South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-14
NEED OF ALTAR Is
TOPIC OF SERMON
BY REV. B. D. BECK
Pastor Says No People Can
Prosper Without Altar to
Worship God.

NO people can prosper without
an altar al which they worship God
A breakdown Is Inevita bic when a
tar" Rev. 3. d. Beck in his sermon
at Grace NJ. z. church Sunday
morning further said. The altar
in some form has had It's place In
the life CT every people The reason
IL is there Is that II meets a need
When the altar Is not there the
need IS not met and the people SUI
fer loss from g.
"One OF the universal needs OF an
altar is the effectual dealing with
a peoples sins. AS all sin so all
suffer the consequences OF sin. God
has a way OF dealing with hunger
and thirst he has another way of
dealing with guilt and sin. While
the table provides food and drink
the altar provides forgivness and
cleansing from an evil and condemn
ing conscience. Isreal once a year
saw the high priest bearing the life
blood OF the sacrifcial lamb enter
the Holy OF Holes 10 atone for his
and their sins The Christian any
time may come TO the foot OF the
Cross where the Lamb OF God died
once and for all for the sins OF all
men. There God dealt effectively
with sin. There the sinners may
have their hearts sprinkled from an
evil conscience. Every man and
woman needs an altar likt that. Not
20 cancel ones sins, not 10 break
the power Of ones sins is TO go down
under those sins. Some folks have
no altar for their sins or II they
have they never use IT and conse-
quently are going deper and deeper
into sin, and 20 ruin.
Brought Gifts to- altar.
All the ancients laid their gifts
TO Gcd on or by their altar. What
they wanted God TO bless they
brought TO the altar. People who
love God need a place like that. The
altar met that need. To IL people
who loved God Alright have always
brought their best. II was their
first and best born. It was the first
lings Of the herd and flock; IL was
the most perfect from the fields,
orchards and vineyards. People, to
live their best, need a viace like
that now. They need to give their
best TO God. The best needs to be
given TO God for His blessing and
use The only great way to begin
life is for the youth TO lay his or
her precious life with all its talents
and powers, the best thing they will
ever have TO give 10 their God, on
the altar The best thing possible
for a man and his work is for him
TO consecrate his business which he
loves. his profession 10 which he is
giving himself. on the altar to his
God. II is a worthy Eift to God II
il is what IL should be. II deserves
and will get the blessings of God If
placed on the altar. Some men do
business without an altar. 1t lacks
the counsel wisdom, spirit and
righteousness OF God. Business to-
day needs an altar on which it can
again and again be consecrated to
God.
THE altar is mans great unity
ing agency. BY il the mountains Of
humanity are brought low and the
valleys lifted up. Riches magnify
differences among men. So do
social customs. But kings and
servants are one about the altar Of
their God The superficial trap
pings are all stripped off just as
they will be before the judgment
bar OF God. At the altar is the
only place where all men can meet
as men and all get credit for what
they actually are. There Is where
men lighting one another today
need to gather TO discover one an
other. The worth OF the souls OF
men would then get in the fore
front or mems vision and dollars
would stink TO the rear.
Too many men have erected
affairs TO false gods. They are bow
ing down to the god Of self. TO the
god OF greed and gain. Mammon
and Baccus and Molluck are getting
their decotion. The Christian altar
the Cross OF Christ, with its sacri-
fcing love and service for the good
of Others even TO the point OF death
is being forsaken. Big CAPITAL has
no place for II. Organized labor
has repudiated It. The world
perishes. This country OF ours
needs above all else 10 establish and
use constantly this Christian altar"