The Owosso times., 1920-12-03
What is the Matter
With Our Country?

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the world, is in the midst of troub-
lous times. Congress has made but
little headway in the solution of the
difficult problems that confront US.
The measures proposed are partial
and inadequate. The deportion of
the Bolshevists is good as far as it
goes but ten thousand still remain
for every one deported. Ten thou
sand rivers Of wood alcohol would
scarcely suffice to eradicate the
breed. And if it were eradicated
our land would not be Utopia.
There is but one effectual remedy
for our national disquietude. We
need Christ in our national life. AS
a Prophet, Jesus Christ came in the
flesh to speak for God, and for nine
teen centuries the universal verdict
has been-"Never man spake like
this man." AS Priest he came to
atone for the sins of men and out
of all earth's millions since that day
on Calvary none has ever come to
the Father i'm His Name and been
rejected. But he came as King, as
we'll, to rule this poor old world of
ours with the sceptre of beneficence
and peace, and today, after nineteen
hundred years-can we think of it
without a sense of shame and deep
regret?-not a nation on the face of
the globe looks to Him as the Source
of its authority and the Fountain
of it's law. The nations have declin-
ed to render "Glory to God in the
highest" for "he that honoreth not
the Son honoreth not the Father
which hath sent Him." Is it any
wonder, then, that there is so little
"peace on earth" and good will
among men? When men and nations
ignore God and His only begotten
Son, is it strange that they do not
find themselves resting unmolested
under the divine benedictions?
Surely the statements of Scrip
ture are plain on the point. Isaiah
regards the Lord as standing at the
head of each department of civil
government. "The Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is
our King; He will save u.s." lisa. 80:
22.) He is Legislator, Executive
and Judge. "For the kingdom is the
Lords and He is the Governor a
mong the nations" FPS. 22:28)
Again, Jesus Christ, as Paul says, is
"the blessed and only Potentate, the
King of kings and Lord of lords"
Il. Tim. 6:15.) And in the Pro-
verbs we read, Gin all thy ways
acknowledge Him, and He shall di-
rect they paths" Proverbs 3:6.) AL
so in the Parable of the Pounds
ellis citizens hated Him and sent a
message after Him, saying, we will
not have this man to reign over us.
But those mine enemies which
would not that l should reign over
them, bring hither and slay them be-
fore me-" Uuke 1914, 27.) Jesus
Christ is the only Potentate; the
Kingdom is His; He is the Lawgiver,
the Executive, the Judge; He is the
Governor of the nations; He ought
to be acknowledged; the citizens who
hate Him may say, "We will not
have this man to reign over u.s." but
in doing so they seal their doom. The
teachings of Scripture are plain
enough.
And what is more, people are be-
ginning to realize, now that so many
millions have been "slain" that
something is wrong, and that some
thing definite ought to be done in
order to right the wrong. For ex-
ample: the Boston Ministerial AS
sociation took praiseworthy step
toward giving "honor to whom honor
is due" when it asked the Peace Con-
ference, while sitting in Paris, to ac-
knowledge Christ. The Constitution
of the League of Nations opens with
this phrase: "In order to promote
international cooperation :"
The Ministerial Association request
ed the Conference to amend the doc
ument so as to make the initial
clause read in this way: "In order
to make the spirit, the ethics, the
teachings, the ideals, the authority
and law of Jesus Christ articulate
and regulative in the civic affairs Of
all nations" and thus "to promote
international cooperation" Moth
ing came of this action so far as is
known, but the action was taken and
the request was forwarded to the
Conference. The claims Of Christ
were presented and ignored. The
Manufacturer Record, of Balti-
more, in its issue of Oct. Q, 1919, ap-
proving the similar sentiments of
the Knoxville Sentinel and the Char