Church Papers:
• The Christian Standard, p. 78.
• The Christian-Evangelist, p. 79.
• The Christian Century, p. 80.

      To meet the crisis that came with the passing of Alexander Campbell, wise and devoted men established a weekly journal and put Isaac Errett in complete charge of it. Thus was made and won the long and hard fight for liberty from narrow and mechanical interpretations of God's Word, and for practical union of the forces of the reformation through organization.

      As the "Standard" was the champion of missions, so it led in the Young People's Movement, and is now the herald of the Bible-school advance. Always it is a newspaper, giving the facts of God's people as well as the truths of God's Word.

      In the Centennial Campaign it has promoted the crusade for the enrolment of 200,000 in teacher-training classes, and published this year nine monthly Centennial Specials.

      "The Christian Standard" is a product of the whole brotherhood. Russell Errett, son of the founder, is manager; J. A. Lord is editor-in-chief; and S. S. Lappin, office editor. Herbert Moninger prepares the "Standard" series of Bible-school helps. The company has a large modern plant in Cincinnati. A full line of its publications is on display in Forbes Field, first floor, right wing. [78]

      "The Christian-Evangelist" is a combination of "The Evangelist," published at Chicago, and "The Christian," at St. Louis. Each of the two papers represented at the time of the union, in 1882, a number of other Christian periodicals.

      The paper has stood unflinchingly throughout its history for the supreme authority of the Bible, for the deity and lordship of Jesus Christ, and for the personality and continuous ministry of the Holy Spirit in the church. It has stood for the unity of the people of God on the New Testament basis. It stands to-day, as always, for Christian liberty, for progress in the knowledge of the truth, for a deepening spiritual life, for missions, for Christian education, for the application of the gospel to all problems of our time, and for wider coöperation with other followers of Christ. Its present editorial staff is J. H. Garrison, editor; Paul Moore, assistant editor; with F. D. Power, of Washington, D. C., and W. Durban, of London, as staff correspondents.

      The Christian Publishing Company is doing a large and increasing business in books and Sunday-school supplies. Its officers are J. H. Garrison, president; W. D. Cree, secretary and treasurer. [79]

      "The Christian Century" is in its twenty-first year. The editors believe that the plea for the unity of all Christians, proclaimed by Thomas and Alexander Campbell, is the chief glory and justification of the Disciples, and is capable of meeting the demands of widening knowledge among men. It undertakes therefore to interpret the plea in terms of modern religious thought and social conditions. It strives to develop an open mind, broad outlook, and devout spiritual habit in its readers. It is essentially a paper for the home.

      It seeks to bring to the fireside all the brightest news of the churches. Professor Willett conducts a page of Biblical Problems, answering all sorts of questions on the Bible, and presents each week an exposition of the coming Sunday-school lesson.

      The associate editors are George A. Campbell, Errett Gates, Silas Jones, Harry F. Burns, Alva W. Taylor, O. F. Jordan, H. D. C. Maclachlan, and John R. Ewers.

      "The Christian Century" is $2.00 a year; $1.50 in advance. It is published at 708 40th Street, Chicago, Ill. [80]

[CCP 78-80]