Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-19
Text-Men, wise to understand
their times, to know what Israel
ouqht to do. | Chron. 1892.

ought to do. | Chron. 1882.
Speaking Of the need of the world
today for greater spiritual concep-
tons. and for deeper conservation
to the laws of God. d. J. +. Shepherd,
superintendent of missions of the
Presbyterian churches Of this state,
who spoke Sunday evening in the First
PRESBYTERIAN church. told his hearers
that the great minds of the world, in
GLIDING statesmen, journalists, politi-
clans, educators and business and pro-
fessional leaders have taken to allud-
ing frequently to Jesus, and to refer
ring to Him as the hope Of the world,
DR.. Shepherd said that the world is
coming to see that true religion holds
the only solution of the worlds trou-
bles. and is insisting that the church
function to that end. His sermon fol-
lows: .....
saul and Jonathan had fallen on the
slopes of Gilboa and the representa-
tives Of the II tribes had come to
Hebron to make David king over all
the land. One OF the first great ex-
ploits of the new administration was
the capture Of the stronghold OF Jebus,
Jerusalem. till now held by the enemy.
Gods promise of liberation from the
oppression Of the enemies about, and
az the spread of the kingdom from the
sea to the river Euphrates, was about
to be fulfilled, but for such consum-
nation It was necessary that the lead
ers should be Men. wise to under
stand their times, to know what Israel
ought to do
Unable to Discern Times.
Jesus condemns the weather wise
Of his day, who we're unable to discern
tho times in which they lived. and it is
a question, If He were here now, if
His condemnation would be less Sc
we're for many would be leaders OF
the people.
"What are the conditions today?
The world is a wild inferno of greed,
hunger, passion, fear and death. We
have Just reaped q sorrowful harvest
of blood and fire and shame. It would
seem that the revolutions. the de-
thronement of kings, the strikes, the
famine and the pestilence throughout
the world are the death sweat of an
order that is passing. But 80 long as
selfishness and suspicion reigns among
nations, the best league or association
can only preserve, for a seasan, pre-
carious peace. A national frontier
must come to be a place where peo-
pie meet and not barrier by which
they are separated: a rendezvous and
not party wall, if it be true that He
hath made of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell on all the face of
the earth; and that His plan is to
gather all nations into one
ours is an age of materialistic
conceptions. We have well nigh lost
the spiritual sense. Napoleon truly
said. Morale is everything and spirit
is the source of victory Gods word
says, This is the victory that over
cOmeth the world. even our faith
Materialism is equally common among
the rich and poor, the employer and
the employee.
No Word From Unseen.
1--WE have accepted the unproyen
hypothesis of evolution churning on
forever with no heart and but little
mind back of it. The church Of God
has fancied that she must live a half
cancelled, half apologize life because
tied to scientific ideas and social creeds
down. Such has been the whir1 Of
atomistic philosophy that few have
heard from their souls for many a
day, for we live in the clamor Of the
streets and of the market house, so
that we have no word from the unseen
of our souls or our God.
"Our pleasures have taken on a
deep yellow nue., because we have
permitted these to be commrcialized
bv unprincipled men, who. to increase
their worldly goods. have defied the
time honored institutions Of our ma
ton, especially she one day rest in
seven; have compelled the church to
do it's tremendous task at great dis
advantage, even while the president Of
tho United States is pleading that
Whatever else fails, the church must
not fail
an Rome, / visited, one moonlight
night, alone, the old Coliseum, and.
sitting on stone in the earene, gazed
upward to the ragged walls. fancying
/ could hear the shouts of delight of
$1,000 of Rome's pleasure loving as
the blood Of the first martyrs fed the
famished beasts near. to the place
where I sat. The next day I visited
the museum on Capitol hill and looked
irto the face Of the statue Of the dying
rladiator, and marveled that humanity
could find pleasure in witnessing such
scenes, But can we say that much
that ABUSES the pleasure seeking today
il nsDre elevating; Rome died, and SO