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fin, 2g TItE PREACHER'S I_,_AGAZINE ' 'THE PREACHER'S MAGAZINE 20 is not to be despiscnl. Nature's plain tleclaratio_ he eat._ "with publicans anti sinners." so long as How TO FINANCE THE. CHURCH AND to be added [ouether: pastor's ._tlary , janitor. to us, is, "God's secret and riches are concealed his own conscience proclaims that he goes about KEEP THE MEMBERS SPIRITUAL [ue!. water, liahts, insurance, upkeep of the buildfrom the eyes of the idle and,tbe careless; but lie "doing hood." Though it may _em that what he By Fna_x E. Wrr-_l_ ing, etc. Then we know what our district and smiles upon the man who thinks, plans, toils, and can rio is but a drop in the bucket, or a grain of _'_ HIS is a most important subject and lies at general apportionments are. arid them all together, prays." The mJnlsler sllould inflbence as far }is sand on tile seashore, yet see to that "drop and 1 the vo'y [oundation ol the permanent sue- divide the total by twelve for monthly payments. possible the agencies outside tile Church which that gnlin, _s he values hi_ commission as a ces._ of church life, for n_ church can or divide by fifty-two for ,weekly payments. are dohl_Cbristian wor_. Christian m/ulster, succeed that does. nnt maintain deep spirituality, When this i_ done have your _ecrerary or treasurer ..ad the itemized budget tO Ibe congregation and On khe opopsite hufid some "_'nuhi tell us that " 'Ti_ "worth a fbousftnd ),ears o] strf]e,, and no churcb can keep splritual tbut does not let them know that it will take the stated amount we would lower the stamlar(] _f religion and be- _7'is _vortb a t_,ise man's best o_ file recognize find fulfil its financial obligations. "A come le._ spiritual by minglln_ with society. But To fe.t_en, he it but by one, church /:an no more retain its holy dignity while each week, or month for you to meet tbe annual to endeavor to ewlde God's plan and.brea_k His The rounffess evils 'neath the sua," unpaid obligations stand out against it. than a obligations. Impre_ on them the fact that when taw is fatal to the best and hi, best interests of the A sllccessfal minister must be a merchantman, business enterpri_ can maintain commercial stand-" they contribute to the budget they are paying to race. A few. however, hav_: ventured to take the that is. he must be able to ¢]o the King's Business ing while refusing to pay its bills, the support of the pastor, the items of current risk, and the result t,pun their efiameter amf in in a bu._iness llke way..He must be one who can " How can we get our people to accept and up- expense, the District Superintendent. Generai Su- ' . • perlntendent; home missions, foreign mimions. their lives is anything but _ratifying. OccasionaUy Imhi hi_ own as he meets with other busines_ crate the budget plan? Our answer is. by informa man becomes tired of fife. (fi._usted with socief'y, men. lie must take an interest in questions risin_ [ng them, or educating them to the relation of the cburcb extension, educatlon,.rescue and orphanage work. ]o fact. they are helping every interest of and slips away to some place nf seclusion to spend out of commercial relatio0s, such as capital and connectional interests of the church. The instita- the church, and" if they fail to contribute all inhis remMnin_ days. Such a one may havemind labor, work and wa_e. trades unions and proton- ttons of /he church should be referred to and crests will suffer. If'at the end of the. montb intentions, but his cnnceptions of life at6 distorted tint' lie must champion the right, defend the emphasized as often as consistent witl_ the general there should be a deficit let rim report so state, if and out of line with divine,p_rpose, weak, stand f_r principles, rather than parties, good of tile eongrdgation. Speak.of our schools there is a little meal in the barrel fa balange on In-the Dark Ages, thousands sougtlt this kbld of The crying ceil'of our day seems to be eagertiess and the good work they are doing, when you get hand/.let the report.show that too. Do not be life, desiring to escape the sins and _orruptions of "for wealth, with an indifferent spirit about the some encouraging information pass it on to the afraid your people will quit givin_ when they society, and to deveMp a devout and pious spirit ; means by t,vblch it is acquired. But the true rain- " congregation. Tell them of some instance where know there is a balance in !he treasury. They did to become angelic, ant saintly in eliaraeter, riley islet must stand out a_ainst this evil, and warn our Board o[ Church Extension has _aved a not quit work when they closed the month with a left the walks o.f llfe. Many sought homes in the the inexperienced against such. church building to some poor uXnfortunate conbalance in the bank, rather it stimulated them to depths of'tf_e forest .... or in caves far away npoll But in all his r_mtstrat • • ". pus, he rfiust be careful "gregat|on. • Relate some striking incident where . work the harder to incrra_e that balance the next the sides, of.