Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-15

were children of the degil, in reality
the children of God. Paul said: God
hath made of one blood all nations of
men,
To know God as the Father of all.
men and all men as the children of one
Father is the solution of all the prob
lens of men. Would any man presume
to kill. and destroy, and rob another.
man. if he realized that that man was
the precious child of the God of heaven
and earth? To know God thus would
end all forms of war and blood shed,
and lift one of the greatest burdens
off from the backs of the working men,,
for the workman fights the battles and
he also pays the war debts. All taxa
ton finally rests upon the producer.
Christ not only shows that God is
the Father of all men, but that He also
passionately loves all His children. He
said, This is the will of him that sent
me. that everyone that seeth the Son
and believeth on Him should not per-
ish but have understandable life"
For God so loved the world that he
gave his only begotten Son that who
soever believeth on Him should not
perish but have everlasting life God
not only provided a way of life for
every man, but also that every man
should have an offer Of this life in
Christ. The last words of Jesus to His
disciples We're: 60 yet into all the
world and preach the gospel to every
creature" The angels of heaven an
nounced that the news of the Saviors
birth would be given to all men. This
is also the covenant with Abraham.
This knowledge of God as the Father
of all will save the world. The church's
one great mission is to preach this
good news to the whole world.
Christ assures us that the heavenly
Father provides food and clothing for
His children. Speaking of these things
knoweth that we have need of these
things" He reminds His followers
from the first. how God provides for
the birds Of the air and the flowers of
the field, and then adds: Are yet not
much more than they?' and How
much more will He clothe you, oh We
of little faith ?'' The birds of the air
and the lilies Of the field preach to US
Christ's gospel of bread and butter.
the body will also clothe it, and He
who gave us precious life will give US
food to sustain it. This is what Paul
means when he says: He that spared
not His own Son but offered Him up
for us all, how shall He not with Him
also freely give us all things" There
fore Christ bids us fling away all anx-
iety for the necessaries of life, but
urges us that we Seek first the king
dom of God and His righteousness, .
and pledges that, "all these things,
food and clothing, should be added I'M
to u.s. In his own life of trust and
obedience of God, Christ proves to the
! world that obedience to the Father
brings the abundant life. His was the
most abundant life ever lived on earth,
| Therefore, Christ said: Verify / say
unto you. there is no man that hath
| left house. or parents, or brethren, or
wife, or children for the Kingdom of
Gods sake, who shall not receive mani-
fold more in this present time, and in
| the world to come life everla sting
If this is Gods world and we are His
children, we must expect just such
care from Him as our Father. This is
1.-The gospel of Christ for all men.
The Dignity of Man.
Christ came to make man the stand
| ard Of values in the universe Of God
!: By disobedience man fell from the
estate wherein he was created. He
was lost from the presence of God. In
| the consequent darkness, he lost
sight Of himself asg man, flor sin is
darkness and blinds mans entire
vision.
i Christ came as the light Of the
world. John says of him: "In Him
was life, and the life was the light of
men," In Jesus man may see himself
again in the fullness Of the image and
likeness of God. There is the funeral
of a poverty stricken man. Hear the
world saying as the hearse passes:
Rattle his bones over the stones,
He's only a pauper whom nobody
owns"
Yet the mightiest arch-angel, in
heaven, cannot be in dignity and power
what that pauper may be. Remember
| Lazarus, the beggar at the rich mans
gate, was carried up into heaven by
the angels. Heavens estimate Of man
is higher than the worlds.
In Jesus We may know all that is to
be known about man. He was born of
a woman. AS the poorest Of babes he
developed as other children by degrees
/ through personal effort. No miracles
We're wrought for His benefit. The
Bible was His Textbook. He quoted
none other. BY it His parents edu-
Gated Him in the will of God. He
came to give life to the world so he
studied the book of life and obeyed
| its precepts.
Behold, in Him, the world has the
wisest and most cultured of men. He
came up in natural way through all
| the experiences of mans life in obedi-
ence to God. Wherefore" says the
apostle, God hath highly exalted Him
and given Him name which is
above every name; that at the name OF
Jesus every knee should bow, of things
| in heaven, and things on earth, and
that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of
God the Father" In Jesus we have
man raised to the throne of the uni
verse. The man of Nazareth, who was
a carpenter by trade, sits at the right
hand of the Father ruling the universe
This is mans destiny. Now Christ
says to every man: HE that over
cometh, will give to him to sit down
with me in my throne, as also over
came and sat down with my Father in
His throne oh, man see in Jesus
the place for which God created you
and sent His Son to save you.
The trouble with the world today is
| that gold is the standard of value
while God has made man the standard
The lives Of multitudes of men, wo-
| men and children are sacrificed for the
money profits of corporations and in
dividuals. Millions of lives. most
precious, in the sight of God, are reck-