South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-17
foes OF LIFE" IS
TOPIC OF SERMON
AT STULL CHURCH
Rev. Young Declares Inter
nal Foes the Greatest
Foes of Life.

The great foes o. ne are Inter-
nal foes Rev. claude Young, pastor
OF stuu Memorial Episcopal church.
stated IN delivering his sunday morn
ing sermon on. The Foes Of Life
Rev Young pointed out the dan
Eerousuess OF internal foes which
eat like a cancer at the life Of any
people"
His sernon in part.
when Jasu Was setting up his
kingdom. which ls the rule OF Cod in
the heart 81 men, his fellow citizens
became fearful that ne would de-
stroy the law. To this Jesus re-
torted. Think not that i came TO
destroy the law and the prophets:
I came not 90 destroy but % fulfill -
The fufillment OF the law IN Jes-
rs is found in the new emphasis
which Jesus placed. The moral law
vas an external force. but the Cos
pei gave 81 the internal principle
az life, Jesus related the law OF life
20 mans dealings with man and his
relationship with Cod declaring
that inner purity far exceeded cere-
81 monial and external compliance.
The fu,fllment Of the prophets
in Jesus may be found in the com
pledon Of certain utterances from
prophetic literature. -but the force
OK this fulfuImeut is found I'm the
tremendous fact that Jesus caught
up the truths contained In the pro-
phets and related them 20 the life
b Of his day. He demanded that men
live out justice as set forth by Amos.
mercy as seen iE Hosea, and catch
the world-vislon which comes from
the prophecy Of Jonah
Not only was Jesus a fulfHlment
Of tho law and the prophets, but his
teaching exceeded the teaching Of
the Old Testament ia the emphasis
d which he placed on the value of the
inner life. Fear not them which
kill the body. but are not able 70
Kill the soul. but rather fear him
who Is able 90 destroy both soul and
booy In hell
The great foes OF life are inter-
nal foes. As a nation we do not
p need 20 fear any invading army or
foreign entsngiements half so much
as we need 10 dread internal foes
which eat ike a cancer at the life
OF any people. Those who advocate
= an un-Americau spirit--tEe break
ers OF the 18th amendment; they
who defy the governments they
who spill the blood and destroy the
property OF the innocent until we
have 20 stand with shame-bowed
head before our scarlet sins. they
who are disIoyaI. these are the foes
OF a nation who need 20 be feared
History ought 20 cry out 20 us.
Horatius stood at the bridge with
two companions 20 protect Rome
against an invading army while his
children sat drunk IN debauchery
seven hundred years later and let
the nation die from inner decay and
rot.
"The foes OF the body 10 be fear
ed are disease and accident but more
than this, the inner foes Of uncon-
trolled passion. ill-temper and glut-
touous appetite.
The foes Of the soul are inner
foes and not the external ones.
Prejudice, unholy thoughts, greed.
foul speech. sin and an manner OF
careless life These are deadly.
These are those things for which
God, in order 20 be true 20 Himself.
is compelled 20 onsumate the de-
struction OF h5tI body and soul.
while We despair because OF tbs
foes of life. we rejoice because Of
the friends OF life Lafayette and
Pulaski brought JOY 10 the infant
United states; the physician and
nurse bring JOY 20 the sufferer OF
d. body; Jesus. the friend Of mankind.
brings JOY 20 the sln-sick soul.