Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-09-15

port News:
The people of the city We're privi-
| legged on Sunday morning 10 listen
to q stirring address by Rev. OEora
Davis, ID. D.. president OF the Chlca-
go university, and prominent man
IN the Church world or today
In beginning Mr.. Davis spoke q few
personal words TO those who had
gathered in the Congregational
church auditorium 70 hear him, IN APP
probation of the hospitality with
which he was welcomed TO our city
and 10 the pulpit. He said that New
port was dear 70 him because he had
been here so often. At one time his
parents lived here and he frequently
visited them. When a student at St
JohnSbury academy he had visited the
town TO take part IN some muslcai
entertainment, and later had gwen
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stand against the racket OF the pass
ing trains So Dr. Davis Is not d
stranger 10 the people OF Newport
He endeavoreG 70 answer n Ques-
ton which is often asked by the
world. which students frequently ask;
question which arises from the I'M
certainty of the world in which we
live-.'What Does il Mean TO Be
Christian?" He based his words on
8 text from Pauls letter TO the Pnii-
ipians, the second chapter. nth verse:
LET this mind be in You which was
also in Christ Jesus
What does IL mean 70 be CHRIS
tan? Is q religious man always q
Christian? Is il easy 70 be rehgi.-
Gus? Every man has some sort OF
religion. There are those who be-
II and the
corresponding beliefs There are
those who can not De found IN church
who still have n religion; and there
will be found occasionally an AtnelsI.
They all realize that nature dldn
1 lust simply happen; they all know
L that there i 9 relation between Us
and the Giver OF All Good That Is
religion.
What Is one distinct characteristic
Of the Christian religion? This IS
question that the college student
always asks and which ne returns IN
every such discussion Some say
The man who believes II creeds and
/ in theology Is a Christian be l.
f Christian when ne has said yes 10
all the ideas set forth IN creeds and
& theology" A peril arises from this
/ One can believe TOO little, and one can
also believe too much Ii IS possible
10 believe @ lot intellectually, and yet
not live I'D 70 these beliefs To real
! " believe. i is necessary 70 build
ones life upon those beliefs Inc
test of a creed i the conduct produc-
ed. Our conduct Is shaped by our
confessed creed
Some say that the emotional re-
Spouse made 70 God j. the test We
are more perfectly represented oy our
feelings than by our minds We need
more love. warmth. kindness, good
viii and helpfulness- We come 70
the heart more by the feelings than
by the mind. That is, we give more
through love than through the intel
Iecrual processes That Is why Jesus
saws. BLESSED are the pure IN heart
rather than BLESSED are those VINO
reason straight" But feelings quick
Nv pass II l. necessary 10 60 deep
er than this
Some say. 'sif you belong 70 an IN
stitution YOU are a Christian; II you
have been baptised, your name l. on
church rolls, and you worship IN
certain manner" We must have ~
stitutions- Every idea gathers TO-
lowers, and becomes church There
is always = good deal Of criticism OF
the church. Yet If every church were
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churches within g week Because
men are Christian and they have 70
EXPRESS themselves in fellowship
This makes institutions, and churches
But this Is not an infallible test Al
of these may be in the general idea
of Christianity, but none are essen
tial
One test of Christianity is whether
we act in a Christian way. anc lETe
I'D 10 the teachings of the Sermon on
the Mount, the Golden Rule, the Ten
Commandments and the Beatltudes-
This i nearer the truth but II l. nee
essary 10 go still further IN our
search
Paul said, "Let this mind be in you
which was also in Christ Jesus" This
means 10 live a life regulated by
noble motives When we have the
same attitude, and live up TO the same
set of rules and motives that Jesus
Christ did, then we are United with
Him and are Christians. We are good
in spots. but we allow the set OF mo-
tives which inspire and shape our
lives, however good, TO be often drIv-
en- out by wrong motives 10 De
Christians we must make our mas
tering motives, those motives when
mastered Jesus Christ habltually. We
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them our hahitual masters
From what we know of Jesus we
find in his life three motives by which
he habitually lived. The first was the
consciousness of God, the reality OF
God, His love and care. To this ne
sacrificed al else. We find God with
in ourselves, about ourselves, every
where, nearer than self
a second motive was his respect for
the worth in mankind, the value of
life A serious as-ect in our life to-
day il contempt of life. Belief in
men is harder than belief in God We
need belief, and the world locks to
Christianity to bring il. The world
today Is in such an upset condition,
unable 10 recover from the effects of
our recent strife Legislation actual
~ comes more from the smallest
town than from the city We must
plead for a renewal of faith IN God,
the builder of a new world.
A pretty fair test of our religion Is
our belief in humanity, and what we
do for II The soul is the noblest and |
most fascinating thing in the world
but we must live with il 10 under
stand it.
The third purpose in which Jesus
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