Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-18

More people attended the church
services yesterday morning than have
. been present at any time since be
fore the influenza quarantine. In prac-
tically every church in the city the
serviceA were influenced by the arm
istice signing, and special peace serv-
ices were held in most OF the
churches.
First Baptist Church.
Sunday night at the Baptist church
Rev. G. W. Chessman spoke on The
Gospel TO rthe New Age saying in
part:
"The guns are silenced on the far
flung battle line Europe. The army
of democracy has achieved its high
moral ends. Thanks be unto God
who giveth us the victory. We may
say 'old things are passed away ana
behold all things have become new.
Kings and kaisers have abdicated and
are in hiding, thrones and autocratic
forms of government have toppled
and have found the scrap heap where
Bolshevism, we trust, with its red
flag of anarchy will soon Ollow. There
is a new may of Europe in the max
ing and we will all have to go to
school again to learn geography. Big
changes have been wrought thru the
fraternizing of the soldier of amny
races, it augurs we'll for the softening
Of racial antipathies and the obliter-
alton of hoary prejudices.
In the light of momentous world
changes, what Of the gospel? | de
clare to you this has not changed
Jesus Christ Is the same yesterday
today and forever He is an unchang
ing Christ for changing world. This
Is so for the reason that the new era
is not without sin and where there is
sin there is need of a Savior. No in
ventor has contrived and no scientist
! has discovered a new method Of de
stroying sin It is a miracle-working
| age with disease germs conquered
! that once scourged whole peoples
but the germ of sin still works it,
havoc among men
The gospel for the new era then, is
the gospel of a Savior. In a unique
sense Christ is Redeemer. 'lf any
man be inChrist Jesus he is a new
creature" The gospel Of human re
demption is up-to-date and fits into
the serious needs Of humanity.
would also say, the gospel for the
new era is a gospel applied to tn,
whole of life. 1t is not a one-day-a
week gospel only, a death bed houl
gospel only. 1t is for every day ant
all days and all situations of life. Il
Is dominating power controlling mel
in all their conduct in the marts o.
trade, the plitical arena, the indus
tria sphere and the social organism
President Woodrow Wilson has res
cued the idea of a league Of nations
from the dreams of Missionaries ant
carried 1t over into the realm of prac
J tical politics. Lloyd George is
staunch advocate Of the same wa
preventive, and ex.President Howar,
Taft champions the same idea togeth
er with other men who bulk big in TIL
nations of earth. This Is a YER
; heartening evidence Of the applica
tion of the anti.war teachings an
principles of the Prince of Peace +
the new world No nation now wi
defy war and glory in brutal conflic
as Germany has done in the past.
Christianity Is the remedy for tn
sickness of democracy. Democrac
Is made safe in the life of the worl
| by divine power working in the live
of human beings wh make up the d,
, mocracies. Changed men make
!. changed world.
1 II this be so then the task of tn
{ church is wonderfully dignifed. tn
Q church has the largest job on cart
g and all men who believe in a righ
l. eous social order, in a government
justice and human freedom, shou
: bow In allegiance to Jesus Christ
: Lord and Master of their lives an
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