South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-25

they want nothing TO do with a faith
that encourages and induces sects
and divisions. We are told 10 90
home and agree among ourselves.
This my friends is a sin Of the
church today. 4 believe in unity, and
God hasten the day when we shall
forget our religious differences and
come together .u one mighty army
Tor God. Therefore / submit 20 you
my friends, tnar the kind OF a
church We need today, is "a church
that cares little about building up
Us own little denOminatiOnahsm but
throws itself into the task of build
ms up The Kingdom Of Christ. a
church that Is not willing TO waste
It's time in the foolish quibbLns OF
us own particular doctrine but one
tnat loses itself in the service Of
Christ.
Willing TO Serve.
Again. i would have you feel that
the kind OF a church that we need
today is a church that is willing 10
serve. Service is after all the great
keynote OK the Gospel of Christ
Jesus, when lie walked here upon
this earth among men did not pre-
sent a passive gospel Indeed there
was nothing Of the passive religion
la all the teaching of the Man Of
Galilee. While in that matchless
sermon on the Mount. He reminds
us that we We're TO overcome evil
with good. So, lie was ever empha-
sizius the very principle of service.
d. . n
consisted not in the ability TO rule
over another but in the power TO
serve men. Perhaps there is no mes
sage that the church needs so much
today as this one Of service. There
are SO many of US seemingly that
have the idea that merely 10 be iden-
tihed with the church is enough.
Others have decided for themselves
that so long as they attend the serv-
ices of the church, they are discharg
ing all their obligations toward God.
To such there is little comfort in
the Gospel for unless a man has put
his soul, his money, his life into the
Kingdom, he has missed the real
meaning of the teachings Of Christ.
No religious dogma will save a man.
30 creed. no matter how beautiful
il may be Will suffice. There must
above everything else be the dedica-
tion Of the soul to the cause Of
Christ's Kingdom.
once more, the kind of a church
we need is one that is not afraid 10
declare itself on matters Of vital
importance. Frequently. we preach
ers are informed that we must
preach the Gospel There are many
who think that it is the unbounded
duty of the church to stay eternally
by the good old doctrine that we
used TO preach so vehemently i'm the
past. / am not one 10 minimize the
importance of the good old doctrines
that are so plainly taught i'm the
word. but i do maintain that no
church can best serve the communi-
IS and is not vitality interested III
the burning question of the day and
age. Take for instance the matter
of Capital and Labor If the church
has no message for this problem
which is as old as the ages then nay
friends. where are we 10 look for
way out2 lit must be that the church
shall declare itself 10 the working
man. showing him that it has a
message that Will meet his need. II
must bring its message to the man
of money proving 10 him there is
that i'm the Gospel of Christ that
viii meet his need. And my friends
there is this solution. and it is to ne
foupds we have said before in what
Jesus declared