Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-02-04

! long to the Lord never ask What
does God require" but. What
/ does the crowd demand?" \ mem
| ber of gods chosen ones Will seek
10 know what God requires. we
| are in the world yet not of the
/ world. as a ship at sea = in
| the water yet not of the water. Our
| feet On terra firma, our SOUS
| sras ping the yerities of the celeS
| tial | fe. Jesus was the life of the
world. yet hated and disowned by
World He was the salvation of the
world burt crucified and slain fol
the poss bic rede mption of the
wol Id He was the adored com
nar;cn of the Fathers heart, and
{ mptied the sacred treasures of tn,
| eteIral ST store-h house of God into
the desolate chalice of the heart OF
man. that he might br ng us up
20 himself lie came as the advance
| guard. the leader and inspirer OF
the winged soldiers of the cross,
who are to take this world for
| mself.
Simple almost to abjectness yet
grand to the heights of sublim ty, W,
receive Ii IN by simple childlike
| faith. while n the world Yet our
| l'fe is above the world. Then as
| the cloud is carried hithpr and
| yon by the currents of air, SO We
move n cur sphere according To
| the VIII of Christ This lis the true
philosophy, and real poetry of rfe
Great tasks are set for the obedie ent
troops to perform. There are hos
pitfalls and d.spensaries for the sick
| ard injured Schools and pbraries
| fer the instruction of the poor
Homes for the aged and fr endlles
Missions to be estab1 shed and main
tanned Laws for the prevention OF
legaliZed sin to be enacted and en-
forced. Some door OF opportunity S
op' AZ W every soul III LhlS nHIIue
host. Mere church attendance is
rot the end and aim of Salvation.
| There are those IN some parts who
have their names enrolled ON some
church record. and they attend seI.
| vices regularly every Sunday, who
| in their every day life cannot be
| told from the veriest s. nner in towr
They are profane. are crooked in
| their business deals, gamble. at.
tend all sorts of worldly and sin.
fiji amusements. regard not the
rights of w dowS and orphans and
| instead of finding joy in the Ser
! vice of the Lord are allies of the
powers of darkness. Church atten
| dance IS not an end but means
| toward an end
The winged squadron is not a
| steeLo'ad navy equipped with
weapons fitted for the destruction
of human + fe and property. But a
Spirit-f;lled throng who are bent
en- the destruction OF the forts OF
sin and build ng of the temples OF
| hteousness. But who are eligible
to membership in this pecul al
throng? No particular Church OF
| Cult can claim a monopoly on the
membership of this regal com
| pany. | have seen them i'm nearly
every denominat on | have met
and on rare occasions they are
found outside the ranks of any
church. The faithful and obedien1
shall eat of the good of the land.
No special intellectual trai ming O,
itself alone will fit a man for admis
sion into this charmed circle. 1t is
Dot antagOnistic to our dependent
upon culture. Culture without
without Christ is naughty and over
bearing. Culture with Christ is
humble and WI nsome. Culture will
| enlarge our vision and scope OF
our usefulness but will not change
the tone of our experience.
Trust in a vrtuous and mora
ancestry is alone not sufficient fol
complete equipment. Henry Os-
trum noted Evangelist sait
he came of a. family of very fine
moral fiber and the highest integ
I r'ty so far as ancestry We're con
ce1ned, but before he came to 9
place of blesse dness and power witt
the Lord he had to abandon his
trust in his forbears and trust solel
to Christ.
This God-obey' ng life has botf
voice and action 1t has work a
we'll as conversation. The wore
and deed are both the real in the'l
inspiration. Let none think he cal
fulfill the higher sp ritual law b.
| speechless moral life. And whil,
! this life is one of separation from
worldly principles and pleasures, i
is occasionally in direct conflic
with the world. We must be of