Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-19

brown, all the sons of God through
Christ and nothing proves this more
than the work of the missionaries in
their dealings with the races OF the
world and the way in which thousands
of heather are coming to Christ
through the ministering and sacrificing
of these workers in the foreign fields.
ness of time was come, etc 1t refers
to time when the world was at a
standstill, SO to speak, and the forces
for good and evil were deadlocked.
There was craving in the empty
human heart for q newness of life.
there was an aching void that the
world had failed to fill and a pail
hung over mankind that seemed to fill
the very atmosphere with hopeless
ness. Man had gone the limit Of his
own sinful resource and seeking to
turn back found the way too dark to
travel alone. Such was the providential
/, fulness Of time was come God sent
His Son into the world, that the
world through Him might be saved.
I'm each successive age and in each
individual there is in certain sense
return of the fulness and a reproduc-
ton of the coming of the Saviour
Even in this, our own age, we face a
condition that is paralleled only by the
condition that existed at the advent Of
Christ. We revel in darkness. We
mourn in shame. Our hearts are long
| ing for peace.
Seek Harmony With God.
what is this condition, but the
souls of men seeking harmony with
God? The trouble is with the indiyid-
ual and no one can point finger ut
another without accusing himself. Be-
! fore the world can get right, you and
must get right. Our hearts must
| be in harmony with God. God is our
| father. This fact must be brought
home to the individual in all walks of
life. 1t must be planted firmly and
deep into the heart and the affections,
convinced us by arranging that we
should see Him as one of ourselves
| tried by temptations: victorious over
temptations: suffering for US and snf-
| fering with us; staggering under the
/ weight of the sins of the world and
| lifted up on the cross to die for all.
paying the world free from its bond
| age Of darkness and sending forth glad
! tidngs of great JOY that echo at each
! Christmas time. that We are no more
servants but sons. and by being sons,
| heirs of God through Christ. Christ is
our brother. We must be like Christ
| if we would be brothers to Christ; if
we would claim His father as our
| father To do this we must be broth
ers to one to another.
! Christ had equal sympathy with the
! beggar and the rich man, the slave
| and the ruler He ate with publicans
and sinners and offered salvation to
! the woman of Samaria as well as to
| Nicodemus. He died for all-tasted
death for every man. He sent his
gospel to all nations and to every
| creature. and offered salvation to all
on precisely the same conditions. And
| in the church. we. being many. are one
body in Christ.
! Work for Better World.
| Then let us take cognizance of our
part in this drama and help TO make
| the world better. First: In Christ
We are all one and the same family and
whatever we do to our brother hurts
| the whole family. Secondly: Our re-
| ligion is the harmony of our soul with
! God and surely God is more glorious
and beautiful than we paint Him in our
i daily lives. Lastly and most import
ant. faith must precede our love and
is the only possible basis on which a
steadfast Christian character can be
built. For we cannot love Him so long
as we are in doubt of His heart or
misconceive His character as if it were
/ only power and wisdom or awful sever
! ity Men cannot love an unseen per-
son ut all without some very special
token of his personal affection for
| them. In that he has adopted us all
| as one, let us recognize that sonship
| by laying aside all malice and guile and
in the spirit of love let us look for
| ward to another day when we shall
hear the angelic hosts singing. Peace
| on earth, good will toward men.
Herein lies peace