The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-04
NEED CHRIST IN
Time OF STRIFE
Public Worship a Necessity in
Labor Difficulties

are exposed incident 10 the
s,rike. said Rev. G. l. Adams. at the
,,,umet NJ. +. church, Sunday morn
,oc his sermon on Dangers TO Spir-
itual Lite.
ON the present excitement, we ne
,,oc, our accustomed religious duties
and privileges, the quiet hour alone
Nth God. the means of Grace. the
.,hIi, Worship of God. We never
ro.,lcd these more than now.
"rhat in taking sides on the pres
-, issues. we forget that We are
hro,hers. that Christ died for the cap
italist and the laborer alike They
may he selfish or ignorant or misled
ar morally bad but they are our
brothers still.
THAT with the presence of SO man.
If our soldier boys among MS. we for
cot certain wise rules of conduct, he
come imprudent and later reap sad
harvest of wrong and sin. Here is Il
danger ia which our girls and young
womcn are especially exposed In these
DAYS. let them beware.
Continuing Rev. Adams said:
"Thesc words imply that the disci-
piles were approaching time of spe-
cjol spiritual danger and that they
needed to be on their guard lest they
be- overwhelmed when the storm
should break upon them. The crisis
through which they were about to
pass,was connected with the trial and
cruciGxion of their Lord, and the
danger was that they. misjudging the
reason Of his death. should lose faith.
deny him and turn back to their old
manner of life. Hence the warning:
watch and pray The fact was that
these men, over borne by WEAKNESS.
had been sleeping. while Jesus.
through great agony of prayer, was
being prepared for the conflict just
at hand We know the outcome. Je-
sus went through his hour of trial
with perfect calmncss of soul, while
the disciples camc out of theirs
crushed in spirit and enc of them, at
least. had denied his Master. The
present gcems time of special spir-
itual danger to the people OF this com
munlty, hence the theme: Dangers to
Spiritual Life
THE oath. nf the Christian al along
Is bcsct with temptations and dangers
This ought not to brighten any one
whole range Of human life fraugh'
with perils. II is so great in infancy
that hardly one Fourth of the little
ones IN oar great cities see the end
Of their first year. As To mental bal
ancc, one out of every hundred of the
people of the United States is either
an idiot or a lunatic. The dangers to
spiritual well-be!ng cannot he tabu-
lated and the outcome will be fully re-
vealed only IN the lay of final iudg-
ment. Al about MS are traps, pit
no wonder that thoughtful parents
are anxious about their children.
"Th" temptations vary with our
;ears and with our experience. yet no
one atta,ns to- SO great an age or ar
Tivcs at 50 high q state Of grace in
this life. rs to he free from tempta-
ton ahd the consequent danger of
sin
"Murii of our temptation arises
from oui mnnner of life. occupations
ana associations The preacher and
The politician both have their tempta-
IONS and many of them will hc alike.
nut II Is plain that IN many Of the
most severe of them. there will he n
wide difference due TO business or
Profession
We're u possible we would not
choose q life free from temptation
Tor 1t is the glad price we pay for
noerty' for the privilege. of being men
ana not beasts. And the perfection
ana beauty Of all moral characters is
the result Of being true to God and
ourselves under the stress Of these
'eStinss The greatest saints are oft
W the grcatcst sufferers.
TIE Master left TO His follower in
at ages certain danger signals: In
shcerity-"Bware Of Hypocrisy
ule doing Of things for effect. to gain