Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-18
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DELIVERS SERMON
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When, the WAf.cl0uds are gathering SO
thick and fast around US. and when !
homes have been shrouded by de-
p%artures, mothers and widowed moth
ers! had their hearts torn with grief,
millions of children have been made
fatherless. we must accustom our
selves to such somber scenes Of con-
temptation, but since entrance of God
into our community all that was SOM
Der and dark has been made light and
endowed with the indwelling Of his
grace. Funerals should be no longer
times Of lamentation. departures
should not be 80 rounded with somber
scenes Of grief and sorrow. There is
that the Gospel Of Jeusus Christ H.
lumines all Of the sorrows and the WIS.,
Ions Of life. the Valley Of Death IL
! made by the illumination OF Jesus
Christ the Valley of, the Shadow Of
Death. so that Mt is not inopportune
mo put OF place, I take It, to select
Lord for our contemplation today.
erected by God for the development
of human nature, the home, the
church and the state. Christ is the
Gift of God to help us fulfill our tasks
ltn each n Of these splendid fields
OF endeavor. It is u home life that
most important tasks are to be per
formed, and responsibilities to be
borne. It is here that we find 1t most
difncult to live our best and be the
truest. For thirty years Jesus Christ.
lived In a simple home in Nazareth
and performed the ordinary tasks of
the simple life. He has filled home
the utmost Of His glory. We may be
sure that every task and duty that fell
to His mother was shared by Him,
and amid the agony Of the cruciaxion
he still remembered the sweet ties OF
His home life and commended her
whose arms had embodied Him. to the
care Of his best loved disciple. Our
American home is lettering, the or
binary tasks of domestic life are look
ed upon with disfavor. The home
is the best Of all places for men and
women to develop their personalities;
lives has started them.
There is another place that God
has called us to live, and that is the
church. Young man, l say into thee
Arise! n he that was dead stood up
1t Is only when we turn aside and
commune with God in worship and
prayer and alteration that the great
heights of life are seen. The church
needs young men who are rising and
standing up, rising from lives Of low
ambitions and standing up from the
enthraldom Of scenes that enchain
and bind. Young men Of today need
to be called to Arise and stand up
The awful condition of the world to-
are dead, held in the embrace Of
funeral biers, tied and bound by low
aspirations and worldly ambitions.
".And he that was dead, stood up
and began to speak We have REFORM
ers today. many and numerous, but
the world cannot be helped by mon
and women who speak from low,
worldly conditions, with personalities
held down under the way OF person
al desires, they cannot speak clearly
to this day and generation. We need
mon and women who have the power
TO stand up n speak.
and so, young ladies and young
gentlemen, I appeal to you to sur
render yourselves to Jesus Christ
who alone can give you this power,
and from lives Of conservation and de-
to h cause Of the state. to service
OF your fellow Never before in
the history Of the nation have we been
called upon to give ourselves to a
more honorable principle than at this
time. Our beloved land is at war. not
ior not TO conquer, not for
territory, or gain. but to advance the
great fundamental principles Of Chris
tian civilization that the blessing
brought to humanity by Jesus Christ
were for all people everywhere. The
great differences between this war and
all other wars is the great fact that 1t
is realized that every man. woman and
child must be willing to help, in this
crisis, the man with the run as we'll
as the woman in our home must to-
day be economical, and make our
daily life simple without grumbling
or complaint"