Palisadian., 1919-01-25
THE BYPRODUCTS or
RELIGION WAS SERMON
AT PALISADE CHURCH

Al the Palisade Church last Sunday
Rev. III. p. Guhse preached on an ev-
eryday subject which he was pleased
to call "The Byproducts of Religion
In his pre-sermon prayer he thanked
God for the legislation which had so
recently given the country its free
dom from the deadly traffic of liquor.
He also prayed for the rest of the soul
Of Theodore Roosevelt, a man who had
stood for so many of the better ideals
of American citizenship, and for the
peace congress now gathered at Paris
that it might be guided i'll the direction
Of right and justice for all mankind
and for President Wilson and all that
he stands for in his ideals of righteous
ness, q man who is not influenced by
selfshness and who is opposed to ev-
erything that is not based on the best
rules of law and order for the world.
The talk to the children was on an
anecdote about a plague in South
American. town that was so deadly in
it's effects that people were taken after
a few minutes attack. The story was
of q little boy who was told by his dy-
ing mother to look out for Jesus. Inc
little fellow followed his mother to
her grave and fell asleep, and when
friend came and found him he wanted
TO know if he were not Jesus, and the
man humOred the boy. 1t was most
pathetic story, as usual pointing fine
moral for the little ones.
OF the sermon Rev. Guhse was at
his best. He chose his text from the
parable of the loaves and fishes, where
Jesus said to his disciples, Gather
up the broken pieces that remain over
so that nothing be lost" We have
come to live in time of conservation,
he said, where we have learned to
save everything that we formerly
threw away. We have discovered more
than ever the value of our byproductS
from all of our material things Our
coal smoke contains much of great
value we formerly gave no heed to,
We may apply the thought to our re-
sigiOn. The sun shines for the life of
the world in giving it heat. :. But the
beauty of the sun is byproduct. Ihe
color of the grain in the field in its
golden lOvelineSs is Il mere byproduet
like the beauty and fragrance of Il
rose, the shade of "A tree. Every mans
life is plant of Cod We know why
man is and that our aim is to know
God and to do His will. AS we go along
in the groove of life we should be shed
ding the byproducts of love and good
deeds. We have come to time when
we must apply religion to every act of
our lives. Every action and every
thought has it's claim. We need to
watch ourselves. 1t may have been II
little thOughtless act-a byprOduct of
SIN in our lives. In a persons look
we may detect whole purpose-see
the purpose of ones religion or his
character We cannot lose sight of
these things, little though many OF
them are The little things we have
passed up may be the most important.
we do not do things by big blocks, but
by little steps, little strides forward.
1 like to think what my religion is
worth to me in little things. How
much is it worth when we smash our
finger driving q nail? We may love
God, but how much do you love your
aeighbor? Ask yourself this question,
What are you doing for the world all
the while you are being religious?
selfish religion is of no value. Does
your prayer have love in it? Do you
feel what you pray or do YOU pray me-
chanically? DO you give to others
what God gives to you? Don't strike
out for happiness alone. You will not
find it. Happiness comes through self
fOrgetfulness in duty well rendered.
No biographies in the world are to be
compared with the Christian mission
aries. There is no type of happiness
to be compared with that of the mis-
SiOnary's. They are the servants of
the bitterest experience offered to man
kind. Yet they drink deepest of the
fountain of happiness because of their
unselfish lab0rs. We find people seek
ing happiness based on love alone
They seldom find it. This type of men
and women should be aware that the
minor acts of their lives the byproducts
of service and giving to others are the
stones on which we build our stair
ways to heaven itself. A laborng man
once met Philip Brooks in a street of
BOSTON. He stopped the great minister
and said "YOu are more like my ideal
of Christ than any man | have ever
seen" What wonderful tribute to
the life of this great man of God He
had gone about and radiated his good
ness. Think of what byproducts we
can use. May we all remember that
small things may be turned to great
deeds.
Lack OF Enthusiasm.
Vounu Alhart-Oh mother I d0 love