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T H È K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S , praye^everywhSe-in th e ^ home^ifTh SÌOnT that ?°d’S pooplè & ^lled to St0reThe t e S and °ther a?sem¿li^ iMmmm *m e m m E e s i É M M H U N ■ - I I V* . T. C. H. s é s é WAKE UP! WAKE UP! a WmmZm UgBKB!sfaeinSadanger more appalling than so h S bSaW fraught with consequences so pitiful, so merciless, a sigh or a sob? &^ * we cannot look upon babes or young people without S a t^Vh! L Í 7 Gmea" ? . B H I mean that the old subtle foe of God— fh í ~ di?ithed m ecclesiastical robes, is pussy-footing around with plaus- argUments> t^ in g us what we can do and w ha t™ canno t do, and assuming powers never bestowed by the Word of God Are you a Protestant? Do you know what the word means? m m ■ h M Christian ? •Do you know what the word means? I i M know that the evangelical church faces a problem so startling’ a condition so appalling, as to almost stagger belief?; j§ S’ better H V imi ' K ¡S S « ! alo.n?’ dreaming that the world is getting better and that the church is solving all the problems, not :conscious that n America today we are heading rapidly towards the rocks facing what has come to all .other nations—ruin . :■ ’ ng what a l t h o l i f tW a mattiir - W-e11’ 1ÌSten- We áre 5 ® hands of men who although they are well-meaning, are playing the devil’s game This countrv has been greatiy favored, founded largely by men of red blood with faith m the Bible and in the God of the Bible,- We have been t e d above every nation, but the foundations laid by our fathers are being sweDt Z f , J m R ® “ b9in* that the great need is for educated men in the m in istrv thenGhoaspehiad Thafthe traitdng ke 1 not d e f i e d to preach ™!tured and esthetic now h 7 demand a more highly edueated ministry .r oTkeos®statements aroused us, and we determined to find out whether these leaders were right and God wrong, or whether God was right and tte leaders wrong As a result of our investigation, we waL to place before you some indisputable facts. x t0 p- ce . . Dr- Carroll, who has been for years the recognized religious stati s Herawf1VeS 6 f°lloWmg fi2uresfor 1920 as published in The Christian Number of evangelical churches in the ti. S,. ;:........230 5^4 J Number of evangelical churches without ministers..l95,’926 » „ Churches without pastors....... . 34 ccq tssKm ' many pastore m rural d,striate are filling two pulpits, m 4 c h 4 L hare than in the past
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