Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10

right. But | the more, because the
State is composed of the parents. The
duty of the State, but that it was the
veal of the masses is above that Of
the individual, therefore the respon-
sibility of the many is greater than
that of the few. 1t is true that the
State can never supply what is lack
ing in the home. Education may be
provided, but unless the home is kept
pure the State will suffer Right liv-
ing in the home is potent
A great infidel recently said, There
are many things about Christianity
that | can get over, but l can't get
around the home life and Christianity
of my dear old mother"
Civic Righteousness.
Americans, with all their high and
exalted democratic ideals, need to Gull
tivate civic conscience. We have
swung so far away from the State i'm
our church life that we have neglect
ed to really 90 our duty. Christ said
Render unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars, and unto God the things
that are Gods" There are certain
duties We owe the State of Georgia
that we can not eVade, even though
we rush into the sanctuary and lift
our voices in prayer and song.
Should it come to deciding between
going into the house of God for edi-
fication and worship and going to the
polls to put down sin and evil and
wrong, one should certainly follow
the example of the Master and help
the helpless and render assistance to
others before the good desires of self
are gratified. The gospel is sufficient
for the needs of the world The
lG1Npn will do hut my
brethren, we must be made to realize
that it must first be applied to" the
meal.
Christ went to the people. SO must
we go to the people. He worked with
the sinners. So must we go wherever
man in sin is found.
How can our churches be built up
unless our schools are built up?
Christ's work was preaching and
teaching. We have stressed evangel-
ism, but not education, as we should.
The church can not enact laws, but
she can instil principles into men
which, worked out, win leaven the
whole lump. She needn't control the
Government directly, but she must do
it indirectly. She must always be
separated from state, but never must
she be separated from life We have
prohibition in Georgia, not because
of our State Constitution and splen-
did form of government, but because
of the powerful influence of Tegener-
ated men with pure convictions
throughout the entire length and
breadth of our glorious Common
wealth.
Commercial Righteousness.
Here. after all, comes the test The
pocketbook nerve is the most scnsi-
tive of all the nerves of the whole
body. Wars and laws are the results
of money Men fight and bleed ana
die to gain and keep it, Women 90
down into the Ted-light districts ana
sell their purity and their honor for
it, Children suffer in factories ana
die in slumS in order that financiers
may heap it up. And yet one soul,
says the Master, is worth all the
money in the world. Recently a great
millionaire had died. Two men were
riding on a street car discussing his
fortune. One asked How much did
he leave?" The other replied, "All
that he had" SO after all it is II
more Importance to live right than
it is to get rich.
Christ Our Example.
Jesus went about doing good, heal
ing the sick. helping the poor, rails
ing the dead, sympathizing with the
SorrOWIul, setting up Ills klnSuOn
among the sons of men, and we
should follow His blessed example.
The four foundation stones of His
kingdom are, first. evangelism bring
ing men to Jesus for salvation; Sec
ond, missions, or spreading the It'd
ings of a loving Saviour in all the
earth; third, education. or training
men to become successful state and
kingdom builders; fourth, social sery-
ice, or helping all men in every
vital phase of life.
The abolition Of liquor. the equip
ment of Fairgrounds for city chill
dren, the slum problems as related
to women and children, the social
evil" the child in the factories, the
better equipment of our schools, the
sanitary laws of our State. the pre-
vention Of tuberculosis, the proper
observance of the Sabbath and a host
of other questions Of vital importance
press upon Christians to-day as they
did upon Christ in the long ago. VIII
We meet the problems as He did, and
give our life to their solution, or shall
humanity cry to us in vain? Whom
shall l send, and who will go for US?
Oh, that to serve this present age
men would say. send mel