The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-19

ana allWlSe Goa would nave created
a world like this, with It's fertile VAL
leys, the exhaustless treasures of its
mountains, its untold resources and its
boundless possibilities and placed in
dominion a sluggard? No!
Christian citizenship is demanded in
business because it would take away
our desire for unjust gain, and the too
rapid accumulation Of wealth. Listen
to Gods word, Better is little with
the fear of the Lord than great treas
ure and trouble herewith Moses
cautions US against the 'deceitfulness
of riches Lest when we possess them
we forget God. We cannot serve
both God and gold Yet, it is not the
gold itself but the love of 1t which is
the root of all evil.
1.-The proper accumulation of wealth
is desirable, and If God opens to your
feet the way to wealth, enter it cheer
fully, but remember that riches will
bless or curse you as your own heart
determines And remember further, If
your wealth is corruptly obtained or
used for unholy purposes. the canker
and rust of it shall be witness
against you, and shall eat your flesh as
it were fire.
Christian citizenship is demanded in
business, because 1t is right and would
beget confidence. The scriptures tell
US, Provide for honest things, not only
in the sight of the Lord, but also in
the sight of men,
christian citizenship is demanded
in business because it leads to the
laurel wreath of success here and to
the crown of glory in the hereafter. No
mans life is failure who is himself
a moral success, and who is ever a
victor on the side of truth and right
and duty.
Christian citizenship is but Godli-
ness, and Goodness is profitable unto
all things having promise of the life
that now is and having promise of
that which is to come But brethren,
let us hear the conclusion of, the whole
matter; fear God and keep his COM
mandments; for this is the whole duty
of man. If we do this, then we carry
into our business Christian citizenship.
Then will we make our daily. duty and
practice in all things a part of our
Christian citizenship
The Christian. Citizen.
Mr.. Bailey began his address by say
| ing, Permit me first to greet the B.
| Y. P. L. of Georgia in the name of the
young people of North Carolina" Be-
| ginning his subject he said: 1.-THE
| Christian citizen ideally and according
| to revelation is a citizen of the world,
| for his religion is not of one age but
of all ages. Its divine founder was
crucifled because he choose to live for
all ages rather than for one gener-
| alton.
THE Christian citizen has a heri-
tage to hand down not only to his chill
dren and childrens children but to that
coming kingdom which has been seen
by poets and sages but which has not
yet been realized. 1t is not heresy, nor
L trust dream, to say the church
looks forward to the time that not only
tyrannies and monarchies but the state
| itself shall pass away; to a time when
the word citizen itself shall fade away
and be replaced by the word brother,
! Christs word to a time when mon
arch and sovereign shall not be spoken
of but instead master and lord Fully
developed Christianity is civilization it.
self so we may look forward to that
kingdom of one God.
What is the word that Christianity
| speaks to the world to-day; what do
we gather as the message of every
church and denomination that calls it
self founded by Jesus? We get this
message Love and righteousness
righteousness and love-
Take this message as applied to the
different classes; to man as producer
or a consumer-for Jesus Christ de-
|
| work; he says Come unto me all We
that labor see no invitation to the
loafer, God hates a loafer and a quit
ter. What then is the duty of this
man either in his capacity of producer,
or consumer, or employer? He shall
treat his brother man fairly, do justly,
and walk honestly before men.
Now take man in his social stand
ing, in those infinite, delicate and in
tricate relations. Christianity in So
ciety is something I'm afraid Baptist
don't often discuss, yet the religion
that can't stand social contact, can't
live in the social atmosphere must pass
away, and the society that can't stand
religious contact should pass away. A
man grows, a church grows, and a ma
ton grows in a ratio according to per-
sonal contact.
There is line of separation between
man and man. 1t is inevitable that
l shall like some men better than 9TH
ers. This does not mean, however, that
one is better than another, 1t simply
is the exampliflcation of the law of af-
| finity. But despite this affinity we
must remember always there is anoth-
| err half, and we owe a duty to it, we
must not forget that it was for this
half also that Jesus Christ died. To
these people of the other half it is the
duty of the Christian to speak not so
much the word of righteousness as the
word of love.
Citizenship and Politics.
when we think about citizenship we
think about politics? Now what does
the church say to the voter, the mem
Der of the body polite? 1t says be
governed not by love but by righteous
ness. The state is a social contract
entered into for our mutual preserva-
ton, and we are sovereigns baptized in
the blood of four thousand battles
fought for liberty. What shall we dc
with that power that we have won SC
dearly?
IF we have overthrow the divine
right of all but men themselves, if we
stand vested in sovereignty and if we
should stand tomorrow before the
should we be governed? Stand for
righteousness; square the nation by
the square, and level it by the level of
the Heavens"
Where is our Christian citizenship. -
asked the speaker, and then answered
''it is here, but it is incoherent and also
Intellectual. My ideal of the Christian
citizen" he continued, lis the man who
believes in God and seeks with intelli-
gence to do his duty. Such a man
marching to the ballot box and voting
without fear and without favor is nv
ideal. He is here, but he is not called
together and therefore is Intellectual.
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