The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-17
DR. WALKER SPEAKS
ON DRAMA OF LIFE
VindicatiOn OF Justice,
Righteousness for Those
Content to Wait

when we say Things are going
very badly There's precious little
Justice IN this world and so on and
on, we ought TO understand that
we are like impatient spectators at
q play, the play the drama OF life,"
stated Rev. Or. John Q. Walker,
pastor OF the Second Congregational
church, In his addresses yesterday
morning entitled "All Things Work
Together for Good"
DR.. Walker said In part:
We know that IN great drama
there Is n vlndication OF justice and
Righteousness for those VINO will
wait TIL the end. No one would
walk out IN tho middle OF the Sec
ond act and complain that there
WIS no rhyme, sense, or reason IN
the thing because the complications,
the Inconsistencies, the conflicting
issues had not yet been resolved.
No. we wait TIL the end OF the play.
WHIT then for God Surely you do
not expect 10 see oil, 10 understand
all In the course OF Micf passing
glancel
"The good reason for the selection
OF this particular text Is not that
II supports the doctrine OF election
but that you do not believe II, you
do not accept II. You may have
heard the verse read or quoted q
great many times, but speaking by
and large, you do not hold with the
promise or live by II, You live your
life on O lower level OF faith. There
may be one Christian In O hundred
who believes whole.heartedly In
this precious promise and who acts
out In everyday life this sublime
faith, but I am convinced that the
ratio Of perfect faith 10 frank reser-
walton Is not much higher than I
have suggested. The overwhelming
majority OF us would be frank TO
say, II we gave our fair and honest
reactions, this faith Ia high indeed
but we cannot attain unto II,
I'VE believe In God and IN His
Kingdom OF brotherhood and
Peace. We are confident that there
Ia @ power making for righteous
ness In this world and that at the
long last the kingdom will come.
We are ready TO admit that the
ruler Of the universe Is both good
and great. His laws for the govern
ment Of His world are benefcient
and calculated TO weigh the scales
OF life on the side Of the good, the
truefi, the fair. We would not call
ourselves Christians II we did not
trust the providence Of God, II we
could not discover special provi-
dences in the story Of our lives. We
can now see that many OF the re-
Bluffs we suffered, many OF the dis
appointments we encountered, have
given US in the course Of time far
more than o fair measure OF profit.
Yes, some things, some surpris-
ing things work together for good.
We might In our more happy moods
be prepared to say that most things
work together for good for Gods
people. But are you prepared to
say with st. Paul that all things
work together for good to them
that love Godp Can you say that
IN O world like ours where the In
nocent suffer for the guilty, where
gross corruption triumphes again
and again In spite Of the challenge
Of honest and faithful men, where
the best men and women, the most
promising young men and women
are often cut of in the pride OF
their strength, where honesty Is so
often penalized, where purity Is so
often outraged. can you quietly and
calmly maintain all things work to-
gether for good? When the test
comes In your own life, when your
best intentions are misinterpreted,
when your ideals are Knocked, when
you are prevented from doing the
work you thought God wanted you
to do, when life seems unfair and
cruel, dare you say, can you say,
BE It so, all things work together
for good and ! am quite content to
accept Gods viii In everythingT
Perhaps ] do you an injustice but
I have 0 feeling that human wills
are stubborn and that few there be
who can always and everywhere
say with genuine sincerity, All
things work together for good"