Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-03
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PRESENT CHAOS
Rev. "A. L. Edwards Makes
Powerful Address at In i
terchurch Meeting j.

Speaking before II large gathering
at the meeting Of the lntcrchurch
World Movement held in Island Pond
today, Rev. L. A. Edwards pastor of
the First Congregational church Of
Newport, delivered a very forccful
addfess on "Thc Hour Of Christian
Opportunity" <%
He said in part: III
"Thc church stands today before
an open door swung aside by the
united strength Of history, of inter-
national relations, advanced cduca
ton, science, christian missions and
a world war, and it is with the pur-,
pose of surveying praycrfully that
which lies beyond that we arc as
scmblcd here today. :
ave behold first a suffering world,
We in tho midst of unprecedented
financial prosperity have little CON
ccption of tho suffering that has fol-:
lowed and will continue to follow in
the wake of the world war; We arc
told, upon reliable authority that
there will be more suffering this vim
ter in certain quarters of the OLD
world than was endured during any
year. of the war, that there will be
more death in the Turkish empire
from cold end starvation than war
took as its toll in that country dur
ing the whole war. And the sor-.
row Of the world is by no means con
fined to physical suffering as the rC-..
suit ,!of uoycrty. ~,
1--WE sec a world in the mcltiag.
pot. Into the flaming cruciblc have
been cast old political ideals, yes and
also those that are new. Old social
and religious ideals and beliefs. And
q new world is eventually to be fass
hioncd from the molten mass and for
this rc-fashioning men are at work
upon the mold that is to be employed.
Statesmen and politicians, educators,
and rcfolmers and moral idca1ists. =
"Looking beyond that, which Yc
behold in the foreground are :, the
whitening fields of" the, harvest That
have. grown fronl,thc faithful sowing
of:God's ambassadors who have. gOfiE
forth, into the world as the rcprcS-
entativcs of Jesus Christ inthc world
that he died TO- redeem. :, -. y,
ave see men and nations at prayer.
In spite of that which bcwildcrs anu
battles our understanding it is true
that multitudcs of men who having
turned. in their trouble, to almost
every conceivable source Of promised
help; arc prostrating themselves he
for the Christ even as men OF. old
bowed, and arc saying as they did Of
yorc, "Lord teach us to pray"
ave see a world that has learned
in tho years that have ust passed.
some of the lessons of sacrifice. We
sec y world that has surrendered its
money, given it's sons and laid on the
altar selfish and personal ambition. =
"But we also see as we look through
! this door world that has been rude
ly awakened from its dream that with
the ending of the war the millennium
would come: Now we knew that the
signing Of the almistice one year ago
did not mark the hour when the
kingdom of God on Garth was to be-
gin, Through this open door as we
look we see impending dangers, first
we sec the danger of self sufficicncy.
"No large part of the world is safe
from this impending danger. The cry
unto God that the world uttered last
| year has been superseded by the
voice of those who no longer rcc0g-
nizc their need of God, Abundant
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