The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
Sermon to the ePeople
 G. G. BRUCE.

to the seven-fold hallelujah chorus of God ad behold the light never seen on land or sea. All the great victories of life have been won by men who have been tossed back and forth from the hut 10 the palace, until at last they have won all the victories over the enemies of man that lie between These men have delighted in the heavy burden that thy have borne. for in the struggle they have grown strong to bear bur dens. and strong men like burdens to bear Out from the Bedford jail came England's greatest book. Car Tied on a stretcher 10 warmer climate Robert Louis Stevenson held death at bay with one hand while he wrote to inspire the world. The flowers that took the prize in an exhibition in Londons Peoples Pal
 ace grew in a box hung in a win
 dow of tenement house in one of the city's foulest squares midst theft and murder
 ". Our God hath placed tempta- tiOn. superstition, ignorance and sin beneath mans feet. Mans fierCest enemy is evil No other force strives so increasingly to overthrow him
 That is why when man is defeated by this enemy he degenerates into worse than a beast. It is fallen man gravu bitter because of the harvest of his sius and folies At rare intervals We find man who forswears every hope of victory and like the maggot burrows for evil to .l ;-
 in the flowers Obeying their laws
 the world travels on toward the eternities. A visit to the dives of
 any great city offering examples of sensuality. drunkenness and cru
 city Compels one to have respect for the dogs that tight. the cattle that horn, and the ostrich that kicks But man at his worst can be lifted to higher things, and that to conquer his enemies. Even at
 the lowest point of degradation Je sus came with hope and comfort and
 ultimate victory for every man who is willing to try. Results have vim dicated Jesus judgment. The mur- derer Saul became the mission ary, Paul; John B. Golf, the drunk ard, becomes the mighty reformer,
 gladiators and thieves and licentious men have been victors over their
 enemies and shown to the world
 that defeat Is necessary only to those who will not try. Regenera-
 tion is the golden word for all men
 upon the foundation of which they
 may build to victory.
 1 V. The king of terrors. death jt- 1 self, has been placed beneath mans l feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Sings the psalm 1 ist, Thou hast placed a table be l fore me in the presence of mine enemies" Victorious over the mighty wars, the king brings his captives l into his banqueting chamber. and l chaining them he sits down to feast l in peace The figure is strange one but not otherwise will a man l have peace until he can sit and i feast knowing that, although his l enemies are in sight yet they are l powerless to give him injury longer. l And among those enemies is death.
 Man suffered for years from fevers, i but found the remedy at his hand l hidden in the herbs Along the
 Canal Zone are thousands of graves
 where it was said that no human
 being could long live, but a scien-
 tist killed the mosquito and man | lived anew. He lived not by deny | ing death, but by conquering death,
 But at last comes the end of life,
 when man must lay down his work
 and let another take it up. He need
 not look into a dark eternity, for death has been conquered for him. Even here is the greatest of all the victories. When this mortal shall have put on immortality death | shall be swallowed up oi victory. Tn know that there is victory for those
 who will accept the conditions of victory ought to speed all men to
 the goal of victory. We cannot help but feel that again those whom
 we have loved and lost and lent to God until a little time be passed
 we will meet again, Yes, Jesus has
 become victor over death that We
 may have this, even this. Praise
 Him, who has helped us to put all
 our enemies under our feet.