-_huntains, thinkin_ tbat solitude was - to maintain an impartial attitude himself, and our home mission work has planted a new _hurch month. The _me is true of a properly instructed conducive to piety, and loneliness the surest ilass- (h'a[ witb questions of the hour in the light of that has developed into a strong asset to the geo- church. bliss. Christ's teaching. While it is the minister's duty oral cburelt. Call attention |o SOme homeless. In these conceptions, they were entirely (it,- to he impartial, hnd never'to set himself up as a helpl_s child that has been saved,through our CHUi_CH PUBLICITY ceived. Though not realising it. they were takin_ judge, it is no less his (luty to be outspoken in orphanage, and has made"a refined, cultured up arms agMnst infalfihM law. and tryin_ to crush proelabuin_ the teachings of Christ and Jn uphold- Christian who.is blessing t.he world with a godly- By M. Lus_ . human nature. Virtue, developed, under sue_ in_ the high standards which brought him to his UIe. Tell a I_atf_etfc stoi_ of an outcast girl who ]'N our series ol artlcleson the practical side of conditions, would uodoub_edty be of a weak an_ ci'oss, was'fished out by our rescue workers and re- J church adveitising we have decided tointerpo_e sickly type no virtue has a rtttltt to be called It-is'best for the minister to keep himself clear deemed to society and to the Church.' Call atten- part,of a chapter, "The Goal of ,_dvertising, '_ such until it _:an meet and vanquish anopposma from commercial l_ursuits; he, llke most other tion to the gctivitie_L.of our mimionaries on the from F. H_ Case's book! "Advertising the Church l" vice. Manhood is not developed in a hot house, men. can do only one thing and do it well. Let foreign fields, arid insist that your people read the And.by. the way this hook is just the thing for Strength comes by exercise• It is in the rush uf the minister, then. "stick to his last," and with paper, the Other .._iseep. Refer to our Publishing tile pastor who wishes.to make a sl_ecial study of society',where tee develop will.power, courage, oral the best vocation in the world to engage his time House and the church periodicals as the real hub publicity. Our prear _ers would not care to use skill We, as minister_ of the gospel, are to iift and talents, let idm find there, occupation,for of of our church, which make po_ible the connen- all the methods the author recommend_ but the up' rids life, Christ did it before us, aml tbo_ his lile and a comp_ensatton .incomparable to all - tional interests, and the general information we book has a sufficient n0mber of good suggestion_ who" nave followed in Hts footstep_ have ever. others, receive from all over the world, Keep this up to make it worth the price and more. It sells tor done it also, The indignant protest, of Tertullian "And the baud of the Lord was upon me_" cried until our people are eo well informed of the merits $1.25 and the Publishing House. will be glad to stands for all time,._hen he says of the Christians. F_zckiel, "And he _ahI.... arise; go forth into the of our church work that they wflf naturally de- furnish it for you. "We are not those who live naked and self exiled plain. I wilt there talk with thee . , . and I fell velop a conviction of the r_ponsibility, for they We thought the following was worthy of a in the world; we are one people with you, We on my face .... Then the Spirit entered into me will [off that ea_h institution is a real, living _lace in TttE P_Eactte;a's MA_;._ZL_¢, although po_- do not-shrink from your life, We are found in and set Inn upon my feet, and'rpake with meY member o[ the family, and it thus becon_es not stbly it ._buuld have preceded our present'series on your forum, in.your market places, ii_ your shops, With God's band to place us on our ieet_ and only a conscientious deity but a happy privilege to practical stlggestions. No institution or individual your bi-idges, your inns, youris rs We eerve as with God's voice to ring in our ears, then, but support them. . gets very far without a goal. Considerable [errisoJdJem with you, and as _lflors with you.; we .onlythen, is the ministr_v wortb.while. In that We would suggest that at the very opening_ol[ tory may be covered but one does not "arrive." were merchants with y_m. We practice the _ame 'spirit o[ (,to! s good grace let us do our ,,york in tile Assembly year you make out. your budget ; But here's the excerpt: arts and cbnteibui_ to the same public works." the glorious vocMJon of the ministry until we determine as nearly as possible What your local The biggc_t tiling.in tbe'life b[ every comtku- Better far have men to say of the mlnister that hear th_it final plaudit, "Well done." budget will be. Usttalfy the foi|owing tfems are nity is lbe'center /toni _ which good influence ra-
