Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-08

ser planets into it's orbit and power.
II represents the uplifted Christ who
is to-day drawing all men unto him
SELF. Now, above all days that have
! ever been, is time of the suprem-
acy of the teaching and spirit and
sacrifice of Jesus. once born III
bethlehem as u lowly mothers
8aoe. The heart-sore world is ready
TO say, with the shepherds, Como.
| now, let us so unto Bethlehem"
! AS of old Paul heard Macedonia
| Gaining in vision-that same poor,
! dlstraught Macedonia through which
have recently traveled-"Come
over and help u.s." so now all the
| weak and war-worn and newly
! awakened nations are crying 10
Christ and His Church, Come over
| and help US" There is no thought
iul person intelligently review
ing the worlds present condition
who does not arrive at the conclu-
sion that the greatest need of the
nations is spiritual. and to be met
only by vitalized and present re-
liGion.
As the Soldier Secs 1t
Upon returning from Bethlehem
Yesterday, and after dinner, l spent
TWO hours in cnversation with Il
staff captain in the British Army, d
! cosmopolite who has seen most OF
the places in the present
world unsettlement. We discussed
the national. perpleXities, one by
one. and finally confessed ourselves
panied, until the soldier said-and
ne Is not n religious mani tel
you, this whole business will never
7 ne settled except on the basis of re-
nglon which will make people reall3
| friendly. There has got to be some
great Power to bring the spirit of
brotherhood into all the world"
That interview was true to type.
! over and over / find all sorts IF
men turning to religion as the solu-
uoh OF the present world chaos.
some express a desire for a new re-
! hslon or new prophet or an ANAL
! gamation of all religions. In the
| speech of soldiers and statesmen
and men of the world, the great
animation of Christ is beins
echoed-mankind must be born
again. and receive a new nature,
petore 1t can live life of holiness
ana helpfulness and harmony.
Under His Own Hat
That line of reasoning leads Us
straight to the conviction that the
most important work in the world
at the present is to create Chris
tlans. When men and women are
LED TO Christ they are led out of tho
| selllshnesS and smallnesS and sor-
| dldness that now afflict society like
disease. A sturdy type of inteln-
gent Christianity is the best bull
| Wark against Bolshevism, capital
ism, Imperialism, and all the other
lsms that menace the integrity oe
civilization.
| RapeptIv
upon the importance of each man :
having a league of nations, and of
| good intentions under his own hat.
II the little world that lives there is
reorganized, the affairs of the
| greater world will be cared for au-
tomatically. The final problem is
the state of mind of the individual.
That is so obvious that it's i'm
| portance may be overlooked. All OF
us are so busy with vast schemes
Tor making over mankind in the
mass that we are tempted to forget
that Gods way is the one-by-one
| method. He deals with individuals.
ne Is changing the world by trans
| forming men one at a time. VINO
ever leads a friend into discipleshlu
to Christ is doing really a word
service as many of the men asso-
clated with the Peace Conference.
we cannot improve upon the
Masters methors. Amind these hills
OF India and Galilee Jesus chose q
dozen common men-just such
| looking men as are at this moment
passing through the Jaffa Gate of
Jerusalem before my eyes-to be his
friends and helpers. Association
with him made them uncommon
men. Their discipleship led them
INTO service where they became
world-revolutionizing force.
Again we are at plastic hour
in history. New personalities arc
yet to emerge to lay a shaping hand
upon events. Who knows that tho
young person who is to-day brought
under the spell of Christ's leader.
! ship may not be decisive factor IN
human destiny? We are serving thu
| world in profoundest and most
fundamental ways when we lead
men into Christian allegiance.