The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-01
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There are two kinds Of Christian
ity-the real kind and the KIND you
Hike.
Thus writes the editor OF one OF
the most unusual daily papers pint
ed in the United States. he Is tne
REV. Beverly D. Tucker, Jr, rector Oh
St PauYs Memorial Church, UNIVERSE
~ OF Virginia. Highways and Hedg-
! es" is the name OF the daily, which
is also described IN true Gilbert ana
Sullivan style as "a Journal Devoted
/ to Saints and Sinners" Mr.. tucker
has as his business manager and asso-
ciate editor aliYe-yire layman Of his
! parish ]. Allen Wheat, district man
ager Of the Prudential Insurance Com !,
pany. Together they have conceived
daily that is concisely printed on q
! postcard. Some oil the most stnKin1
Issues, complete are herewith present
ed.
II the repentance OF one miserable
sinner can cause more Joy in Heaven
than the ninety-nlne just men VINO
i needed no repentance, think Of the
emotion among the angels should the
entire congregation Of st. Pauls Me
mortal church repent, The landslide
would puzzle them,
Applied christianity can't be prac-
ticed on Sunday because you have 70
i attend church, play golf, read the
papers. But God, In His infinite Wis
dom. made six other days when posi-
bly, you may not be quite so busy
The ten Commandments make the
Straight and Narrow Way Droad
enough for the whole civilized world
to walk abreast and then have elbow
room to space.
If the good Intentions that we bring
out Of church on Sunday only stuck
to us as a stamp does, to a letter, we
might get somewhere each week IN
the service of Christ,
In the Nationwide campaign you
must get in or out Of line. If you cant
90 forward in the cause of Christian
ity don't get in the way OF those who
can.
Jonah received a call to cry against
Ninevah because Of its cussedness. He
thought the Job wouldn't pay and made
a desperate effort to dodge it. Some
want to dodge the Nation Wide cam
paign. Remember what happened to
Jonah
What the world needs is a religion
Of humanity broad enough to in
clude every creature created in the
image OF God. This is the purpose OF
the Nation Wide campaign.
Labor has been bamboozled by poll
ticians and sandbagged by plutOcrats
until it is losing faith in everything
but brut force. Would this be true
to-day IL Christians had a..:e their
duty?
There has never been a new Truti
declared to the world, or the need O..
la change in religious practice, that
some have not been profoundly shock
Jed.
tits good to have money and the
things money can buy, but the practi-'
cal Christian checks up once and a
while to make sure he has not lost the
things money can not buy.
Men who can not tell a fundamental
principle from hot tomato daily
evolve new systems for improving on
the principles of Christianity asChrlst
taught them.
You may believe in the Bible from
Alpha to Omega, but If you have not
Christian charity in your heart, your
chances for Heaven are represented by
the cube-root of a vacuum.
"He that giveth to the poor lend
eth to the Lord" Judging from the
way some Of US give 1t looks as If we
are not satisfied with the security.
Some Eplscopallans are above as
sociating with neIghbors who live on
the same square with them because
they do not move in their circle.
i, Hats of to the Christianity of the
past Coats of TO the Christianity Of
the future.
Work is one Of the prayers most
promptly answered God would not
spade your garden for you II you
prayed a year. But He will make it
grow which is the answer to the prayer
you offered when you spaded It,
II the Bible BOres you it is easy
enough to shut It up. If the minister
bores you, you are up against an en-
tirely different proposition.
Christ was born in a stable. He
died on cross between two thieves.
He now sits on the right hand Of God
in glory everlasting. You can't al
ways tell about humble beginnings.
Today the restaurants give you one
oyster on six hall jshells. Some Of US
spread out our clarity the same way.
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