The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-02-25
*|What Shall | Do With My Lifc?''
WILL BE DR.. ShUTE'S THEME FOR
SUNDAY EVENING
In The Morning The Evangelist Will
Speak On Preparatory Men,
bership."

odist Episcopal Church will close Sun
day evening at which time DR.. Shute
will address the congregation on the
very important subject, what Shall
Do With My Life?" preparatory
Membership" will be the theme for
Sunday morning The morning SER
vice of gospel song and special music
will feature the evening service. AT
the evening hour an offering will be
taken to cover the incidental expen-
ses of the meeting. All are cordially
invited.
The following is a resume of SER
mons preached by the Evangelist last
week:
Sunday Evening
Subject:-"What Is A Christian?"
love Text:-Matt 22:37. Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy
mind
The word Christian is vitality mis-
understood. Birth in Christian land,
membership in a Christian Church or
conformity to certain worldly stan
dards of integrity are not sufficient to
constitute Christian. Many people
see so little difference in the outward
life between the Christian and the
Non Christian that they profess to see
no necessity for becoming Chris
tian technically so called. This is a
great compliment to Christianity.
Christianity has so purified the moral
atmosphere, raised the moral stan
dards and enobled the lives Of Nom
Christian living under the influence
of the gospel that they have come to
absorb in their own life and conduct
! much of the principles of the gospel.
They are what they are In their su-
perior intelligence, character and iiv-
| ing because of the influence of the
Christian religion around them.
The first of the three answers to be
given to this question, "What Is A
! Christian?" is, Christian is one
whose intellect holds the truth as 1t
is in Christ. A Christian believes
Christ when he says, II Am the Truth.
Ye Shall know the Truth" that is, the
Christ, "And the Truth shall make
YOU free. The words that l speak un-
to YOU, they are Spirit and they are
life and the word that I have spoken
unto you the same shall Judge you in
the last day." The Christian believes
with all his mind the fundamental
facts and principles of the Christian
religion. He believed III the Holy
Scriptures as the word of God and
their teachings about God, the Father
the Son and the Holy Spirit, and their
doctrine of sin, of salvation and OF
the final judgement with is eternal re-
wards and penalties. He also be.
lieyes in the ethical principles and
spirit of the Christ as the guide OF
| character and conduct. The Christian
has a personal, experimental knowl-
edge Of Christian truth, putting to the
test the challenge of the Christ, III
anv man willeth to da His will, he
shall know the teaching whether 1t is
of God" The Christian is. Christie
Centrict in his thinking, accepting
Christ as the source OF all truth ana
the final court of appeal.
This is a very practical faith. Men
once believed in tyranny. Into
world of this sort came the Christ
thought Of human liberty and tyrants
topled from their thrones. Men be-
lfeved in .:slavery when Christ was
born and the majority Of the popula-
tion in Greece and Rome were slaves,
| including the doctors and teachers ana
those classes which we the most high
1v esteem today. Into such a world
came the Christ thought Of human
brotherhood and in all places where
that thought has penetrated slavery
has been abolished. Men believed IN
the saloon, the gambling den and the
house of prostitution, but through the
Christ commandment "Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself" the saloon
has been driven from our own land
and is on the run throughout the
/ world; while its kindredi evils are
beinr more and more compelled to
hide their faces in shame. Men be-
lieyed in business being dominated by
commercial and material cOnsidera-
tions, but they have been compelled
to place as the first law of the Christ
LAY up for yourselves treasures In
heaven" They have heard his chal-
lenge "Thou fool this night shall thy
soul be required of thee, then whose
shall all these things be?' And they
have been struck to the heart with
His question, what shall it profit q
man il he gain the whole world and
forfeit his 1ife?" This thought Of the
Christ has made proflteering a dis
grace and absorption in worldly af-
fairs folly. Men believed In divorce
and when Christ was born Roman ma
irons counted the years by their dis
carded and discarding husbands.
AGAINST this folly comes the Christ
thought, "'This twain shall be one
flesh and those whom God hath join
ed together let no man put asunder'', !,
and because of this thought the mar
riage relation Is more holy. the home
more scared and the rights Of child
hood more regarded.
The Christian accepts Christ as the
final authority on all matters Of faith
and conduct, and to every subject
lclaiming his attention or support he
applies the one final test, what does
Christ consider the truth in this mat
ter?'' Is %
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Text: Matt. 72-s7. @Ehoo Shalt