South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-22
"YISI0N And LIFE"
IS PASTORS TOPIC
Rev. Law Says People Divided
Into Two Glasses, Ideal
lists and Realists.

Kew. GRarleS T. Laws sermon aG-
dressed at the Stull Memorial Meth
Odist church. Sunday morning. The
pastor relates that there are two
general classes Of people the ideal
lists and reahst, that the idealsists
similize men as Columbus, Napoleaa
and Wilson, and that these are the
men who pave the way for the real
ist. Every vision demands immed-
ate action. and we must follow the
zieam or lose Il forever" the pastor
said, continuing:
Vision IS 20 the soul what sight
- 20 the body My message has 20
10 with spiritual sight and insight.
ga men are physically blind they
also may be spiritually blind. Spirit
nal vision Is absolutely necessary for
the development and growth OF the
spiritual life My text gives you the
secret of Paul's supreme Christian
character and life when he said TO
King Agrippa. j was not disObed-
lent TO the heavenly vision You
cannot explain the life Of Paul apart
from his visions and revelations.
Visions are also necessary for ra-
tional life. The proverb is true 20
history that Where there is no
vision the people perish
IincOln's Vision.
There are two general classes Of
peoI le-the idealists and the real
lists. There are few idealists and
many realists. The idealists ard
dreamers provide blue prints FIR
progress for the idealists They build
air castles in order that there may
be real castles The great explor-
erS were dreamers. Columbus dream
ed of a new trade route 10 India
and discovered America by obeying
( his vision Napolean dreamed Of
world empire before he sought ID
carry out his vision. The visions of
Joan OF Arc made her the deliverer
| of France. Luther dreamed of 4
/ purged church. Washington had his
vision OF a free nation. Lincoln died
for his vision Of a united nation.
Wilson had a vision OF a worl l.
league Of nations. Morse saw a
vision of the telegraph; Bell, the
telephone: Mccormack, the binder;
I Haynes the automobile; Wright, the
airplane: Watt, the steam engine;
Fulton. the steamboat; Marconi. the
wireless; Edison. his marvellous cleo
! trical inventions Frances Z. Will
! lard saw the vision of a sober world.
"The great men and women of the
Bible are dreamers and beholders
OF visions. Abraham followed his
vision to a land Of promise. Jacob
was made a new man by his visions
at Bethel and Jabbok Moses re-
ceived his call in his vision at the
burning bush. Isiah saw the LORI
IN the year of the death of the king.
This vision was a call to him TO serv-
ice. II sent him forth to be the
greatest of the prophets. Paul had
wonderful vision of Christ on the
Damascus road. He also caught up
| into the third heaven in another
wonderful vision. Look into the
face Of the sanity John on PatmOs
| lonely island as he has his vision Of
the new Jerusalem. Catch glimrse
| of Peter, James and John on The
Mount of TRANSPORTATION as they be-
held their Lord in all his glory. Jesus
himself had such a full vision Of God
that he and the Father were one.
There are certain conditions for
seeing visions Only the pure in
heart and life shall see God. An un-
clean life cannot have these visions
| of Christ and his work. Sin blinds
the eyes of the soul TO visions Only
| those in right relationship TO God
and their fellow men receive the
great visions Of spiritual things. II
/ requires an open mind and heart %
see the vision OF better things The
more active we are or God. the
greater our visions. God never gives
| his best visions to lazy Christians. If
you want a greater vision Of God and
/ spiritual things, then become more
active in his kingdom. There is
| great danger that our materialist;C
| age will blind our spiritual eyes. The
man that puts dollars before his
\ spiritual life will lose his visions and
/ his soul. The nation that forgets
\ God in pursuit Of material prosper
/ ity will perish When Babson says
/ that what America needs most Of az
is more religion, he is saying what
my message states that the need OF
/ the hour IS a greater vision of spirit
ual values. We are the richest ma
ton on earth. But if we lose cur
/ vision, we will become of all nations
most miserable. We need more
prophets OF God and less stock brok-
ers. We viii never catch vision
OF God and the unseen, eternal
things through the fumes Of a mus
Of beer or the smoke Of a cigarette
/ Public dance halls and cheap mo-
ton pictureo will never make dream
ers Of great things out OF our youne
people.
Vision of Ideal Life.
/ Every vision demands immediate &C
/ tion. We must follow the CLEAN al
once Of lose is forever. Procrastinatior
! will kill our spiritual capacity iol
q visions. Paul was not disobedient e
/ his heavenly vision. So we must obey
our uohlest impulses and visions or they
! cease 10 come 10 us. saul. the first kine
! Judas shut his eyes 70 the daily vision
Of the Son Of God and lest his soul by
/ suicide
God gives to every one vision Of
tho ideal life If we heed these visions
they viii summon Us 10 great service
] for God and the world. They will send
/ us forth 10 sacrifice and labor for the
| Kingdom. The vision viii mature Us
as Christians and sustain Us In the heat
\ OF the day and in the thick Of the bat
I tie Of life The life without spiritual
/ vision Is the soul that is blindly crop
U ing its way in the dark. TIL secret OF
our life is the secret Of our visions and
dreams Let us pray, LORD. increase
{ our visions that we may 40 creates
things for Thee A larger vision viii
make Of rs greater Christians. give q
4 rs n greater church and hasten she com
f ing OF the Kingdom OF God. A greater
I vision VIII MI our churches and win the
world for Christ I'm this generation
/ Lord. increase our vision and make Us
more obedient 20 the visions we have