The Nome nugget., 1924-02-02
''SAlVATl0N"
 BY REvERAND
 n. N. NODES

lS to recognize the common father hood and that We are ncighbors and brethren.
 In wider scope he. is to live to be child Of God and an active member of His kingdom, to enter into the plans of the father and become a partner with Him in His great enter prise. Men who are called into fel- lowship with the father are given a vision of the kingdom and are set to work to build. perhaps in Nome, a city of God. and in larger reach this means that man is here in training for still larger work in the great er enterprise of the Heavenly Father
 Concerning the future We don't know very much for God has not chosen to lift the veil. but some things are plain. A men have serv ed the principles of life here they are prepared for larger task and greater responsibilities herea fter. The reward of faithfulress here and now seems to be a guarantee of greater usefulness hereafter. In some way the condition and quality of life here seems 10 determine the state and destiny of life hereafter. Is not this the natural law of life? Is Tot life eternal? Whatever goes in to this life goes into all life. What ever is left out of the structure now is left out of the temple. for We are building of God. temple of the most high. Does time come when the work must he finished. the ac- counts made up, the books closed? l. what is left out of the first life left out of the life beyond" Does any real man want to leave his work unfinished here and now in this lit tie province we call our surround ings. community, environment. this little province of God and your fel- bowman.
 know no greater insult than to call man a nonenity. To he non descript is bad enough and yet how many can we bank upon to identify themselves to their full capacity in and common good. The greatest good to the greatest number is in spring. especially so when We leave ourselves out of the count.
 You surely agree with me that this was the Christ idea of living. If I have none of his spirit I am not one of his followers and know nothing of his salvation.
 Summing up the purpose of God in the world so far as we can under stand the purpose is the preparation f. the kingdom of God of large number Of great lives developed in mind. discipline and will, loving in heart. unselfish in both soul and spirit. Trained in the divine art of living together and cooperating with God in the fulfillment of his pur- poses in his Kingdom on earth here and now. Sin is the missing of this mark, it is the refusal of men to vol unteer 10 do their very best and go over the top. I would not be draft ed soldier of the common cross of ] life. I offer myself freely. My loy- alty to the kingdom is paramount and supreme. It is the challenge of the smaller self against the greater whole. It is the preference to lead. not to be coaxed or driven. Rather am anxious to move in line with the divine purpose in life. To refuse to move in line and in the front rank may betray selfishness, pessimism. or cowardice. The life is lost In pro- portion as it misses the higher mark and fails to serve the kingdom and its uses. The life is saved when 1t finds it's true end living in the pur- pose of God.
 The kingdom of God is a present fact, and men are saved or lost now insofar as they are saved or lost now insofar as they are saved or lost to the kingdom and it's uses.
 H. M MOBBS,
 Pastor Congregational Church