The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-06-01

C0euluS 10 SCI III MOt1Ou LuO WORK VI
realizing upon Gods investment in g.
love created universe, organized His
church to carry forward the majestic
realization Of what is to be the worlds
imperishable fortune. That Is to say,
10 church whose wealth is tn possess
sion and operation Of the love Of
Christ in the life, the eternal life Of
men. Thus the church is to amplify
this great copartnership and put man
kind in possession Of the unfailing
riches.
h II church gathers itself into a self
conscious. social club, forgetting or me-
glecting to make its main business to
extend the domain Of Christian love
among men, it forfeits its title to
place in the great copartnership,
ceases to be q truly Christian church.
Christ must, unless that church ire
pent, and do its first work. !" disown it.
It cannot be said of 1t. Eye are
Christ's.' So. also, Of individual Chris
tians. When men cherish partisan or
selfish regard for ministers and break
up into factional devotement to indi-
vidual leaders In the church, saying,
II am Of Paul." or II am of ;Apollos,"
or II moi Cephas. !" they lose the very
object Of their admiration, and their
self complacent Boosting instead of q
favorite preacher becomes source OF
helper to their becoming better and
brighter manifestations Of divine love.
There are others who hear these min
listers, prayerfully seeking to have the
love Of God, the Christlike unselfish-
ness, deepened and broadened in their
hearts, that they may be better mani
tations Of Christian love among men.
These can say, Now that sermon is
|mine." And so, whether they listen to
the logic of Paul,fi the eloqunce Of
Apollosfi or the hortitory force Of Pc
ter, they can say, ..All are NINE" And
thus, Of all our learning and all our
opportunities to improve in mind and
heart the object should be to amplify
the life of love in our souls. s1
The limits Of this paper have. re-
|pressd much that is to the point in this
Opposition, but / must briefly indicate
the application of this great truth to-
the material things with which we
have to do. Men have their homes,
their business. their money, more or
less, which they call their own; and in.
civil law it is theirs. But they must
soon leave 1t. If they have used it
lselfishly 1t Is wholly lost and with, the
selfish characters they go their final
account bankrupt. Instead of owning
the property it has owned them; made
them its slave; ruined them. But If
they have handled their means unset
fishly, that is, with conscientious re-
lgard to making and distributing, as be-
fore God, then property or business be-
comes manifestation, ian exercise of
unself ishness. love. It's effect on the
owner enriches 1t at death, his en-
rtched character bears all that wealth
with him to the better country. He
knows as fact the apostles statement.
Ian things are yours" Thus, by the
limperishable title Of love the genuine
Christian, whose dominant motive ii to
make all things with which he has to
do bear the impress Of Christian love
land tell for the extension of Christian
Hove in the world, can say all things
are mine, and l am Christ's, and Christ
is Gods.
Not one word or implication Of this
lsubject encourages one to believe he
belongs to this great copartnership be-
cause he distributes to the needy q
vast fortune which he has gained BY
|seltish and dishonorable methods All
1.-THE vast making and giving of our day
cannot Justify that miserable motto Of
selt1shness. THE end justifies the
means" As Lady Macbeth despaired
to wash the blood spot from her hand,
millionaires who have dishonesty &C
quired their wealth may lavish their
millions upon churches and education.
lal institutions. but they cannot wash
from their hands the stains Of those
whose fortunes. rights and homes they
have wrecked.
To all faithful souls we are author-
lied to say. as members OF this great
copartnership, you may look out
through the eyelids Of expectation to a
time when every continent, ocean and
island shall be radiant with the actiy-
ties Of this immortal business. since
Paul. Apollos and Cephas. and life
land death and things to come, all are
yours. and We are Christ's. and Christ
10 Gods"
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