The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21

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sermon by the Rev. W. q. Taylor.
b Pastor Of the Fir ST Baptist Church.

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He Illustrated II BY the extra mile.
If auysman compel you to 20 aSinile
go with him twain Ishave read that
in those ancient times II a man were
lost and needed one to show him the
way, the common custom Of the coun-
try required that he should go with
the stranger as far as a mile. Jesus
says 60 two miles. The first mile is
what any one would do; the second
mile will come out OF generous
soul The first mile lis ordinary, the
second Will be extraordinary. The
first mile as OF che Law, the second Of
grace Any man sean gol the first be-
cause he must, only. an binary
man will so the second.
Now the happiness OF life the sfiap-
piness Of religion, the happiness OF
knowing that you are worth while, all
comes oufstn the second mile. 81
If thing. is done because 1t can
not be helped what reward have ye9
III soldiers, never march except when
urged by the ,bayonet where were par
riotism7 Ii we serve for only what
we get out of 1t where is fellowship
with our Lord? Happiness comes out
.of benefits consecratcd to the extraors-
binary service and heaven is Gods
answer to the soul that lives in adj.
vance and above the ideals and the
life OF the world.
Every Soul Needs Christ.
In the third place the extraordin-
airy life witnesses. for our Lord.
The world needs Christ. And every
soul in, the world needs Christ There
Is MOI. a. broken home, not a. boy III
jail, not an innocent girl that has
been cursed with shame or,hurled to
ruin, not a wife or mother grooming
under burdens of grief or sorrow or
cruelty, but what might have been
protected, saved and blessed with
peace II only Christ. had been in that
home or in that. SHINING heart.
President Yuan Shai. Kai OF China
in a recent address, is said to have
used these words, sCopfucius teaches
us truths but the message of the mis-
'sionary teaches us the power to obey
the truth And Count Yokuma, fhe
premier Of. Japan, said .att the tdedica-
ton Of the Young Mems Christian
Association building in Toxic. 'sThe
fatal defect in the teachings OF the
great sages of Japan and China Is
that while they dealt with virtue and
morals, they did not sufficiently dwell
on the spiritual nature Of man. And
every nation that neglects the spir-
itual, though 1t may flourish for a
time, must eventually decay. The
origin bf modem civilization is to be
found in the teachings of the sage of
Judea by whom alone the necessary
moral dynamic is Supplied"
The assertion that Is often made by
opponents of Christian missions that
the Old World peoples have religions
adequate to their needs is definitely
refuted by the words Of these two
eminent men. Christianity UNIQUE
In the world 1t is the final religion.
It meets every need Of the human
soul for the life that now is and has
an answer for every hone for that
which is to come. -
- go. Power Of Love. -
And the UNIQUE contribution OF Jesus
to the world or to the religions Of fine
world is the dynamic or the motive
power of love. No other religion Of
fers that. The Christian religion is
religion of love or nothing. And
when love becomes he,power injea
mans life behind his relations with
his fellow beings, his life, however
poor or humble. becomes an extra
ordinary life and attests power that
is not; natural to the selfishness and
sin iof. human nature. sf{f
How many there are that ,stop with
the ordinary; with the conventional !:
with, what Is laid: out for them lby
authority or compulsion and then won.
der why they do not get on or are
not happy. Our success in our Lord's
service and our happiness in the
gladness of religion always come out
in the second mile.
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