The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-11-26
CLARK DISCUSSES
EXODUS OF TODAY
AS SERMON POINT
Says World Of Today Has Crossed
Red Sea But Is Still In The
Wilderness.
DIR. J. E. CLARK, EDITOR OF
ADVANCE, SPEAKS IN PARIS
Portrays Situation Now As OF Days
OF Israelites; Says Leadership
Is Needed.

DR.. j. E. Clark, editor of the Pres
byterian Advance, member sof the
PRESBYTERIAN college board, and one
of the most intellectual lights Of this
denomination in the entire south dis
cussed Christian Education, on Sun
day evening, the fifth day of the
Christian Stewardship Chautaqua at
the Presbyterian church here, from
the angle Of "Leaders for the New
Exodus"
The sermon text was from Acts, z,
% and % verses, but the scriptural
lesson was from the Old Testament,
the story of the Israelites' exodus
from Egypt, and the speaker took this
old familiar story as a parable OF
advancing civilization; as a true type
of the progress of the social group
toward the Kingdom of Heaven on
Earth. calling initial attention to the
fact that, whereas, the New Tes$a-
ment dealt with individual soul sal
walton, almost all of the old histo.
rians of the Old Testament, wrote OF
social problems applicable to the pro-
gress of an entire race, and conse-
quently the Old Testament was alb
sorbed with matters of social and e.
economic progress.
"Leaders for the new exodus, is
the most important subject to think
about today.', said the speaker. "It
pnderlies all else in the church. we
are living in world crisis, and 1t is
not improper TO assume that there is
near at hand New Exodus out OF
the darkness into a new Christian so.
cial order.
"We have made some progress. A
y large part of the world has crossed
the Red Sea, but the world is in the
Wilderness. This, Thoughtful mer
concede, and are anxious about the
next few years. All sorts Of views
have been givena radical remedies
tried out for the woes and troubles
of the world.
"The abandonnLnt of an establish
ed social order always means
change of economic conditions"
The Israelites were pictured by thu
speaker, in the application of thu
story, as unorganized, unframed, ye
with faith and ideals high to realiz'
the promise of God; wandering in tn,
Wilderness, waiting for the some
thing that always happens; longint
for the fieshpots of Egypt; building
golden calf, because they were wear.
of couage and sacrifice to God.
"The struggle of the Wildernes
is the struggle today, struggle be
tween selfshness and higher ideals
These people would have neve
reached Canaan at all had it no
been for their outstanding leaders
for types of men like Moses am
Joshua and Caleb. When Leadership
fails, whole nations are plunged int
anarchy. Witness Russia today Il
the widest social discord.
'This then is my theme-the su
preme need of the times, which is tn
right kind of leadership for the neN
exodus of today, leaders of tn
church of Christ; the need, of me-
trained as Moses was trained; learn
ed in all the wisdom of his day; we
educated-what today we call, uni
versity graduate. Yet Moses ais
naQ OJIlSI JTdlHlIlSs Ihe1I iiC uiSPioy Y
when he met God face to face in tn
burning bush, and it is such a leade
only as this Moses, such world leac
er, who by peaceful processes ca
establish Gods Kingdom on Eartf
"Other leaders, though the bes
scholars of the land, make seriou
mistakes, and lead men into chaos an
disaster. Lenine and Trotsky al
university graduates, trained in a
arts and sciences, endowed with tr'
mendous intellectual power and ski
as leaders. What is the matter wit
Lenine and Trotsky? They hav
aeft God and everything right an
beautiful and true out of it all. The
training has been lopsided and te
ribly incomplete
DIR. Clark then discussed the poV
er Of knowledge for good or evi