The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-03
SAYS GREATEST
VIRTUE IS LOVE
0vershadows All Relations of
Men, Says Rev. |. K. Long

Sunday morning at the Calumet
Congregational church the pastor, Rev.
Luther *. Long, took for his text
Cor. 1913. 14--"Watch ye, stand fast
in the faith, quit you like men, be
strong. Let all that we do be done
i'm love"
He said in part:
These words suggest to our minds
not man Of such physical stature
but one tall and strong who speaks in
trumpet tones. Paul in the preceding
chapter, the great resurrection chap
ter, has become so engrossed with the
perfection and glory OF the resurrection
of body and life that he speaks out of
the strength of present participation
in the power Of the risen life, and is
able to give the Corinthians advice Of
unusual wisdom.
Watch ye This is counsel To be
alert. open-eyed, quick To perceive,
awake to all the interests and dangers
and opportunities of life. AS the In
dian i'm his alertness takes note OF
every unusual sound and motion and
condition, and is not easily caught or
surprised, SO the Christian amid the
many enemies and pitfalls of life is to
be on the lookout that he be not taken
unawares or fall into the power of sin.
Stand fast in faith, The great
Christian teachings are TO be studied,
understood, believed and made a part
of the Christians being. The father
hood of God, the brotherhood of man,
the divine order of the universe look
ing toward the establishing of the
Kingdom of God on earth. the posi-
bility and blessedness OF union and
fellowship with God here and in the
world to come-these are some of the
teachings OF greatest importance. Too
often standing fast in the faith is taken
as meaning allegiance, most of all to
the narrow sectarian beliefs that are
responsible for the scandal OF an UNI
necessarily divided Christian church.
"'Quit you like men Childhood is
interesting and attractive. But Paul
would have one who has reached the
physical size of a man to also attain
the measure of the stature of the full
ness of Christ Too many times man
hood has not been the most charac-
teristic thing about men. Sometimes
they have been known to thrust their
women into the front OF the battle.
Boys have been known to make use of
the feeble-minded to gain unworthy
ends. This use of the methods of an
ancient relative who takes the cats
paw to draw chestnuts from the fire is
not calculated to make men who will
he true men.
BE strong This seems to COM
mand the impossible. Can the sick be
well at will? Can the weak be strong
at will? In a sense, yes. The will to
be well can gather the forces Of health
resident within the body, and lay hold
Of the means at hand for recovery.
The will to be strong can rally the
elements of strength already in ones
possession and wisely direct them, and
can take hold of the divine help with
out which all our strength is but weak
ness.
Paul had become so possessed of the
ideas on the greatness of love which he
had so wonderfully conceived and ex-
pressed in the thirteenth chapter of
this letter than he can not leave these
practical suggestions which he is
making without recalling the spirit i'm
which all their lives are to be lived.
So he says, Let all that ye do be done
in love- This, that is greater than
wisdom, or knowledge, or foresight,
or faith or hope, is to overshadow and
permeate and sweeten all the varied
relations OF men. And now abideth
faith, hope, love-and the greatest of
these is love-"