The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-22

I eager for the Everlasting Truth. ] Jesus Iaith and confidence in lis disciples has been justified As l the Father sent His Son into the world even so sent He His disCi- ples into the world and they are victorious. Some soldiers win in one battle only to fall in the next. some inv ontors succeed with one tool. only to fail in the next event, But Jesus disciple never met Water loo The leader oI each new gen. eration throws his helmet into the thick of the enemy and then daring the hosts of passions, hate, wars and sins, fights his way up to the helmet Today Christianity is the , only missionary religion All the others from China, India or Persla are decadent or dying, seeking to 1 defend what they have left. It Is l true that any religion that has no missionaries will soon have no min | isters. Just as the tree that is not pushing out new shoots to form | branches each year is already dead. With this great world movement i kept atire by the disciples of five continents of earth no one can de scribe in too glowing colors the fu- ture of our faith. for Christ's king dom is to be a universal Kingdom. and He shall not cease until His evangel of love is known through out the whole earth
 And what stlrs Us k that God of | infinite resources, depends upon His disciples for success, and is con- tent to give His disciples so great task Failure for the new king dom was not even considered and the success Of victory was announc- ed before the battle was begur. l You will remember that one asked why Jesus did not call the cohorts of angels to propagate His truth on the earth He could have had twelve legions at His command. but Jesus passed by Seraphim and called twelve men and three women, and committed into their hands His plans for the Golden Age The angelic hosts had power, but power was not enough. The earthquakes 1 have power as they topple over the cities. Mt Pelee proclaims power as 1t wipes out St. Pierre. Tidal waves carry power as they inun- date Galveston. Power can awe the soul in tornadoes and typhoons, but power never becomes attrac- tive until it becomes gentle. in lift
 ing up the harvests and the ripen- ing of grains and fruits. Strength must become gentle before it be comes alluring. What Jesus taught His disciples was how to live Chris tianity They Were to have pure hearts and meek spirits; they were to be peacemakers; they were 10 hunger and thirst after righteous ness; they were to be burden bear CTS; they were to heal wounds, not make them: tighten human life and not darken it and each disciple was to organize group of celestial pilgrims and lead them on to the Promised Land.
 Individual excellence was the the light of the world"-this is the genius of Jesus spreading His evan el of love. Great minds that are 1 gel Of love. Great minds that are full of love-such light and love will enter every corner of the broad earth. Find the Pilgrim Father and the republic will follow close on their heels. Find the twelve apos- ties and the New Jerusalem will fall from the skies Find the Day of Pentecost in the life of the in- dividual and the church, and the era of industrial peace, and com mercial prosperity and brotherly love will be born. Find men who are willing to give their lives for cause and that cause must grow. One
 great thing came from the life of Jesus: He created an atmosphere around men so that they might grow. He gave them life and left them free to work out their own government, reforms, ecclesiasticism, church policy, creeds. God never does anything for men that they can do for themselves. God gives men life and sun and soil, but they
 must build granaries. He gives
 them forests, but they must build
 their own houses and furniture,
 iron-man must make his own
 ploughs and ships. He gives Paul
 q vision heavenly on the way to
 Damascus, but Paul must work out
 that spiritual experience in terms
 of his own creed, and nourish his
 soul such methods as serve him
 best. What Palestine wanted was
 not a political reformer, but a Sa-
 yious who could turn fishermen into
 apostles. Just as soon as Pente-
 cost comes you have d little heaven