Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-10-08

preached from tHe WI iou'' puipit'''
ministers had to deliver and they
handled the subject of the present
World Crisis without mincing OF
words.
At the request of the evening Gale
DOMAIN the pastors wrote out SGD
word synopsis of their sermons.
Those who attended one church VIII
be interested to know the message
delivered in other churches. Those
who were compelled by sickness to
stay at home can read the message Of
their own pastor today and tomorrow.
The material turned in was so great
that we could not print it all in one
edition. The sermons Of various
churches which do not appear today
will be in tomolrOw's Evening Gale
DOMAIN.
AT TIE SOUTH CHURCH
Taking his text from Matt. G:33,
Rev. DR.. F. A. Poole spoke on the
theme "The Altogether Incidental
Subordinate Place of Moral Righ;
and the Kingdom of Cod"
Speaking at first in satirical vein,
the preacher said, "There is evidently
a mistake in this text. What JeSu
really meant to say was something
like the following: Let one of the
Incidental, subordinate objects OF
YOUR seeking be the kingdom OF God
and his righteousness. The mastelfnl
Nazarene was no mere dreamer. He
understood life and he understood
men. He know better than most Of
us that none -making is the object
of first importanc" to human beings.
ale called il, to be sure, the mani
of unrighteousncss Yet he advised
to make fren Is of the unrighte ),S
mammon. IT, the language Of tkt
street, il is money that talks. VIC
have cur living TO get, our way to
make in the void. Moreover money
is the way to position, influence,
power. Doors open to people OF
wealth that are closed to others. Put
money-making first among youl
, great life objects.
. "But money is good only for VIVA:
| it will buy. 1t is a means Of pur'
chasing pleasure. Therefore enjoy
yourself while you may. Don't u,
: caught by all the fine talk about so
2 cial service, ministering to others
> bearing the burdens of the unfoltu
J. nate. Put amusement, recreation Sc"
+ ond on your list Of great life OBJ
! jects.
"But when this has been said, i is
true of course that there are sucl
y things as social obligations. We live
in communities. There must be somt
to have concern for their good ORDER
r intelligence AID healthfulnesa. There
are plenty of others who will dc 80
ldealists they are called. They were
born queer. Yet when they come Il
] you asking for help for what the!
/ call, "The Kings business" do no
= turn them down. They really DE-
. some things that need to be done
n Smile inwardly, if you will, but Writ
j. them small cheque.
= "Finally there is the matter o
righteousness. This really is a goo'
!; thing,-if not carried too far. W.
= have to conccde that there is wrong
: in the world-the works of passion
Is pride, greed and lust. OF course i
n cannot be eradicated and it is fool
n ish to try. Nevertheless it can behelt
c in check in measure. The idea L.
carried altogether too far by preach
= crs, moralists and reform politicians
@ They actually seem to think that al
G men and all enterprises of mel
l should be accountable to moral right
: that even the small wrongs tina
make general business good shoult
be abolished. Even so what is callet
Right has a place in human life. l
should come fourth, or perhaps fiftl
l. among the great life objects of men
G ."Therefore, in view of all this,
S say unto you, if you are trying to b
e just to your competitor, cut it out
: Your reward will be bankruptcy. i
:. you are spending part of Sunda!
8 attending church services, where thu
l. good, the beautiful, the true arr
n presented, where messages are spok
" en- to conscience, and the nobler M
!. ture within is stirred, have done will
9 such foolishness. Spend the day IL
\ fun and feasting. 1t will be better fol
you and for society.
"And once more | say unto you
if you are doing anything in the way
, of serving the higher interests Of
- your time, if you are really striving
for the right as God gives you to see
y the right, if you are even proposing
to introduce some immortal soul tt
his Christ and his God, cast it aside
Don't be misled by any such fine SEN
timent.
"For verify, verify, l say unto you
unless you look out for number one
for his business prosperity, his re.
creation, his social standing, the daG
will come when you will thoroughly
regret it. What shall it profit man
to keep his soul clean and sweet
straight and kind and true, and lose
the fascinating delights which q
world like this affords!
"Was it not something like this
l that Jesus intended to say? What
' would we think of him, if he had SC
spoken? You do not like this satire
FNo more do I. But l thought il
5 might be we'll to test the moral con-
trary. To consider life with the OBJ