The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-05
WHY GO TO CHURCH"
IRELAND TELLS WHY
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brought to respect the rights of others
when those rights presuppose q dim
mutton of ones w gain, or require
calmness Of resignation in ones own
inferior lot, is the problem of human
society SeculaFiSm does not solve the
problem. Let each man be the separ-
ate atom OF matter; let each one have
no other conscience but such as matter
begetS; let each ona be concerned III
the other only SO much as one grain of
dust Is concerned in another grain, as
the one and the other in the gen.
erai mass, without slightest care in
the n fer the movement of the other
the strife is one of might, not one of
right. Naught else will still the fury
OF the turmoil, but the voice of the
Onlnipotent Master telling in tones Of
supreme truth and sovereign authority
THAT all men are His children, that the
social organism, no less than the indi-
viduai member, liz His creation, that
the laws making for the life and the
veal of the social organism, no less
than those making for the life the
veal of the individual member, are the
tina Of those orderings He himself is
the Defender and h Avenger in time
and in eternity. The social war is Upon
lis. The future--we should not conceal
1t from our ~vision-looms dark and
menacing, because on both sides the
war is being fought in large measure
at least, outside the field of religion, in
OF rights accorded by His Justice, Of
duties imposed by His authority.
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Still another i~ssue--social peace!
Social peace is primarily peace in the
individual soul, This springs from re-
lfgion. Do our best in the service of
humanity, invoke as we will by wish
and act charity and justice, clouds
hover over human life, In spite of val
liant labor many fail in their ambitions.
There is poverty; there is agony of
mind, suffering of body. Oevr most Wv
id enjoyment and brightest prospects
rise the shadows of illness, of old age,
of death. Multiply as we may the
roses. the thorns remain; levy as we
may tribute from science in the battle
against pain and infirmity, the triumph
is only partial; and the end Of all
things is the gloom of the grave. The
call for help shrieked to the material
world, within us or around lis, brings
back the answer of impotence and de-
spaiFs What the? Let God be seen
above us; let His smile illu1nine our
pathway. In the teachings of religion
pain is the trial to be borne in patience,
the price of future reward. Poverty
is the privation of the things that
quickly pass, not that of the things
that endure. Death, fierce in it's ON
quests, relentless in its march, is the
closing of the journey from mortality
to immortality. With religion there is
the peace of the soul. of which naught
can deprive rs. which naught else but
religion can purchase. With religion
life Is ever worth living; it is the path
way to the skies. .'
With peace in souls. there is peace in
the world of men-the one. not ~.envying
the other, the one not comprising the
other, all praying together to the COM
mon Father; "Thy kingdom come, Thy
will be done On earth as it is in heav-
en-" Men do not go to church; they do
their best to make of this present
world a world of discomfort and un-
happiness. 'r>a a
The truth is. that the nearer men
come to the teachings Of religion. the
better and the sweeter their life be-
comes; the farther they recede from
those teachings, the blacker it is and
the more despatring,
Goodness is profitable to all things.
having promise of the life that now is,
and of that which is to come" For the
sake of the life that now is, which
they profess to serve so earnestly.
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go to church. Yet more should they
do SO, for the sake of the life which,
is to come I
1T is appointed unto men once to
die, and after death the judgment" As
to the judgment to come. / do no
more than make the announcement.
The teachings of reason and OF reye-
lation are clear and positive. The soul
of man is not as his body, an atom
of matter, or an aggregation Of atoms.
The Overwhelming law Of the soul is
the law of righteousness. of obedience
to God. God, the law-giver Of right
eousness. is also the Avenger, His
laws none may violate with impuni-
ty. On earth the hand of justice Isl
often held back! in another world it
reaches out in the fullness Of power
and majesty. =
What should the man expect in the
presence Of the Supreme Judge, who
must say: Lord, Creator and Sover-
eign Master, Thee / did not serve
while l vas on earth; the first and
the greatest commandment, Worship
of Thee. I spurned and despised; the
day especially sacred to Thee and to
Thy worship i spent in bodily rest, In
recreation. in mediation of earth and
of the interests of earth; for Thee E
thought? 1T Is a fearful thing"
writes st. Paul, ito fall into the hands
of the living God" whose justice
compels Him to punish the iniustices
of men,
Therefore let there be churches, Let
the music of their bells summon I'd
the presence of God the men and
women OF the land. Thither let all
hasten, there ito adore n fall down,
and weep before the Lord who made
u.s.: there to learn the commando
ments of Gods righteousness and OBJ
tain from His love and mercy, the
strength n grace needed that they
hold themselves sinless-pure and un-
sullied amid trial and temptation.
Houses of commerce, FORCES of in
dustry, railroads and steamboats, in
crease physical comfort and material
wealth; schools, colleges, libraries
spread knowledge of nature and of it's
laws. ct men n OF tE.eir doings; they
do not subdue passion of extirpate sin.
Armies AMI navies fit the nation to
win in war; they do not beget self-re-
~straint, honesty, charity. the com
handing principles of the family and
of the social organism, the vital ele.
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