Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-26


which Christ spirited tho rigors
of the worlds ancient religious,
that is at the foundations of ali
that makes for peace, and hap
piness and practical Christianity in
this world. The Founder of
Christianity stands unmatched
among the great men nf history in
the even balance of his physical,
intellectual, social and spiritual
powers. We have no record of
illness in Christ's life. He was
never out-wltted in an intellectual
encounter. No call upon his
friendship ever went unanswered.
Ye:, he was intensely practical in
the midst of all the mysticism of
his preaching. For instance, when
the Slrophenician woman came to
him and besougbt him to cast
forththe devil out Of her daughter
he said unto her: 'Let the
children first be filled for it is not
meet to take the chidren's bread
and cast it to the dogs" As
much as to say if her daughter
was properly fed and cared for
there would be mo- need for the
casting out of devils. What he
exemplified in himself he set up as
the ideal of his followers. They
we're to serve God with the full
powers of body, mind, heart and
soul. Waste, undeveloped posi-
bilities and misused opportunities
received from him the most severe
condemnation. He was constantly
teaching that the Kingdom of God
demanded the best that men could
give. His first commandment was
that you should love God with all
your heart, and all your mind and
all your soul; that is, that You
should develop all your faculties 20
the uttermost and give to your
daily task the full powers of your
manhood. And SO it is the motto
of the Young Mems Christian |
Assoclation-body, mind and spirit |
the complete man. The
Christianity of today is emphasizing
more and more the personality Of
Christ. 1t is of that personality
that men wish to know. Creeds !
will collapse dtnominaiionalism and
its struggles will pass away. hut
there will remain the simple figure
of the lowly Nazarene. The fact
Of the Christian religion of today
is the fact Of the impression made
by the personality IF Christ, and
the more that the Christian
religion makes that personality the
center of lis activities the more
permanent 1t will become. We are
living in quick and active age,
in an age of great competition, an
age of unparalleled opportunities,
bnt an age that requires great vital
force to meet these opportunities. |
A man need, superb equipment to
cope with the activities of the
age. He needs all his faculties,
and Christianity, like everything
else, must become intensely
practical. Practical Christianity
consists in getting the best there
is in man out of him. and getting
him to throw his whole heat a d !
soul and body into each stroke asI
he news his way through life.
Practical Christianity emphasizes
the beauty and adventure of life.
For most people much Of life is
dull and gray BY the invention
of the machine and specialize 4
work in the factories md stores
life, for a great mass Of the popu..
latien. has been made a deadly
routine. Life should not exist for
work alone. Work is only one Of
the functions of life, and should be
only one of the means for making
life happier and more beautiful.
TIE search for human experiment,
the loLe of flo beont;f,l and