Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-01-23

! was that half way measures VIII not
do: that faith must be entire and that
men of convictions rule the world. He
said:
| The short but majestic exordlum
| of our text comes from none other
than Jude, the brother of James, and
one Of the younger half brothers Of
Jesus He and the other brothers did
not believe in the divinity and mission
of Jesus during his life tJohn 800
but now there is not the shadow of a
doubt anywhere on the horizon of this
thought.
''Christian preachers were as sure
of their faith in those days as every
! effective preacher will be in these days.
| The light shone from heaven and illum-
mated Paul's mind and soul so per-
fectly that all clouds of doubt were
forever removed. What contrast to
those imitation preachers who guess
and surmise. and think ard suppose.
They have no creed They have to
read the latest book to know where
they stand. They are. afraid to be
positive They take no stand on com
munity morals. They apologize for the
sneak and protect the coward, They
boast of their 'communions being made
up VI lHt lShiiliS Htppit"
"There is no thought of the Christ
like virtues of the helpful and humble,
neither do they indicate the direction
the leading citizens are tending. Their
liberality. cowardice and Eooseness of
logic and doctrine breaks all battle
lines Of righteousness and stand halt
ing between the world. the flesh and
the devil
Men of Convictions Rule
1.-THE epoch making prophets and
the pace makers Of the race were and
are men of definite creeds and pro-
found convictions. The Israelites tried
at one time to combine the service of
Baal with the worship Of God Elijah,
the grand old man who knew God,
called them to account.
"'How long halt you between two
opinions?' The figure is from a fell
low with lame feet stepping first on
one tender foot then on the other. He
is not stable moment He hobbies
and halts and SHAMELESS from one foot
to the other. When he walks he seeks
all the soft spots and fears the fall
that is sure to come. How unspeak
able unhappy is life of uncertainty
and vacllation. There is no dignity,
progress, power or peace. Now he
looks longingly for God. Next he
bows the knee to feeble reason. then
falls for sensual passion. Then, con
science goads him to his feet, he shut
files toward God, takes the next fancy
or fad, follows vain imaginings and
then another attack Of appetite. and
the poison of passion and once more
he is in the dust. What a pitiabIe
creaturei How unmanly and how I'M
godlike!
1T is sickening strange how people
who have been brought up upon the
faith of our fathers will follow fool
ish faiths and fads. They are like
silly range calves that follow dry herds
instead OF their own mothers. They do
not discover the difference until feed
ing time. Then. there is loud lamenta-
tons and the patient herders must call
them back to the producing mother
The great creed OF Christ and Chris
tendon is the producer of modern civ
ilization in all of it's finer forms. Christ
was at once, the word, creed, a sys-
TEN Of faith. revelation and belief in
God and Il living demonstration of that |
faith. He is the living word and the /
word lives in him and in the hearts |
Of his faithful followers This was |
the fact and the faith that Jude ex- |
horted us to contend for
Unbelievers Then
There were those who doubted then |
as there are today. There were plenty |
Of worldly wise men who denied the |
vital elements Of the Christian re- !