Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-04-09
What it Means to be a Christian

Sunday evening Aldr1ch said in
part as follows:
nv s GS5 5 t14r, tn p GREsts =
be e chri s' i The more % ara1e5
up and down this state and other states,
meeting all kinds of people with ali
kinds Of ideas the more am convinced
ffe wGrd to mas bs os Its VISION
understand, I am talking about Chris
tan, not moral church member, moral
man and surely not q hypocrite. !
men out of this audience or meet forty
| men on your streets and ask each one
what 1t means to be Christian, and l
man has his own view. 1t is not what
we think. it is what God says. I meet
a. fine looking moral man and I ask
Yes: I pay my debts, take care Of
Christians" 1t is very possible to be
as good as a Christian and not be a
Christian. A man can be a moral man
and not be Christian. but he can't be a
real Christian and not be moral man.
Sweetness II Not Christianity.
have an idea that to be a Christian
means to be always so sweet and love-
~. Some people are gifted with q
beautiful sweet disposition, and we
have fallen into habit of calling a
lot Of sweet people Christians, simply
bad temper TeW it oi is ' veTy p wsn
to cultivate and obtain a nice, sweet
disposition without Christianity. Some
people ar are So lovely that their feelings
at you in the face Of the greatest ad-
versity. This without a question is a
characteristic that every Christian ought
for real Christianity. There are many
lovely sweet tempered people who have
very very little Hu;l cor concern S or thought about
the deity Of Christ; you can't be a
Christian and doubt the truthfulness
of the Scriptures. There are many
pHop1ei With lovely dispositions who are
Jesus himself did not always smile
a y man al - who who Is a Christian will never
into the temple with a horse whip and
drove out that ungodly crowd. Jesus
used the STRONGEST language such words
can We escape the damnation Of hell?"
He never failed to strike blow at sin"
Being Good to Family IL No Proof.
You can not substitute being good
to your family for Christianity. A man
who is Christian will take care of
his family, but there are many men
who are not Christians that take care
man that does not take care Of his off
spring. his own flesh, and blood. 1
Of his family. A man who is a real
man will do that whether he is a
Christian or not.
During our Window campaign, a
self, drove out to farmers home.
was driving the machine and we drove
into int the =, door yard, and around to the
Darn. The barn door was open and
drove right in. We had left Mrs. Al
drich and the mans wife at the house
When l stepped out of the car, I saw
on + the barn floor litter of small pigs
| pick up a little pig, take it in the house
and put in Mrs. Aldrich's lap; so
caught up one of the little pigs but no
sooner had l done so when it began to
squeal. Just then saw coming through
the e,t 6arn 1,d door e. great big black sow
hog latin very Well but I Know nS'S what
| she said that day. She said, you put
| down that pig or will bite your leg or. y
Now just think of man boasting be-
even an old sow will do that.
Definitions Of Christianity.
Is to find out what is necessary to be
a real Christian. We can't take mans
| idea; if we do we will get so many
than eRet hra l a be
definitions Of Christian that I want
| to call your attention to. First I bring
! you DR.. Torrey's definition I quote
Dr. Torrey because l believe he is a
great prophet Of God: graduate Of five
universities and a man who reads his
| B1ble in three different languages every
| day Dr. Torrey's definition is this:
Any man, woman or child that has
taken the Lord Jesus as their personal
Savior and are striving every day to
please him, and have made him their
| Lord and King" My how that makes
US take Inventory. Is Jesus your
Lord? Lord of your conversation
Lord Of your time? Lord of your Mon
ey! Master Of your whole life, family,
business and everything and are you
striving each day to please Him? It
seems to me that this definition is good
enough but, I have a better one. It is
Webster's. The word Christian means
to be Christ-like But I have a better
one yet. This is Gods definition, and
1t Is what God says that we want, not
| what man thinks Cor. 5:17 There
lore IT any man be in Christ he is a
new creature; old things are passed