The Republican., 1925-08-13


over the first which is certainly COM
plete enough to be convincing to his
Galatain converts the message of the
suficiency Of faith concerns itself with
life ard law and love.
Life is the essential thing in every
case. That the world is dead in. tres
passes and sin is the verdict OF the
Book and while there is a place for
dead folks it is not in the kingdom OF
life. Life comes only thru the Spirit
and faith furnishes the key. To offer
any other thing as q means of con-
tact with the life Of God is to deny the
sufiiciency Of Jesus and any person ad-
yocat.ng any other way of life was
"accursed." Law was for the culture
Of life but never for its creation, it
might guide one to Jesus but could
not perform His work. Life was not
laWless thing. unregulated and er-
ratio, but moving always in ordered
fashion. Life would bear fruit in love
and to love is to live the Christly life.
THE LAW OF RELATIONSHIP.
The law OF the work-a-day world is
the Golden Rule Of doing to each other
what is desired of ones self. The
law Of the community life is that Of
love that levels ones self with ones
ne;ghbor, but the law of the Christian
group is GAS l have loved you" 1t
was this second law that Paul was
speaking Of as the one ruling in the
relationships existing among the peo-
pie of Galatia and it is this that de
termines what the community should
mold today. Not the matter of my
liberty but the measure of my neia
boris need is the attitude the really
good citizen takes. Free from the
law, 0 blessed condition." is not to
allow license for any riot of personal
lust that may appeal to the unclean-
sed mind of the advocate of my
rights" How viii my act affect the
community" is the only position that
can be determininative. VIII it quick
en- its advance in culture, in beauty, in
care for its childhood, in health, in
chastity, in happiness? These are
the m,es+iors that +b,ns+ +baro solves
insistently into the face of the man or
the woman who demands the right to
do as he or she nlaasas raoard1pss Of
the wishes Of +he rest The man who
claims "Nv RIGHT 10 drink" has
small rooard fo, "rov rioht +o . do
cent town" NV rioht +o make boozao
denies "mv ri oh+ 4o live in . law
abiding community" No naiobbor-
hood ran have Wholesome life in
which +ba law If observation-disclosures j
denied and liberty is ;r+a,,ro+ed as
license for the axnraes;oo If INV nor
sona1 dasf,a # bocon,as ona in which
bi+;no and davou,.ino. snaadiIv day+,.ov
all that < hest within if
THE LAW OF POWER
Men are horn fgb+ars + is +o
those who have "ovarcor,a, that the
thrones are promised both in this
world and +he next He who wou!d
he strong must conouo,, his anna+itias
or be conquered bv them, To attain
N either case is to be strong but one
* daviIishIv and the o-ha, anUaIicail,,
So. Power is in the snirit of man
rather than in his n7usclas To Iinl,
himself with the Shirt of life is +o
nul+;nIv his no,va, which avnIains 4bo
fact that the oras+ bodv of achiavars
in the world are Christian folk The
Snirit Of God will reinforce all that
dpveIoDns the biohest elements in
mans maIleun while the spirit Of the
hottie does the same +hino for every.
one that debqucbas his hest self So
looms, bro+hels. wrecked homes brok-
on hearts diseased hodies on hand in
hand when man battles his best in
stead Of his worst under the Influence
of the Shirt Of his choice.
THE LAW OF CONSEQUENCES
Works and fruits are the contrast
ING terms in the text. ANYTHING other
than the Shirt Of .Tesus admitted by
talth must be worked. HIS life has