The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-10-10
ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL
OF CHRIST"

I'm not ashamed OF the Gospel OF
Jesus Christ for it is the power of
God unto Salvation" These words
were addressed by ST Paul TO the
Romans. When St. Paul addressed
these words to the Romans he had
much more occasion, externally speak
ing. to be ashamed OF the Gospel OF
Christ. than have we. Then Chris
tianity numbered its followers by
mere handful often OF the downtrod-
den and depressed. Today Christi
anity numbers her followers by the
millions.
| am well aware that my testimony
will not be significant as the testi-
mony OF this stalwart soldier OF the
cross. St Paul. and ye, also want
to say that | am not ashamed of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
! am not ashamed OF the Gospel
OF Jesus Christ for five reasons |
wish briefly to state.
First; | am not ashamed OF the
gospel OF Jesus Christ for 1t is SUI
pcrior to every other religion tina.
has been given to the world. There
is no other religion given to man
that will compare with it. Now am
not narrow enough to say that no
religion save the religion of Jesus
Christ has anything to give man. All
religions that have swayed the hui
man heart and influenced humanity
have had some things to recommend
them to the world CONTIGUOUS as we'll
as Moses taught maxims that chaI-
lcngcd the admiration of man even to
the present day. The philosophers
OF Greece centuries before the Chris
tan era taught the dignity OF man,
and now and again caught some fleet
ing glimpses of the worth OF the soul.
Budha. the great religious teacher.
taught sublime truths. | use the word
sublime adviscdly, FIVE hundred years
before the coming of Jesus Christ
The Vedic literature of the Hindoos
taught the fathcrhood of God twelve
hundred years before Christ Away
back in the dim vista of the past
Zoroaster taught the four great laws
of life: piety. purity veracity and in
dustry. Even the Egyptian priest
before the dawn of recorded history
had some crude conception OF the
Immortality of the soul before Christ
broke the seal of death and the grave.
But they all failed signally, at some
vital point, now at one. now at an
other. CONTIGUOUS met the needs OF
the higher classes but had nothing
to say TO comfort and cheer the mill
lions OF the lower classes. Egypt
emphasized the dignity of the body
as also did Greece, but neither the
dried and withered mummies of
Egypt nor the cold marble of Greece
could offer anything satisfactory to
mans heart for fitting Immortality.
All failed at one crucial point or an
other.
The Gospel OF Jesus Christ contains
all that is worth while in any religion
ever known to man and inhnety more.
So firstly, I'm not ashamed OF the
Gospel of Christ because it is superior
to all other religions.
Second reason, desire to give why
am not ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ is that it is the only Gospel
that has the power to exalt the ma
tions. | am we'll aware that in the
years that have seen the Christian
nations OF the world engaged in the
most terrible war OF all history that
it takes a good deal of courage to
say that Christianity can cxalt the
nations. and yet perhaps the World
War did not put Christianity to the
test as much as at first thought. For
you can't really test your religion
until somebody seriously adopts that
When all is said and done
we still have to admit noihwiths,and-
ing their faults and failings that the
so called Christian nations are march
ing at the forefront OF Gods ciyiliza-
ton.
II was Daniel Webster, the man OF
gian; intellect. who said III we abide
by the principles taught in the Bible
our country will prosper and continue
to survive, but Il we and our posicriiy
neglect lis instructions and authority
no man can tell how sudden a casias-
'rophe may overwhclm us and bury
all our glory into dark obscuriiy. So
secondly am not ashamed OF the