The Washington herald., 1921-02-21
MINISTER DEFENDS
RICHES IN SERMON
ON COMMUNISM
Christianity Recognizes
Variety of Wealth and
Station, He Declares.


Communism is not backed up BY
Chrfstianity. the Rev. Wallace Rad
-eiife declared in his morning SER
mon yesterday in New York Ave.
nue. Presbyterian Church in DISCUSS.
Ing the theme Of the Unjust
Steward"
When We admire the flying of q
crow we do not approve his taste
Tor carrion." said DR.. Radcliffe
when We enjoy the beauty of the
plumase of a parrot. we do not adop,
his vocabulary. =
When his master commended the
prudence OF the steward he did no,
approve his faithlessness: Chris
ianity is not communism. Money
IS not evil. A man is not a saini
because he Is n0fsS, nor a sinnel
simply because heS rich.
The communism of the early
church made beggars. Christianity
recognizes variety of station and
seqnlrsment. Possession is not in
olNidualistic. What is mine is moi
my own. True discipleship is stew.
ardship. Our bank account is L0t
our own account.
Forget stewardship. and what
ever We have becomes unrighteous
manmon- The earth is the Lords
ahd We are simply here to put Hi,
money out at interest in gift ant
service We are not reservoirs, but
distributing centers.
III money has anything to dc
a T..
seinshly. Because of his faithful
stewardship Washington is honored
as the Father of His Country. Use
gives enlargement. The intent OF
worldly things is the making Of a
character.
This world Is another mans,
out We can compel II TO give us the
everlasting habitations of life and
enaracter. An uncharitable disciple
ana an avaricious Christian are
anomalies and impossibilities.
DIR. TUPPER breaches
On LIGHT ON DARK PROBLEns
Light on Dark Problems" wa,
the subject of a sermon by the Rev
Dr. Henry Allen Tuppcr yesterday
AZ the First Baptist Church.
DIT. Tupper's text was: In Hin
was life. and the life was the light
OF men"-John, Ia.
IL Is nos accidental that the
DOCKS OF Genesis and John open
with the same words" said DR.. Tup.
per. They set forth the beEinnina =
OF the old and the new creation
and identify as one the God of the
natural and spiritual worli
The natural world was in dark.
ness rntil the words were utte-ed
Let there be Hight and the spirit.
ual was In darkness until One an.
peared who announced: L am the
Iight OF the world. A light N
hghten the Gentiles and the glory
OF my people. Israel
tie bears the same relation "a
the spiritual world that the sur
bears TO the natural world. materrat
world would God illuminate the
outside OF the temple. and leave in
darkness its inner courts? wouId
not spiritual illumination. Would
he satisfy the lesser and leave for
ever unsatisfed the greater?
In tn" fullness of time cama Ons
whose life was the spiritual light o,
men; and the three Fundamental
questions that perplex the soul and
from which the spiritual darkness
comes are met and. solved in Him
Dr. Tupper elaborated these
truths:
FIrst-Christ was the illumination
OF God.
Second-The life of Christ wa,
the illumination OF man.
Third-The life OF Christ was tn,
Illumination of death and immor,
tality.
FRED BUNKER READS
ON WIND OF THE INFINITE.
The mind of the infinite was the
theme OF yesterday mornings les.
sons in the First Church of Christ
Scientist. with Fred Bunker as first
reader. assisted by Mrs. Hitchcock
second reader.
Selected references from the BIbl,
were read. with correlativs passage,
from the Christian Science tex
book. Science and Health, with
Key to the Scriptures" by MARI
Baker Eddy. discoverer and founder
of Christian Science.
Taking as the golden text. I Cor.
inthians. 2:16. "who has known the
mind OF the Lord. that he may in.
struct Him." Bunker dealt on the
riches both of the wisdom and the
knowledge of God and the inscrut.
ability of His judgments and ways
For who hath known the mind
of the Lord? or who hath been his
counsellor?
"Or who hath first given to him
md IL shall be recompensed unto
lin again?" he read from Romans
ID The infinity of Divine Mind, which
is God. its perfection. and absolute
power In overcoming all errors OF
mortal mind were explained in the
passages read.
Have you answered your letter from the
T. W. G. A.i-Adv.