3Er5 , s we are offering at $2.50, prepaid. . VOLIJr, tn 1 ' va THEAPOCALYPSE" DO MEN GET PAY FOR COMING TO YOUR CHURCH? • . ' R.OGER Babson. in his SpbciM Letter for March to21b and on .the subject '!Why More :;i , BusinessrMen do not Atleml Church." stvs. "When thc churche_ have hcen keen for ::! Cloth bound, 1417 pages theology, organization, rRua!_ lmfftlca[tmwcr,weahh or huih}h_s--Hmtis. to _btainsuci Three Volumes, Per Sell $2._0 tess by acquisition--the churches have lost their influence and have suffe_d. When, however. ,h' Dr. Seiss" "Lectures on the churches have forgotten these things and heen content to give rficn faith, courage and inspiration Lii._ <strong>The</strong> Apocalypse" are con- --thai showered is. lo upon obtai them. s,ccess . through . <strong>The</strong> pr,y,,:--th.n law of supplytmwer, ami den_aml Izro_'th and applie_ material to church proslrerity attendance have been the I_-_: sldered by many to.be the same as the law of gravitation applies (o churt'h slrttcturt,_. . Peopte no lomzer go to (ii 'best .published. practical <strong>The</strong>ycomments- throw a church trouble for with economic the churches instruction, today is political that tl_eydiscussion are eodeaw_ring or forto'dispense amusemcm. tl_c_ . which . 'In people all these can [':!_ flood,of light bn that most get orb more st)pposed readily to supl_ly from .and muchwhich betterpeople equipped can,lot sources, get ehcwhe_e. and are hdiin_ to _zive tlie help that they i ry on <strong>The</strong> Revelation ever brand_ there are experts who know f_r more shout their suhlects than do the preachers. One %: interesting '"Y'cs, the dmrchcs continue to be the only source where man can get faith, courage and ,'_ . inspiration, Moreover, tl_ese are the three Lhing, s for which business men are crawng today. - l _ "£11eyare told that they c_n get these thi.gs by attending cimrch: hut wt_en they _o to dmrd_., _ instead of getting this bread they are tzivena st_me.' Instead o[ enabling men to get'away from _; . " _ business when at ¢httrch on a Sabbath morninK, the preacher,,_o olte_ puts husinem up to them :::. in another, lob'm. <strong>The</strong>y are_ talked to about politics or economics, it nt_t _iven a discourse on _, ,y , , theology or appealed to for money• • , "We are not criticizing any'of these thimts and belie,:c in holding.special evening services :_)_ in the interests of.these and. otl_er,good objects; but we don't helices in h'ringing these things :,¢/; _ .... _,- rirdcr.the, Stm._ay.morntn_e¢_ie_ Uf,=_t_hlp, which 5hduld be cvo ed mainly'to prayci'.and giving i_; men faith, courage-and inspiration. Of course, some .preachers will gty, 'If I' have a special _" week-day meeting in the interest of the Near East or some other gtlmi cause, no otis _1] come, _,_ as the people are.not interested therein. <strong>The</strong>refore. I mus put it in OilSumlay morning.' At fi_t ,_._: thoughtthis stems logical, hut isn't illike a groi:er advertising Quaher Oats just to get the woman ? in and-then trying to sell he_ s6me unknown hrand? tNo practice will so quickly kill a merchant r_;_ . .' and driP's away trade from a store; anti the same principle ap flies'to preaching and churches. _/,f,, . • know Busmess that they'should men know not'misrepresent ;.chat h rinht andtheir what goods theynrought their to real ,Inestate, and _mght abtt,,enot their to do. employees, '/'hey . "" or n_glect their families. All these aml oilier things we know only too well What we need when _,. attending-church Sunday mornings is to "get ittjeetod into t_ courage to resist the ten_ptatfon, _-'. . " faith to ,:ease ,from worry, and insplratiou to do the hard t ." !Z Mr. Bahgon h a laynmn aml no doubt speaks front hls-mvn personal point of view as such. but.does he not also represent the men and women wire _it in your church from Sunday to I Sunday? What do these people need anti expect lrOm the church alltl frhm you as the I)reacher and do they really .get wh'at they come after? If they do tl_ey will be quite llkdy to _o_ne .back • and If they do not they _¢ill probably drup out pretty soon,withou! going to tim trouble to tell I "you why. Perhaps they could not put their reason-into word_ any way, but the fact is thoy quit . .. . 't because they did not get pay.for their lime and trouble in coming to your church., But the i
2 TIlE PREACIIER'S MAGAZINE THE PREACHER'S MAGAZINE 3 stir our_Ivt_ out to _tve them the faith and toura_e and in_I)iration wldcb they seek ? . . ,t - THE FAULT OF AUTO IOGRAPHY OCTRINAL - '. •Oile's u,vn' experieuce is his greateY, treasure, and • _;'t,t how few of.u_ can make an.y_ prof_l: "1[_.; _ ' -'-- ._ ---_-i._l ' use el it? Tbe experience'of the niodest.man is usually somber and ordinary and the Idling _ .....a. --. .... |, , tl , , •, i or x_Titing.of it stirs neitber his own nor'the hearts of other_. On tile olher band tile imagina- / Iteis open to the.charge'of exaggeration, if not to that.of faMtyinm " HISTORY nlessages to lhe PoiSe of Rome. the King- t)f tire man |ms many vivid experiences_ but these.are more apparent to him than to others, and _ [1_ THE TONGUES MOVEMENT IN Angels. Evangdists. I{elps and riCher*eNters, sent lust tile other day a heartless newspaper man said "I see tbat Texa:, is grooming Col. ¢Cmltb_ted) France and the Emperor of. Austria with many House for tbe presidency, hut after rt_.dihg his recent letters in the papers, u seems to me tbat he is . . By If. OrTo_ WZLCV • other fanaliral nolion_ <strong>The</strong> unlearned and unineligitde becau._ of tile tradition._,'hich limits rspirants to t_o term,_," In othe_ words, readers ! 4. ?'l_t lrvlngites. Edward Irving h,xs. been s/able peolile wrougbt the ruin of tile great m_n, of Col. House's letters do not get any otlter idea so'clearly as that Col. House was tbe most lnx- called "one of the most i)athetlc and t_ic and when'the hierarchy was formed, Irving himportant character connected'wlth the Wilsofi t_ampaiglls alltJ the _,Vihroll ;idrlliuistr*qtJoll. " figures amon_ all,the tonl2ue3 people[" ,lie was _elI was brushed asMe, aml" counted unworthy Anti yet.most preacbers seem inclined to "introduce" themselves pretty oftetl to their congrega- [ "a ministi'r tie the Caledonkm Church, a cnngre, as becomin_ one of tile Ap
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