The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-11
Religion Is Basis of Morality;
Take 1t Away and Whole Vision
Of Nation and World Perishes
Christian Religion Motive Of Every Effort Betterng HUI
mainly and Making World Better Place in Which to
Live. Declares Rev. Sunday to Afternoon Audience
His Purpose to Help Others See Christ

5 Bee christ.
ed by the people, and so therefore, we
have got vision of that fact.
So every nation must have. Ev-
cry great achievement that has moved
this old world Godward or brought
beneficience or blessing to the world
has been brought about by the fact
that somebody had vision, no matter
what No matter whether it is COM
mendable or not.
Alexander the Great had a vision
that he'd like to conquer the world.
Why, he won his first battle when he
was 49, He was king of Macedonia
when he was 90 He sat upon the
shores of the Aegean Sea and wept
that there were not other worlds to
conquer, and his sword had drunk the
blood of the conquered world, and he
crept into his coffin when he was only
80 years old That was his vision. He
bent every effort, my friends, TO the
achieving of that.
Caesar Also
Had Vision.
Caesar had a vision He reached the
banks of the Rubicon which nobody
had ever dared cross without the con-
sent of the Roman Senate, and if they
did it meant war. He stood and hest
tated He counted the cost and he
cried out, "The die is cast" He leap
ed in. His soldiers followed him, and
that act changed the history and the
geography of the world. He had a
vision, whether the vision be COM
mendable or not. A large number of
people working for it's accomplish
ment will meet with results.
Columbus had a vision He said,
THE world is round" He said, 81
can sail west and go east" They
laughed him to scorn, they ridiculed
him. they expelled him from their in
stitutions of learning, and yet he sail
ed west and discovered this great con-
tinent. Today we count it an honor to
name our streets, our institutions, or
our cities after him. He had vision.
Everything you see is the result of
someone's sentiments.
Raphael had a vision, and he placed
his immortal cartoons upon the walls
of the labyrinth, and he painted the
Madonna which has never been sur
passed by any man who has ever mix
ed paints.
Angelo had a vision and as a result
he carved the statue of David, which
is one of the seven wonders of the
world
Everything Is
Expression of Thought
Everything you see is the express
sion of thought, whether it is the
clothes on your back, the seat upon
which you sit, the tabernacle in which
you worship, the automobile in which
you rode here or the home in which
you live. Everything you see is the
expression of thought, whether it
is the watch by which you tell time,
the ship upon which you sail, the rail
way train. Everything you see is the
expression of thought, that is, the
/ tangible, visible results of a mans
meditation in the world. And so the
electricity blazing over my head, the
telephone, all that is the expression OF
| the thought of somebody, but Where
I there is no vision, the people perish
Edison had a vision that it would
be better to light our homes with cleo,
| tricity than with a tallow dip, so we
| have the electric light.
| Alexander Bell had a vision that il
| would be better to talk over the wire
| than to yell to fellow
Morse had vision that it is better
i to sit down to an instrument and say
! tick, tick, tick, and every tick hui
man thought. So we have got a tele
! graph. All these things. Where there
F., is no vision, the people perish"
| Robert Fulton had vision that il
was better to sail by steam than to
spread the sails and let the wind blow
! against them. So as his boat went uI
! the Hudson, it revolutionized naviga
! ton
/ Whitney Worked
Z Out Invention.
! Eli Whitney sat down and thought
and thought until he invented the cot
! ton gin which separates the seed from
| the cotton and revolutionized the cot
! ton trade of the world If it hadn't
/ been for that-look at the benefit
and value of it that we enjoy today
I All through. everything in this whole
universe was brought about because
| of vision.
Howe saw a woman threading 6
needle. He saw a better way thar
that and invented the sewing ma
/ chine. All these things that we
have that are benefit to humanity
I are because of a vision. God Al
mighty knew. my friends. that the
/ world would be better with religion
so he entered the covenant of Abra
ham If we could have gotten alons
! without it, He wouldn't have given i
to US.
4 Please don't 90 through the woric
acting as though God Almighty
didn't understand human nature
when He provided human nature fol-
them. He understood it as we'll a.
we. He provided sound for YOU
ears, and food for your bodies, anc
rest for your frame, when He made
the day and the night.
God knows his business. Don't ST
there like an ass as though God Al
mighty is irving to cram something
down your throat that you can ge
along without And when God wants
you to be Christians and serve hin
it is because, my friends, you are
better with it than you are withou
it, or God never would ask you to d.
it, and you are fool If you dom
/ do it. You are better off if you viii
obey the Lord.
Communities Need
Vision.
J Every community has got to have
vision, or it will go down. We havt
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