| Show OUTLOOK W W A to the oton JIM Ion t thuds finds time the outlook for tor Hi time the new 11 your year Mr among four of ot the lime l larger er denom denominations of ot country prom II In three Unee It I is III fair In two tto ou all ous Am nr thoe tho with wills premium ur 11 tire the time Meth Methodist odist Lutheran and atmil Among Roman floman Catholic Catholics amid Jews JeAs limo thO reviewer tImid find only fair condition mind In the 1 and sad Congregational r bodle h ime III pays the are ominous of ot title hi kind hInd may not nol be very reliable They rhey depend mostly I Ion on what point of tw 91 they the itS are from tram Thus th the Presbyterian outlook Is said to 10 I he be promising although from other oilier sources source quoted by y time tho 1111 Church It Is it that hut for or 01 the year ending tho thu of ot Mar Marcim h tact t 2 HI churches of ot a CI total of ot did not have one ono single addition by ton con fo lon of lit faith And AnI of ot time till remain remainIng remainIng Ing InK church or iii r almoSt one halt half reported five Ove or leNS additions addition Time Tho embrace th the large lar of ot anti and typical Out Outside side dido ot of favorable nut of ot Ind i Of Ot the time 2770 hir hM receiving five or ii more 1171 1111 received rec ten teti tenor t 11 or lees lell leaving only ani that report reported ed oil 11 over oer ten aim during a n whole year Tho rho review doos cloos not show that tho the conditions have hav materially changed It Jt states Mates that harmony obtains that hint the time treed need revision does doel riot not create n a ml limit rarely ly linn hu an nn era ern of or greater Im good feeling obtained l iS III of ot course cOurso gratifying tail and promising Nut In It H especially no so 01 11 JJ It worthy of ot tide note that mem mcm hors bors of ot a it 1 church good feel feelIngs Ings loss toward ono one another As for tho time other the time re te reviewer viewer lower quoted MIts that time the and the Lutherans continue to have phenomenal growth ot of time the lutter It liitt r however partly through Immigration gration Tho Thu Th Quakers me He elated over ot their recent peace pence conference COli Co As AI for tor forthe the Iho I It 0 II much is III honed for tor this year front lay federation anti and ant onlIne hension obtains generally because of at atthe time the advanced ago of ot the this none popo 1 and tho the temporal power Ilow r question Involved In iii Inthe time the selection ot of hi hili or Growth iii hI n Is but not mint a nil as It imas not nol been marked for tor omo some years year p past t Methodists expect large argo aRtI will spend much energy In III completing the tue fund funil Among m the UnU t tha ho reviewer reV lower thinks the he be bu bettor better ContrIbutions Contribution time aro backward and membership growth nothing striking Religious lenders adorn among the hid JOWl Jews long loti I do tho limo lots to lo m of or heir mil mull cht In Iii tie the hotly hOlly IntellectualIty has gone ono to nn mum extreme In tho the Congregational individual IndividualIty Ual v lIy Ity ty Thus rims Is Iii tIme tho situation briefly stated elated rIme Tho concludes It costs a II year to 10 main maintain tain tahi the th churches of ot the tho United States ii end ml to make the time usual annual advance time the year Just closed there thero Is II In Inthe inthe the th year Just beginning nothing very ory encouraging are 1111 not 1101 good goodIn gO ld In iii spite of ot the thu times In Inmany many bottles bodle spiritual I III at ata ata a n tow low ItI ebb m tn to tIme the detri detriment ment of ut tho Iho work Is rampant Is III but hul It Is III quite In Inadequate adequate to that hiat which h leaders leaden In iii nil alt bridles expected a it t year ego ago or declare ought to lo be realised In the material world being what they tho aro Leaving out of ot consideration tho the question whether this thU 1 Is true In every evary detail It tt may bo be sate safe to lv toray say ray I Hint original I it sombre enough to cause serious rejections all thoughtful observers With 1111 all the tue elo rho qt nr of ot tho the pulpit the time elegance of ot worship wor anti and the for tor mis miA siGns IlonI nt itt home nOli abroad the Iho th tend enoy Is I wall well characterized ns nil worldlIness Is II threatening to tn to a preponderance Anti And M this Ihla chilling blast Is III Intensified by the theology that com cent commenced by hy denying the lii need of ot over continued revelation and autI authoritative guidance dud and I Is about to end ond omit logically In denying the divine Inspiration ot of tho the Scriptures Front present condition there Is in I tio no escape except through tIme tho power of or Him I thu who ian has proclaimed HI 11 Ills J that A 1 great creat end marvelous work Yolk Is I about nb ut to conic come forth unto to the time children of ot men mum That work verk I Is already spreading throughout the earth though many who count them Nh selves lve wise r fail to It II H It Is the work York ot of tho the tot for the time redemption Ion tion of Ills children In Ills His own up rp pointed tl way WI which Is so o different from that which to mere mero human wisdom op lip pours posies right and d safe eafe |
