Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-29
POWER ABOVE ALL
Gospel of Jesus Christ Supreme
Now as 1t Was in the
Beginning.

u with bowed head and a furtive
~ step, and shrinks from notice.
Shame Is the acknowledgment of
some inferiority or defect, mental NOR
al or physical. Pride is an upward
looking quality, and though it has been
listed as one of the seven deadly sins,
yet 1t is proper that true man have
pride in that which is praiseworthy.
In st. Paul's day the Hebrews were
a proud nation. They were proud of
their religion, of their wonderful his
tory, of their great men such as Abra-
ham and Noses, of their city Of Jeru-
salem and its magnificent temple.
Their pride would not allow them to
have any dealings with their own
cousins, the Samaritans, because they
had intermarried with the Canaanites.
The Greeks were a proud people in
those days. They were proud of their
learning, of their mellifluous language,
and of their classic literature which
we study after all these centuries. They
were proud Of their works of art which
have never been surpassed. II equaled,
and they were proud of their general
culture and polish, and they looked
upon other nations as barbarians.
Detied Greatness of Rome.
The Romans were proud nation in
Paul's day. They considered it the
highest honor to be Roman citizen,
and, in fact Paul speaks of his own
citizenship as matter of no small
importance. Rome had eclipsed
Egypt, had absorbed Greece. while
Palestine was only an obscure prov
ince in a corner of the empire. Rome
also had its great men-orators such
as Cicero and Hortensius; poets such
as Virgil, Horace and ovid; historians
such as Tacitus and Llvl generals
such as Caesar, Pompey and Titus.
| Men from the provinces were over
awed by the city's greatness and
glory, and felt that indeed all other
4 places were inferior and that here
dwelt not only riches and pomp, but
also culture and wisdom and power.
Paul understood all this: and yet he
would stand In the forum and say,
Il am not ashamed Of the gospel of
| Christ: make the most of your city,
of your institutions and laws, of your
| literature, and your world.power.
There is greater power in Christianity.
for 1t is the power of God unto saliva
ton" When Nathaniel Hawthorne
first went to England and contrasted
the cathedrals and museums and man
sioRs and literature of the mother
country with our small beginnings, he
did not feel ashamed of being an Amer
lean. But he appealed to the future
ana said that America would give to
the world men to match her boundless
plains men to match her great rivers,
men to match her snow-clad peaks
which rear their heads into the sky,
Even so Paul appealed to the future
to prove that though Rome's power
was great, yet it was puny compared
with the power of the gospel OF Jesus
Christ.
Gospel Supreme Over All.
Since that day nineteen centuries
have come and gone. The gospel has
performed great exploits, its empire
has grown far beyond the borders of
ancient Rome, and It is difficult to be.
lieve that there ever was a time when
any strong man was ashamed OF
Christianity Looking backward we
behold the atmosphere of history
roseate with glorious associations of
the gospel. 1t has always been the
power of God unto the salvation of
mankind 1t has never dwelt in
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