Word: christian
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Thus in the West the church is more agressive than in the East because the problems of the West are less amenable to its influences, owing to the fact that the church is always stronger in older countries. Behind everything, however, must come the impelling and compelling force of Christian character and no man who is to be a friend to his country and to his fellowmen can afford to stand aloof from the activities of the Christian church...
...those of the rest of the country, but somewhat harder owing to the fact that here the separation between man and man socially is greater than in other parts of the country, and whatever hinders the approach of one man's heart to another's, tends to retard Christian civilization. A second tendency which adds to the difficulty of problems in the East is the mad rush of city life which is more acute here than in the West. A third problem, one which has grown up within the last twenty years, is the class of young men, the sons...
...Although at that time his answers varied and were inconsistent, he was sure now. The century would be the twentieth century, and the place the cities of the English-speaking races; this side the Atlantic or the other. For life at this time and such a place, devoted to Christian service, seems the loftiest ideals for which a man of high ambition may strive. Here people have come to realize better than ever before the grandeur of the call to Christian service, and now come nearer to answering...
...them. We must understand how unique are the opportunities for service offered to men of our day compared with those given to corresponding individuals who have gone before. The wonderful development of means of communication, means of intelligence, and means of production are forms of God's call to Christian service, are a trust put into our hands with which to answer the call to Christian service...
...rife, and only the young men can grapple with this. Sometimes we read stories of such cowardice, such brutality and callousness, that we seem to stand literally at the gates of hell. But there is one power which even the gates of hell cannot withstand--the power of the Christian church, and the battle is not ours, it is the Lord...