Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-25
CHRIST, WOMAN AND POVERTY.
Sermon on an Interesting Topic De-
Iivered Yesterday by Rev.
j. NJ. CrOmer.

At the First Lutheran church, corner of
Fourteenth and Cherry streets, Rev. j. NJ.
Cromer preached yesterday morning on the
subject of Christ, Woman and Poverty
He took as his text Matthew vi:33: But
seek We first the eingdom of God and His
righteousness. and all these things shall
be added unto you He said, in part:
"The study of the questions of life Is be-
coming more important. 1t is the sum of
all human philosophy and religion and of
all divine revelation, to open up the grand
possibilities of the human existence. How
to live-this is the great problem.
Christ woman and poverty will be
found to be the three great factors in hu-
man life. Christ is philanthropy. No hu-
I'll a suitable relation is between man and
God. Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God.
Here Is the underlying principle of all hu-
man possibilities. Christ is the Son of hui
manity, as He is the Son of divinity. Christ
is the author of what is best in human life.
1t is not every philosophical tinker that
can reveal to us the theory of living. Men
are forced 10 go TO Gods truth for Il solu-
ton of this problem. Any philosophy that
would attempt theory of life without the
regenerate man must fail. Upon character
everything in life rests.
lit is said that Christianity takes away
the thoughts from the. concerns of the
the future. But human philosophy has
done the reverse-kept our thoughts on
temporal things. and II has failed to solve
the problem of living.
christianity has been misunderstood. All
time is Gods time. There need be no ri
valr. between heaven and earth. Life has
always been best here when recognized as
the forethought of eternity. Then is this
life best appreciated. 1t is invested with
intense value as bearing upon eternity in
every act. How can Il man estimate him
self without considering his eternal life?
Life is more than the meat Back of
every earthly deed is desire for some
e Seek ye first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness, and all these things
| shall be added unto you Without a
| central hope humanity is working at cross
purposes. Brotherhood cannot exist with
| out the confession of a common Father.
Again, the relation between man and
woman is the first blessed by God. 1t Is
| Impossible to have life as ii should be
| without woman in her proper place. Wher-
even Christianity has gone woman has
| been respected and loved. Christ woman
and poverty-these three are the factors
| of human life. The human being must be
trained to thought and religion. Christ
| vale of poverty. This Goldman had not
| where 10 lay His head His fate on earth
was dependent on His fellow men. He who
| gave the world its greatest wealth nae
| not where TO lay His head. His example
| taught us that the things of this World
are not all-important.
Poverty is relative. The man of the
| great city is poor with the few thousand:
| that make the farmer rich. What Is
| pCverty2 We cannot answer satisfactorily
| There are thousands of men and womer
| in the world that are poor because they
| have sQuandered their spiritual wealth.
| III is an unfair division of human in
| tcrtsts when we are TO give n little at
| tention TO temporal philanthropy and les!
i attention to spiritual philanthropy.
| We overlook the blessing of life itsel
| in thinking of the petty details of life. Ny
| beloved. the spiritual need is the creates
want of human life. The piteousness o
| the hungry touches us. But if we coulC
| only feel that spiritual riches makes IL
content. What we are after is happiness
which comes only with content of min'
I and heart which can come only with
| sincere hope in God and eternal life. lie
u try 10 be content. If We will seek afte
the kingdom of God our hearts and live
will be more happy than through an.
| temporal blessing. Let us seek after tina
meat which never pcrisheth but endure
in the kingdom of heaven