South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-17
SUCCESS BASED ON
CONFIDENCE, SAYS
Rev. McQuary Says Winner is
One Who Believes
and Knows"


Turning TO Win" was The text
OF The sermon preached sunday eve
ming at the FRS, Christian church
by the Rev. Il. L. Moo uary, pastor
The sermon IN part follows.
The Apostle Paul. though physic-
ally weak and understood himself,
was great admirer OF the Greek
athlete. His writings abound ia
figures OF speech drawn from the
stadium. the arena. and the amphl-
Lheater. In one passage Of the Cor
iuthian letter he refers 20 their OWE
games i'm which pure blOOued youth
ConJended for the honor Of their
cities He uses the picture of the
laceCoursc TO Illustrate truths of me
Christian life.
Many Stronger ut Birth.
Not al who run win. SO in the
Christian life not all finish who be-
san. Early promise does not guar
autee final success. Fine blossoms
in the spring do not always mean
bOuntiful fruit in the autumn.
clear morning may darSen into
cloudy midday. a bright child may
turn out TO be a dull man. The
honor man in college may make a
failure in business. SO, many
Christians are strongest at the time
OF their birth into the kingdom
strongest then in faith, in JOY, in
love, In hone in zeal. But not al
who run win
How s.l-u we run so as 20 win
Surely every man ought 70 wish &c
make his one race successful. To
win. the Christian must train him
self constantly by self-denial and
temperance. Every man that striv-
eth for the mastery is temperate.
The athlete is proud OF his self
denials. proud OF having 10 cut down
his menu and his time schedule.
The honor Of his school depends
upon his doing mis- best when tho
contest comes. I am old fashioned
enough TO believe that a religion
which costs no self-denial doesn't
count for much. Things have come
10 a pretty pass when followers Of
Christ think only of how they car
be comfortably religious. 1t is a
far cry from such a conception TO
Him who said we must take up our
crosses if we would follow Him.
The Christian whose religion costs
him no self-denial, who changes no
tastes nor plans on account Of his
being a Christian may well be view
ed with suspicion.
Belief Spells Success.
ITO win, the Christian must run
steadily. that is. by conviction. and
not by mere impulse. The man who
enlists just because the dram corp.
is palying viii find 1t hard TO keep
up his spirits under camp routine.
The man who can run only when
the crowd yells, or viii do his bes
only when he feels like to makes q
poor race. When the hour OF sift-
ing His followers came, Peter and
the other disciples stuck because as
Peter expressed it we believe and
know that thou art the Holy one Of
God When people believe and
know they run their race aotuated
by conviction and not impu Sc.
"To win, the Christian must lay
aside all handiCaps-e weight
and the sin which doth so easily
beset us
Need Encouragement.
Ito win the Christian must be
encouraged, who, that ever worked
on a team, does not know how
much harder he can fight or run
when the crowd from the side lines
cheers him on2 I rather suspect
that all Of us ought to give more
acknowledgements. We need all the
help we can get; we must give all
we can The trouble is that we
don't get encoura cement when we
need il most; we don't give il when
our fcllowman needs e most That
is what the church is fOr-to en-
courage each other. The church is
a voluntary associate of men and
women, bon ding themselves together
to accomplish and TO encourage
each other in carrying out a common
religious purpose, the bringing in Of
Gods kingdom into life individual
and social"
In love. angels often rush in and
win, where devils think themselves