Newark post., 1919-07-02
PROPHESIES COMING
OF THE GOLDEN AGE
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills Dis.
cusses Social Reforms

CuSSeS OOCldl Nc1OrmS
whenever a social leader pro-
poses new reform, he realizes
that it's success depends on a
happy phrase that sings its way
into the hearts of the people"
This statement sounded the key
note of the powerful sermon
preached to a community gather
ing in Wolf Hall on Sunday even
ing by DR.. Newell Dwight Hills.
This eminent divine, pastor of
historic Plymouth Church, Brook
lyn, thrilled his audience with his
keen observations, clever epigrams
and satisfying prophecies con-
corning the down fall of the
kingdoms of this world"
Taking for his text, "For the
Kingdoms of this world must be-
come the Kingdom of God and of
our Christ" he showed by refer
ence to religious and secular his
tory, how the world has been ad-
vancing toward realization of
the beautiful kingdom of God"
Defining the Kingdoms of this
world, he said that they constitute
any movement that leads God to
the edge of the world and DECLARES
that there is no longer any need
of Him. They constitute the COM
mandments with the mot" left
out. Alexander, Cleopatra, Ma
poleon, the Kaiser all tried lead
ing God to the edge of the world
and all learned the folly of their
acts. Tonight" he said, "the rul-
ers of Belgium and France sleep
peacefully but the Kaiser is an
outcast on the face of the earth
No kingdom of this world can long
withstand the moral and spiritual
forces of the Kingdom OF God"
This kingdom he described as
one where Gods will is supreme
where the ten commandments are
ten paths that lead to the Father
behind the stars; whose signals
to us are our inspirations and oul
answers are our prayers; where al
the forces of good are marching
to the Golden Age when there will
be no jails, no saloons, no poor
houses, no crime, no injustice.
To prove that this is not ;
mirage he enumerated Is evil
existing in Christ's time, II O
! which have been stamped out
Only a remain, the social evil
drunkenness, poverty and corrup
tion in politics. The complexity o
modern living has almost driver
drunkenness out of the world an,
the saloon is dead. The social evi
is rapidly passing, corruption il
e politics is becoming ridiculous
t and poverty is almost a thing o
n the past.
n The kingdom of science whic
e has harbored the skeptical has be
: come the Kingdom of God a
: evidenced by the statement G
t Lord Kelvin that he knew of n
: man of science who did not recof
e nize an Infinite Intelligence,
d moral being whose wisdom
e fathomless. Th e Kingdom {
a Literature is becoming the King
dom of God as shown by referenc
y to Tennyson, Wordsworth, Eme>
e son, Carlyle, Hugo; and to the fat
g that the Bible outsells any populs
y novel 20 to 1 and is translated int
It $50 languages and dialects.
% Lastly, he said, the Kingdom {
lie War has become the Kingdom (
God for through it evils are burr
r. ed out in order that Liberty ar
l. Justice may prevail. Through tn
IL war two horrible cancers, militia
=, ism and autocracy, have bee
burned out. The time has gol
forever when any nation can l
Y independent. There are no long
T., any barriers. Nations must he
~ ~ one another.
- w. A. Wilkinson, director of tt
- Summer School, presided over tt
~ community meeting. DR.. w.
- Rowan read the scripture lesso
'' Rev. Frank Herson pronounced tt
invocation and a quintette COZ