Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-27
LIFE PROBLEMS
CLEARLYPOlNT
ROAD TO GOD
Rev. Lyndberg Declares God
Should Be Resting Place
of Mankind.

Under the heading Life Questions,
the Rev, Carl ~Ljundberg, missionary
Of the Swedish Baptist church. re
Gently delivered q sermon at the Great
Falls church of that denomination. He
asked the questions: Where art
thou?" and where is thy brother?'
In answering them he advanced the
opinion that God should be the rest
ing place of all mankind. The sermon
follows:
we are here placed in the pres
ence of two questions which we with
all right must consider as the most
important Of life's inquiry. They stand
higher than other questions which, al
though they are considered important.
play a very small part in life. These
sentences from God. coming down to
US from the ages, powerfully question
US about the relation Of our heart to
God and 10 the brethren.
God Speaks
lit is not a hero of the day, proud
Of the success OF the moment. who here
demands our submission or admiration.
1t is God. the creator of the universe
and its preserver, who here speaks to
the children Of men, placing in the
words a divine majesty. which ought TO
inspire us to consider and ponder be-
fore we utter the answer. the answer
which is decisive for all eternity. Here
we come in contact with Gods unutter-
able love. Did not God create man
in his own image? Did he not place
him to be a ruler over all created
things around him: And did he not
through his fatherly admonitions Mace
in his hand the heavenly compass:
Yet mar lost his way. He did not con
slider his lofty state. He crushed the
image Of divinity in his being. lie who
had been appointed to rule now be
came q slave, who sought safety from
the creator behind created things. Yet
he is sought by the Lord, whom he has
deeply offended.
But in the consideration Of these
things we come in contact with sin in
it's true form. Oh, | wish | had a
voice as the voice Of tens of thousands.
that ! might awaken some that sleep.
in their sin, who speak Of sin
as If it were something that we can
manipulate in accordance with our own
desires and fancies. when in reality it
il Il blood thirsty tiger watching for
prey. ready at any moment to tear it
SilFPaS. feppip 1lASlNR ina there
is no danger, that they have a good
character and will not go TOO far in sin.
as soon as self control is lost. they
no longer their own, they are car
ried with the stream TO the precipice
Of perdition.
Paths of Sin
How many young men and women
have not permitted themselves to be
led along the slippery paths of sin. led
by the tempter and their own flesh,
and there they were destroyed. ever
they imagined themselves to
have 4 good character
Il recall a young man. about u
years old. who had the same opinion.
He was a rather respectable young
man. ! spoke to him many times about
the necessity to surrender body and
soul to the Lord Jesus. but he said
1t was ne great hurry about that. He
had time enough. / had another. the
asst opportunity to speak to him
about jesus, but he rejected the offer.
Ten minutes later he was a corpse,
in his blood, with his heart
torn out Of his bosom. and his right
arm torn from his body.
Again, consider the warning which
YOU find in history. Here VIC again
lind. a powerful testimony that it is
impossible to hide from God.
The human heart can within itself
conceal the most awful sins and crimes,