Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-05-18 | Page 20 | Missions Held Important Work

MISSIONS RELD IMPORTANT Moderator Says Churcftes Mutt Concentrate on Lost World CHARLKBTON. W. Va . Mny IK Mlaalona wer deHnred to mntltut tho church's princlpul tank by Rev. lr. A. B. Curry of Memphis. Tnn.. In his sermon hers today mm retlrlnc moderator of tha a-eneml aaaembly of the rrashytsrlan rhurrh In tha I'nlt-(d I'nlt-(d States (Southern Presbyterian), at tha open try of tha sixty-socond fen em 1 am.en.hly. "Tha church's afforts, ha said, "should not center on Itself, hut on m lost world. Tha rhurrh Is not the end. but tha means. Havlnar a lost world, aatahllshlna; God's ktnudom on earth Is tha and; tha rhurrh Is rhrlst's Instrument fr arromptlsh-Ina- thla end. Tha rhurrh that falls here, falls everywhere. "The leadership In mlaslnns belongs to Jesus ChrUt. Hut where will It lead tha rhurrh to follow him? Into tha mountains, out on tha plains, down In tha alums of tha rltlea, amonr tha negroes, Indians and for e tuner, and a r roes tha seas, "unto the uttermost parts of tha earth. "All that la needed la m eonserrated rhurrh that will follow his leadership with Joy, rouraffa nd faith." Ir. Curry said ha had thought It appropriate to bring a mesaaga "In arrord with the Inst aasemhly's expressed ex-pressed desire that this aanembly he 'an evangelistic and homa mission assembly.' "