Evening journal., 1916-01-10
Han foretoId the modern aerial war

FROM the nations airy navies,
trapping IN the central blue"
III this policy we're not so serious
and disastrous it would really DO
ridiculous. Supposing two private
citizens would settle their quar-
rels in any such manner If two
farmers got into a dispute over a line
fence and each would summon his
relatives armed with rifles and guns
TO settle the matter. we would look
upon them as barbarous. and tho
courts would very quickly put them
behind prison bars. And yet nations,
which are only collection OF indi-
viduals, will pursue the same policy
and the people will applaude the
course and call It patriotism.
We call the Crusaders inconsistent
and point out their spirit of selfish
ness and rivalry, though processing
to be followers of the lowly Nazarene.
There was a great strife for positions
OF pre-eminence and honor, yet we
see that same spirit in our own time
Many man who has been willing TO
die for a cause becomes supremely
angry and envious If some worker In
the same movement achieves a more
marked success. The world is big
enough for everyone to do his best
II some other is accomplishing greater
results in Gods service than you
are, praise the Lord that this is true
Many people are as inconsistent as
a man that growls all day and then
kicks the dog for barking at night
There are many so intensely patriotic
that they would enlist in the navy in
case Of war that will not take timo
or thought or trouble TO 60 TO caucus
or primary OF an election TO select
good officials.
A man recently arose i'm a public
meeting and with tears running down
his checks, exclaimed. "Ohl that
might have q chance TO die for my
country" and yet within six months
he was indicted by the grand jury for
( trying to bribe the city council TO give
him a perpetual franchise to tho
streets
The Crusaders had caught
glimpse Of the promised land They
were horalda of the great crusade
which began twenty centuries ago.
and is but reaching its flower and
fruitago in our own day and age. This
crusade began with the proclamation
OF our great Captain, "If any man
would come after me, let him deny
himself and take up his cross and
follow me-" This embraces mans
three-fold relations-to himself. to his
| fellow-men and 20 his God. It COM
/ prehends the three greatest motives
/ that can prompt and inspire the hui
man heart; sacrifice. service and
obedience. This great crusade Is for
all times. The lesser was merely TO
gain an empty tomb. but this is to
enthrone a living Christ. II Is tho
genuine of heathenism to sanctify
place; Il is the spirit of Christianity
to promote principle.
Let us note briefly these three mo-
tives: first, that OF sacrifice. Every
successful life must be lost in its mis-
sion. The mother in her children;
the author in his writings; the teach
er in her studies; and the merchant in
his business; the pastor in his parish
So many fail because they are not
willing to pay the price of success.
He who seeks to save his life shall
lose H. Self-sacriflce is the price OF
power. II is the spirit of John Knox
when he exclaimed, Give me Scot
land OF I die" Carle replied to one
who wanted TO produce literary work
with ease. Il never found out" said
; he. how TO do any work of worth
with ease' II is said that Dante
grew thin in writing his Divine
Tragedy" Paul was willing to be
cursed for his brethrens sake that
they might be saved. Your willing
ness to sacrifice is the measure OF
your love. And conversely. It is
what we are called upon to sacrifice
the most for that we the most appre-
ciate. We are rich, not by what we
lay up, but by what we give up.
In the second place. Jesus said.
"Take up the cross" This is a call
to service. Why did not Christ say
take up the sword? Multitudes will
WELD the sword that will not bear
the cross. You take the sword to
gain your rights. you take the cross
to fulfill your duties. You may take
the sword to oppose wrong. but you
take the cross TO establish righteous
ness. You may use the sword apart
from your own personal character,
but not so with the cross. The sword
is external the cross must be a mat
ter of the inner life. Here is the
fundamental difference between Mo-
hammedanism and Christianity; the
one was promoted by compulsion, the
other by kindness; the one is a vic
tory Of conquest. but the other of
character. IL was the genius OF
heathenism to sanctify a place like
Mecca; il is the spirit of Christian
, ity 10 promote a principle.
There are fields for Christian SER
vice in every department Of life. First,
in endeavor to improve material and
physical conditions. Investigations
last winter in Chicago showed 10000
children in public schools who had
from day to day scarcely enough food
to keep them from starving. With
stunted bodies and dwarfed minds
they cannot have a fair chance in the
worlds conflicts The death rate
among infants in some sections is ten
times greater that that in better por-
tions OF the city. The building OF
good tenements. the war on disease,
the physical care of school children,
and the establishment of public hos
pitfalls are lines OF Christian service
that cannot be too strongly COM
mended.
Then there is the work Of promot-
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