South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-10
TOO WORLDLY,
SAYS REV. BECK
Right Order of Things Should
Exist in Hearts of Men,
He Declares.

That the thought Of Gcd and Of
his worship should be paramount
i'm the thoughts of an men was the
keynote of an interesting sermon
delivered Sunday morning by the
Rev. b. y. Beck at the Grace Meth
odist The text. and mis- sermon in
part. follows:
Text Matt 6:33: Seek ye first
the kingdom of God and His right
eousness; ana all these things shall
be added unto YOU.
Jesus shows US that IL makes a
difference i'm whicG order we seek
even good and necessary things.
First things should be i'm drst places.
eat. wha they drink and what they
eat. what they drsns and what they
wear than they do of God they are
drong When they attach more inn
portance TO the kind OF table they
can sbttad, the kind of drinks they
can serve and the sort of clothes
they can wear than ON the sort OF
character they have and the rela-
tions they hold to God and their
fellow men they have their wires
crossed. Jesus says that the king
dom of God and His righteousness
should bee first That is The right
order
when that order is maintained
man Will choose &c be honest rather
than TO be rich. He would want
more TO be right than TO wear fine
clothes He would rather have the
peace. the joy and the righteous
ness that God can pu- into a mans
soul when his relations are right
than to possess houses and lands,
stocks and bonds. He may have
these other things. The promise of
God is that they shall he added i'm
necessary amounts at least. But al
ways ne will hold il i'm his mind
that these things of Gods kingdom
are of first Importance. These he
will seek first
Spoil Order.
"A lot of people have spoiled this
order. God is out of first place.
They do not seek Gods kingdom
and Gods Righteousness first They
do not value character and right
spirit as things of true worth. They
measure folks 10y the kind of table
they can spread and the sort of
clothes they can wear. When some
other men who would like to eat. at
these high class tables and wear
these expensive clothes because
they haye the same ideals. find they
cannot afford to- do so they fall to
hatciuE the other folks They are
going 90 get more money SO they
can spread such tables and wear
such clothes or they are going to
see that the other folks come down
whore they live We have a world
fun OF that sort OF thing right now.
SO one class is TO blame for it,
They are not seeing first the things
that belong first
There is nothing so much needed
today as 20 follow Jesus in placing
the kingdom of God and His right
eousness foremost in our thinking
and strive with all our strength TO
relaize this life i'm ourselves and all
others. 1T VIII take the emphasis
off what we shall eat and what we
shall dring and wherewith shall we
be clothed, and put il ON the Things
Of first worth. An cvangelistic cam
paisn such as we are planning for
this city. and such as the Methodist
church and other churches are plan
ming an over IN which this truth of
Jesus VIII Doe preached over and
over and. please God, pracuced. will
do more 20 Straighten out these
taugIes of society and heal her sick
ness than ANYTHING p1sn