Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-19

not be done until, in every hamlet from
Patagonia to the North Pole, and from
the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean. the
DAY or october II shall be holy day
ana a holiday to praise the name and
heroic deeds of Christopher Columbus.
Is thefe now name. an individual,
personality. who has by his own pow
CT wisdom. humanitarian. nobility of
soult, and outsprcading arms of love.
mercy. triumph and Divine life, en-
praced all nations. races, colors and
conditions from king to slave and sin
ncr and stands alone without a peer
III the past. or possible competitor in
'hc future upbuilding of humanity >
/ yes one. only one. the same yesterday.
; To-Day, 1orevcrmore-Jcsus, the Son of
! Mary. the Messiah of the Jews. the
Light OF the Gentiles. the Saviour of
mankind. the King of Kings and the
Lord or Lords. Christ Jesus, the King
or Heaven and of Earth.
Has this name n place in the history
OF the world that cannot be disputed
Assurcdly it has and the highest Of all
places.
| Inc next and most important OF all
questions Tor us and our time is what
IL the present attitude OF the world
'o"diuS the name. the personality
and the ideals of the Christian Home.
the Christian School and Christian
! clNlilzaton. X The name. the
form. the personality, the ideals Of
Jesus OF Nazareth have been and are
fading from the consciousness of Ma
tons. because they are fading from
the minds of men and women who
make the family and thus create or
fashion the standards of civilization.
ana the progress of nations.
Let me illustrate this retrogression
by three distinct historic facts.
The first is the scene of last week
at Lausanne in Switzerland. when
the unspeakable Turk held ut hay.
and delied the whole so-called Chris
tian world. England. Belgium.
France. Italy and the United states.
For nearly 500 years now he has
held the gateway to Europe. Con-
stantinople and exalted Mohammcd
the false prophet. who has carica-
tured christianity. He was driven
back and ANONYMOUSLY defeated
during the war. Yet in the end he
wins the victory and threatens to
start Holy War Of Mohammed
aSa!nst CHRIST and eNterminate the
Christians OF Europe with fire and
sword
, The United States government did
not declare war against Turkey. be-
cause one of the Christian sccls. the
PreSbyetrianS own property in Con-
stantinople and this would be con-
iiscated or Aestroyed.-the eternal
compromise between Christ and the
false prophet. meaning the BETRAYAL
! OF Christ, our King
1 1rl,n s,onnpJ h;,t
tempt to set UP a Jewish common
wealth in Palestine. without safe
! guarding the property and religious
rights OF Christians who have lived
, there for Il thousand and more years.
] livery college and academy in
! Maine was established to devotion
some religious denomination, Con-
| GreGational, Baptist or Methodist
every school in Maine 20 years. Yea
! 80 years ago was q religious school
i where Christ Jesus was King. By
! the gradual process of elimination
and evaporation all positive Chris
| tian doctrine has ceased to be q fac
/ tor. some OF them institutions have
sold their birth right for a mess of
| Rockefeller or Carnegie pottage and
/ Christ, the Master and Teacher and
eXamplar and King has been de-
| throned
, Where is it all going to end? Logi-
cally there can be only one answer,
| in the disappearance of Christ Jesus
| from the school. the home. the church
and from American civilization.
He who is not with me is against
me. said the Lord and Master and
! He will not share the human mind
and heart His throne. with another
! ConciliatiOn or compromise with
| Mohammed or Jacob or Caesar Au-
sustus as the representative of State
| idolatry means q betrayal of Christ.
dishonor to His holy name and His
disappearance from the private con-
science and National civilization.
May the Lord preserve us from
such Il calamity.
| Honor. praise. love, cxalt to the
| highest human degree the illustrious
three. Columbus the Great. Washing
ton the Great Lincoln the Great, but
remember and never forget that all
! three put together cannot save man.
| kind in America or elsewhere-re-
member that all three would be the
first to tell us here tonight to place
above and beyond them all the Holy
Name Of Jesus: that all three would
bow the head and bend the knee to
that holy name. that all three would
honor. love. praise and adore the
name that is above all other names
| in this world and would saw to u.s. re-
store the name and Kingship of
! Christ Jesus in every home and every
school as well as in every church in
our beloved America. Amen.
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