The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07

SERMONS
At the Christian Church.

SuuJCu ihht hIButs on Tue sOoJocts
American Ideals" He spoke. In
part. a. follows: $500 r.
1T used to be the custom to cere.
brate the Fourth Of July With pic
nIc. and always by having = locally
prominent man. often one imported.
to address the people on 4 subject
xermane to the occasion: this custom
Ia dyinx ont. much to the regret Of
the thouKhtful: today II we can sell
10 many gallons Of Ice cream. aud &C
many barrels Of beer. we straiKhtway
vote the day great success.
THE church 10 . union Of ail who
serve In behalf Of all who suffer:
is IL y fellowship Of men who believe
In Jesus and whose lives are actuated
by His spirit II IL = school In
which His pupils learn to think HIs
thoughts love what He loves. impart
His will TO others. and seek to live
In harmony with his laws. In such 4
fellowship the teachings Of the Nas
arene must find their hikhe.i socis.
expression. uahappiiy. the church
has not always acted In harmony
with ihcsr principles. btu, often hs,
sought to crush those In her path:
but the sins Of the church are but
the eommoa sins Of humanity. and
We are to 70 thiak Of them: wr would
not overthrow the xood family be-.
cause Of the bad: not overthrow th.
srhooi system because os the failure
In n xivea eomnuaity: not overthrow
the state becasse Of tho exsmpie o.
isns~is or Turkey: nor will III.
thoughtful ovevshrow the caurrh.
because her sias sr~ bat the eoumon
sins of the community. aad age. ",
ahoa'd res'~nbsr that. In thia eoun.
try. the church cannot sasosce hs,
ideals: 'whees the state aays you
must the church aayx ron ought:
but she ought 10 ssy this With such
power ~ 10 mould the life Of the
community.
''consing nov directly to the topic
let rs note some os the ideals that
were pro@iaest In tho early life oi
this Republic. asd how far we hav.
drtftesa fro0 ihea to-day.
u. The Ideal OF n~norrary
Call no man msss-r. sas tho dirsuu,
"f I~sas. and this is a fuadam~sis
isw os hts kia9dom: the idea 10 like
wis~ imb~ddesi In the foundation a..
this Republic. No man 10 soosl
cnoash 10 govern another msa with
out bis eoaseni. Hat In recent y~sss
d~Wortsey hss be~n ~cak.aed is BET
political snd social life. aad today ws
are In = titanic struggle TO deierm
ine whether this gov-rem-at shsi
s'sad: ~- are drvriopias a 10, e.
snots. and snohbery In this ~ouatey
that we ran we'll afford 10 dispeass
with: sad the resai, I. that 81 NJ.
cad of the line is the tramp. sad n
the other 10 tho millionaire: and
THE ONE IL ~ DANGEROUS To
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ~ THt
OTHER. The church can reader nc
srestrr service 10 puas~riiy lhsa b,
mskins = fight Tor purc democracy.
III. Il was an early ideal iha, ee'
cry family should acquire property
,sd have a right to earn livelihood
The farmer worked his farm: tbs
carp-uter owned hss tools. To1a,
the great number of farmers ar.
tenants and the workmen does NO.,
nor never can. own h,. tool. Oa ih'
ono side l. sr-a' wealth. on the othc,
10 un~holcsomc poverty. Ot all the
movements for the upiin OF the com
usnni,y. none mean ~ much a. 'h'
back to the farm movement,
III. The ideal condition il iha
every man shsll have chance Il
risc In life. 10 We us~,i to po,M I,
Lincoln and Garfield a. examples I,
,ih, Young. No thou shsfui man dos
this now. for the chance to tiRc =
livery fare. Cleeks remain CLERKS
factory worker. ear'~ reach the ,imi
OF their usefulness: hence hope
raraiysc,i. ambition dwarfed. and
tihi. condition becomes general onc a
the sreaics, of American ideals
Lost.
~. Another ideal 4. cnthusia.s
for education. We spend more mon
ley than any other nation for cduca
,ion. and rightly 70: hut wc are nu
to think that the hattie il over: ou
,numbcrs ARE iucscasies. the demand
are slowing. the enemies are insid
tucus and persistent. aud rather ihn
to simply consetve our schools, "
, are to extend them also. The great
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