The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-09

gOOu Time, the klnQ rnaC lasts and
makes life. mean, more, Improve
ments are being made in the arrange
ments and the committee is planning
for great day. Stnday. 49,:
Rev. Robert Hedtke, who made the
advance arrangements couple Of
weeks ago, surpri4td the company by.
dropping in yesterday and will re-
main for several days and assist in
the meetings while here. ID"
DR.. Weigle preached a forceful SER
mon last night on the "Great White
Way" from the text IF we walk in
the light as He >is \ in the light we
have fellowship one with another and
the blood of Jesuas Christ His son
cleanseth us from all sin John 10.
Every city Of any size has it's
great white way It is the way with
the brilliant lights, where the crowds
are gay as they prpnenade back and
forth on shopping or on pleasure
bent. New York HAS its Broadway
and it's Fifth avelne; Chicago has it's
State street and Michigan boulevard;
Cincinnati has itsAEifth street and it's
Vine street; SansFrancisco has its
Market street, and, Los Angeles has its
Broadway. On these thoroughfares
where night is made bright as day by
the electric lights, the great crowds
gather and jostle' each other. Here
the rich and the poor meet and touch
elbows, some in rags, some in tags
and some in velvet gowns The white
way is a moving picture on stupen-
dous scale. Every moment Of the day
and night it has it's tragedy, it's Joy
and its sorrow, its2 laughter and its
tears, its pain and Il pleasure, -
:, As I've stood and gazed at the pass
ing 'throng l have asked the question
of myself, what Safe they seeking.
after? What is it that most Of them
are wanting on the great white way?
l have projected myself in my mind
far above the street and imagined
myself looking down at the people as
they entered this door or that one.
I could see long lines of people enter.
ing the places of amusement. They
went in to hear, or to see, or to eat
and drink. They seemed a jolly,
good-natured crowd, merely
on. pleasure bent. OF course there
were exceptions but I am speaking
now of the crowd as a whole. What
are they seeking? They are seeking
two things as I see it, fellowship and
joy. ~.
"God has a great, white way. IT.
is the way of light and truth and
lasting joy. Millions have travelled
over it, and millions more are walk
ing in its light. 1t starts at the Cross]
and ends at the gate of the New
Jerusalem. ;IHlyff1
Goods great white way is the way
of joy. He tells us He has planned
for US so that our Joy may be. full.
Think of ia full joy, one that runs
over. like that, don't you? Oh,
these critical, cold-blooded people !
These people who. sneer at anything
especially if it is religious
emotion. They talk as if religion is
cold, calculating, non-sentimental
and mathematical. I'm afraid their
souls are full Of cracked ice. To hear
them talk you'd think emotions were
to be ashamed of. But l
am not ashamed Of them for they help
to brighten up my life. What mon
otonous world this would be if there
were no emotions.
"When I hear music I want it to
be of the emotional kind. / like the
kind of music that stirs me up; that
makes me want to laugh or cry, and
send thrills down my back and tickles
me all around my heart. The kind
that makes me remember and makes
also to forget. Who in the world
wants music that y merely bit Of
scientific calculatipfi, !
"God not onlySwants US to have
Joy, but He tells us how we may
obtain it. We do not seek it as the
world does. The method is entirely
different from the world. He doesn't
even give us joyFby telling US Of the
glories Of the next world. He rather
reveals the fact that sin has robbed
us of real and lasting joy. There
fore if we find the secret Of getting
rid of sin we get the secret. of true
Joy. To the extent that we discover
the secret of deliverance from sin to
that measure we,discover the fullness
of divine JOY. NM |
"No joy is full1without friendship,
however. Our riches are measured
by the number and the character of
our friends. How many friends have
you? Count them up, and then ask
yourself the question, why are they
your friends? Do they love you? IT
so, why do they love you? Is 1t your
physical attractions? Is it because
of your wealth? The one can be
taken from the other. Do they love
you because Of your political stand
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