30 THE PREACHER'S MAGAZINE THE PREACHER'S MAGAZINE 3t diates in every direction. We are beginning Lo They will come i,_ throngs if we let them know advertising _vithout using the avallab{e type to Potter attracted sufticient siltation hath in the find this out in America and to learn that eff_rt that we have it . make a noise. To bury yourself In surroundin_ secular and religious press to guarantee more than'. expended in behalf of the Church carries a divideh_d Consecrate the best means--the true gospel does bold face ,rod attack modem competition with passing in[erest. Doran's published 'these debates, of.the mast positive character. " " not become tarnished by being preached to aU inslpldlty or.stupidity is to (In one thih_ the ._eparately in paper binding, giving the fun text of Such was lhe dosing stslement of John" Clyde creatures by the pu pit oi"through advertls ng, by cburch canhot afford, to waste its money._ . both the affirmative and ncgat[ve.side_ Now the Oswald. editor and owner of The Americnn prlnt- epistle or radim Do not misunderstand me I would, not sacri- fundamentalist position as outlined by Dr.Straton or. iv his address before the CharchAd,_ertising It is not so very hmg ago that people were in rice the dignity of the Churcb. " But if what we has been published by Doran ($1.50), _The four _jDepartment of the Ashoeb/ted Advertising Club_ tile habit of .talking about '"rhinos secular aml say and do and plan is Christian, then I should sub,iect_ considered are: (1) Tbe Battle Over the of the World at the cohventioi) in Wembley, Eng- tbin_s sac_ed"--as if In say the highest impulses, not hesitate to make it known, in the largest type Bihle. (2) Evolution Vers_ls Creation. (3) The land. It was the judgment of an Amerl/:an hnsiness of humah life must not be contaminated with I could buy, and I wouldn't leave all the thunder Virgin Birth--Fact or Fiction? 14) Was Christ man, calm, considered, and deliberate, life's sordhl aims and life's common duties, to the movies and the cigarets. Both God and Man? The fact that the judges Greatprogress has been witnessed in the way This is a day of innovations, to be sure. but all " of the dehate decided tbat the fundamentalisl po* fro REACt{TIIEMASSES in which we have co_e to regard the intimate and history is but a rec0rd qI innovations. WhN .can sition had the better of the argument.makes this , Fortunately, such seems to be the attitude of essential relationship between what we call _ur not riPest of [oday he as" fully consecrated and volume of interest, especigl[y to those, who want those who' would give more publi_:ity to the indi- religious and business life. How the one is bound ' dedicated to the t:isk_of "spread[ng the "ghod to know the s[renath of their position. news" as those of previous ages? "Little Books on the Christiav Life" is the vi_lual churcbes. It amounts to a tribute, not to up with the other as a counterpart of man's ex- .. The Protestant Christian Church in America 1o happy title of a new series of attractively bound, any lion, particular but, rather, edifice to the nor holy any specific universal denomina- Church. _tence; man has because made a failure your of most life suc(:ess[ul, if he has_eglected business a la_e_drgree - is asleep to the great movements of hooks of which "The Christian Optimist" by exemplifying on earth the teachings of Christ. his spiritual nature, and on the other hand, your religious agencies" in the non-Christisn lands. J_mes Colvllle and,"As At the First" by John A. People respect purpose--the Church needs to most saintly example of character cannot mainthat will help to wake up the great.body of 21i- ume is priced at $1.25.) Church advertising Is the only mof_ern agency -Hntton are the firs! two to appear. (Each vol_ have a gre[tt and alluring purpose behind its tain spiritual elevaUon for a tingle day ff itsideals publicity• People feel purpose. It'does not need and most sacred principles do nat enrich and 000D00 lay members ofthe twenty-seven leading The former appeals to'minisfers and laymen to be diagramed, it doits not n_ed to be put into beautify the duties of each hour. communions.of the American Protestant Chtlstlan :- alike. It is extremely tnteresBng rcadtng and re- Cburch to the fact that Mohammedanism is rap- ireshing withal. Just' the thing to rejuvenate blue prints. It can he felt. The _eople.are in- ,_ And the church'has suffered hecanse men have idly otRdlstancing the Christian Church in the one's spirits when the daily grind leaves us a bi_t, curably religious. Man has buried in his gaul this ha'd a misconception of the value at adveriisln.q unoccupied areas of the gr_'at dark continent of _stale, .. instinct to worship, In the church o[ today he as an elevatinz force. They