Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-19
RADIO SERMON
BR0ADCASTED
BY K D Y s
The Rev. Erick GrOnlund Gives
Message to Invisible
Audience.

radio fans of The Tribune broadcast
ing station, X ID y 5. enjoyed the
Sunday afternoon religious program.
The sermon was given by the Rev.
Erick Gronland. pastor of the Swed-
ish Baptist church, who spoke on the
need of the church as & world institu-
ton.
Mrs. W. c. Cobb sang BE Still and
Know and ':'Open the Gates of the
Temple Mrs. Adelaide Donovan. who
was to have ung was unable TO APP
pear and a duet by Mr.. and Mrs. W.
&. Cobb, "Oh. 1t Is Wonderful was
substituted. George McClay played a
piano solo, "Reflets dams I'eau." Miss
Maud Burghardt accompanied the vo-
cal numbers.
In the evening. there was a bed
lime story by The Man in the Clouds"
The Rev. Mr.. Gronlund's sermon
vas in part as follows:
The church is an institution indis-
pensible TO the onward progress of
the world. Without the church we
drop to heathenism, chaos and des-
pair. The church has much to do with
the enlightening of the world. The
ministry is. in a large measure. the
salt and SAVIOR of the earth. No nation
could long live or endure without the
religious principles that are the back
bone Of the church. We think of the
great multitude of believers drifting on
aimless, purposeless, go as you please,
without a head by which to be di-
rected and led. How unwise to dis
card the strong arm of united co-opera-
ton, the arm that upholds the dignity
Of the law and rops useless to the
tide.
In Church to Observe
We take for granted that the
church membership as a rule consists
of the saved people who are square,
honorable, just. fine and good. a
people who are struggling toward the
rity that hath foundations and who on
their s%ojourn here are contributing to
the sum Of human joy. The object of
seeking membership with this body is
that we may be identified with a com
pany of people whose hopes. aims and
purposes for time and eternity are
the same. King David said: One
thing have | discired of the Lord, that
will I seek after. that | might dwell
in the house of the Lord all the days
of my life, t. behold the beauty of
the Lord, to inquire in his temple q
1--WE are in the church then, to OBJ
serve. study. and be taught of the
greatest character that ever graced the
earth. We are there to have part in
the religious rights and ceremonies,
Odinances and services, which are the
privilege of the church. God has al
ways appointed places for His people
to meet and worship. 1t is in the
church where the hungry souls may be
fed and the thirsty may find a re-
freshing draught. We are in the
church for Christian culture. for
spiritual instruction, for mutual sym
patty and brotherly cooperation. We
are in the atmosphere of the holy peo-
pie bonded together by the love of
Christ.
1.-The church is the life boat: the
world is a doomed ship. The church
members are the rescuing crew. The
business of the church is to transform
and enlist the world and bring men
to the Son of God that taketh away
sin of the world. The blessing of the
church is found in the peace that
passeth all understanding. There is
blessing and benefit in prayer. and in
spiration insong and in association of
holy men and women. One Of the
great and distinctive functions of the
church is to form the right habits of
worship and come in touch with the
living God.
1.-THE church is the fixed meeting
place of God and men. 1t is the holy
place made for the conversion Of the
soul. 1t was in the church where they
led men when a little boy that |
listened to the story of mems saliva
ton. 1t was there that / was taught
of the hope and belief in Almighty
God.
1.-THE young man needs the church
not only for his communion with
God, but also to promote symmetrical
growth in Christian faith and charac-
ter. 1t is in the church we best find
our conscience and quicken it. Have
you found a man who has been slack
in his duties and relationships to the
Christian church. had victory over his
temptations? Is it not true that in
all generations the hottest men, the
noblest characters have been de-
veloped within the church? We need
to impress upon the young men of our
day that in no other place can their
spiritual life be fed as within the
church.
Christianity Is Social
1.-THE man Of our day needs the
church, not only for worship, not only
; for character. but also for fellowship.
A Christian cannot be a Christian
alone. Christianity is social, and man
is first, last and always a brother. It