Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-11
UNION SERVICES ARE.
BROUGHT TO CLOSE;
IN LOOP" CHURCHES
LARGE CONGREGATIONS ATTEND
FINAL SESSIONS OF FOUR PRO
res1ANT cREEDs THAT UNITE
TO CONSERVE ON FUEL SUP
DIV

Inc uulOa sttNiN'h N''~'
RI the Baptist church with lars.
congregation both morning and -
ching. General common, is that ne
mouth OF worahpping together ~
been .luch enjo,cd Not only has 'as'
horn cons,-yc. hut also good tei' M
shin has been promoted among the
.ns,iluents ci ,he several chu',e.
The four ministers have been nspire'
J., N, large congregations and gr, -
" helped By the close contact with
one another
Sunday morning Rev. Stackman DIT
liyered clear, forceful ana timely
sermon on the subject. interpreting
Our Faith" Rev. yonckX pleased III
large evening gathering with n Splcn-
dill setting forth Of the type OF cit
zen our nation mos. needs in this cru
cial Aour and at all times rfA
cr.is Of the twJ sermons follow.
The union orchestra under he
leadership Of Mr.. Hans Gulbranson
and the union choir under the direo-
ton Of John Hoft were large contri'
bators to the rich inspiration OF the
evening
Faith Is the product OF experience,
said Rev Stackman. and the only
kind that Is worth anything is tina;
which a man has worked out for him
self. Faith cannot be handed 10 a
man ready.made. Truth must u"
made to appeal 10 a man by The
weight OF evidence in its favor as !,
thus appeals does he make ii a par
of The content OF his faith. 1t IS ais3
true that only as faith works itsef
on. IN experience and action can I
prove !ts worth. Abstract rules Of
conduct arc no, very appealing on,
those same rules OF conduct worked
oet conereily in the life OF an in1i
.iiuci make a tremendous appeal. The
losac5sion Of Christianity as an alb
sJas, il q doubtful Taiue. Us claim )
rest all too lightly upon many people.
r means little or much as the indi
,dual takes It arc os he makes It
MON IN his life.
as an abstract It is valuclcss. bu
when i; is made concrcet in action
thn Il becomes \ ;hng Of real yaldc
Flnb which docs no, interpret it5cl
In ,Cficn is dead Tfcre Is no u
tally @ thing which cannot inter
pref Itself in activity
The world mas seen many attempt
to interpret HE Christian faith The
mission Interpretation If the apostolic
age. The heroic Interpretation OF the
ago OF persecution The scholastic in.
depreciation OF the monaslerics. The
polemic Interpretation Of the cru
sadcs. The doctrlnal Interpretation OF
the period Of the reformation and the
following age OF the settling Of this
new land. Tho emotional inerpreta
tion in the great REVEALS The e1r
cational Interpretation and the at
tempt to interpret il in Organization
Of today and seeking to understand
our part in it, Perhaps It may be do
fuel as ID Interpretation IN conduct
The great stress OF today Is upon th.
riwptnnng Al t.hiOl, 1, rim ~ Il
manled OF one who makes a Christal
profession. We are finding il mOr
Grd more in terms OF noighborlmes
ana brotherhood. This responsibility,
VII increase. Men will appreeat
they cannot say fcrgcnlly On Sunda,
The earth IS the Lords and the full
ness thereof and then live the rest .
the week as II Il belonged 10 the deyi,
Every relation Of life Is making in
creasms claims upon the indvidua
that be may do his part IN the Horb
Dcitorment IN which we are all On
gagged We catch its spirit today II
those VINO are making The great sac
rlceS under he special call. tn
world Is full of suffering today tina
It may be a better world for al il
The future This is q religion, .anl
preiation in conduct.
But tncre Is danger ,cst We fol
Bot the spiritual Foundation Of a
such conduct aud fail to appreci,,
that right and wrong exists oDly =
the activities OF life are or are no, /
accord with the command o, Go,
THIS IS the ultimate foundation ilr a
right living
Rev. J. +. Vonckx used Timoth
s,S Goodness Is profitable unto n
things having the promise of the III
that now is.'o fer bis text. In h
sermon he said.
God + The sovereign Of ,bc lllc
everyone who IS ~ harmony with II
iulpic; and M such lie produc,
"gojliDesa,' which refers primarily
plcty or spiritual religion and seeln
arlly TO godlikcness. God as II
Ruler Of the HE leads into go1line
which Is profitable unto all thin
having The PROMISE Go supply all II
nceJsl OF The life that now IS "i
dyidual, community, state, nation al
the world.
God produces the ideals of the n
aud then co.Operates Tor the realI;