The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-15
BUSINESS METHODS IN
RELIGION, SAYS PRIEST
Rev. ]. A. Mattes

tnlngS that are TO come, and to stand
before the Son of man. Luke 1886.
We have two calendars 20 guide
our actions the calendar of the
Church, and the civil calendar. The
Church observes her New Years day
on the first Sunday of Advent, the
civil one on January l, when many
people remain up and awake to watch
the old year out and usher the new
one in. So we are also hidden as
christians and church members to
watch the old year out and see the
new one in. On the last Sunday be-
fore Advent the Church reads to Us
the gospel lesson of st. Ma.th., 2lst
chapter, with the judgment and the
end of the world.
We are reminded that the end Of
our lives like the end Of the world
must force judgment day. Hence
look on the past and right the wrongs
20 We may stand well the scrutiny Of
the Judge who knows all even the
most hidden things.
On the first Sunday of Advent, the
first day of the new church year, we
hear again the reading according to
st. Luke 2l: 25, "a, about the same
events to remind us again that our
conduct in the new year vii lend with
judgment.
No Man or Angel Can Fortell the End
of the World.
Nobody, save God, knows the end of
the world. 1t is true our Lord fore
told signs coming before bu. whether
they are remote or proximate is only
NxyHn
foretell the end of the world but their
prophesies have failed. We still re-
member Halley's comet was to hit
this globe at a certain time and knock
it to the end of the world. The world
and we survived. The inquisitive peo-
pie are not of yesterday and today
only. After Christ had foretold the
destruction of Jeruslem and in connec-
ton with it the signs before the .des-
truction of the world "the disciples
came to him privately, saying: Tell
US when shall these things be-? and
what shall be the sign of the coming
and of the consummation of the
world?" And Jesus said to them:
"Take heed that no man seduc4 you"
Natth. "a: S,4. Then in verse S6. He
warns us: "But Of that day and hour
no one kAoweth, not the angels IN
heapeA, but the Rsthsr alone Thee
III verse 42 he sdvises: Watch "
therefore, for You k1oSsNnot wk1f
|, hour your Lord ,vill come." For us IL
dividuafiy our end Of The world COMES
when va. die. today. TOMORROW or
some other day, Quickly and unexpect-
edly, perhaps, like thief ID the'hight.
ca H.. ~Af ,rsok ,sa - kAnSr With
certainty. the, tims Of the cad Of the
world. pr our death, ;. othsfwiss we
would d. as our Lord says in the
same ,ehsptere pass our time in friv-
olous isiNg "for the Lord fs far COM
| iAS" ard sitter having wasted our
time we are short 70. pay, our way TO
heaven By good works and merits and
then waat to 90 to heaves % . pass.
Hence our Lord warns Us TO watch
and pray using the example Of tho
Lord who may come At any hour, even
! in The night, fiAds his sefvaats ready.
Re Patriotic In the New Year.
The new year in the church we
should make year of real patriotism
with all the qualifications this term
implies. Patriotism is the highest
civic virtue and a necessary one. The
virtues and sacrifices required. frsns
every citizen in the late war are still
fresh in our memories and we are still
carving its burdens. 1t is not less
| important in time of peace, necessary
| at all times. One who lacks true pa
triotism is a Stacker whose name and
memory is despised by all good citi-
Zens.
May / remind you that we must
also have a spiritual patriotism to-
wards God? Patriotism is religion,
and religion is patriotism, if we con-
slider fully these two terms. Patriot
ism comes from the Latin patria:
fatherland or sometimes called also
mother country. Pater or father In our
/ language looks after his children, the
1 fatherland after the welfare OF Its CIT
4 izens. Now our true Father and our
! true fatberland are above. The Apos-
/ tie st. Paul says: We have no last
ing dwelling place here below but we
/ are seeking one to come. therefore,
our highest source of patriotism Is 10
look after and work for our interest
| in our fatherland hereafter. God does
! not need us but we need him. This
sort of patriotism we call religion
which means the ties which bind and
rebind us with God in heaven. The
patriotic citizen loves his country ana
| its honorable laws so must we love
God and keep his commandments
which Christ declares to be the PROOF
of our love.
| We must also love His church and
eonscientiously carry out its laws and
ordinances. What you shall bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven, ana
what you shall loose on earth snail
he loosed in heaven" is he power
given by Christ to St Peter, the flrst
none. And again: Who will not listen
10 the church shall be to thee like the
beathen and publican. Matth. 1917.
Here we have the principles and rules
i of our religious patriotism. -
4 In conclusion let US follow good ous-
mess methods in our works OF reiig-
ion. For salvation is business and a
i serious one. The business man IS
watchful TO better living and m
crease his wealth, 80 the christian
must be desirous to make safe MS III,
tnre life and by steady and earefui
.,,ork ;nrrease its glory. The business