Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-26

Him. To Him are ascribed the words
of the Prophet Isaias: He did no sin,
neither was guile found in His mouth
He alone ever dared to use the words:
4 am the word, the truth and the life,
and no one cometh to the Father but
by me-
''Since then Christ is the model after
which we are to mold our character,
fashion our lives and fulfill our duties,
if we wish TO attain eternal salvation,
we must familiarize ourselves with His
sublime teachings and initiate the ad-
mirable works WHICH He performed.
i have given you the example, says
He. that as | have done, do ye Also
OF Him it is written: He went about
doing good. He did all things WELL If
there be anyone teaching more than an
| other upon which He dwelt with espe-
cial emphasis. after the love of God. it
was the love of our %neighbor. In the
thirteenth and fifteenth chapter of the
Gospel of st. John, this divine master
| teacher gives us His saving precept:
This is my commandment that you
love one another as ] have loved you
This love of our Lord was manifest
ed not for any particular class or body
of mankind, but for all without excep-
ton. He sat down with sinners and
ate with them. He strove to win His
enemies to His love and friendship by
working in their favor some of His
most stupendous miracles of mercy.
He tried TO touch the heart of the
traitor. Judas, by calling him friend.
AS He hung on the cross between
heaven and earth. He prayed for those
who derided Him. scoffed at Him, spat
upon Him. Knocked Him and crucified
Him. Father. forgive them, for they
know not what they do What lessons
of love and mercy and of forgiveness!
do we find the fulfillment Of this
God-given commandment exemplified
in the world today? Does the spirit
of Christian charity, brotherly love.
permeate the minds and the hearts of
men even here in our WI fair land?
Are we imitators of the perfect model
of noble manhood. Christ III lord, in
all our relations with our common
brothers in the fatherhood of Good?
Answers Can Be Read
dearly beloved, as we look at the
conditions that prevail today, we will
read all too plainly the answer In
sidious and untrue propaganda is be-
ing disseminated, secret societies are
being organized in the dark of the
night. discords are being spread among
the classes. enmity among the people
of different nationalities is being en-
gendereG. hatred is being fostered
among the various religious denomi-
nations. s~trifes are being inOculated in
political circles. the laws Of God and
of country are being impugned and de-
fled. and all these to such an alarm
ing extent. that the thinking man must
necessarily ask. is there no vestige of
Christianity left among the people of
the world. have the words of the
Savior been spoken in vain, and are
not the words of the Prophet Jeremias
being verified, That it is an evil and
a bitter thing to have left the Lord.
our God?
''The.question may be asked: What
are the causes of all these disorders
and what are the remedies for Them?
There can be but one answer. The
supreme majesty of God has been
denied His rightful place in the world.
and man has usurped the ~prerogatives
of the ~omnipotent. The gospel teach
ings are no longer the norm by which
so. many in our land are being gov
erned. Hence it is. that without God.
there can be no truth. and without
truth there can be no right or wrong.
no JUSTICE or appeal, NJ peace or har-
mony. There can exist no bond of
union. no brotherhood or affiliation
among the children of men. Each one
will follow the bent of his own theo-
ries, independently Of law or authority. |
Thus it is that mankind has been
blown about like chaff and driven |
from post to pillar by the winds and
storms Of human reliance, the all eff
cient cause of the chaotic condition
that prevails in the world today. If.
therefore, as a people and a nation, !
we desire to return TO our primal po-
sition. We must come back 70 first
principles. We must place Almighty |
God back in His right place. as the
cause of all causes. and the author of
justice and right. and We must con
sent to be led on by the benign in
fluences of His divine teachings.
Then and then only will peace and
harmony he restored tn tho uorId :"