South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-04
COD WILLING TO
WORK WITH MAN
Rev. Guy H. Black in Labor
Sermon Shows Creator
Himself LabOred.

God Is willing 20 work with YOU
for your salvation" declared Rev.
Guy IA. Black. pastor OF the Lowell
Heights Methodist Episcopal church
yesterday. in his Labor Sunday ser
mon on the text I'VE are all labor
ers together with Cod"
IN the opening Of his sermon he
dwelt with the dignity Of labor as
well as with its necessity. The
necessity OF labor was one or the
great blessings our Heavenly Father
made for man. The Bible says ''In
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
thy bread - Although humanity has
Interpreted this as curse and it was
50 Interpreted by the writer OF tine
book o. Genesis. yet I personally
think. and believe YOU viii agree
with me. that it is "a great blessing
20 mankind IL is true as YOU know:
An idle Lrain is the devils work
shop
God Himself Labored.
The preacher showed the God
Himself has set the example and
has himself labOred do you want
an evidence of Gods labor All
you have 20 do is To- open your eyes
and look Behold the green grass.
the trees. the cloud1 the heavens
everywhere YOU see evidence of the
creative labor and the life-givius
and controlling power OF God.
God revealed His nature through
Jesus Christ. His Son Jesus fol-
lowed the example OF God and man.
and He too was laborer. the Car
should be proud of the fact that
penter OF Nazareth. Every laborer
Gods representative ON e1rth-the
best. the truest. the greatest man
who ever lived was laborcr.
carpenter
VIII Work With Man.
God is willing Co work Nth YOU
for your salvation. God is interest
I'd in you. and if YOU viii submit
your life 10 Him lie will save you
and make your lie happier. better
and more useful" Rev Black in
expanding his subject spoke OF the
comprehension OF Gods interest
God is interested ina your chill
dren: give them to Him. work with
God. train them up i'm a Christian
home as Gods children TO become
Christian young men and women.
They viii then live a life OF which
YOU can truly be proud God is in
terested IT, your home. work with
Him TO make il a home where His
principles and the spirit of love
rules There viii then be no dearer
place in tive world or amy happier
home i'm America than yours.
Gods Love Makes Happy Home.
Riches do not make happy
home. but Gods love and !Iis spirit
do. Cod is interested in society. DO
YOU 90 your part i'm bringing Gods
laws into social life. politics. labor
activities Nothing viii prevent in
justice. vice or misery as quickly as
the applied principles of Jesus
Christ.
with an awakening social con-
SctJusness embodying Christ's prin-
ciples. child labor. poor housing
conditions. long hours and INSULT
cient wages will be exposed con-
demned. legislated against ana done
away with"
The cOncluSiln OF the sermon was
"a summary i'm a few words of the
whole lecture we first decided
that IL was for our own good and
that il was an honor To he a laborer.
We next decided that IL was for our
own benefit 10 work together for
every group Of society and every in
dividual 20 labor to help one an
other.
Lastly. we beheld God as the
great divine laborer. willing 10 work
with Us for the benefit of our chill
dren. our homes. for social life. JUS
tiCe and for our own personal sal
vaton With these facts before us
we an behold our privileges and op-
pOrtunity 10 become labOrers to-
gether with God for the interest of
our loved ones and humanity