Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-19

e. the progress OF the world. 1here
lis n false theory of evolution appileo
to indicate that progress OF
its own accord. This might probably
have occurred in the realms OF proto-
| plasm. but it does not occur IN our
present world. Every broken city mus
be rebuilt. 1t does not rebuild itseiI.
We are told that in the seventeenth
century the central part or London
| was burned down. There was great
destruction and suffering. but from the
ashes the leaders determined TO pu'id
a bigger. brighter and better london
Sir Christopher Wren drew up a
plan. ST. Pauls cathedral was 10 De
it's center. The outlines were 10 De
larger and its provisions ampier Tor
the growth of the city. and Tor Ihe
health and wellbeing of the people. Inc
officials approved it, the citizens were
enthusiastic about il, but at last: Wheh
it came 10 practical details, each man
insisted that his house must be built
axactiv where it was before, so the
s~elfishness of the individuals DESTROYED
the nlan for the marvellous new city.
1t was built again on the old founda-
ton.
Standing Amidst Ruins
II OQAy We are etdluiAk III AZ
of a ruins of a war destroyed world.
Governments have fallen. races have
been scattered. instruments and organ
cations of have been scatter
ed to the four winds. Industry Is
finance is reluctant. mer-
chants are bankrupt. and a few people
and a few to.lers are burdened with
the debts of a tragic war. =,
The Christian thinkers OF the world
have outlined after the plans or SIT
CHRISTOPHER Wren a new and greater
world. The plan was for a brotherhood
of man. a league Of nations. a co-opera-
five scheme of all the people. tor the
common good: but in sad misfortune
We are realizing that nations n IN
diyidunls are insisting OF rebuilding on
the old lines and in the same places
where the old structures have stood
.Jesus Christ is the Great Architect OF
this new world. Throughout the his.
tory OF the human race we have had
thinkers. poets and philosophers who
have sought to furnish us n better plan
the progress of the race. but no
plan equals that of the Great Arehi-
feet. The Christ. He has planned not
only for a reunited world, but Tor a
league of heaven and earth.
He mas plHUUeH LOT NtO anu hi"h'
to work together in the most marvel
Gus reconstruction program that the
earth has heard. His plan takes into &C
count the care, the development and
the use of every individual from the
least To the greatest. He plans to
and rebuild each individual
and to give them a new vision. new
inspiration and a new power to ac-
complish the work, and in this re
he was to breathe anew into
the sluggish lungs the breath of a
heavenly life. This outline of the
Nj chty Architect has been the dream
Of The ages.
Long for New Paradise
"A few have looked back to a lost
and never to be resained paradise:
the most have looked and ionged
a new paradise in which the human
life could realize the f~ullness of its
|fc. The old Hebrews were carried
into captivity. but they longed
to come back. and the courageous
Nehemiah and the wise and sympathe-
tic Ezra came back to the old ruined
of Jerusalem. viewed it in the
darkness of the night. and laid plans
10 rebuild and restore its beauty. They
sought not only to rebuild the city
with it's protecting walls and gates, but
hey sought to lift up out of the dust
he glorious temple and TO r~ejuvenate
he people that they should be fit
Tor a redeemed city.
THE pathetic and heroic struggle
If those ancient patriots has given
an example and a heroic testimony for
he world today. They not only again
and again rebuilt the old city of Jeru-
salem with the shattered walls and
broken stones, but they dreamed of
new heaven and a new earth where
n would dwell righteousness. The /,
book OF Revelations, with its marvellous
imagery, made up of the brightest
that poetic and prophetic imagi-
ration could gather. outlined a new
and a new earth which shall