Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
CHRISTIANS DUTY
AND PRIVILEGE TOO
Love of God and Love of
Fellowman United by
Bond.

Topic: Christian Duty and Privilege +;
Mark XII 2S-34; written by DIR. William
J. Rowan, Of Newark
To love God is both our duty aud
privilege; our duty, because lie is our
Father and children ought to love their
father; our privilege, because He il so
far above us that we may regard It as n
condecension on His part To accept our
affection.
So it is our duty and privilege To love
our fellow creatures, because we are
of one blood, and many of them are
superior To us in character.
But love must have its expression.
The mcre declaration is not sufficient.
If we love God we will serve Him, and
as lie demands The church will be
first in our thoughts, and business and
pleasures secondary We will attend the
church, not to hear the eloquence Of "A
man, not 10 improve our social conditions,
but To worship God. We will he as
careful in attending the PRAYER meet
ing, allowing no counter-attractions To
keep us from the place of prayer.
The love that God requires of us is
deeper than the love We bestow upon our
loved ones; hence, the best OF men re-
proach themselves for their failure to
love God supremelv
IL we love God with every fibre of orr
being, We are sure 10 love our fellows and
rs love 10 God prompts 10 service IN the
church, 40 love to our fellows prompts
Is TO serve them We call this social
trvice II Is very important, indeed,
second only to the worship Of God.
Nevertheless, II is easier 10 do social work
than religious work. The same people,
who cannot be induced 10 give themselves
to God through an open confession of
Christ, arc often the most devoted 10 the
welfare of humanity
MANY church people who spare them
selves in religious activities, who serve
the church TO the extent Of An occasional
attendance on the means OF grace are
leaders in social service They are on
committees and spend great deal of
time and energy ~ planning community
meetings They render valuable service
20 the community. We would not
have them diminish their efforts while
~ the same time We urge them not 10
neglect then obligations To God.
ANY service for the community which
stops with miulsterIng 20 temporal neeessl-
tics is incomplete Social service should
he the opening of the way for the pres
cntafion Of the Gospel How can we
exert ourselves TO save their souls2'
Next SUNDAYS topic will be written
hv Or. Alexander Allison, Jr, Of the
First Presbyterian Church, Of bridgeport,
Connecticut Or Allison was formerly
pastor Of West PRESBYTERIAN Church, Of
this CITY. and was warm friend of the
young people He sends greetings 10 the
cndeavorcrs of Wilmington
Do we consider II . privilege TO be
Christian or do We think Of II rs u duty?
II is "a real privilege, because real satls-
faction and Joy can only be found IN the
Christian life Have YOU not seen how
people in AL walks Of life receive JOY and
happiness through the Christian life?
Every Christian has duty 10 perform
II IS our duty to try 70 give to others the
light that is ours as Christians. All the
nations are looking TO US today for help,
VIII We rs Christian nation fail them
The endeavorers worked IN several
WAYS in the Red Cross drive The young
women are helping out each week Some
are captains IN the Patriotic League and
the one from Hanover kept her company
in line on parade like trained soldiers
While Mote and Robinson do not get
out TO the meetings very often, they are
still wide awake and are helping all good
work They represented ollvet.
Two Of the Greenhill workers during
the parade were stationed near Tenth
and Market streets cheering and helping
IN whatever way they could Edgar and
Bert are always trying TO help the other
fellow true { +. fellowship
The president expects to have some
good news for all hands next Monday
night at Bethany Baptist about the G
T. Rally to be held at Washington
Heights Don't fail to come Miss
Dlyerty says they are looking for u
crowd from Central St Paul, Delaware
Avenue, New Castle and Westminster
The other societies were we'll represented
at the last meeting