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GOD is GREATEST
NEED OF PRESENT
DAY, SAYS PASTOR
Rev. Archibald Mcclure Dis
cus:es This Subject in
Sermon SUNDAY.

That The great need of the pres-
emf day Is The need o. God WAS The
theme OF a sermon delivered sun
day by Rev Archibald Mcclure.
pastor OF the First Presbyterian
church His sermon. in part fol-
lows.
You have so lived and wrought
that YOU have kept the soul al"e in
England. Wrote one or his friends
20 the great English statesman.
Gladstone. II was his sense or the
need ~ God iu his life and work
thar gave Gladstone the character
which made him 50 great a leader
.n the political life of tile last cen
fury.
1T IS this need OF God which is
the great need OF oar own day
Like Tie Younger son 10 the para
bic OF Jesus our determination may
Well be 4 VIII arise and 20 to ms
Father Bankrupt OF a.. forms 81
wealth he turned 10 tho riches OF
his father; foolish ga his method OF
life ne turned tO the wisdom OF MS
father. worried and distressed over
his failure and over the future. he
turned tu the strength and calm OF
his father. who was at home
HIS older brother also had a
character in sharp contrast 10 thai
OF their father The older brother
had lived AT home a good hfe-a
stainless life-but il was a barren
life because il lacked love. How
sterile IL seemed in comparison w.tt
the overlooking love Of the father
10 the returned prodigal. And this
father is but picture OF the char
acter OF God-rich in al goodness
wise. calm and with a heart OF Nh
bounded love.
New God Himself
at Il this God whom we need
I More than a sermon all OF US in thi:
/ church this morning need God him
/ self The nations OF the world need
/ God. They have tried everything
/ eIse-wars. laws education - bu
| these human methods have sutticeC
I only 10 leave the world bankrup
and dismayed. Parents need Coo
that they may joyously and trul.
! interpret God to their children
boys and girls need God far more
\ than they need an education. o.
ability TO earn a living The worlC
! needs God for emily in his presence
does human life get its due con
/ sideration. and only in his presence
/ does justice receive its due Nor
than new laws and regulations. tn
coal business and the railroad bust
ness need God.
How. then. shall We find God
As the younger son found him. IL
went TO him-we viii find him b,
seeking him. He that seeketh
fndeth. said Christ In our hu
man life most results come from
search for such results BOdii
strength comes % those who seel
J 10 IN exercise and games vii
arise and 60 TO my Father
yet further. We must find Coz
by seeking i'm the right place 60
him. We must search for him whar
he is-we must look i'm the RICH
direction for him. This meats tina
We must do the things that Co
does Inasmuch as We did it unit
on OF thes my brethren. even thes
least. ye did It unto me-. said Christ
referring TO the visiting or those n
prison, the clothing of those VIII
were naked the feeding OF thos
who were hungry He Judged tn
cause Of the poor and needy; the
it was we'll Was not this 10 know
me? saith Jehovah. writes Jere
miah. We will find God as "
are engaged IN doing these YER
things which God does In serv
ing mankind we shah md God.
One Other Way
zone other way of finding Co
is most simple and Yet most pro
found IL Is simply the acceptin
Of God-accepting him as presen
and real. and then using him. "
often do not find God because "
TRY TOO hard 20 find him We fgh
him of I'm our prayers we con