The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-04
what Christianity Means.

If Christianity means anything at all,
says Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, in the Bos.
ton Congregdtionalist, it must mean every
act of life governed by the same ruling
personality. The curse Of a nisappled
Christianity is a dual existence; recoeni.
ton OF Tod. OF conscience, OF righteous.
ness, even OF salvation. on the part OF a
man, in his home lite, in his church life
and his private life, and an abandonment
OF the same principles in business, in poll
tics, in amusements and so.called culture
and education.
Perhaps no one thing has really done
more damage to the church OF Christ in all
ages than the sight of men who have called
themselves Christians. and have borne the
outward marks OF discpleship in the
church. the prayer meeting and the home,
and have not applied the teachings of
Jesus to their money making, to their po.
litical life, to their recreation. The heart
of Christianity itself is summed up in the
verse, Whatsoever We do. whether We eat
or drink, do all to the glory OF God
1t is the part application of the Sermon
on the Mount; it is the partial attempt to
follow Christ in the world which have
brought chaos and confusion into society.
II the teachings of Christ apply to the
home life or to the prayer meeting. they
apply no less directly to the store to the
office, to the legislative hall. Ii the minis.
ter is supposed to live according to the
highest standard of Christian living. no
less the bank president the railroad direc.
tor. the hotel keeper, the newspaper edl.
tor. The Christianity which will not bear
the test OF the market place or the amuse.
ment hall is not worthy OF the name.
There is no Christianity unless it is the
direct living every day of what Christ
taught, and II in answer to the question,
What would Jesls do?' the business man
| finds Il Would wreck his business-then it
is a business that ought to be wrecked
| believe there is no doubt that ii the
disciples OF Jesus should follow Him a.
| they ought in their business and political
lives to-day, the result would materially b,
wreckin9 OF very Thich Of the presCS1
business and political life in the world
But ii our principle, holds good, that tc
| follow Christ Himself is to follow Him re
| gardless OF results, then there is nothin,
else for the Christian to do. 1t is not
case of saving the life, it is a case of losinj
1t in order that the real life may be saved
The world will never realize its millen
ium until the disciples nj Christ follow
Him al the way, not a part OF the way
and follow Him in the affairs OF daily Lie
as well as in the devotional and strict
religious acts of Christian discipleship.
Practical Christianity means that Chris
claims ownership and lordship of all tn
world, and He will never be satisfied wit
that type OF Christianity which is real onl
in name, which denies His right to rul
over all the affairs of the world, which fo
lows His standard of conduct where it
easy, and abandons it when it become
difficult. This is not the Christianity O
Christ, 1t is simply the definition of i
which men have given 1t will never sat
isfv Him, neither will it satisfy the world