The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-02

Scotland has her thistle on every i
downy Hill.
But the emblem al America is "A ten
dollar bill
and what is true of America is
rue OF every other nation that | know !
ANYTHING about.
But the man who enthrOnes God at
the center of his religious life has
wealth laid mp in bagG that wax not
old tie has pleasures al Gods right
hand forever Where moth and rust
doth not corrupt. nor thieves break
through nor steal
THE question with us all ought 10
be: Are We living for time. or eter-
nifty?
"A great painter was once observed
carefully retouching certain paint
ing. He would add a touch here and
there He would cover certain plac-
es with other colors. He would dark
en- this or brighten that Some one
asked why he did So He replied 4
am painting for eternity May our
lives be like beautiful pictures, pre-
pared anu meet To adorn the house
of many mansions.
Perhaps | need not say that many
| man has lost God in the social life
| of today
year by year thousands of men
and women are swept off their feet
and carried To their spiritual death
| by the torrent of social iii that sweeps
| through our towns and cities.
Now, | am no pessimist; ] was
born 10 the heritage of the Optimist;
| but | say: Just as sure as you arc
alive somebody will have To call II
halt To the churches Of America, and
rebuke the spirit of worldness which
seems now 10 have possession OF MS.
In many instances ! fear, the church
is not leading the world, nut the
world is leading the churches.
1T IS the shame Of our modern
civilization that almost countless
| thousands of our men anG women are
today worshpping at the shrine of tn"
goddess of pleasure. Tney have Civ
en- themselves over To the gratlica-
ton of their lower and baser natures.
They have lost sight of all the higher
and diviuer claims. They have. in
fact turned their backs upon the
God who created them. ana are TO-DAY
worshpping at the shrine of raj
len Venus OF them IL can he SAID,
as truly as Of men and women OF
old. The God in whose hands they
breathe. 10 Him hast thou not slori
fed Is Il any wonder that Ia IN"
midst Of such surroundings men lose
the presence and favor of God?
The great problem of the Chris
ton church today Is to help men find
God.
you have stood, sometime, by the
shore of the houndless sea, and, scan
niug it's waters from point to point
YOU saw only the restless, trackleSS
waves with the white foam glistenin2
I'm the sunshine and the varied tintS
OF sea and sky mingling at last in the
rar horizon. nothing more. But by
and by u friend by your sid" sald.
= SEQ a sail and YOU said, Where?
do no, see it, But because yon'
friend saw il YOU looked again, cas-
orly. Nistfuly. and by ana by N"'
saw il. too; strange You did MOI see
IL before.
$50 iron the troubled sea ot NE
today many man can Sc" no ''"''
God 20 him is II lost God--bni Wh"i
Won and | see Him and say W" see
Him. aud show that We see hlni' GU
brother man is more willing 10 l"o'
and looking. eagerly. wistInliN d!
and Nv his eyes are opened, ana III
secs God. too.
God helps ms as Chrisllah h''h 'i''
! women To hold M the gospe' llE'l
i TINT our friends and rciShbors MAJ
he able 10 see the cross ANA lh
Christ"