The Newtown bee., 1902-06-27

nal associations and mutual helpful
ness.
THE REIGN OF SOLOMON WAS THE
GOLDEN AGE OF GODS CHOSEN
PEOPLE.
The wisdom of the great king has
! filed the world. The glory of his
peaceful, prosperous administration
has ever stood as the type of the ever
lasting kingdom of peace and good
will.
Stones and foundations; corner
stones and the chief cornerstone:
builders and master-builders; taber-
nacles, houses, palaces and holy tenn
ples;-it is Of no mere passing interest
that the living, abiding principles of
our Christian faith and practice are
taught us, again and again, in these
beautiful, enduring figures. The
Church, in all ages, and in all stages of
It's growth, is the building of God.
Human society is the temple of the
Supreme Architect of the universe.
All the fraternities and guilds, associ-
atoms and religions of the world are
but varying phases Of. that common
Instinct OF our spiritual nature which
impels us to seek after God that haplv
we may find Him who is ever near to
US, and In us by His Spirit, if we but
desire to know Him that we NAV love
Him.
1t is only as we are able to take an
extended, comprehensive view of the
history OF mankind that we can under
stand our present situation in the
world. Society as we know it is the
hover and fruit of 5000 years of human
experience in the divine Providence.
The story Of the earth and man is one
record of change, growth,
and attainment. We are the
heirs OF all the knowledge, wisdom,
ruth and love which have come down
20 us from the dawn of creation
through all the successive genera tions.
The Righteousness of Noah; the faith
II Abraham; the meekness of Moses:
ne wisdom OF Solomon; the fiery zeal
II the prophets; the courage and hero
SIN OF st John the Baptist; the Divine
example of. the Son Of God. In the
pit words of the Great Apostle: GAN {
hlngs are yours, and. We are
'hrist's; and Christ is Gods. Il Cor
(: 81, 23). S
Christ has always been in the world t
hough the world knew it not. IT. is
lis world. by Him the world was
lade. lie laid the cornerstone there t
T. lie has ever been in the midst of f
IL faithful people in all the genera
ons. AS st Paul also declares: "Our {
athers were all under the cloud and t
J passed through the sea; and were i
Il baptized unto Moses in the cloud e
I'D In the sea; and did all eat the a
me spiritual meat; and did all drink a
Re same spiritual drink: for thev h
'ank OF spiritual rock that followed a
lem: and the rock was Christ"
Cor. 10: A. fl
And SO il
iR1sTIANITY, AS WE KNOW IT, IS THE :,
BLOSSOM AND FRUIT -
all the religious experiences of the ir
imam family, under God. 1t is the Of
lth OF Abraham made complete: it CT
the 1ulhlment Of the law and the b,
ophets; 1T is the exemplifcation of tt
e Symbolism Of the Temple of God: e,
the wisdom of Solomon: W
thus 1T embodies all good to all pl
IN; the beginning of the realization
the universal brotherhood of the al
lldren of the Eternal Father. til
80 then, We are no more strangers of
q sojourners, but ye are fellow ut
liens with the saints, and of the ur
usehold OF God, being built upon the tn
lndation OF the apostles and proph- tn
, Christ Jesus himself being the liz
e1 cornerstone, in whom each sew nj
i building, fifty framed together, ba
'weth into a holy temple in the du
rd; in whom We also are builded an
ether for habitation of God in of
) Spirit" itv
Intelligent Christians can no longer
content to take a narrow, sectarian ne,
OF human life and human rela- an,
IS. The Spirit of Christ is uniyer- an,
religion Of truth, fellowship and the
operation. There is one faith, one mo
q, one Spirit, and therefore one dis