The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-03
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 There i. 2 mastery of wealth which exhibits itself not always in vulgar SSs consso ss a os ss: a.r. .sS Ss thousands of human beings ih direct ions end fo. purposss where jvdsment. few possessors of great wealth. For whatever may be averred of the money making faculty. no one can assert that t either produces or is ;,;:s ;nscess.ri,Ss those qualities of heart and head which guarantee wisdom in distrihu'
 Materialism. not as a philosophy, but in concrete thought, and worse still. as the expression of the beginning ana end of human existence and including all motives and rewards. has a vast
 We are confronted with a dispos,. ton to extravaganza which Is no less dangerous because 1t has taken hold of a democracy and not an empire; to ' the e"i limit .i of his ability. frsaSentiy to his great dishonor and In injustice to others. enjoys g Kings privilege
 Still more alarming Is the wide- spread indifference to life. nascent old proper use, to the responsibility, to the sacred loan of life, shown ip the lightness with which men and women throw 1t of.
 That these and many other condi- tons which might be mentioned are calculated to create serious anxiety needs only to be stated to be recog- nized. At the prospect some are fear full some discouraged. It does look to them that serious calamity impends, and no way of escape from just mn iy, al nr nf hnnQn calculations and promises of reform.
 There Is but one cure for the dis tress, one source of relief to the bur- den of woe, that Is vision vouchsafed of the sever-present power and provi- dence of God. and of His all -sufficiency. Simple trust (born of faith in the Di- vine promiseO gives the assurance. they that be with them"
 And to those who pray looking to perceive how God Is caring for Ills own. the vision comes "and behold the and chariots of hre"--swift enegies in numbers and instruments of force to oppose the foe and to consume the evil and the false.
 failures are due to lack of faith in the invisible; and doubt makes towards of
 The evils of one day cannot be di- denial They are patent facts and not the imaginlngs of croaking age. Whither shall the Christian look for
 Looming up. out of the darkness of perverted ideals and the gloom of un- repented sin. the figure of the Inear- nate Christ appears to His disciples. seemed helpless and alone, one may hear Ills voice saying, "Thinkest thou that I cannot pray to my Father and He shall even now send me more than twelve lesions of angels?"f s. Matt.
 For our Encouragement and comfort visions are op3eing on every hand ex- ready to obey Ills summons when the
 First-ln the history of Gods deal ings with men and nations, what is them, to run their course and in His own time and way brings them into the fulfilment of His plan. By the evangelization of millions. The more recent wars in China and Japan have created an unparalleled opportunity for the spread of His truth with an im- petus which Morrison could only dim
 second-From the beginning of the Christian era an evolution has been and object. notwithstanding periodic waves of error and unbelief.
 The average mar. notes 1t only in great movements .s like .,, the Nc Norman ma, teentht century. the Wesleyan revival, the great awakening in this land. the Oxford movement in England. But the process isl continuous and advancing Third-x phenomenon of our time is the marvellous cessation of contro-
 1t is not that men think less or hold less tenaciousiy to their convictions but in view of the widespread longings for unity among Christians. and in light of the tremendous progress and are coming to ask themselves. What are the greatest interests of humanity and how are they to be subserved; and to % wrangie over the variations which enter into a composite cath olicity; and there is more stuoy of the common ground upon which we stand in the of sin and unbelief, than effort to ad- just family disputes and to secure con- sideration of our denominational pref erences.
 Fourth-Then again. behold the un- paralleled growth of universal human sympathy (a-direct product of the Cos pei In It's wide acceptance as basis of conciliatlon).
 The Hause conference of arbitration Is in fact an application of the Christian mode of determining grave causes, as against the pagan method of resort to arms. And, despite the warlike prep arations and demonstrations of the na- tions, appeal will hereafter be had to arbitrament rather than armament, and battles will be waged with words rath- CT than with weapons. Observe the interest of Christian nations. not solely for gain or trade, in the Orient. How the hearts of all men went out in sym pathy to the unfortunates in the ca- lamity of Messina and of San Fran cisco.
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