The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-03
HOME COMING DAY
OBSERVED BY
GRACE CHURCH
DR.. HyltOn Tells What the
"Christian in These
Days" Should Be

| the work OF lne year III iedi c@A ~
est Sunday by its successful OBJ
servance of "Home Coming Day"
The congregations both morning
and evening, were large and mem
bers and friends and visitors were
privileged to listen to two power
full sermons by the pastor, Rev
DR.. George w. Hylton.
The morning topic was "Th'
Christian in These Days" and il
the evening he delivered the firts
in a series of addresses on
"Christ's Program of Reconstruct
ION" the subject being "Christ'!
Threefold Command Reconstruct
ion." The service was augmented
by special musical program.
DR.. Hvlton's text in the morn
ing was from Titus 2: 11-12 and
was a forceful presentations Of
what may reasonable be expected
in these days of upheaval from
those who have professed to be
christians.
He said in part; These are day.
of storm and stress. Everywhere
men and women are looking fol
something on which to pin then
faith. | am talking to those who
have professed to be members OF
the church. 1t is a time for them
to decide what is rock and what is
sand; what is true and what is un-
true; what is right and what is
wrong.
DR.. jefferson of the Broad
way Tabernacle says the world to-
day is more confused than dur
ing the war. The armistice has
been signed, but there is no real
peace. France and England are
farther apart than during the war,
so are Italy and France, and the
United States and England. With
in the nations all is strife and con-
fusion. The dynamic impulse OF
the war davs is gone and now bus
mess and labor are at each other's
throats. What shall Christian men
and women in these days do but TO
rnturn to the sound truths of the
Bible. The only hope for the hu-
man race in these modern days Is
Jesus Christ the son Of God. The
spiritual leadership of Jesus is the
only hope of humanity. One only
fears that in the utterance of these
words we may fail to realize their
comnelling force because of their
familiarity. But if we could clear
awav the clutter which so often
obscures them, if we could make
them shine luminous in their ma
tive simplicity, it would quicken
our pulse beat to realize how. in
this modern cataclvsm from which
we have Just emerged. the spirit
ual leadership stands forth un-
shaken.
One of the greatest living iour-
+qlists in America said recently
"If the world is to be saved from
destruction, it will be saved alone
bv the Christian religion" EX-Sec-
retary Lansing who sat at the
peace treaty table at Versailles
said "The one hone of modern de-
mocracv is spiritual regeneration.
All this in connection with the
ext bring US to our duty as
christian men and women in these
DAYS of chaos. The hope of the
world depends u.Ion the ability of
the church to win men to this now
or in the Gospel of the Son of God.
We should live soberlv righteous
lv and godly in this present
world. This applies to US today in
st. JohnSbury. Vermont in Octo-
ber, 1921. Is it too much to ask or
expect? l can preach nothin" short
of it from this pulpit. 1t is due
notice. All are expected to live up
m this standard so far as in them
lies. If this standard must be low
cred, my goods are easily hacked,
transportation can be readily pro-
cured and | shall always have the
price of a railroad fare in my
pocket.
Three elements are suggested a.
nacessary in the development of
permanent value in human life,
and as christians they are abso-
lutclv essential TO successful liv-
inc in these days.
First. We are TO live soberlv.
This has relation to ones own self
1t means that we should take life
Us an intense, earnest reality of
@reat Importance and worth
guarding with greatest fidelity.
Rv this / do not mean some petty
gotism or cenceit and thinking of
ourselves as human animals
for o day, but as child
rem of God. building for eternity.
Second. Life is to be lived right
eously. This has relation of the in
dividual to those about him. The
wcll-roundcd man takes his man.
hood seriously, relates himself to
God, plan for righteous living and