Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-11-06
PRACTICAL POINTERS
Short SermOnette Taken from the
Bible.
Rev. j. Il. Butler takes his Text
from IA Verse I'm second
Timothy.

stsndeth sure. III Tim. 2-l9
The builder OF today looks carefully
TO his foundations. Marshal Fields
new building in Chicago, rests upon
eighty-four solid pillars, which reach
down through the earth distance oil
ninety feet until they strike the solid
rock These pillars made OF cement,
cost a thousand dollars apiece. Egh-
ty-four thousand dollars hidden Il ON
human view to insure safety and per-
manancy. A Catholic cathedral Is be-
ing planned for the city OF New York,
the foundation OF which Is TO cost up
ward OF II million dollars.
II valuable found atoms are essential
in material building how much more
50 are they in character building. The
wise man will select .the best. What
mans hand creates will crumble.
Cod hand carries with it the touch OF
immortality.
In our character building we cannot
afford To build upon the sands OF human
creeds or man made doctrines.
| believe today that the man who is
willing to pull OF his coat and 60 at this
work OF character building, with the
same earnestness that he manifests In
building cathedral or factory, will not
have far TO go to find the everlasting
foundations.
The four corner stones OF the founda-
ton that standeth sure command our
attention.
Theifrst is Divine Love.
= What motive was In In the heart OF
the Creator that prompted Him to i'm
part to every living thing the ability
to protect and provide for itself; Civ.
ing to the bee its singer, to the SPUR
rel its nimble feet, to the ink fish its
inky fluid, sand SO on through the nm
ending variety in the animal world.
What motive prompted the Creator
to fit up in advance such a beautiful
world for the coming of man, storing
the cellars Of the earth with coal and
treasures? Do we not dicover wise
forethought and wonderful provision
born of Infinite love?
A second corner stone is Divine unity.
To the beginner the students OF ge
Dlogy and astronomy seem TO be enter
ing upon difficult work. The telescope
and microscope at first seem to point
10 opposite directions. To the careless
thinker the world of science and the
separate If not antagonistic to each
other. But we are all coming To see
that there is unity In the material
universe. Each part is vitality con-
nected with every othsr part. We can
not take the rootlet Of the tiniest flow
or and follow out the complete story of
its life without explaining the universe.
rrue religion and true science are not
antagonist but congenial companions
Nv ohhiS budb ave uS JHt Dtdt-
itudes pinned the stars up yonder.
y third corner stone is Divine pur
pose.
Instead OF Withdrawing from his
work after six periods OF creative &C
tivity the Mighty One is vitality pres
ent in the m DIST OF all the worlds, civ
ing life and development, beauty and
progress 10 the works of His hands
The man who walks with God must
take long strides.
Finally, the fourth corner stoue we
will call the Divine Gift.
Paul wrote about Jesus Christ being
the Chief corner stone.
In neighboring city the corner
stone OF church was broken open with
dynamite by thieves who were looking
for hidden treasure. But "Jesus Christ
is the Chief Corner Stone In whom IL
all the treasure OF wisdom and knowl
edge" These treasures yield them
selves TO the faintost touch OF the fing.
err OF trust.