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enterprise that is to succeed for God.
"If you can keep me praying, you will
get my money," said a man who had
been approached on the question of a
large gift. He had great business needs
pressing on him and numerous calls
upon his generosity. Yet, on his knees
praying over a world's needs and his
own opportunity, everything else
seemed to sink into insignificance and
the real task and his obligation to God
were supreme.
The matter of church finance should
also be made a matter of conscience.
The obligation of the Church to those
outside of its membership needs to he
constantly brought to the front where
it belongs. Many organizations among
men are concerned primarily with the
welfare of their own membership. The
Church, however, if she incorporates
her Master's life and perpetuates his
work, must be concerned not only with
her own membership, but principally
with those outside her ranks. She is
never to think of herself as the final
object of God'a beneficent care, but al
ways as "saved to serve."
Let the conscience of the Church be
fully awakened and her mission real
ized. Let the conscience of the indi
vidual Christian be aroused and we
shall have one of the greatest aids In
realizing the meaning of stewardship.
About two years ago a man was called
on for a gift. He said to the messen
ger, "I am sorry you have come, yet
at the same time, I am glad. My judg
ment tells me that I ought not to give
anything, but my conscience says that
I must."
We may safely say that no argument
of the messenger's could have brought
about this decision. It. was the pre
pared conscience alone that could work
in this way on this man's heart.
Again the matter of Christian giving
is largely a matter of training. This
lays a large responsibility on the homo
as well as on the Church- The most
generous giver is he who has been pre
pared in his childhood. Here is the
Christian parent's opportunity and re
sponsibility. Train up a child to give
only a penny and when he is old he will
not depart from it. But if he is trained
in the way he should go, surely the
promise may be claimed. The Church
also should realize its obligation in
this particular. The Reverend A. E.
Cory, secretary of the "Men and Mil
lions Movement of the Christian
Church," says: "One of the greatest
drawbacks at the present time to giv
ing is the timidity of the average
ASSEMBLY'S HOME MISSION RECEIPTS.
1916. 1915.
Churches T $ 67 , 445 . 79 $ 61 , 653 . 05
Sabbath Schools 3 , 655 .62 3 , 404 . 27
Societies 13,032.38 19,556.74
Miscellaneous 26 , 305 . 03 28 , 269 . 13
$110,438 82 $103,883:19
Cost of Home Mission work to December 31, 1916 137,805.00
Total receipts to December 31, 1916 . 110,438.00
Deficit.
J 27,367.00
Indebtedness, 1915-16 13,000.00
$ 40,367.00
A. N. SHARP,
December 31, 1916. Treasurer.
FOREIGN MISSION RECEIPTS.
Receipts applicable to Regular Appropriation:
December. 1916. 1915.
Churches $ 22,994.33 $ 20,822.56
Churches ? Brazil 10.00
Churches ? Japan : 17 . 50
Sunday Schools 639.32 227.76
Sunday Schools ? Brazil 7 1 5 . 54
Sunday Schools ? Japan 370.45
Societies 7 . 1 39 . 72 6 , 807 . 86
Societies ? Brazil 68 . 55
Societies ? Stixrud 434.90
Societies ? Japan 16 . 50
Miscellaneous Donations. ... . 3,549.38 1,874.10
Miscellaneous Donations ? Stixrud 25,00
$ 35,576.74 $ 30,136.73
Legacies 314.50
$35,576.74 $30,451.23
For Nine Months. April 1, 1916, to December 31, 1916, inclusive:
1916. 1915.
Churches $173,291.02 $160,397.17
Churches ? Brazil 128.23
Churches ? Japan 4 .00 82 . 15
Sunday Schools 5 , 538 .45 3 , 895 . 25
Sunday Schools ? Brazil 13,088.66
Sunday Schools ? Japan... 143.01 10,716.29
Societies. 46,677.85 42,000.97
Societies ? Brazil. , 226 .68
Societies ? Stixrud 649 . 40
Societies ? Japan 30.00 160.13
Miscellaneous Donations 20,144.61 17,744.45
Miscellaneous Donations ? Brazil 19,11
Miscellaneous Donations ? Stixrud 30.00
Miscellaneous Donations ? Japan
52.12
$259,871.02 $235,048.54
Legacies 5,518.97 2,250.47
$265,389 99 $237,299.01
Initial appropriation for year ending March 31, 1917 506,034.17
Net additional appropriation to December 31, 1916 12,998 . 19
Total for year to December 31, 1916 $519,032.36
Deficit, March 31, 1916 62,766.04
Amount needed for year (at this date) $581 ,798.40
The amount received in nine months period for objects outside the budget is $26,
960 20.
Nashville, Tenn., December 31, 1916. EDWIN F. WILLIS,
Treasurer.
preacher. The preaching of a man on
this question can almost instantly be
determined by the standards of stew
ardship that prevail in his congrega
tion. The preacher who apologizes
when he mentions money for the king
dom of heaven is one of the surest cul
tivators of stinginess. On the other
hand, the pastor who speaks in clear
and forceful tones on the needs and op
portunities of the world and of a man's
responsibility toward It and of the con
tinual responsibility toward it and of
the continual responsibility of a man
in his relation to money ? that pastor
will cultivate real etewardship." We
need to speak of the work of God as
the largest enterprise in the world and
to endeavor to give our people a world
vision. Larger visions will bring larg
er gifts.
P. L. Bruce.
POPE DESIRES CHRISTIAN UNITY.
Private letters from the Vatican re
ceived by Dr. A. Palmieri, of the Li
brary of Congress, a recognized writer
on ecclesiastical subjects, announced
that Pope Benedict XV Is about to ap
point a commission of four cardinals
to renew a movement begun b> Pope
Leo XIII, and abandoned by Pope
Pius X, looking to a reunion of Chris
tianity and the cultivation of friendly
relation with the Anglican Church.
A public announcement on the sub
ject from Rome is expected shortly.
Dr. Palmieri said recently that the
new movement, as outlined in his
advices, will be directed particularly
toward the establishment of a reunion
of the Russian Church and the Pa
pacy, and to a thorough reexamina
tion into the validity of Anglican or
Episcopal ordinations, which was set
tled in the negative in a papal bull
"apostolical sedls," by Pope Leo X.
The honor of presiding over the
commission of cardinals, Dr. Palmieri
has been Informed, will be bestowed
upon Cardinal Nicola Marini, one of
the new cardinals created In the last
consistory, who has devoted many
years to scientific research and to the
cause of a reunion of Christianity.
The Interest of the pope in the prob
lem of Christian unity is said to have
been intensified by the recent pro
gress of the World Congress, initiated
by the American Episcopal Church.
"The new pope," said Dr. Palmieri,
summarizing the information received
from Rome, "has taken a considerable
part in the efforts of neutral nations
to establish peace among nations, and
the Vatican's efforts have been sug
gested, not only by a humanitarian
spirit, but by a longing for Christian
unity and ending the conflict which
long since has divided Christian
churches. Efforts of Leo XIII for
carrying out the reunion of Chris
tianity were abruptly stopped by Piha
X, who aimed at an inner reform of
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