have said in effect if Alrica - IIutton's book will appeal to ministers, if ior does not detect any great purpose to respond to noi in words---"Vou must not advertise religmn; no _ther reason, because of the fact that he _s that hunger in his heact. He does detect a great In attempt to appl_ the familiar methods o| puh- • acknowledged as the successor ol J. H,"Jowett as d_ire for form and ceremony on the,part of the licity which are common is•th vulgarize and make HERE AND THERE AMONG BOOKS the outstanding British non-conformigt preacher. church. }It does detect a gr_at desire to perpetuate less sacred the great truth wrapped up in the life By P. H. LUNN In this book Dr. Hutton tells of the character_ itself on the part Of the church. He detects the of.our churches"--and I believe that one ol the I was trying In get started on a review of "The thatenrlched'the.early Church. He writes with._ fact that the average church is linked with cap- chief reasons why we have met_tog_ther is because Call of the Upper Road" by Katherine R. Logan italistic interests; that-i_ liaunts its red robesand otir best instincts ._.ell us that this attitude of . (l_oran $t.25) when my eye chanced upon ,. a - clip- decidedly as men uI human like flesh.and touch, blood.as, picturing ourselves. these worthies [ . its black gowns, its stained windows dad its some: trying to shield our religious ordinances and our ping with the following excerpt from Success • _ times stained officialdom. The average _an detects Christian organizations"from the'glare.of publicity" Magazine; which is peeuliariy fitting as an lotrothat the church has been used as an institution to is an'oolite mtseonception of our purpose and our duction to this particular volume. "FACT_; AND FIGURES hush the unrest o( the masses--even to exploit the mission. "Who can estimate the xralue'o[ a hook that By E. J. F_z_s_o. massesT-but not to serve humanity.. Therefore the We _e not a bit concerned about .creeds and !nsplres, nsonses., starts a young life.on a career of ]From July 1, 1924, to June 3(:1,1925,:th¢ first great need of the church is a purpose that fs so dogmas, abaci sectarianlsm_)rdenominatlons---hut usefulnessl How many explorers, discoverers, In- year under the new'irqmigratlon law, the total un_lfish, so clear, so pure, s0 holy that the world if,.as we all believe, we have got the glad tidings vento_'s, o_toeso sr.Jentisis, clergynfen, great hone- number of hliens entering _the United States was will feel it. The church, cannot fool the public" of the gospel story, reveale_l to us and expressed by , factors of mankind, have been started on famous 4_8,435; the'number of aliens departing from the ahout this supreme matter. The public will fccl us in Carious ways; if we feel in our inmost souls careers h.V reading some one great b_ook that Ufiited States was 225,400, leaving a net g_tin of that grea_ purpose il it exists, Too lrcquentty it that we have to offer a potent, force for the stirred their imagination ahd awakened their 232D45. does no/. exist. No amount of adi_ertising •will world's.advancement and tmpamlleled solutionlor slumbering possibilities[ To how.many h:as a During that. year 238,231 aliens entered through Jure wbefi the world detects the lack of this great "the world's cam, we Ought to give our cburehes slmple, inspiring book" been like a guide.post at a Ellis Island, of whom 35,000 were children. purpose behind its advertising. That purpose the widest imsslble publicity, so that millinns and ._r'ds_-rbadthat points to the right road and warns The total immigrants into the United States must be te serve humanity--to lift humanity to millions mare might he brought under, the spel] of. t[ghinst the dangerous one." since- the Revolutionary Wat' numbers 36,519,000 God--to s._ve the souls o{ men. That is the most the world's Redeemer: "The Call of the Upper R,oa_tt_is a rarely, help- of which number the majority became permanent alluring thing that the church has to offer in its So they will bear--it Is inescapable, that "limes lift book for young people. It is written In on; residents In the United States: _ publicity and it has a tremendousneed to gel this change," and so do menus of communication and tertainlngalheit wholesome style. It is sure to Thirty-four philanthcapi¢ and religious socieffes" purpose'into its-soul, transmission of ideas., av,_k_,nand lead on to higher Ideals. co-operate in the General Committee of Imml- I We ha_e the greatest gospel'on earth..We bav_ Ypu might as well whirper from the top of The Fundamentalist-Modernist Debates between grants' Aid. This organiratidn is made up of the thing ,that the people need and hunger for, Ararat as to try to gel a hearing for:your church Dr.' John Roach Straton .and Dr, Charles Frauds many mltional' groups, and Protestant, Catholic, " .
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