The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-08

The cause of the present strike in the
coal fields of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia and the remedy for it were
discussed by Rev. John Roach straton
in an interesting sermon at the First
Baptist Church last night His text
was from John xx:16, Jesus saith unto
her. Mary; she turneth herself and
saith unto Him, Master"
In the early part Of the sermon the
speaker endeavored to show that the
reason many men and women of to-
day are not saved is because though
they look on Jesus they never see him
as he really is, being blinded by world
" pleasure, pride. arrogance or the
love of money.
Mission of Business.
OF the present day he said:
81 have no sympathy with the indie
seriminate abuse OF our age which is
sometimes heard. 1t is prominently
a business age. The fulfilling of its
deeper mission, under the guidance of
God, lies along those lines. The mis-
sion OF Judea was TO give religion to
the world that of Greece, to give art;
that of Rome, law-but the destiny of
cur civilization is to work out liberty
and peace for the whole world by bind
ing individuals and nations together
with the bands of love and common
interests.
This, the great business enterprises
OF our time, are accomplishing. They
are making men free and they are
binding the nations of the earth to-
gether with commercial ties, which will
soon make war impossible, and which
viii usher in a higher and nObler So
cial system. Thus it is not business
but the abuse of business against
Which we cry out: Business should
not be the sole business of life. Many
men to-day are worshipping business
and are forgetting TO worship God: and
the dollar looms so large before their
eyes that it completely hides Christ.
To save society.
THE same thing is true of society at
large. The race is failing to see Je-
sus as He really is. and it is suffering
from this lack of vision. Christ's mis-
sion to the world was dual. 1t was
10 save the individual and through the
individual, 10 save society. Individual
salvation comes when man gets into
right relationship with God. Social
salvation VIII come when man gets
into right relationships with his fell
bowman. Christ made plain how this
can be done. Through belief in Him,
we must be born again. That Is the
law of faith by which the individual IS
saved. Through obedience to Him, we
must love one another That is the
law OF love oy which society will be
saved.
plain and simple are these COM
mands. Yet in these two short lines
lies embedded all of the truth which
the world now needs to make us hap
py and prosperous and great. And on
one occasion. our Saviour Joined these
commands as the two crescents which
fill out the circle of Christianity. In
giving the greatest commandments He
says ozark i2:30:31): Love the Lord,
thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul. and with all thy mind.
and with all thy strength -" and
love thy neighbor as myself.
seIhshness Lnyr of society.
IF we will only turn ourselves and
see Jesus as He is. and apply His law
II love to life. it will cure
every i'll from which society suffers
The law governing society up to the
pfCsGHl lliHc mas DEen SelNSnneSS
From this all of our social woes have
sprung. To get as much as possible
and TO give out as little; to trample
down others that we might rise; to
e-rasp '9d grind and struggle that our
own might be served-this has been the
pcncy Oh the race. Power not justice,
might not right. have too often ruled
the world. In social and political life,
the ambitious individual has spared
not his fellows if only he might grow
great and powerful.