New Britain herald., 1924-02-25
Bible Class of New Britain
 Wins Leland Attendance Cup
More Than 2OOO Present At Yesterdays Meeting-Ma'
 gin Over Mt. Vernon Class Is 36i

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 and that. I know and feel sure that
 John l.. Davis is not trying to do
 things to please men. If he was try
 ing to bring messages that just please men he would not get very far. The one thing to do is just to blow right
 along, keep in the middle of the road and go ahead chopping and let the
 chips fall where they may, instead of trying to please every fellow, and af-
 ter all it will be all right.
 We are living in time when peo-
 pie are finding fault. They always
 have found fault and they always will. You will never please and sat- isfy everybody; there's always some-
 body to kick
 Does it Pay?" was the subject of
 the second sermon by Rev. John l.. Davis.
 "one Of the questions asked in the
 Bible is. does it pay?' That is one
 of the first theological questions with
 which the men of the Bible dealt Does it pay to be good?' When they
 saw the wicked in prosperity and that those who opposed Gods will and
 those who did not seek to know his
 will were prosperous, many Of them lost faith. They said, fl doesn't pay
 They could not understand it. David said. I could not understand it until
 went into the house of God. and
 there I saw the latter end. the close of
 the life of those who had not sought
 God nor lived according to His will.
 | t1,1 af man finished. then I understood that
 religion does pay
 Just the other day I picked up
 Roger Babson's book on The Funda-
 mentals of Prosperity Roger Bab-
 son is one Of those. as you know, who
 writes for bankers and brokers and business men, who writes purely for business purposes. All the facts he gives are not for propaganda for re-
 liglon: it is not from a purpose to ad- vocate religion. And Roger Babson says that religion pays The very first chapter in this little book is on in tegrity," and he said that integrity spells prosperity The next chapter
 is on faith and on work and on 'cooperation,' All of these principles which We are preaching from day to day in our churches Roger Babson says that the prosperity Of this coun- try depends not upon the great bank CTS. but upon the ministers and priests and rabbis who are preaching these Fundamental principles of faith and integrity and vision. Roger Babson believes in religion, as understand it. because he thinks that it does pay in dollars and cents. He told about a business man who has endowed a scholarship in a university to study the materials the raw materials which are used in his great manufac- turing establishment. But he says the labor in that institution costs this man 70 per cent, while the manufac- turing materials cost but 20 per cent, and yet he is establishing scholarships ! to study the raw materials. which l represents % per cent of his expense. 1 while the humanity represents so per cent.
 When I was in the war they show. cd me through a great building that the government erected which was worth five million dollars. I said to | the captain who showed me about, 1 This is worth five million dollars. but | it has not one-tenth the real value in 1 the sight Of God that the humblest | person working in it has, God says, What doth it profit man to gain the ! whole world and lose his soul?' We | are in danger in this country-not Of , losing our material prosperity. We | arc the most prosperous people in the ' world. But we arc in great danger Of losing our soul. We arc in grave danger Of placing the emphasis upon material things and not upon spiritual things: and the only permanent fun- damental prosperity for this people Is in spiritual things.
 'I heard a man say just night be- fore last that when this last Christ mas was celebrated. he looked in vain for a postal card, for an advertise ment or a window display that would show tho religious significance of Christmas and all VIC used 1t for was 10 make more dueats. more shillings. more dollars and more cents. A Japanese had asked this man. T un- dcrstood that Christmas had some rc- ligious significance in your nation He said, ft does The Japanese said. You would never know it by being here at Christmas time
 ''On the 1gth Of this month Abra- ham Lincoln was born. Did we stop 10 recognize that7 Yet 10 him we owe the union of this country pn the 22nd or this month George was born. Did we cease working 10 recognize The birthday Of the Father Of our Country? We tried io hold throf day institute in our church for young people They rOuldnt come until Saturday becaus. there was no holiday: not one that we could get together and have thy.e days tO get together 70 consider re- .igious principles. It's work, work. work. from morning tl night. aud some people on Sunday too. until they have forgotten spiritual things. We cannot stop this awful commercial rage that's upon us. At the close of hc war q FrenchmaB said. describing
 Utilization, that it was like a great nOhstrr. r has an py, with which H .aH yea fine farthcst star millions and [ millions Of miles away It has an ear bat csn hear fhc faintsst sound ter0ss the continent. it has aH ear SO l ielieate thai it can hear q heart beat ! thousand miles away. II can walk ,ver continents and Otsr mountains; ( can swim oyer tho sea and under Inc ssa. fl has voice that can be heard around the world. BBt. this 'rrnchmaH said. Tt has no saDT.'
 ''Not- ths churcbss are trying 10 ,ut a sou fn civilization You would iot have been htre ,odsy if jt had not