Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-03-14
Theme: A Christian. Why:

which in its fullest outworkings shall
mark as tangible and real the results
OF the spiritual energies upon the
short, shall prove a panacea for in
dividual and social ills.
We are Christians. Why? Simply
| because in the face Of humfsa neces-
| sity and human experience, in the
face of the universal religious facts,
| in the face of our own religious in
formation. we believe. and are sure
we can demonstrate beyond perad-
| venture, that in Christianity there is
to be found both the deepest and the
| fullest and the richest spiritual life,
and the highest and most efficient
moral law.
We are Christians, because in the
kingdom of God as unfolded to us
In Jesus Christ we are assured of,
| and have entered into, the certainty
Of a sensible communion with a
| higher power which, as An imminent,
| Infinite, humanity understandable,
loving personality. Ia revealed OBJ
| 1ectively to us in the person Of the
Master. And this personality. whom
we call God, STRENGTHENS, sustains,
comforts. consoles. inspires us, and
Is constantly, both effectively and
| spiritually. revealing Himself to us.
We are Christians because in Christ
and His Gospel we find the fullness
of divine truth unfolded in language
and revealed In convincing power In
human life. Human wisdom can
not comprehend larger principles Of
| righteousness and loftier spiritual
conceptions than are delivered to us
in the messages of Jesus, nor a
grander application of the sufflciency
Of those truths for the molding OF
character and the influencing Of hui
man life than Is to be perceived In
| Christ.
We are Christians because within
| that faith Is to be found an escape
from the dominion of sin which is far
more efficient and far more sure than
any to be found elsewhere. Jesus
| is indeed the answer Of the universal
hope and of the worldwide need. In
| Him the soul Of the individual, and
of society, finds final release from
| the power of the adversary. His sal
| walton Is free; 1t is universal In its
| appeal; 1t Is simple as to It's condi-
| tiOns; 1t requires no education OF the
schools in order to be understood: 1t
Is potent in this life and 1t reaches
ont into eternity, granting to the
sin-sick, weary, burdened hearts Of
men the precious promise Of not only
| final but also lasting deliverance
from the prince Of the powers OF
darkness.
We are Christians because the
| faith that finds its name and Its In
spiraton in Jesus Christ is the re-
reptacle of the highest moral law.
| Within the treasury OF Christian
truth is to be found the last thing In
the application of the principles Of
the eternal dominion OF Jehovah to
the affairs Of humanity in their null
tifarious relationships. In all the
world there Is no gospel which is so
! far-reaching and so mandatory, SO
inclusive and so searching, as 1t con-
Germs itself with human conduct. as
is the Gospel of the Savior. when 1t Is
rightly accepted and properly under
stood. Emanating as it does from
God and theocentric as 1t Is in spirit,
it satisfies our hearts and keeps us
firm in the Christian faith. In 1t wo
recognize the handiwork of God. We
find in it the final solution, the pa
nacea for the dissolution Of all hui
man ills. Uncompromising with evil
and declaring constantly for the pure,
| the righteous and the good, 1t in
spires our devotion.
Greatest and best Of all, we are
Christians because all that we have
received, all that we accept, all that
makes us strong and steadfast, Is,
when we test it in our individual
experience, found to be faultless.
The Gospel whereby we are saved,
the Christ who is our Redeemer, the
promises which daily are mediated
| to us by our Lord: all these may be
taken not without investigation, or
upon hearsay evidence. We may try
the revelations of God for ourselves.
We have tried them. We are, there
| fore, Christians.