The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-29
A Sermon
For Today
CBY REV. W. s. VALID

But the End Is Not Yet. st. Matthew.
XXIV- g.
Three great ideas have been held as
fundamental TO the Christian religion; the
power of love, the power of reformation
of both character and environment, and
the power of the minG. End as one OF
There became fully accepted as the one
idea, of course the others have been neg
lected. Consequently churches have been
founded and kept alive on enc or the
other of these dominating forces, each
man saying, Here is the ultimate fact.
Beyond this we cannot go This is the
meaning of the gospel. This IS the cui-
mination of religious thought.
And the most prominent of these three
characteristics is love. No man can read
St. Paul's eulogy without having deep
impression from the, reading No man
can feel the touch of ingratitude. or the
failure of men To appreciate a generous
effort and especially is it true that no
man can hear those ruuors that float,
half-joke. half-scandal. ABOUT the inten-
tions and motives of his feliowmen. with
out feeling within himself that love is the
great need of'-tllP world. l remember dis
dinctly Of hearing a church service while
on a vacation IN an eastern city, in which
the minister impressed me most deeply
with the fact that men should feel that
on Sunday they were TO throw aside the
cares battles and worry Of the world.
that stories of crime and wrong should be
blotted from the mind: that the thought
of men unfaithful in public Office should
be put away for that moment; that the
church-Soer should feel that during the
week he mad not been UP TO his oppor-
tunity in noble sentiment. and its ex-
preston in his connection with his friends
and neighbors during that time And 50
this minister said church should be the
one place where Il man was 20 be remind
cd of the center Of the gospel Qove). Of
the only true idea of God dove and the
chief characteristic Of man dove, with
out which all other gifts fail. And L
further recalled the added fact that one
cannot sing the purely scientific song
more than once TO the same people, nor
can you make exposition of the purely
intellectual proposition 20 the same man
more than once without firing him, but
you reteu the story of noble sacrifice
again and again, and indeed the boy VINO
has read Of Leonidas ard the Spartans
twenty times. would eagerly read Ii again
If given the attraction o. a new and win
ming form Moreover TO make the appli-
cation, love in it's many forms. nay be
talked Of ard sung in the church almost
indefinitely while all other subjects fail
in given time. So there is much ground
for feeling that love IS the dominant idea
OF religion
But when we reach this point there IS
much temptation to stop with that and
fail Of gaining the great object OF re-
Iszio-. soui-helpfulness. often times the
emotion is gathered Ike the gathering
/ OF great forces. but II lost II the hour.
/ expends itself in tears or in noble mag
! nations. ard then passes without being
/ expressed in deeds Of human he.Ifalners
+ Consequently We can recall ve-y much
/ sentiment In Itself robe expressed IL
many people and really felt, that never
J found expression in any helpful action.
So when we put the emphasis too strong
/ Is on this noble and divine sentiment. We
must remember that II may become some
4 thing very weak. that It may become
merely aesthetic IN its meaning, that II
may become foolish fondness. having 10
/ strength and 10 power so when tie
1 emphasis becomes undue Ne may cHp ion
( or tranquil dreamer with the deelaratio1-
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quick. discerning. glance Md has il not
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