The Nome nugget., 1924-02-02
Nome, Alaska.
 Jan. 3l, 1924

Jan. 3l, 1924. My dear MT. Editor:
 I wish to express my appreciation of vour kindness in giving me space ill your paper from week to week. especially during the quiet months, to express few thoughts especially to those of your readers who may be isolated. either because of i'll health or occupation.
 For immediate associations with the general privileges of the gospel or of books of homeletic nature.
 wish to preface my first article with a promise not to make my let ters "churchy." and though to some it may seem that I am emitting some essentials. I can only say that I reserve such discourse for my pull pit for their lucidity.
 There are several great words that are fundamental in Christianity Among these words salvation holds an honorable place. In fact, it may be said that christianity is the relig- icb of redemption. Since this is so ir is necessary that We have clear conception of the meaning and scope O. the much used word. The mom- cnt we attempt to define the term confusion begins and misnnder- standing arises, and may l say also repellant spirit and loss of inter est in the entire scheme, not because the word has anything in it that re pels. but because it's application has too often been circumscribed as to lose it's real meaning, if not its homeletic application. l thing l may say that for many generations and by millions of good people. the word salvation has been taken in mega tive. narrow and partial sense. To many the word has been construed primarily in terms of deliverance from sin. a rescue from peril. This conception is true so far as it goes, but at best it is negative, the begin ming of a redemptiye work in man. The whole man here and now. or course this redemption reaches on and over an everlasting salvation. Ii has not fully entered into the hearts of mass of well-meanlng people that Christ has come to save the whole man. body. mind and spir- it, for this life as well as for the life to come. It has not fully dawned upon us that Christ has come to save the whole life of man, mans lifetime. To develop his powers to their full capacity, and to claim their powers for the use of the Kingdom. IL did rot dawn upon us until we were mid dle-aged that God had a big job for us in this present world and that it was His purpose to establish His Kingdom here and that man were called to serve now in Gods world. Gods kingdom on earth. and to CO., operate with God. Good in the estab- l;shment an maintenance of Gods kingdom on earth.
 We cannot study the teachings of Jesus concerning salvation without being persuaded to his point of view on this question. There can be no uncertainty. his master thought was the idea of Gods kingdom and pur- l pose the revelation of the kingdom i of God and the winning of men into P membership in it. Fear not little flock it is your fathers good pleas ure to give you the kingdom" The Kingdom in the Old Testament subli. mated and the New Testament full |, filled. The kingdom is nothing less than the far off goal of man through all history. Men are called to join' become members of this Kingdom. have it's spirit and to live by it's laws. Love, joy, peace, suffering, gentle s ness and so on. against which there is no complaint To be consist ent member of this kingdom is the supreme good. To miss fellowship nere IS 10 SlH, HISS tHe iiidi n anu 'A s fall short of the divine science o1 :, living together with your fellow man upon the highest principles of life To serve, and to use the ends of the kingdom means to find our true work To live for other ends, ac cording to the master. is to be lost and accordingly to be outside the Kingdom of God, Good. is to waste our life on fesle ends. such as self ishness, greed, boarding, withhold 5 ing self we have thWarted the very h end of our being. namely to grow a soul.