Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-13
christianity PALACE,
NOT 0NE-R00MED HUT
Means Life al Fullest, Saws
Maclachlan at Seventh
Street Christian.
Leaves Minds Free Ia I,oIIor rru,b
md Emotions tnra~traipcd for
hrj"IrInE I'm Wonderf Things OF
inverse,

"christianity Is not a one-room cd
hut but palace. an empire. TO
d" christian means growth, en-
reimbursement. life at it's fullest and
come To crainp and deform our man
hood. but 20 develop IL in all it's mys-
terious depths and hcaven-kissing
heights"
This was the description OF Chris
tianity given last night ~ Rev. II.
u. G. MacIachlan. y. d. pastor of
seventh stree, Christian church. in
. sermon which he preached on The
Ro"my Life"
He said. In part. taking his tex,
from Psalm. XXI. s:
Life is ei,h"r broad or narrow
as We cho"s" :" make 1t. and the
q ference between the two is-6;od.
r." live without God is TO live with
Ia tn" four walls az prison. 20 live
with God - TO be out in the open
spaces where tho ctHrni,ics are.
Enhancement Fine Gin.
Enlargement is ono of the first
and finest gifts OF tho Spirit when
piant is roVt-bound. the good gar
''i'' NlH'lS pidlllS II ln'o q larger
vessel :" docs God with tho root
bound soul. He tranSplants it into
His garden where IL can have room
10 grow. The writer of this Psalm
had had that experience God had
brought enlargement into his life.
He was finding life much bigger
and more beautiful thing than he
had ever dreamed ii could lie. and
in fnc burst OF gratitude he cries:
Thou hast SGT my feet in a large
place
This is the thought would have
you get-that Christianity is not a
one-room"d hut. but a palace. an
empire! To be Christian means
growth, acknowledgements. life at it's
fullest and richest and frccst Jesus
did not come 10 cramp and deform
our manhood. but to develop IL In
all It's mysterious depths and heaven
kissing heights.
There is not power in ne He
does not honor, not a legitimate
ycarning He does not fulhll. our
whithcrsocvcr il may lead: our emo
iiful and wonderful! things Of the
universe our Wills are free to work
out our own salvation. Where man
has been placing the sign. 40 thor
omGhfare Jesus has placed Tho
Kings Highway Hcnccforth there
is no thou shalt hut love: no thou
shalt not. but hate. All things ar.
Yours, for yc are Christs and Christ
is Gods
rincinE In Lnrrcr Place.
And So today IL would seem as
If God were placing our feet in a
iarEcr plac" than ever before. in or
der that like those who have gone
before We might rise 10 the chal-
l.ngc Of It's higness How little the
world Of 1914 seems to us today, In
IN" lcsseninc of time and space by
a"roplane. wireless and the bringing
together Of peoples ~ the great war.
our world has not lcsscned but in
creased.
our circle Of acquaintance has
been enlarged Czccho- SlOvak ia,
known To us only a few years age
arc subjects az common talk. For
icrhaps tho FIRST time in history We
can rightly speak of the world as
a comprehensive unit OF thought.
The field has always h"cn the
world but with how much bigger
and more concrete world are We
dealing :oday than He and His apos-
Ties had TO deal with?
therefore, tncrr comes Inc Cndl =
l"nGc 10 occupy. Lift up your eyes
and look upon the fields, for they
are white already unit" harvest The
large place is one not only OF privi-
lere. but Of responsibility. Some
forward movement OF the Christian
forces az the world IL must inauGu-
rate. or else the church must confess
itself too small for the ChristianiZa-
tion of this bigger world
Foster Things of Peace.
What will it he For my part. /
look with hope to the great interna-
tional movement for peace among
tho nations. only as war recedes into
the background. only as our feet are
shod with the preparation OF the
gospel of peace can we lay the foun
dations of that enduring kingdom OF
righteousness which Christ came to
establish
THE immediate task OF the church
is to foster the things that make for
peace This is the new missionary
movement. the new evangcl that I'M
less Christianity Is TO be stultified.
must surely be born out OF the weller
of the great war.
God give US grace to hear and
answer His CALI
EVANGELIST CAMPBELL