South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-06
DIR. BECK DELIVERS
IMPRESSIVE TALK
AT GRACE CHURCH
christian Feelings Essential
to Christian Folks" Ser
mon Theme.


Christian feelings are essential
10 Christian folks" was the gist OF
I Rev. p II. Beck's sermon at Grace
I VI f church. sunday morning His
/ text was Rom. i4.17 For the ding
I dom Of God IS not meat and drink;
/ but righteousness and peace and JOY
I i'm the Holy Ghost Supplementary
/ this were the words OF Jesus, The
/ Kingdom Of heaven cometh not with
/ observation; 1t IS within you
The kingdom Of heaven within
l YOU is right feelings more than il is
\ anything else. However much some
/ folks may discount feelings they are
I the controlling forces OF life Deep
or yet than a mans thinking is his
/ feeling More than we are accus-
\ toned 10 think religion operates in
/ the realm Of feeling That does no,
! discount it's value for so doing II
I function az the source Of life. There
/ is some emotiOnalism in some types
: Of religion that have little or no
ethical value. But when Christian
I ity can correct wrong feelings, trans
form bad feelings inspire good feel
I ings and nurture them TO perfection
it is doing a great and necessary
work.
righteousness, peace and JOY are
/ feelings. Right conduct comes out
OF right feelings. Bad conduct out
I Of bad feelings. In turn right con-
duct produces good feelings and
wrong conduct bad feelings. Peace
and JOY are wholly feelings. The
kingdom Of God creates and main
tains these in a Christians soul. out
! of these treasures of Christian feel
ings in a Christians soul come
Christians smiles words and deeds
Where there are treasures of evil
feelings in an evil mans soul you
will get the other kind of words and
deeds Essential to a real Christian
are Christian feelings
Good Feelings.
when John says God is love he
is telling us the feeling OF the Inf1n-
| lite Personality toward men. Love
1 is feeling Take Paurs analysis of
love in Cor. Is and every element
of love is feeling Jesus was the
embodiment Of right feelings toward
both God and man. Therefore His
perfect righteousness. His joy and
peace were such feelings as come TO
one who is in perfect accord and
fellowship with the Father. He was
happy In trouble. He drew His JOY
from a higher source than eating
and drinking. He had peace in the
midst of terrific storms. The thing
the text talks about was within Him.
The issues Of life were all good be-
cause of good feelings"
Feelings are controlling in any
man. The value OF man any
where is largely determined by the
kind of feelings he harbors and cul-
= tivates in his soul a good husband
loves first and last and always what
ever eles there may be TO him. All
other things are no substitute for
that. The thing that makes homes
and holds them together is right
feeling Wrong feeling breaks
them up. 1t is good feelings and not
big houses. paved streets and such
things that make n good neighbOr-
hood Bad f. olings can spoil any
neighborhood. one of the greatest
assets to any city is a right kind Of
feeling among its citizens. When
city gets a bad feeling in Il nothing
can boost the city save eliminating
that bad feeling
Factors in Industry.
"Not the system I'm industry. or
profits or labor. or hours or work
. ing conditions is at fault so much
as the character Of the feelings OF
different factors in industry. There
is too much hate and too little love
AS one man recently said. 7 wish
could say cutting things like some
other men can say. This man had
such bad feelings toward his fellows
that ne could not find sharp enough
words to express his feelings. II
would be a wonderful help TO him
and the department he works i'm to
] have such good feelings for his fell
lows that he could not find good
enough words TO express them.
More important than watching
d our words and our deeds is watching
b the character of feelings that we en-
terrain and nurture. Bad feelings
2 fed long enough will produce hate
r and after a time lead to murder.
! Good feelings fed and nurtured and
exercised will constantly make for
Christ likeness, y great part of the
= work Of Jesus i'm setting up His king
3 dom within the heart is to cleanse
S and Purify. correct and regencrate
4 the feelings Of the sinful man and
J put into him the feelings that are
akin TO those of Christ Himself
Private and family devotions. public
e worship Of God. religious instruction
> of every Kind minister TO the feel
S ings of men and women and help
= tot save them always from the bad
e and 10 all that is good
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