River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-11-30

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monographs, sub
marines, airplanes, radiographs-the
things have crowded the horizon until
gross materialism has constituted
the field of endeavor, struggle and
achievement.
In the midst OF this mad pursuit of
the temporal and perishing, life, the
greatest value of all, has been almost
forgotten; has become cheap, com
mon, surfeit in the worlds market.
Life, priceless and precious, crowd
Ing the highways and byWays of every
day activities, is ground to dust be-
meath the wheels of industry. COM
merce and pleasure. The daily pa
pers are one big catalogue of the
cheapening estimate of life. With
the speed fever upon us; the priceless
value of life is lost sight of, until a
hecatomb Of victims is sacrificed on
the altar of accident, preventabIe dis
ease and dissipative follies.
Think of the source of life, the cost
| of its development, it's marvellous pos
sibilitiesi Then remember that life
| is endless, projected into an eternal
environment of veal or woe, and be,
yond all calculation.
Nothing in the world of matter,
however beautiful, however useful,
| however wonderful, Is comparable.
Out of Gods Book speaks voice from
every page, telling out the wonders
| of life Hear Christ's unanswerable
question: "What shall it profit a
man If he gain the whole world and
lose bis life?'
| Life Is the fabulous inheritance of
every human being. Yet Scripture
says 1t is the price paid for the cheap
est, commonest commodity in the
world-sin. Sin that pushes its dark
ugly face up everywhere; that
abounds like weeds growing alike In
the most carefully cultivated gardens
and on the deserted barren refuse
heaps; that pollutes the atmosphere
! of city, town and hamlet until they
reek with the foulest poisons, the
| deadliest fevers, the cruelest defile.
| ments.
/ Sin Is so plentiful, so rampant, SC
| penetrating that it Is unacceptable
| 1t Is the enemy of life, its implacable
| and unbeatable nemesis. 1t is q
rapid infection, treacherous con.
tagion, deadly poison gas, loath
some leprosy. And 1t is an indivisible
| part of human nature. God, who alone
| knows the heart of man, declares II
"deceitful and above all things and
| desperately wicked"
What can heal7 what can cleansei
What can remove? How can we es
cape? The answer Is In the textile
shedding of blood is the price of sins
remission, and the life is in the blood
Life, the highest price paid for sin
the cheapest commodity.
Life is paid when Its blood Is shed
| This has always been recognized al
the noblest act, the supreme sacrifice
| the richest expression of intelligent
| consciousness. 1t Is this which trans
| figures the indescribable horrors OF
| war, that wreathes with crowns of love
| and affection the hero In any cause
who unselfishly. chivalrously gives all
The awful experience of the World
/ war brought near to hearth and home
the real value of life, and the nearer
| It came TO our hearth and home, the
greater its value If 1t claimed the
best, the dearest. our all, then. oh
how priceless the price we paid, be-
cause of the awful tragedy of sin
| the horrible misunderstanding Of ma
tions and peoples.
| Men began to call death In battle
the supreme sacrifice, and impute to
II eternal merit and efficacy; but II
| Is still written: Neither Is their sal
walton In any other. for there is none
! other name under heaven given among
men whereby we must be saved"
1t is the shedding Of blood that re-
mifs sin, the blood of the siniess
| Christ of God. He shed His blood.
| He gave His life. He paid the price.
| Sin is remitted. God can save you.
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What ought TO be the response of