Evening journal., 1916-01-17

Jesus. A civil engineer, wishing to
build in river bed the foundation for
bridge before the can build It he
must strike bedrock some where. If
lawyer appeals case from the
county court to the district court and
then to the appellate court. and then
back again. there would be no end
OF litigation. There must be i'm law
some supreme court-so there must
be in religion. Ecclesiasticism finds
It's source in the church, but Chris
tanity finds its source in Christ.
Jesus also said. 81 am the way"
not a way, but the way. "He that
tries TO climb up some other way"
He said. lis a thief" There is no
other path to salvation. but through
Christ. We enter the kingdom of God
by taking the King OF that kingdom,
Jesus Christ, as our Lord. The truth
OF the mastership OF Jesus Is also
unifying There are many things that
have tended to separate believers
this truth tends to unite them. We
hear a great deal about the brother
hood Of man. There is no true and
permanent basis for brotherhood but
In Jesus Christ. AS the planets ap-
proach the sun they approach each
other, and as lives approach Jesus
they approach each other, As the
land beneath the ocean binds the con-
tinents, so here we have a principle
uniting men in an eternal relation
ship. When you enter the kingdom Of
/ Christ you become q child of God and
a member OF the permanent brother
hood.
Moreover. this principle Of the
| Lordship Of Jesus is practical and
/ applicable TO present day needs. Let
us note this application. first, to Jesus
as lord in the home. Our homes are
the thermometers of our civilization.
AS our homes are. our nation Is going
TO be. Any real revival must begin
by purifying and uplifting the home
life. Think of Christs authority ia
the kitchen, governing the relation.
ship Of maid to mistress, and mistress
to maid
We hear a great deal in these days
about the servant girl problem. The
name servant" itself makes the
problem. You do not call a girl that
works in a factory. Office or store. @
servant but If she works as a helper
in the home, then there is a class thai
deems her inferior There is no NOR,
honorable work on earth than house
work. I would rather have a daugh
ter OF mine assist some good Christian
wife and mother in the duties OF tn,
household than to have her employed
in many mills and stores and Offices
where she would be subjected {,
countless temptations and dangers
Think Of Christs influence and au
thority applied to all domestic duties
Do you suppose housewives. tha
Jesus wants you to spend your entir,
life sweating over a cook stove? II,
said, "The life is more than meat.
To how many a housekeeper Jesui
would say today, as he said to Mar
tha. centuries ago. Thou art cumb
cred and distracted with man,
things"
Let us see. Jesus also as Lord IL
the library, directing the kind of ma
terial that enters our minds. II Jesu
were to be the guest in many a pro
. fessed Christian home, a multitude O
books and periodicals would be con
signed to the attic. or better still
stuck into the furnace. Let us ais
see Jesus as Lord in the parlor FIJI
D ! authority TO govern the kind OF con
pany that is invited or entertaine
[ How His presence and infuenC
would eliminate the prevailing soclei
- gossip and scandal
), A new pastor recently went to mai
o a call, for the first time. on one of n
J. families who were members of n
g church, and as he rang the bell Il
d heard within q great commotion. The
had been having q card party thel
J. and the guests were trying to cor
( ceal the evidence of il before he er
z tered. and make their escape. At la.
p. the lady Of the house. evidently en-
/ barrassed, opened the door and in
Z vited him in. He made quite a lon