The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-19

blood into the fevered veins. The result
is said to have been a remarkable cure.
1t is the work of Christianity thus to
pour the blood Of a new life into the
veins of a dying world. To preach
Christ is therefore not to proclaim
theory or creed, however ancient or
however respectable, but to preach
vital religion, to preach Saviour who is
Lord Of the living as well as the dead;
to proclaim the presence of living
spirit, guiding the world today in the
way of all truth, convicting the world
of sin and of righteousness today, lead
ing the conscience Of man into the ways
of new truth from age TO age, ever un-
folding the mysteries Of the kingdom in
every age, in every century. To preach
such u religion is necessarily to bring
sword sometimes-not peace. So Jesus
with scourges cleansed the temple; so
Jesus said in SO many words, II am
come not to send peace, but sword"
AK AT THE ROOT.
Fifth-To preach Christ and him
crucified is to declare that the way of
life is the way of death. 1t is there
fore to contradict the materialistic
philosophy of the world. To preach
Christ and hir . ~ucifed is to an1ail the
foundations OF the business and the
trade and the whole social fabric of this
age. Jesus said, "He that would find
his life must lose it," Jesus said, "He
that would save his life shall lose it."
To preach Christ is to proclaim that tho
way of Calvary is the way of life. 1t was
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crucified, to bear the burdens of those
who did not appreciate his love and his
sacrifice. Are we ready thus TO contra
dict, are we ready thus to assail all the
powers that today rule in the so called
secular world? Do we understand what
it means go to "preach the Gospel"
SOCIETY ARRAIGNED.
Sixth-To preach Christ and him
crucified means to preach the regenera-
ton of the whole fabric of society, OF
business and of government The fore
runner Of Christ proclaimed, "Repent,
for the kingdom Of heaven is at hand"
Jesus declared that he came to establish
kingdom. 1t was ever on his lips
tho kingdom of God-the kingdom is at
hand. The kingdom is IN organization.
social structure. The Gospel of Christ
is thus designed to affect not simply the
units in society, but to save society, to
save the organization, to save the whole
world. All real progress made by
human society since tho cruciiixion of
Christ has been made through the cross.
The cross is the focus Of all the worlds
progress. We have not made u single
step along the heights of true civiliza-
tion save in sacrifice and self renuncia-
| ton.
In other words, man has really made
| progress only rs he has denied himself
only as he has been willing to walk as
Jesus walked. If society would be
saved it must repent and follow Christ.
I To preach Christ therefore, him cruci-
| fed, today, is to arraign society in so far
| as it fails to incarnate truth in Christ.
What is wrong in the individual is wrong
In the state. He came to set up king
dom. 1t is to arraign society. What is
wrong in the individual is wrong in So
ciety, and it is not true that if we have
regenerate units we will at once have a
regonerate organism. A corporation
may be composed of good men individu-
ally and the corporation itself be guilty
of deeds that will not stand the light
One of the great difficulties today with
our social organism is that it is fifty
years behind the Christian sentiment of
the world. 1t is in the hands of the
enemy. 1t should be redeemed, re-
deemed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
WORTH THE LIvING2
In Jesus we have the fountain of a
worlds hope. Tho dream of the cross
is the thought that thrills the soul Of
man. Every scheme for the salvation
of the race finds its roots in the hope Of
the cross. Where materialistic phi
losophy has grown weary with life and
asked the question, "Is life worth liv-
ing?" Christianity rises then with its
triumphant answer:
Is life worth livingp Yes. so long
AS there is wrong TO right,
Wall of the weak against the strong,
Or tyranny to flght;
Long as there fingers gloom to chase,
| Or streaming tear to dry,
One kindred woe, one sorrowing face
That smiles as VIC draw nigh;
Long as a tale Of anguish swells
The heart and lids grow wet,
And at the sound of Christmas bells
We pardon TO forget;
So long fnith with freedom reigns,
And loyal hope survives,
And gracious charity remains
To leayen lowly lives;
While there is one untrodden track
For intellect or will,
And men are free to think and act,
Lifo is worth living still.
81 had tainted had l not believed tc
see the goodness of the Lord in the land
of the living" 1t is this faith, this
Christian faith, that fills the world witt
hope today. We toll and struggle and
believe, and renew the struggle aftel
defeat, believing still.
The world today is restless ,rith an
dtrftd discomfort. The accumulated
icroRgs or the centuries Tie upon u.s. The
sky is dark with ominous portents
Who will be able to stand in the coming
conflict which all thoughtful hearts fee
is imminent? When all theories have
been tried and proved fruitless, wha
voice will there be supreme to lead tht
way through tho unblazed forest? Ther
the white robed prophets of Christ mus
preach Jesus and him crucifed, and il
preached in fullness it is the auswol
complete to every unanswered cry o
the race. Will the church of Christ b,
alive to the supreme opportunity which
this crisis in the worlds history PIE
sentsr There is such thing as the full
ness of time. The Gospel of Christ is
full answer. There is time to strike
There is time to speak. There is
supreme hour when the word spokel
has supreme power.
Daniel Webster in his boyhood, twent,
years Of age, made July Grafton at th
Academy at Fryeburg. In after year
that speech he used as the peroration o
his master effort in the senate of tn
United States, and from that magnif
cent opportunity the whole world heard
1t was the same speech that he spoke a
boy; the world did not hear. SO ther
are supreme hours for the church o