Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-03

is necessary TO wake INC Nd'loH
Chri5tian-Mcn are Made Better and
Nation is Made Better by Attend
ance on Church and Sunday School.
(By the Teachcr).
Ny I7ricnds:-
| We study about patriotism and the
task Of making 4 nation Christian in
our Sabbath school lesson for the COM
ling Sunday. Patriotism is wonder
| full and powerful thing. Making ma
ton Christian is noble task. Incl
dentally it is the greatest task that
people, over had. Did you know that
there isn't Il single Christian nation in
the world? I heard the Oldest minis
| ter in the United States make thai
statement with a sigh Of regret in
sermon that he delivered in York
county church few days ago. 1t is
true. OF all the many nations Of the
world there is not one that is CHRIS
tian. Oh, there arc lots Of Christians
included in every nation. To be sure.
But the majority Of the people VINO
compose every nation are not Chris
Etians. The majority Of them are dis
ciplcs Of his Satanic Majesty, the King
of He'll. It is the job Of you and me who
nrofess Christianity and believe In the
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to drum
ND recruits for his standard. It is the
sacred duty and the greatest duty OF
YOU, and me who know of him and who
believe in him to lend our influence no
matter how little it might be, toward
bringing the story of him and his love
to the attention Of those who pay no
attenti5n now
It is the duty of each and every one
! of us to use our influence in shaping
the government of this country. 50 1ar
MS possible as he would have it and as
his doctrine dccrecs His is doctrine
of love. Love is the gref:est factor In
the world. Love builds states and ma
tions and empires that endure. FORCE
docs not. 1t never has and never VIII.
Napoleon Bonapartc, perhaps 'iie
greatest military genius that ever
lived. first made that statement ana ne
was in position to know from expert
cncc.
The Scripture Lesson.
The Scripture lesson for Sunday IS
ronnd in Psalm. S3:12; Prov. l4:"4'
Rom. 13:1-1O. 1t follows:
| - Blessed is the nation whose God II the
Lard. and the people whor, he hath choseh
for his own inheritance.
~ Righteousness cxateth nallon: ou'
sin is n rcproach to any people
I. Le. every soul be subject unto the hiS,-
o. ,nwcrs For there is no power Dut OIL Hco
tho powers thnt are ordained oil God.
. whatsoever therefore rcsiateth the power
rosis,cth The ordinance of God: and they that
resist shall receive to themselves damnat'oh.
| q For rulers arc not "A terror 10 ,Sood
works hut ,n the evil. Wilt thou then ndt be
n:.;tid Uf the !,n.vcr' do That ~hIcA Is s'o"'
and .hou shalt h:.vc praise Of the s;t':'e'
I. For he il the minister OF Cad to 'hcc ior
v.od Eui If thou do that which is evil hs
"rr,;d. for no bcarc,h not the sword in vain :
for he is the minister Of God, rcVenHef TO-
cxccu,c wrath upon him that dacth evil.
: Wherefore yc mus; needs be subJcc. no:
only for wrath. but also for conscience sake.
G. For this cause pay yc tribute aiso IoT
they are Gods ministers, attending contihuai-
/ ly upon this very thing
7. Render therefore to NIL their dues: trln-
u,c 10 whom tribute is due: custom to whom
custom; fear To whom fear; honour TO whom
honour.
<. Owe no man anything, but tn love ono
another; for he that iovcth another hath full
filled the law.
0. For ,his Thou shal. not commit adul-
terry Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not
seal. Thou shalt not bear false witness. lhcu
shalt not covcl and ii there be any other
commandment il is briefly comprehendcd in
this saying namely. thou shalt love thy
neighbour us thcysclf
TO- Lave workc,h no i'll to his neighbour:
therefore love is the fulfilling 0: the law.
A Nations Greatness.
The real greatness Of il nation. my
friends, like the true greatness "f an
individual, does not lie in its wealth or
clucatiun but in it's character. There
in lies true greatness. That makes 1t
loved and hunnred and feared even as
Il dr"s the same for tho individual.
The late World VAL, it has been point
cu out, was Il Stflct "c!Sner bl ntil!oi-
"a cllaractcr. II tested the nations fl
deity 10 their obligations, the loyalty
uf their citizens. their bravery, their
sense OF responsibility. the fellow feel
ing for other nations. their sympathy
for tho wrnnSed. When they came to
borrow money as they did in immense
sums, their national character came to
be accurately expressed in figures. III
the amounts they could borrow and at
the rate Of interest they had to pay
have often wondered. MY friend, il
il wasn't because Of the fact that there
are thousands Of Christians in this
country and the other Allied countries
th;l; God permitted lis to conquer in