The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-27
SERVICE FOR SUNDAY, OCT.
 1918, AT ELEVEN A. Nj.

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 2-lst corenthian5. 18th chapter CRead in fulIJ
 l 3.-Prayer In this petition be mindful Of our men who are ngntm-
 our battle for us. Give God thanGs
 for causing the earth 10 yield her in crease, thereby enabling us to feed the
 greater part of the world Pray fo~ ] our continued success and for aa our
 national leaders at this time Close
 the prayer with a petition to God ask
 ins for a speedy return Of the time twhen the pulpits will be able to tnuu-
 der forth the gospel message.
 t-'i heard the Voice Of Jesus Say
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 5.-sermon: Christianity the Re
 ligion of Democracy Galatians G-) 1 Pear He One AnOther's Burdens
 Tho governments of the world today are undergoing change; and without
 a single exception, all movements or changes tend toward the recognition
 of the pecple--the masses. All gov
 ernments today are tending towards
 democracy Another fact which has
 long since been observed, is that civic and religious ghanges go hand in hand It has been argued very strongly by some leaders of thought that whereas the Occident is a ripe lioia l for Christian principles. these same principles could get no footing in the Orient, but instead it was the land
 of Mahomet Budda, Zoroaster and
 other religions All Of these relig-
 ions have their caste, and the sta l ton in which you arc born there you must live and die But today some | of these orien,al nations are allied with ! those of the Occident the cast tlea among them is receiving death blow.
 as from pole to pole they hear of
 nothing but world democracy. Now in proportion 70 their civic or naional | change win be also religious chalsc. l These old religions with their seem ling intellectual glare arc giving place | for the steady growth. and onward tread Of Christianity. as it makes its way down through the corridor Of the ages. Indeed, in proportion to the o>-
 tent that the world becomes democrat | ic 1t will become Christian; for f democracy is the government for and of the masses. Christianity is the re- Ilialon for and of the masses History gives proof to the fact that ciyiliza- ton has had her great man We can Iboast of Socrates with his power c., Ithouahj. Napoleon with his mastery lof men Shakespeare with his com
 mand of language; Raphael with his | INitchcry of color; Aristotle with his convincing logic and Plato with his | lphilosophic mind; bat, when these ani their life resute are compared Wfh | Itho little Jewish boy of Nazereth and the influence that lie eXerts, we must IS4y. as was the condition on the I Mount of Transdguratlon "Iesus stands out in the world alone" When but a boy He said, "l mus be about l Imy Fathers business Those of us | lWho have lived since His day have | learned that His business was to give
 to the world a religion that knew no race, but the human race; that knew Inc condition but condition of need; | that regarded neither high rank nor low position, but one that made it's lchicl advocate say - am debtor to all men. to the Greek and the barOariam Ito the Sy.hian, the b0ndman and the l freeman
 The religions of the world, even Judaism, had been narrow and appeal ed to particular classes and built a l barrier around themselves such that ltbe masses could never penterate, and these were left to shit for themselves
 as best they could But Christ came and established a religion for the peo- Iple. and We might add especially, for 1.-the poor Palestine in His day recelv- Iel the happy message. ITO the poor the gospel is pIeached.' One Of ene Ipeculiar truths about this wonderful | Democratic Religion is that unlike Ian other systems it did not begin from lany school of thought did not seek Ithe endorsement of the academy of 1 Plato. It went to the people, trusted the human race; lt was noJ a system, studied and criticised and then sent lforth into the world with orders and | commands to be opeyed The author lof Christianity wrote only once, and that was m the sand and was easily
 erased, But mems hearts were the tablets upon which He wrote and His followers today seem to enjoy a reatt Ito heart message, rather than a bis twrtten theological thesis
 | Christ in His day was criticised Tor lHis many democnra.ic acts, especially on account of His association, but He went straight ahead, carrying out Ills purposes and intentions. Under the pressure Of this great force in the lWorld. that We call Christianity soy- ! ernments that are not founded upon the heart principles of this religion are tcda\ crumbling and fallins We
 see everywhere a spirit on the part ui lthe people to rid themselves of the
 autocrat the lorldly boss-the self constituted goG--ene ruling, master !; and in the place of these autocratic lforms oi government democra eies aTe lthe order of the day. Christianity