The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-21

CRUSHING MS le'IOW, he cannot climb
the social ladder, the rounds of
which are the bitter disappointment
Of those he supercedes, he cannot
wreck the bodies aud the souls Of
little children b y factory labor, he
cannot use the cover of the law to
steal the public money, he cannot
debauch public officials to secure
privileges not accorded to other men.
IL he has the spirit of Christian love
in his heart he will do all that in
him lies to be on right terms with
all about him; he will not worship
until he has first been reconciled to
his brother; he will be full of rati.
ence and forebearance and not full of
the spirit OF criticism; he will help
those about him to bear their burd.
ems instead Of helping to make those
burdens heavier, II any pleasure or
self-indulgence which he feels is not
wrong to him, causes his brother by
his example to stumble he will not
indulge In that pleasure or that self
qualification while the world stands;
il he is an employer OF labor lie will
try as far as in him lies to see that
everyone under him has the full re.
ward OF his labor even II his own
profits are less than those OF other
men In tue same line Of business: i
he is an employer of labor within
his home, he will do what he can to
make those who are his helpers feel
that they are his fellows, not his
slaves or his chattels or in any sense
his interiors Wherever he is and
whatever he does men shall feel that
tile prophecy OF Jesus is fulfilled in
his character aud his life that whose
ever would be greatest among men
shall be their servant. He is great,
no matter what his station, because
the love which is in his heart has
made it his Joy and his privilege to
serve his fellowmen.
My friends, ! am no pessimist.
There are many dark things about
our modern socalled Christian civil.
ization, many deeds and policies
parading themselves under the name
of Christian which have in realit,
sprung from the devil This world
IN which we live, even that part OF
it which has SO long been under the
direct influence of Jesus Christ is by
no means thoroughly Christianized.
Much Of it Is savage and heathen yet
But God Is surely working IN it,.
Slowly through the ages his increas-
ing purpose is coming to fultillment.
The love OF Christ Is far more shed
abroad In human hearts than II was
q century ago. Men are learning to-
day more rapidly perhaps than they
have ever learned before in human
history the meaning Of Righteousness
and how broad and significant Is its
application to every phase OF human
life. The leaven Is surely working.
In my judgment the Christian world
Is just about to enter, has perhaps
already entered, upon an epoch Of
world conquest far more glorious
than any which 1t has thus far seen.
Not only Is the movement to go on
with ever.increaisng velocity, which
is so rapidly today bringing the dis
tant nations of the world to Christ
and his mastery--no one who kncws
what is being accomplished today by
the missions can fail to marvel at
their yictories-but the stfongholds
of evil In the Christian nations
themselves are to be oyerthrown,
Christ Is to master life as he has never
mastered 1T before, little by little
the spirit of Christian love and Chris
tian fellowship Is to fill the world
with its cleansing, sweetening power
Our fathers saw these things In far
off vision, but II mistake not some
eyes are to observe more than their
beginnings before our time of labor
for the world is ended.
l am speaking today to many per-
sons, especially to many men WHO
have never publicly accepted the
leadership Of Jesus Christ, or made
no doubt have been kept out of the
church and its work by your own sell
tishness. You do not want the trans
formation In your lives which true
Christianity will bring. You do not
want to put your own pleasures and
Qualifications second, you do not want
any restrictions upon your desires
or your methods Of doing as you
please. But there are many others
OF you who are not In the church be-
cause you have not had vision OF
what the true church OF Jesus Christ
Is. You have been kept out Of 1T by