South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-05
METHODIST PASTOR
BREACHES SERMON
Rev. A. 5. Monger Takes Text
From Genesis 40 for
Sunday Services,

Rev. Albert -. M0nEcr or the
First Methods church used the fol-
lowing text as his Sunday morning
sermon.
Therefore is the name of 81 call
Cd Babel. because the Lord did
there sonfound the language 81 az
the earth. and from thence did the
|. Lord scatter them abroad uron the
FACE OF all the earth Genesis 1853.
lie said in part
This account is the ancient He
brew explanation OF the diversity Of
language and the wide dispersion
OF the human race. They believed IL
all 20 have been brought about by
the effort OF man 90 exalt himself
above God. The disunitedness OF the
race was recognized by the Jaws
as the divine judgment on the pre-
sumptious imrlety OF the race %
rival the creation Of God Himself
The Fundamental principle clothed
within this account Isl true today.
Restless Minds.
First. This account represents
the restless and ceaseless effort Of
the human mind 20 transcend its
limitations. The great tidal impulses
Of humanity responding 10 divine
power are always beating against
The barriers in the pathway Of hui
man progress. Man cannot stand to
be limited. 10 De bound. He IS not
created that way. Just when you
think man 20 be bounded by the i'm
passible barriers Of limitations. he
bursts through and PUSHES on TO the
greater EXPRESSION OF life.
Man. through discovery. explora-
ton. invention and social develop
ment, has been continually pushing
back the horizon OF his life. He
must express this divinity IN his life
IN one Of two ways; He must do Il
either by Identifying himself with
God or he must exalt himself above
God. The sin in this account Of the
confusion and dispersion Of the peO-
pie at Babel was not that man was
attempting TO transcend his Hmita-
tions but that he was shutting God
out Of life and making himself self
sufficient. The only limitations that
God has placed upon human life are
the limitations OF elf-sufhciency.
When we overcome our limitations
Il must be in the direction Of SON
ship in God This is the way of or
der, progress and realization Of the
highest and best.
Rebellion Against God.
Second. Rebellion against God Is
the original source of all discOrd.
This story OF Babel Ia the statement
OF the eternal truth of the fuulity
and emptiness of human effort when
divorced from the Acknowledgement.
and service OF God. This is a sufil-
cient explanation for the existing
discord existing among the peoI les
and races. Man-made unity instead
OF God-made unity always produces
disorder and chaos. This was never
more true than today. Our world Is
fun OF Modern BabeIs.
"We are building our great indus
trial world without taking into con-
sideration Gods teaching and pur-
poses. Business and industrial lead
ers are giving very little thought to
thinking out and applying the great
fundamental and Christian princl-
pies to our Industrial relationships
No wonder that we have chaos and
cosfusion. our people are building
great towers OF COmmerCialism
reaching so high into the mans
heaven that they eclipse God whose
laws should be the governing laws
and principles. Therefore we have
labor and economic unrest, disor-
der and strikes. Suppose that ma
tiOn should put the state as super
Tor 90 moral law the result is chaos
and confusion. warfare and wastage
Of life.
The Only Answer.
why the chaos and disorder I'm
the lives OF so many individuals .
The only answer is that tho in
dividual has built a tower reaching
into the heavens until 10 shuts God
out. To stop with less than the best
is 20 put yourself In Gods place. The
peril OF the lowest attainment Is just
as dangerous today as 70 was in
Babel. We dare no. let secondary in
terests o. life become a substitute
for God in the life OF the Individual
we are rearing great towers Of
pleasure. recreation and self inter
ests that are controlling our LIES
activities. God IS being shut out In
stead Of being the great master
mind controlling things through us
just as ne does I'm the world of ma
ture.
Third. Gods recognized suprem-
scy over the world produces unity
and harmony Of motives and actions
OF life God is the rallying Point or
personality FOR the race. The con
verse OF the story OF Babel is the
gift OF PenteCOst with its wonderful
manifestation Of power. True unity
OF all human Interests ~ in the life