THE MISSION OF MONEY
rcrse Comments on tbe Uniform Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
* People's Societies—Christian Endeavor, Ktc.—For May 27:
"Financing the Kingdom." Luke 10:11-26.
By William T. Ellis
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
"Missions" is a word often in the
headlines of the newspapers nowa
days—but it alludes to the deputa
tions sent by the Allied nations to
the United States and from America
to Russia. In connection therewith
a single budget of seven billions
of dollars was voted for the world
war. The expenditures now being
• made to preserve civilization make
all that has been given to Christian
missions seem small. We are learn
ing anew that great goals are worthy
of great gifts.
There are various ways of com
ing into contact with the foreign
mission field. Some of us may touch
it with our hands, garnering the ripe
grain for the King's garner; others
of us m£y touch it only through the
contribution box; the point of con
tact is our gifts; still others reach
the regions beyond byway of tho
Mercy Seat; they are the Christians
whose prayers constantly ascend for
the cause of missions. The first of
these means is a privilege granted
only to a few; the other two rest as
a duty upon every follower of the
Saviour of the world.
The command to eive Is as Imper
ative, and divine as the command to
go. The obligation upon most of
us to support ths work of the gospel
13 as direct and as real as the obli
gation. upon the few to preach the
gospel themselves. We flatter our
selves that our giving is liberality,
nnd that it rather makes the Lord
isn't just a purgative.
Quite the contrary.
It makes purgatives un
necessary by keeping
the liver lively.
Take small doses regu
larly—a larger dose only
if you're sure you need it
v That's been the rule of
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folks for 50 years.
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our debtor. The truth Is we ought
to give; it la our plain duty to do
so, and failure to give would mean
a violation of our loyalty to Christ.
Opportunities are beckoning
hands. The world has never seen so
many open doors for the gospel.
We may go by sending. Our gifts
may represent us on the foreign
fields.
The mission of the Church Is mis
sionary. Her business is to extend
the kingdom of God. For that pur
pose she was instituted, and when
she ceases to caro for the salvation
of the world she will also cease to
care for the glory of tne Lord. The
church that is not zealous to preach
the gospel has been perverted from
the principal object of her exist
ence.
All the Church Is needed to save
all the world.
He has a real part in the fisher
man's success who merely supplies
the bait and tackle.
A tenth is a small return to make
to him who has given his all. Hav
ing agreed that Christians ought to
give systematically—nd this point
scarcely admits of discussion—we
must consider how great a propor
tion of our income should be de
voted to God's work. Can any fair
minded person decide on less than
a tenth? Such a fragment seems
pitifully small beside the largeness
Of God's gifts to us.
God's plan for his work in the
world is mysterious. This much
about it we know—he intends that
the work shall be done through the
people. These frail and imperfect
human vessels are the ordained
means of carrying the water of life
to the thirsty universe. Without
our help God is hindered. The
thought is appalling. We may limit
God! The progress of his kingdom
may be kept back by us! How of
ten have showers of blessings been
prevented by the sinfulness and
faithlessness of Christians. God needs
us and he needs our gifts. When we
return unto the Lord that which is
his due then his work will flourish.
Gifts withheld from God have with
held greater gifts from us.
Most of us will never look upon
the mission field with our own eyes.
I We can have little direct contactwith
the Lord's work in the great cen
ters. We can only obey the last com
mand to "Go" by our prayers and
J>y our gifts. Yet by both of these
means—either is ill-balanced with
out the other—we may have a vital
part in preaching the gospel
throughout the whole world.
The Church cannot neglect the
claims of the healthen upon her un
less she repudiates the claims of
Christ upon her. Her business is to
glorify her Master, and he is most
glorified by the salvation of souls.
To fail to seek the lost is to dis
obey God. This is a solemnizing
truth—that for a Church to cease
to me missionary is for her to cease
to be missionary is for her to cease
ence of the command is disloyalty
to the Commander.
