New Britain herald., 1919-09-29
BELIEVE IN BETTER
 WORLD, SAYSPASTOR
Rev. G. M. MiSSirian Breaches
 Special Rally Day Sermon

the topic upon which Rev. G. M. M1sslrian preached at the rally day services at the Stanley Memorial church yesterday. The pastor, in the course of his sermon, said that one or the chief things necessary is that everybody believe in the possibility of better world. He said: Our difficult time Is just approach 1ng,' said Clemenceau few days aft CT the armistice was signed. "It is harder to win peace than to win war" We are realizing now that this is true and that if we are negligent, we may lose in the hour of victory some of the very things which the victory was won to achieve. Again and again men and nations have had this bitter expe- rience in history.
 During the last several months and at the present day, we have been constantly facing three distinctive dangers throughout the world. These are: Moral relaxa ton, dissolution of unity and surrender of idealism. These dangers quite threateningly have been manifest in our industrial and po- litical life.
 Over against these dangers, we need two lines of activities First, we need the loyalty and patriotism of peace, which is more difficult thing than the patriotism and loyalty of war, by as much as it is harder to live for a cause than to die for it. It was for such loyalty and patriotism that Lincoln appealed in his Gettys- burg speech, when he said, Tt is for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us-that from these honored dead we take increased fo hot bi1I, they gave the last full measure of devotion.' Is peace now to fail and be faithless where war was faithful?
 Secondly, we need the dynamic desire or purpose of a new world, whether we shall have a better world or not depends upon how we meet now the dangers and duties of peace, and whether we do as effectively win ming this better world as we did the work of winning the war.
 Our present practical and immedi- ate question is, What Christian men and women and the Christian church can do to win better world?
 First of all, we ought to believe in the possibility of a better world, otherwise we have no business as Christians in the church. It is the duty of the present day Christian men and women to visualize clearly the evils which are to be overthrown and the enemies who still remain to be vanquished. Moreover the church of the new day must radiate upon the perplexities and confusion of the world, an irresistible ray of convic- ton in regard to moral and eternal forces of the world, such divine prin- ciples of life, as righteousness sacri- ficial service and living faith in God and in man.
 But now here is the tragic point: How can the new world that is to be hereafter be made out of the old breed of men?
 The only thing lacking for the rea- lization of this admirable conception is a new humanity. Man himself is still the greatest element in his own problem.
 Many formulas and plans for a new world are set before us, includ- ing capital and labor problems as well as international situations.
 But can you have a new civilization, new world order, with old breed of men?
 How is man to be made new?
 Here is the supreme function of the church in providing the satisfac-
 
 at the beginning and the last word is the first "Ye must be born again. Oh, how the world is helpless without the man with a changed heart.
 What a great vital message to all the eager souls of all classes and con- ditions "Ye must be born again." What greater business could the church have than to lead men to the one source and strength adequate both to generate the new life which they need, and provide that life with the forms of action through which it shall do it's work and bear it's fruit age in the nation and throughout the world.
 Therefore we can best bring in a better world, by being ourselves bet ter men while the broad social forces are at their renovating work under the hand of God, our personal privi- lege is to augment them by our own renewal in the image of Christ the one Right Man and the Head of Hu- manity. His kind of world the King dom of God on earth, can only be built on His kind of men. If I want new world I must be the kind of a man I want the new world to be. If I am not willing to pay this price, what honesty is there in my talk of golden year? If men honestly want world of good will and brotherhood. let them be the men St. Paul demands in his description in I. Thess of the Chris l tian Citizen-a man of purity, hones- l ty, holiness brotherliness, industry, l modesty. thrift, courage. ] In personal life and social reIa- 1 tionship, in family and business each 1 of us has his chance to hasten a new r., nr1o T7,ot ic Inv