Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-19
CHURCH NEEDS THE
SAME MORALE THAT
W|NSFOR SOLDIERS
REV. CHESSMAE TELLS BAPTIST
CHURCH OCN6REGATlON THAT
SPIRIT is PREDOMINANT IN
SUCCESS OF ALL THINGS.

The service at the Baptist ahurch
sunday night was in the charge Of the
young people under the leadership of
President lIeury Mcdowell A young
peoples quartet anh q large chorus
under the direction OF John lIoIf was
he special music The pastor spok"
IN Mighty Morale. \
"The cruciliSion Of Jesus Christ WAS
4 colossal tragedy to that little band
If disciples that had followed him.
They were appalled,, bcwildcred, stag
gcrcd at the catastrophe Icsus had
said i 20 10 my Father so in their
despair they gathered in an upper
'oom in Jerusalem to pray IN the
Father. Here they discovered new
n0wcr, n mighty morale The Holy
Spirit came nightly Hpou then, trans
ofaling lhcm FROM common 10 uncOm.
non men. from ordinary men to extra
ordinary mun From that upper room
hey weut forth Ia make conquest or
he world for Christ and his Kingdom
AWiil thp caaustfQrlyn Christians ayN'
Witnessing today in the world war do
for us what he calvary tragedy did
FOR the disciples. namely drive us to
GodY II il does NC may be sure to
discover a new power. mighty moral
'or entrance upon iho new world era
which will follow war TN the 0rdin-
lry Christian today is dormant n
mighty potcntiality Surrendered fully
O God. cunSeCrdtrd 10 kingdom ser
vice. will mean the coming Of God ~
mighty power IN the lives ui Chris.
ians for the new days task
THE present war has dcmonstrat.
ed that ordinary men are capable OF
i marvellous spirit Note how the
rpnch. through Il mighty morale turn
ID The German invasion at the very
rates nf Paris and how at Vcrdun by
hr same magnificent spirit refused To
5udgc AT German onslaughls of a ter.
iic nature. Note the spirit of the
7rlish in the Sommc drive George
patlullo writing in the Saturday Wv.
ming Post calls the Canadian cNp".
lilinnary force Fighting Sons-of
iuns. In that article he relates in
stance after instance of the mighty
noralo Of Canadians in the war zone
"What marvellous spirit men are ca
,ablc of Look at them over there
'er country. ut command of superior
,fficcrs, going over the top. into no
nan ISLAND aud on up to the enemies
! irsi line trenches amid showers o
I.uachine gun bullets and BURSTING
ihrls. They 90 with Il shout. with al
Utmost superhumau courage counting
| not their lives dear unto themselves
| 81 want to ask, tonight are tn
| christians in our churches matchinl
| hat mighty morale in the moral equ
! ,ilant of war? In the prosecution o
he Kingdom Of God, winning men t.
God. runctiOuing for civic righteous
Ice4. lravoning The community wit
he dynamic of the gospel, are "
parallclinc the loyal devotion OF III
lads in khald2
"Wc must confess that 'he churc
lacks driving power We are not )hci
when Il big push is called for. Pa'
had driving power back in aposiol
,davs and we need to sit at his fe'
and learn Of him. we need the cont
lgion Of bis fearless, sclf-sacriiioil
devotion to HE supreme cause, tn
'of our Lord and Master
If admired our high school team
the last two games they played
each game at the end Of The first ht
Ihcy were apparently beaten But th
entered the Eamc for the last hi
with an unbeatable Spirit They h
( morale aud il won ont for thom. II
# Christian in the game for God nee
o the moral equyianl of just that.
II "Thc mighty morale needed by |
n Christian IL not Il solfgcnrrated 81
lc II. II IL not worked up as Yell
spirit is worked Hp in schools beT,
big game. II comes from God 7
~ condition Of its coming Is that CHI
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