Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-11-30
SERMON ON
WORLD DEMOCRACY
BUILT ON FAITH IN GOD

Palisade Union Church November 16,
again filed the pulpit last Sunday and
was perhaps more interesting than on
his first appearance His text was
"Thy Kingdom Come" which he said
was today the worlds greatest incen-
tive There has been conflict in all
ages. Philosophers and theOlOgians in
all lands have talked of it, preached 1t,
and all have concluded that it is SO.
1t is the conflict between good and evil,
between righteousness and sin. But
get this fundamental fact fast in your
minds, he said, that right is ever con-
querOr over wrong. We hear the pes
simist say that the world is getting
worse. 1t is not so. There are thou
sand proofs that it is fast getting bet,
ter to one that is getting worse. But
AS Christians with open minds we
know that this true, that the might of
right always comes to the victorious
conclusion. Not that it has yet COM
pletely done so that virtue may always
have smooth sailing-not that--wrOng
or sin against righteousness we shall
always have. But we look to see any
triumph of wrong over right only tenn
porary. The whole world Is organized
against wrong everywhere. We know
that. The greatest motive power in9
all the world is motive power to ac-
complish good. The one great prayer
expressed by the human race is "Thy
Kingdom Come" This cry goes out
from all parts of the world, in every
language, in every religion. Christ
summed up all the struggles of the
pasta definite summary of the past
and the future in these words, "Thy
Kingdom Come And how does it
come? 1t comes as the pendulum
swings. 1t has been denied, and the
cry has gone from the abysmal depths
that it. is not true, but the pendulum
swings back afterta time, and some
times in the motion of the pendulum it
has brought us far afield, but it swings
back again in it's appeal to the truth
and the depth of that wonderful
thought, "Thy Kingdom Come" 1t is
the one appeal that Is always in the
heart of the world everywhere. God
does not allow us to always swing into
the darkness, but he sends us back
into the light again when we have the
faith to come and kneel at his feet.
At this time the whole world is united
for world wide democracy The secu-
lar world, newspapers, magazines, the
pulpit, have all undertaken this world
democracy for the Kingdom of God. 1t
is the common consent that this is
true-with all that we know and pos
sess we know it is true. It is the de-
sire of the world today. Thy Kingdom
Come! The power of this thought has
led us to sweeping finish of the war,
and while the world has been trying to
make itself safe for democracy we
have now come to an even greater time
when we shall endeavor to make de-
mocracy safe for the Kingdom of God.
There is no greater thought today than
this message 1 bring you today. In
fact, democracy is new. Nobody knows
fully all that it is. And while we are
trying to establish it let us know our
direction well. In the days of recon
cli lCt Us huOW. IL VIC diC W
make democracy safe what is the Gen.
trail urge? 1t is the thing in which we
must glorify Jesus Christ. No man,
minister or theOlOgian has visioned the
background of this war. But we Chris
tians vision Jesus Christ. The world
will be made safe for democracy by
service to Jesus Christ. We can only
win that way. BY loyalty and conse-
Grafton to these principles he has laid
down in the Book of Life. So I say to
you there is something bigger than de-
mocracy. 1t is the Kingdom of God.
Mr.. Guhse is always an earnest
speaker He is natural, appealing and
far above the average in presenting the
emotional side of religion-not the
shouting kind, but the feeling thought
behind all the tenderness and truth
contained in the faith. 1t is to be
hoped that he will favor the village
church with other visits