Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-18

self and didn't have a rival on earth
These caricatures of humanity make
one think of Hamlet's description of
some players of his day. ooh, there
be players that l have seen play. and
heard others praise, n that highly
not to speak it profanely. that neither
have the accent of Christians, nor the
gait of Christians, pagan, nor man,
have so strutted and beloved that ]
have thought some of natures jour
neymen had made men and not made
them well, they initiated man so abom-
inably." This is sheer selfish vanity
and detestable hypocrisy.
These creatures of natures jour-
neymen'' love no one but themselves
and do not propose to expose them
| selves to any such uncomfortable dis
ease as loving your neighbor as your
self" but not. wanting to wear the
stenchfuI rag of selfishness, they steal
the seamless robe of the Masters love
and wrap it around the putrid body of
| their selfishness. The church's task is
to debase seIfishnes and exalt love, tc
consume sin in the fires of righteous.
ness.
We Will All Die Soon
We will all die pretty soon. This
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think of dying? 1t makes no difference
whether we want to die or think of
diving, we shall die. A man is a fool
veo refuses to think seriously about
dying. The life insurance agents VIII
tell us that. Is your coffin-don't
forget there is a coffin made for you
the end of you? Christianity declares
that dying is the beginning of living,
for those worthy of life. What a poor,
miserable, blind thing is the church that
fails to give this glorious truth to men
and what ministry is that of the church
that stands by the darklq flowing rlv-
err and points to the ever green fields
beyond.
Christianity deals with these things
of spirit, righteousness n life. n
the church which truly represents
| Christianity is priceless. All roads
lead to Rome. The church cannot
have too many activities if all lead to
the cross of sacrificial service and to
the open, empty tomb of endless life.
How shall the church do this great
thing? 1t seems strange that for such
a gigantic task but one agency is des-
ignated. Preach the word, be instant
in season, out of season, reprove, re
buke, exhort, with all long suffering
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more important in the science of medi-
line than the use Of the anti-toxins.
There are at least three spiritual anti
t~oxins-brains, Bible and brother.
God always appeals to brains. If a
man will study, believe and receive the
Bible he will see himself and his broth
er as the potential sons of God and in
common sense he can think of nothing
but brotherliness. 1t is not sin to have
common sense in religion.
Some of the anti-toxins are secured
from the horse. A little horse sense
would help us out in religion. We
float and flutter around in religious
truth. use great big words n hope
lessly involved phrases of which we
do not know the meaning-because
there isn't any-and look like wise
owls. when all the time Gods truth
is so simple a little child can under
stand it. We bawl around about the
wickedness Of our city and county
when we haven't sense enough to reg
ister: we moan about the gambling
bells and have nice little gambling pur-
~gatories at home; we cry about the
young folks going to the devil and
haven't sense enough TO make a place
for them in the church. We need to
read the words of the wise man: Get
common sense, and with all thy getting
get horse sense. Try it and you will
be astonished with the results. Give
God a decent chance to answer your
prayers. That would be something
new in praying.
Says We Neglect Bible
The Bible is Gods word given for a
decoration of the library table.
Whether il is inspired the most or us
don't know. We haven't read it enough
to find out. We have certain beilefs
that have been handed down by a past
Bible reading generation but for our
selves we know nothing about 1t: Most
modern methods of Bible study are
of excellence in studying
everything but the Bible. Many Bible
teachers are unconscious humorlsts. L
am sure they are unconscious. Ihey
roll their eyes, talk Of the modern
mind, science, history, and ~1nterpreta-
ton and when they are through we
have a Chinese puzzle no one can put
away and | believe they are wise. No
one can afford to risk his immortal
soul on a Chinese puzzle. The Bible is
neither science. history, poetry, nor
prophecy. although it includes all these.
1t is Gods revealing himself to us.
All We are brethren. White and
black. red and yellow, good and bad,
educated and ignorant, clean and un-
clean. we are all brothers. Let's quit
eating our brothers. Our world pohtl-
cally, industrially, and economically is
a cannibal feast. We are not black,
naked, cannibals gnawing at a brothers
shin bone. We are niece, white, edu-
Gated. baptized, civilized cannibals eat
ing the heart out of one another. We
have hung the framed words Love
your ~neighbor as yourself" on our
church walls but everybody knows that
the skull and cross bones of pitiless
is below. That s~elfishness
Israel and broke the heart of
Gods dear Son. I wonder if His heart
is not aching now. If the church could
only lift the people up. to the divine
love. Nothing else will do.
l have heard people say the church
should be human. Why? The word
human brings the stencil Of blood from
ten thousands battle fields, the reek
of body crushing, soul killing industries.
We are human now. We need some
thing better. We need God. The church
brings us to the God of beautiful
righteousness. wonderful love, and