Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-10
WHY CHRIST CAME
IS REV. CHEESEMAN'S
TOPIC At BAPTIST
CLERGYMAN TELLS OF COMING
OF NAZARENE TO LEAD HIS
FLoCkS TO A BIGGER, BROAD.
Err AND BETTER LIFE.

ht AuHhdN ENi'Oi Sh'N
splendid program at the Baptist
church last night A mems quintet
sang Keep the Home Fires Burning"
The pastor spoke on why Christ
came He said
:. AS the eastern shepherd in the
like. of Christ led his flock to broad
rich pasture, SO the Good Shepherd
led His flock to bigger, broader
and better life. i came that we might
have life and have it abundantly
Some people have wrong ideas of
Christianity. There are current mis-
as decalogue of donts, religion of
prohibitionists' a kill-joy invention.
it demands that you give up every.
thing you like. it emphasizes life
of restraint and asseticism,
III Is true that when one becomes
Christian he forsakes certain
things Let the wicked forsake his
way and the lmrighteous man his
thoughts. You can't be a Christian
and be the same person you were be-
for you became a. Christian A drunk.
ard gives up his drink, the liar ceases
his lies, the cheat makes an end Of
his deception
But all is not subtraction when
one becomes Christian. There Is
addition, For purpose OF Illustration
let us take the drunkard. He stops
drinking. What does he gain? lie
gains selfrespect transformed
home, happy wife and children, and
the esteem OF his fellows, He lives
a larger and better life.
The young man who hobnobs with
low companions in saloons and in all
these and begins TO 20 to church to
sorts of questionable places forsakes
associate with Christian young men
to read good books, and reach out for
higher things. OF course, he lives IN
a larger and better life.
"Zachaeus of Jericho picture as
having a fine house. servants, da2zl
ing .equipage and Il sumptuouS table
where hanqueting +. was frequent
Then one day Christ came along and
showed this rich man who lived in a
little contracted selfish center, a big
ger, broader. better life. II we knew
the whole biography of the man
am slire we would learn that he die
more than make restitution Of ill-got
ton gains. | think we would learl
that he became doer OF good. phil
anthropist. He turned an Earl o.
Shaftesbury. John Ruskin for the
neglected masses Of Jericho. lnsteat
of living for himself, he lost himself
in service for others, using his socla
position. his business ability and his
wealth to lift the stumbling, struggl
ing shining masses.
There are men in Ottawa who live
in fine houses and have all the luxur
les that money can buy, who are Nv
ing in a small circle. Christ would
lead them out into the larger life OF
service of unselfish devotion, to the
great cause OF the kingdom.
Christ came to impart to men NE
abundant. to lead men into hlghel
plains of living. His own life is the
ideal and His own life fas an unselflsb
life of service for others.
Presbyterian Church.
A good congregation greeted Rev
J. Vonckx yesterday morning at inc
Presbyterian church and listened
most attentively to his message on
"The Christian and His God.
The pastor spoke on the Christian
five.fold relation to his God, grouping
them under the political and ZONES
tical relationship:
"The Christian as member OF inc
Kingdom of God is a citizen OF Inc
Kingdom sharing in all OF us priv
ilepes ant responsibilities. As a citi
zen he declares himself to be frlenf
of God he throws his fortune in WITT
that of the kingdom. he pledges MN
self to be submissive and obedient t(
tho King. 10 work in the interest OF
the kindgdom; and as loyal members
of the kingdom 1t is for us to 1--we III
to that declaration
CAS- member Of the kingdom VIC
are servants of the King. VIVA
ever other calling we may have, ou'
service to the King comes ilrst LoV
Ding service Is the greatest boon tt
man and as the heavenly supersede'
the earthly in the lives OF men, th'
desire for and the activities OF love
increases To what extent does TIM
heavenly prevail in your life? IL
that extent to which you give yourself
to the service of love.
"As a member Of the kingdom W.
are soldiers of the King, to carry OF
His warfare against evil and to pro
mote His kingdom.
"The Christian is member OF TIT
family of God In this higher. close
and dearer relationship the Christian
comes into the most intimate fellow
ship with his Father and he is al
ways sure of Fathers love, interes
and cooperation,
In the evening the pastor spoke o.
Man. and His God" showing tina
man In his natural state, unconvertet