New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the Interpretation thereof sure. Men and women, listen to me Let me prophecy. When the world la safe for democracy. there will be no l democracy. He whose right 1t is to reign will have returned from heaven. Despised and scattered and blinded Israel who gave up their Messiah to be crucifled, will have been restored, redeemed: and the Son who went away into far country to receive a i kingdom, will have received TIis 1 kingdom. and returned.
 Last Sunday night we saw evolu- ton, working in the sphere of the
 world interests, heading off the Pro- tcstant reformation from it's logical deelopment and attaching it to the world system as embodied in human l government. We also saw it's selfish ] and savage law of the survival of the 1 httest' taken up by 8 great nation as 1 the highest law of nations. and tho world by 1t plunged into war, such a war as makes men ask if civilization has indeed come to an end.
 Tn this war we soc both sidos fol- lowing what to them is the only l practical course, but both falling short 1 of Gods revealed way of peace: both l seeking peace by conquest: neither 1 seeking it by the divine route. On tho one side, the survival of the strong is the theory. On tho other side, the survival of christian ethical standards 1 among nations Is the theory. Neither l rises high enough to insure permanent peace upon the earth; that can never ] come until christian ethics spring out of christian hearts.
 Meanwhile, no, man need stand for moment in doubt as to which side of this struggle a christian should take. So long as we live in the world, so long must we be on the side which seeks to make the world better placa to live in'-that was what I said last Sun day evening. will go much further than this, I will express my belief that extreme measures should be adopted to rid this country of all trail tors and half hearted citizens, in this struggle between the savaEery of the surival of the Attest and christian morality embodied in national life.
 That man or woman who lives 50 close to the Kaiser that when the Kaiser is hit he gets hurt, has no place in the United States today. I am in entire sympathy with Colonel Roosevelt in his conviction that no man is a true American today who has
  l consider a divided loyalty at this crisis l in world standards as no better than l the loyalty of a husband who says: Yes, I love you, dear; but I love an- l other woman about as we'll
 ] ''Neverthelss this war will not bring to the world lasting peace: that will come in only one way, and I have indicated that way. Those who are looking to this war to bring the mil lenniun, are destined to bitter dis 1 appointment. When the Son of Man
 shall come in His glory. and all the l holy angels with Him. then shall He
 sit upon the throne of His glory: and
 before Him shall be gathered all na-
 tions'-for the Judgment of nations.
 The millennium will come in by that
 route. and in no other way.
 Tho Church and The Churches.
 |" Tho Church of our evenings s
 topic is not the same as the church
 es.' In the churches. and will not
 say wholly in tho churches. is The
 Church. The one is made up of all
 regenerate persons The other is .
 mixed body, more nearly correspond
 ing to the kingdom of heaven as
 used by Jesus-regenerate and un-
 regenerate, wheat and tares. The ! SAuIGA I0 "AdL oVu PA0AAAA0u. &0
 churches Is what Satan has effected.
 And one of his most successful means
 for effecting 1t has been evolution.
 Satan attacked the credibility of
 the Bible by teaching that creation
 was not creation, but evolution. And,
 as we have seen, he got by with the ! fraud, and fooled the world with 1t l for some decades. The Bible dlscred-
 tied at one point was dfscredited at
 every point. Therefore we see at
 once spring up all sorts of attacks
 upon the Bible in the name of Bible
 criticism Higher criticism and
 lower criticism and some of the low
 est criticism ran rampant. And all
 the time The Church was the sufferer All these attacks were evolution under
 the guise of Bible study and improve ! ment upon the old-fashioned accept ance of the Bible as The Word of God 1 Evolution moved into the churches f and assailed The Church.
 3 Tho one object of The Church is !, l the spread of tho knowledge of sal. l vation. Moreover, that is her only 5 mission: not social service,' although B her members may we'll give wha' . sympathy they can spare from the . l main issue, and all tho time they car
 spaeA, to such social service as ap 5 peals to their Judgment as desirable f Tho one thing to keep clearly in mind f however, is that these efforts are fo, g making the world better place tt h live in, and when pushed as thu t proper work of Tho Church ar n switching and side-tracking Tn, u Church's true work, not only, but ar f in danger of lulling people to sleel with the idea that good works ar @ 'salvation.'
 @ Not only in this work the only mis n sion of The Church. but she Is tn s only agent provided on the humal