The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-01-21
MOVE TO An IDEAL
World Ever Pressing Forward to
a Goal Which Is Its UItl-
mate Destiny.

When the prophet oeclareu InaI Vi
the increase of the governments OF the
coming Messiah there should be no
end he set forth the permanence and
the growth of the kingdom OF peace |
upon the earth. For the government
Of Christ is the government OF peace
and of good will. Men are ever prone
TO turn to the extraordinary, the spec
tacular, the unusual, the catastrophes
ma the gauge Of their judgment OF the
times. Back Of the spouting volcanoes
lies the eternal law Of tranquility, back
az the storm lies the law Of the tides
and the calm Of the ocean. Back OF
the vast war that now holds in deri-
sion the sentiments of the Christmas
season lies the normal state OF man,
the state of righteousness and OF
peace. The peace on earth and good
will toward men that was pronounced
nv the angels in their heavenly salu'
tation has to do more with the settled
state of society than with extraordi-
nary occurrences such as wars. Ihese
will cease to be only when the society
In its general standards shall carry out
the law of love- This Jesus came 70
proclaim; love and the prevalence Oh
love in the relations Of life will bring
about an equitable peace. Far more
disastrous than occasional war is the
iniouity, the injustice, the wiles oil
man toward his fellow men. The rar'
! itv of Christian charity is an indict
: ment of society that compliments the
. ideals of Christ. In all these respects
the state of society Is vastly better
than Il has ever been before. The
growth of ideals in the industrial re
3 lations, the growth of ideals In the po
) litical relations, the growth OF Ideals
: IN humanitarian viewpoints between
Q men and their fellow men mark tn
Q advance of society toward the compre
hensiye ideal OF the far-off divin'
o event toward which the whole creation
moves.
Eterna. Purpose Prevails.
q Sorrow may endure for a night, pu
i joy cometh in the morning. In IN
fullness of time God sent forth III
Son made of woman, made under IN
law. that he might redeem them tina
Is are under the law that they migr
n receive the adoption of sons. I'M
IL exalted setting forth of the missio
Of NJ Iesus Christ finds its fulhllmei
o In the influence of that Lie Wnos
challenge to the world has ever bee
1t in behalf of the common life. VINE
or the organ loft Of the skies resounot
X. 10 the choral chant Of the angels u
II great organ of humanity was moV'
1t to melodies whose strains are eV'
le. seeking to match those OF the ceie
ap tial celebrants of the birth OF the 10
ks Nv one. When the shepherds upon U
gh hills listened to the music VINO
air strains reft the clouds to let the !!
lat OF the perfect life radiate to the Il
nerfect sons of men they were liste
an ing TO the strains that told OF the
at auRuration of the government OF pea
m Many governments are rocki
zap upon their once firm pillars; ma
er. thrones are now in the balance
res the DEGREES of Providence. But the
OK IA one government whose foundatio
ar are laid in eternity and more sta
than time. Its throne cannot be oV
turned. The wicked have raged .
crashed against the government OF
an. Almighty in their impotent fury.
for has stood. 1t has become e
rye stronger. It is government
hat righteousness. The enthroned Pri
9th, of Peace has set up his Kingdom
hen the hearts of men. Who can say I
r in the present state of the world 81
liam not witness the establishment OF
fat kingdom of Christ over the thro
pie Of the nations? Certainly II met
that can he devised to secure the peace
hen the world permanently, the domina'
eta. of the principles of Jesus, the supr
acy of the kingdom of peace VIII
at hand.
Always In Right Direction.
cold The world Is moving mlgntiAy
cup the right direction. Yet how III
cup there is of human wrong to unao
cold human love to dispense. how u
tifly need for the brotherly kindness
cup. would lead men to look upon I
mali fellows as Jesus looked upon all
rum. He regarded them as upon com
the footing. as children OF the HeaV
half Father and subjects of his love
able protection. The world is mo
Pour nightly toward this ideal In soc
The wrath of man in war snal
made to praise God. The inlus'
>. of life shall be righted In the hgl
till q the throne that shall be set up q
yreen all thrones. Peace will be the POI
curry Of the world when the world snali
" or cerely seek to have the ideals be
few hem made real in the life OF man
sea- The melody Of the Judean p
PIPER. sounds truer to the uprising moi
and the race today than at any time
w It ing the centuries since tne vi