AMERICAN AVIATOH KILLED
Paris, May 2 s.—Captain Delaage,
commanding the American escadrille
has been killed while flying near
Ham. on the Somme front. He set
| out in a special machine of the |
i climbing type to attack a German. |
! Mounting almost perpendicularly he I
| had reached a considerable height
j when the engine stopped abruptly.
| The machine dropped straight to the
i earth and IJelnage was crushed be-
I ncath the motor. •
United States Senators
Will Be Naval Seamen
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Senators Henry F. Ashurst of Ari
zona and William F. Kenyon of lowa
have announced their intention of
resigning their seats to enlist as sea
men in the naval reserve. Both have
passed the necessary physical exam
inations. When Congress reconvenes
they would be obliged to resign their
seats, for under present laws it is
unconstitutional for senators to en
list as privates in any branch of the
military service. Mi. Kenyon ac
cordingly asked that an .amendment i
be made to suspend the existing reg
ulation.
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Don't Be a Business Slacker I
Right Now the Man Who _y; |
Allows Fear'to Paralyze v F,lm wtßi " v/ I
the Hand He Writes Checks -~~ 1
With Is Just As Dangerous To I
His Country As the Deliberate 1
I Crank Who Throws a Bomb I
The business slacker here at home is our one real enemy—far
more of an enemy than the Kaiser, because the Kaiser cannot get at us. If you cannot M
thrust a bayonet, you can at least drive your business harder than you have ever driven it before and thus V" J^
help create the imperative prosperity with which alone this war can be won. It betrays weak-mindedness /> M
to think of diving headlong into a period of panic, penance, abject fear and hysterical economy. The i J/L ffl A 1 . IIW/M
man who sneaks down and buys a marriage license life preserver is not the worst breed of slacker. Con- wtEyMiL Owfic f
scription will take care of him. But for the business slacker there is no law but his own conscience. The
man who destroys business takes the bread put of the mouths of thousands. 'ivif^
No Matter What Comes— Don't Be fj£ I
Right now is the time to take the bull by the horns and v 1
look him square in the eye. America is at war. It is a big war —a very big war. It may \vJlp W/
be a long war. And when we try to imagine what may happen no one can blame us for looking ser
ious. But there is absolutely no reason for being scared, or, in a business way, even apprehensive. Wc
cannot avoid the firing line—we can avoid the bread line.
War Is Transient— America Has Taken What Amounts to |
The United States Is Permanent |
The demands on us will be great—but our resources And, mind you, this is only the first of many such I
are inexhaustible. The United States to-day has practically all orders. Seven Thousand Million Dollars' worth of shoes, canned
the real money in the world. But money is jurt like a man —if it g wk # ' arneß8 ' mo *° r truc ks, f"to™biles, ships, blankets,
.. ... | ... . . . clothes, guns, munitions and WHAT-NOT must be manufac
is inactive it is useless. While we are talking about making our tured and delivered. Who gets this SEVEN BILLION? If you
factories and our farms PRODUCE—let's not forget to keep our f r ® ® merchant, every customer on your books will get a piece of .
money producing. We will encounter serious problems, but you *5? a manu f &c turer or mechanic, you yourself will get
American ingenuity and inventive genius is equal to any emer- Il7hU I
gency. We are gong to win this fight because we are on the side which means that everybody MUST be on somebody's payroll 1
of RlGHT—and when we come out of it WE ARE GOING TO M
RF A RFAI NATION Meanwhile, what about business? The real barometers of Amer
ica s business are the smoke stacks to her factories—her dinner
r •. r . , . - - , . _ . _ ~ , , the mouths of her one hundred millions. AMERICA
Lven if America desired hard times, the world would refuse her IS GOING FULL SPEED AHEAD DON'T LET ANYBODY
the wish. We have been conscripted as the world's kitchen, the TALK YOU OUT OF THAT.
S world's shipyard, the world's bank THE WORLD'S GEN- F ., . ~ A . .
ERAL BUSINESS MANAGER—CARTE BLANCHE. Amer- ,j" Ca avoid being the most
• • i „„ i. i T . , . • .i o prosperous nation the world ever saw. America s wealth is about
™ bou " d to pro'perous. That s her part in the war. Some to be redistributed and put in the hands of our people,
one must keep wealthy enough to meet this war's pay roll.
That's ur job. As a result, the great mass of men, women and n °t in the hands of the hoarding few.
children in this country can no more avoid getting money out of 11/1 i . , .
this present emergency than a lily in the rain can avoid getting iTeVIT I
wet Get these facts through you. head, for they are the only ABLE BIG BUSfNESS-and get ready to take care of it when
true tacts on which you can base your business plans. it comes.
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