The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-10-18
STANDING WITH GOD.
Capital and Labor In the Light OF
the Divine viii.
Sermon By. the "Hishway and ny
wayv Preacher on some 81 the
Aspects Of the Great Coal
Strike.

fcopyright, 1909, by A. N. Kellogg News
paper Col
Chicago. Oct. II. 1901
Text: "Our Father. Which art In Heaven.
Thy will be done In earth. a. II ID In
Heaven."-Matt. e:S-l0
The Universal Prayer.-The words
of our text are Immediately recognized
as part of the Lords prayer which
Christ taught His disciples, and which
has come to be universally used. The
rich and poor, the great and small, the
cultured and the unlettered. the church
attendant and the one who seldom or
never goes into the house OF God, all
unite in the prayer and plead the words
of our text: "Thy will be done in
earth, as 1t is in Heaven" And unless
their desires belle their words they all
ask for and want the same glorious
condition of affairs. They all stand to-
gether on high ground, seeking from
an impartial and all-wise God a COM
mon good.
That is, theoretically they want Gods
will to be done, while self-will, prejudice
and selfshness prevent the practical
realization of such desires. Without
being conscious of it, personal inter-
ests are allowed to so enter into the
consideration of questions and condi-
tions as to make ones own will seem
to be the will of God. A case in point
Is the present great coal strike. The
men on both sides of the contest, as
far as know, believe1in and worship
God, and undoubtedly frequently re-
peat the Lords prayer and pray that
Gods will may "be done in earth, as
It is in Heaven" All are probably sim
cere in their utterances and believe
that they honestly want to see Gods
will wrought out in the world, but
each believes that Gods will lies along
the lire OF his individual desires and
purposes and plans. They are to-
gether when it comes to the petition
which they offer to God, but immedi-
ately part company with each other
and possibly with God when It comes
to their ideas as to how the prayer
should be answered.
But we know that with God there
Is no "variableness, neither shadow
of turning" We know that He Is
"the same yesterday, and to-day, and
forever" We know that the Divine
will follows an undertaking course,
that there are not two different an
swers to the same prayer; that
when the rich man prays: "Thy will
be DONE" and the poor man prays:
"Thy will be done;" that when the
capitalist and mine operator prays:
"Thy will be DONE" and the labor
leader prays: "Thy will be done;"
that when the cultured product of
the university prays: ''rhy will be
DONE" and the humble plodder in
the workshop prays: "Thy will be
DONE" they all strike the same
mark, and II the conduct and life of
the rich man and the poor man, the
capitalist and the labor leader, the
college graduate and the artisan
were such as to permit the perfect
working out of the will of God II
would cut a clean and straight path
in the affairs of men and the events
of tbs world. The will of God would
not be found to break into thou
sand divergent streams like the delta
of the Amazon, but like the benef-
cent gulf stream it would flow with
a clearly defined course through the
midst of the sea of the earth's TEEN
ing millions, exerting its wholesome
influences on every hand. God has
no favorites in the sense of showing
partially to one individual over an
other, for "He is no respecter OF
persons" The poor man does not
believe that the rich man has a
corner on Heaven, or that the Ruler
of the Universe can be subsidized
and bought up. The labor leader
does not believe that the capitalist
Is able by his wealth and his influ-
| ence to gain the ear of God, while
| he must stand out in the cold and
| talk to n blank wall. They all know
that whatsoever will may come
and that "him that cometh unto Me
J / will in no wise cast out" They
may all alike have access to Him.
When Christ taught His disciples
| to pray this prayer He did not mean
that God was to be brought around
to mans will, but that man was to
be led to know and do Gods will
And we know that to-day this is the
true purpose of the prayer; thai
wherever in the earth the will OF
God IL not being done, the condi
tions may so be changed as to brina
man and events into harmony with
Gods will. And we know, further
more. that one who goes to God
with this petition and tarries long
enough in the Divine presence tc
learn something of what Gods vii
for the earth il, returns with
Divine commission to help bring
that will to pass.
Standing With God.-To offer the
prayer of our text, which is done
by nearly everyone who believes II
and worships God, makes one
partisan of God, places him upon
platform which declares for pol
icy for earth similar to that prevail
ing in Heaven, and makes him
party henchman obligated to worl
for the success of that policy. II
stand with God means submission
That Is an attitude Of mind an
heart towards God which Is willin
to Weld personal desires and am