South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-04
MAN REAPS ONLY
WHAT He SOUS
Nothing in Life if Man Throws
Away Christianity Says
Rev. Craig.

Rev. George F. Craig Of Frankfort,
talked on "Life's Activities, or the Re
bound of Character" at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday night,
taking as his text st. Matthew ~,
For 18th what judgment We judge, ye
shall be judged; and with what meas
ure We mete. it shall De measured to
you again
Rev. Craig's sermon was along the
lines of the words of the Bible,
Whatsoever a man soweth, so shall
he also reap" He pointed out that
whatever men give to life-whether it
be good or evil-they get practically
the same thing in return.
when a young man letters his
youth away and does not work for
anything or have any ambition, old
age finds him in poverty and want.
When he throws away all of the best
things in life in his younger days. old
age find him in hardship. In the same
way, if we throw away Christianity,
we are sure 10 find later that there
is very little in life for Us.
Poetic business i'm Life.
Truly whatsoever d man sOweth.
so shall he also reap The underly-
ing principle is always there. There
is a poetic business in life.
IF we find a person unjustly plot
ting and planning against another, in
the end we are sure to find that per
son caught in his own trap. History
and the Bible prove this. In the case
of Haymen, who built gallOws TO hang
people, we find him finally hanged on
the gallows that were constructed by
him. Nature got revenge on Napol-
con for his transgressiOns. God and
nature are sure to get back at US
Whatsoever a man gives TO life, he
gets in return. If we give nothing, we
get nothing. But if we give virtue.
truth and all the best in life to life.
we find that life heaps its bounties on
US in the end.
God is Everywhere.
1.-TWO men Of equal intellect might
start out 10 find a certain thing and
one may find it, while the other may
not. An astronomer might take his
telescope and all Of his fine instru-
ments to look for God. He looks all
over the world and all over the uni
verse but cannot find Him. He ex-
poets to see Him sitting some place
viewing what is going on in the world.
But the other, like Sir Isaac Newton.
goes out to find God in different
manner. He sees Him in all Of the
things Of nature. He finds Him mani
rested everywhere. one can easily
find God, if he looks for Him in the
right way.
Every child comes into the world
as a particular thought of God. As
we travel along LIES road we feel that
life has a great many lessons. We
find that we are duh and stupid. Our
spirits lag and our souls are moulded
slowly. We think that the lessons are
too hard. When we hit the hard stone
wall Of daily life, we sometimes drop
back and give our places 10 others,
complaining that our lot is an unhap-
py one. We are here for purpose
known only 10 God.
IF we make large investments we
shall find that large dividends are de
clared 10 Us. Our great purpose in
life is making life itself. Do we ever
stop to consider how much time We
spend in making a living? Do we re-
alize that life is more than living
God gives Us posi- bilities Of laying
foundations for future greatness. We
come into this world not with char
acters, but with tendencies. We must
build characters and what these char
acters shall be depends on what we
give TO make them good or bad