South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-14
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
CEASES REVEALS
Pastor Van Wrinkle Makes
Plea to Congregation to
Aid in Making Benefits.

The First Christian church, which
was damaged By fire Sunday morn
ing. closed the three weeks Of re-
vival Sunday night with services at
the high school auditorium. A record
breaking attendance was reported.
The pastor. DR. Z. X. Van Wrinkle.
made little reference 10 the FIRE OF
the morning and delivered a par
ticularly forceful appeal 10 his peo-
pie. He advised his hearers TO at
tend 10 the meanings Of the revival
just closing. and TO assist in making
the results Of the revival permanent.
In addition TO the regular congre-
cation many visitors attended the
service.
Rev f. T. Shoulder. pastor Of the
First Baptist church. departed from
ordinary revival texts al his Sunday
morning service 70 speak Of Lincoln.
His sermon in full follows:
From Caesar TO Bismark and
Gladstone the world has had its
statesmen and it's soldiers. heroes
and patriots who came forth in the
time Of crisis. But crisis do not
make heroes, they reveal heroes.
They may be the determining fac
tors in what a man is tomorrow.
but above all else they should show
what a man is today. Wars are
crisis i'm the history OF nation.
They do not make patriots; they
only make patriots known. Patriot
A. g III "A fgD 10
on with the military uniform and be
laid aside again when the conflict
is ended. but is a mystic thread Of
many hbers woven by the hand of
time into the very fabric Of the soul.
ID manifests itself in the citizens
attitude towards the laws of his
Country. and in his interest in the
welfare of his fellow citizens Pat
riotism from this point Of view was
incarnate i'm the life Of the great
Lincoln
The scenes and circumstances Of
national peril. surrounding his life.
Hndled within him a profound re-
spect for law and an ever deepen
ing interest in his feIlowmen.
Mr. Lincoln believed that laws
are essential To the life and well be-
ing of a nation. that they are the
Expressions of that spirit Of altrU-
ism and brotherhood without which
no republic can live that they are
the formal statements OF the rules
by which men agree 10 be governed
and are made only when men be-
come willing To recognize their mu-
r.lu h.
mon good above the individual sell
hshness, and that he who advocates
the abolition OF all laws as "A means
tof more perfect liberty, disregards
the verdict OF history. and is lifting
his voice in behalf of tyranny and
oppression. To him liberty was the
,..-ld of law and the mother of pro-
gress.
While practicing as an attorney,
Lincoln's respect for law was so
great that he would not defend a
guilty client who was trying to evade
this law
Believing thaS laws are made TO
solve the intricate relationships OF a
people. Mr.. Lincoln advocated
prompt submission Of the minority
10 the laws passed by "A majority;
this he declared 20 be the strength
and hope OF our republic This was
no new theory. II is principle that
has ever been part of the history Of
democracy. Only once in our his
tory was there "A widespread rebel
lion against this fundamental prin-
ciple. That was the outgrowth OF a
long contention over slavery Whom
the south failed TO gain its object at
the ballot box. il declared its right
&c repudiate the voice OF the ma
jority and destroy the union. The
immortal Lincoln represented the
sentiment of the north While he
believed strongly that slavery was
unjust and wrong. yet so profound
was his respect for the voice OF the
people as expressed in their laws