The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-05-10

God SO loved the world Last
night al the First Presbyterian church
the pastor preached his farewell ser
mon from this text. II was twenty
minutes sermon. but il was inspiring.
God so loved the world. said the
preacher. that he sent his son not on
IN TO save humanity in the composite.
hut that wonderful so LOVED meant
that the Fathers love was focused
right down 10 the radius oi every IN
3iyidual soul. no matter how encohi-
passed about. how heds,d by Amita-
lions Of character or race. Ana
wondered why it was that when our
religion teaches MS that God aas 50
3icnitied the individual human bens
we 80 constantly strib, 10 bylittie and
!ndisntfy the individual Who happens
10 be hedged about 10y limitations o.
circumstance or lack ct opportunity,
or bv ignorance. or hy differences OF
race or nationality All or our social
standards tend TO undjsiiy and TO be-
little the individual And business
and the economic struggle are even
worse The pastor OF the chnrch IS
leaving TO take another field. lheE
announced a farewell meetinS IN ms
honor. and as an expression OF love
and respect for him and his wife. IL
made one feel good 10 see TINS eN-
preston of love and respect. hiouShI
out by a service OF twenty-five years.
sitting there under the sound OF that
sweet and persuasive Voice, tense Win
feeling as il expressed the unbound
ga love OF Him whom he preached,
could but feel that all the world must
BE- beautiful and all men loNelE ahu
happy. Yet alas, hut q small per cent
If the eity's population was sa'heieu
al that hour under such influences,
and even then the raneorous voice OF
a loud mouthed automobile horn as "
dashed by smote the AIR throahh the
open window almost Is q saerlltEe'
Not that object TO automobile rlaihs
on sunday, or the dolns OF many ON
- things on sunday that many wise
and good people 90 mol fully endorse
hut that il seemed 10 ms that We pay
so little attention 20 t9e voice OF ieNe
ana fellowship In the wot.d.
The Inspiration OF the Picture.
But after all. tals is lot a wholly
correct view. ii is thr view V ZACH one
Il AIT 10 take in chulgh. tcelins, as
he is likely TO feel, taat the huhd 1m
81 life il far TOO needless And so. 70
offset this line OF thought be-ah 10
can 10 mind the vision OF a wondtfiuI
picture had seen the day before II
was the great painting OF the att .i,s''
Tbomtay. entitled The Man 81 Call
lee" II is the picture OF CHRIST DOW,
ed in sorrow and shame, and bruised
and crushed and scorned and east ou'
for the sins OF men. as descrlDea y
The 53rd chapter of Isaiah. Clad II
robes of white. his head buried IN ms
arms and his face hidden from we"
with all the burden ef mahEin ~
crushing down upon MIN, CHRIST idl''
upon the jutting rock OF the oarIeI
Garden. the picture Of sorrow unllmlt
cd But as you look another vlslof
takes possession of you. a vision o.
unbounded love and sentleness, ah'
YOU begin to family feel the area
meaning of those wonderful words
so LOVED" the world. that all TIM
should be. And where had ! seen th'
picture? Why. on the seventh moor .
a department store. Brought as
matter of business to this country an'
exhibited within the reach of al. ire
of charge Here was one OF IN
worlds masterpieces, possibly 70 D
seen heretofore by only those ley
who could visit the worlds great gal
leries. But here it was, in the bus.
nath of men, free to all on a bus
day. with chairs sitting before u d
an altar. welcoming any one 10 sta
and gaze and drink its inspiration a
long as he would. 4 lady who WORK
hard all day for her living told ma
about il and | went. She taxes par
of her lunch hour to sit before II. AM
that is somewhat the way ! thlh
christianity is getting into the lives 0
men more than we suspect when W
90 TO church. Another lady sald !
me lately, Il have no prejudice OF u
will toward any one on account c
race or class or distance or country
as such. | see only an individual an
n he is striving the best he can az
cording to his light and knowledge
is enough for me-" Somehow ! re.
that is what christianity will hnail
do for the world Blot out the pre-.
udice and i'll will and make lis all eN
erywhere, at all times, feel as Burn
said, "A mans man for a that'
The Late sam T. HOWE.
wish to add a small tribute 10 tn
character of Mr. Samuel t. Howl
who died on the 22nd of last mont
first knew him as a school boy, an
in fact, mostly that way. During II
after years when | met him occasion