The Washington times., 1921-01-29


eyitably that the life was false also.
Holder fairly startled these out
or their preconceived notions OF
Christianity. Let them shake out
OF their, minds everything they had
thought IL to mean-church- ding.
acceptance OF creed and dogma,
conoributive charity, withdrawal
from the world. rites and ceremon-
lest was none OF these.
The motive In the world today
was the acquisition OF property; the
motive Of Christianity was abso-
lutely and uncompromisingly OPP
posed to this. Shock their practi-
cal sense as IL might. Christianity
looked forward with steadfast faith
to a time when the incentive to
amass property would be done away
with. since It was a source to evil
and curse to mankind. II they
would be Christians, let them face
that.
Let them enter into life, into the
struggles going on around them to-
day against greed, corruption. sla-
very. poverty, vice and crime. Let
them protest, let them fight. even
as Jesus Christ had fought and pro-
tested. For, as sure as they sat
there, the day would come when
they would be called to account,
would be asked the question-what
had they done to make the United
States Of America a better place to
live in?
HOPE FOR ST. JOHNS.
There were in the Apostolic writ
ings and tradition neutrality-suspicious.
Of life which had done much harm.
Early Christianity had kept its
eyes fixed on another world. and
had ignored this: had overlooked
the fact that every man and wom-
an was put here to do a particu-
lar work.
In the first epistle of Peter the ad
vice was given, Submit yourselves
to every ordinance of man for the
Lords sake" But Christ had
preached democracy, responsibility,
had foreseen a millennium, the full
fillment Of His Kingdom, when all
men, inspired by the Spirit, would
make and keep in spirit the ordi-
nances of God.
Before they could do Gods work
and mans work they must first be
awakened. filled with desire. De-
sire was power. And he prayed
that some of them, on this day,
WOulu receive the ueSlTe, tHdt pO~cT
which nothing could resist. The de-
sire which would lead each and
every one to the gates of the Inner
World which was limitless and eter-
nal, filled with dazzling light. -
Let them have faith. Not credul-
ity in a vague God they could not
imagine, but the faith in the Spirit
of the Universe, humanity, in Jesus
Christ who had been the complete
human revelation OF that Spirit,
who had suffered and died that man
might not live in ignorance of it.
To doubt humanity-such was the
Great Refusal. the sin against the
Holy Ghost, the reputation of the
only true God!
After a pause, he spoke simply of
his hope fer st. Johns. II he re-
manned here his ambition was that
it would be the free temple of hui
mainly, Of Jesus Christ, supported
not by a few, but by all-each in
accordance with his means.
or those who could afford moth
ing, nothing would be required.
Perhaps this did not sound practi-
cal nor would it be so If the trans
forming inspiration failed. He
could only trust and try, hold up to
community of willing workers for
the Kingdom.
After the service was over the
people fingered in the church. stand
ing in the pews and aisles as
though loath to,leave. The woman
with the perfume and the elaborate
hat was heard to utter a succinct
remark.
Say, Charlie, I guess he's all
right. I never had it put like that"
The thick-necked mans reply
was inaudible.
ELEANOR A LITTLE PALE.
Eleanor Goodrich was silent and
a little pale as she pressed close
to Alison. Her imagination had
been stretched, as it were, and she
was still held in awe by the vast
ness of what she had heard and
seen. Vaster even than ever-so 1t
appeared matchmaking greater
sacrifices than she had dreamed of.
She looked back upon the old as at
receding shores.
(COutimued m MOndavN