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that can enable since
mm to trust one other. even
though their differences may be
wry great and though their under-
standing of one another my not be
very clear .
Trivial Talk. .
"When one thinks of the world in
ncrd. the world with its sin and
sorrow. how trivial these controver-
sies seem. Or at least. how tragic!
If we could only put first things first!
if we could only hasten to meet the
w orld' it needs with the great essen-
tials of salvation. the love and power
of God rcvesled in Jesus. would these
matters of controversy nob fall into
their proper place?
“It is conceivable that men of vari-
ous opinions should come to a. more
catholic outlook and spirit? Do we
not find- some such thing already
among tho noblest end truest of
souls? If We could only interpret
into life something of that breed
spirit. that men manifest to a large
degree in their individual relation-
ships would we not come a little
nt‘urcr true feiowship in Christ
sus‘. If the hymboon rather then
the denomination creeds and dog-
mas. could be our symbol. we should
all be brought nearer to one another.
For the hymboog recognizes this
largness of Christian fellowship.
“And yet right here we come at
Josus? It the hymnbook rather than
mvn's minds. because some prefer
one type of hymn and some another.
Slime choose their hymns because
they are old and familiar: others be-
cause they are modern. Some judge
them by their thology and others by
their dcwti’onul spirit. A proper
hymn book seeks to include all kinds
of good hymns for all sorts of occa-
Nlonx. And that inclusiveness, with
its Izirgor liberty. ought to character-
th' the attitude of the Christian
church toward all sincere followers
of Christ. lie is the final authority.
Those are Christians who follow Him.
Some may follow Him by worship-
ping in some special way. or by ap-
plying His teaching to certain re-
lationships, or by believing certain
things about Him. or by imitating
Sulllti things He did. or do what they
think He would like to have them
do. but. however. they elect to fol
low Him. they ere followers If they
Tl illiy go the some way that He went.
and if in so going they gsin some of
His spirit. and some of His character,
and some of His purpose to obey God
and du good, who shall say they are
not Christians. who shall deny them
the authority of Christ?
Dr. Bunch-rd.
"Some have preferred the authori-
t:,‘ of the church as the final guide
in icligion. In an excellent sermon
onv'Z- on the inevitable differences of
was preached last year by Dr. F. O.
lllunchard of Cleveland and publish-
mi in booklet. a copy of which was
gitcn 1c a few weeks ago by Dr.
lit-ur with the remark that it was a
gout] thing. Dr. Blanchard says:
" ‘Toduy the Roman Campus.
church continues 'to assert the claim
that in it and its visible “flees ro-
sitlvs the supreme uuthority for life
and honest
" been dhsken to
beluga-onerous“. homeste-
~ tugs. The winds of criticism have
blown so severely upon it that it has
its foundations.
Through iii gorgeous corridors ad-
orned with the costly ecclesiastlcsl
furniture accumulated during the
Years the penetrating" glass of mod-
ern thought are sweeping. Those
who have known no other refuge
may still be content .wltb some
corner where they can stay at peace.
Others intoxicated with its ancient
beauties may satisfy their souls with
htese until they do not feel or see
how exposed its rooms have become.
But modern minds cannot any long-
er'sccept an authority whose first
mandate is that if and when consid-
ered necessary intellignece shall be
condemned.’
“Another famous seat of authority
has been the infallible Book.
Strangely unaware of the contradic~
tion it offered'to its own vital prin-
ciple. the Protestant Reformation
sought to set this up in place of the
church which had been rejected.
But the creative leaders like Luther
exercised a.‘ freedom‘ towards the
Bible abpolutely inconsistent with
their promises as to its lnfallibillty.
Luther went through the Book
pointing out what was pure grain
and what was chaff. What he did.
surely another might do. Where
then is its infallible authority to re-
side? Although despite all inconsis-
tencies the claim for the Book was
gravely made and still is made to-
day(' it cannot endure. No less a
man that John Calvin asks in his in-
stitutes how we lmow that the Bible
is the word of God and Gives the
answer: ‘By the testimony of the
spirit within our so'uls.‘ This once
admitted, the recognition of an au-
thority beyond the Book cannot be
long successfully resisted.
Our Authority.
“Today we turn for our authority
to Jesus Himself rather than to His
church which seeks to do his work,
because we are a. part of that church
ourselves and we do not consider
that one branch .of the church has
any more authority than another.
And we prefer to find the libel au-
thority in Him rather man in the
Book which tells about Him. because
we believe He was superior to any
or all of the words which other
men wrote about Him.
“The purpose of an authority is to
tell us what we do not know. and the
validity of that authority rests upon
the fact that we believe the informa-
tion is true. Then what could be
simpler than to go to Jesus Himself
and ask what He would do if He
were in our place. Some 20 years
ago. or more, Dr. C. Sheldon wrote
a. little book based upon that idea. It
was called ‘ln Ills Steps.’ and met
with it remarkable response. It was
the thing we all needed to know.
Most of us have been under the in-
fluence of the C. 1-3. pledge at some
time or other. when: we have phrased
our Christian purpliso us trying to
do what Christ would like to have
us do. How Slnlpli‘ and satisfactory
is such a. stutetm-nt of the problem.
It has a. certain finality- which the
authority of the church and the Bible
never possessci. We full that in Jo-
sus Christ. the founder and interpre-
.tcr of our religion. we ought toe‘cnch
the final authority. And I believe
we do. I do not see how we can x-
pect to gain any sense of spiritual
here and hereafter. The attraction
l‘ .1' many which the claim has re-
quires no emphasis. But all that we
imiy pause to say of it in passing is
authority more fundamental and fi-
nal than that which we possess in
Jesus Christ.
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be sure that we are doing anything
in Christ's way that ought to be a.
final authority. We need no greater
sanction. ,
Solution simple. .
"But when we come to determine
L:iust what is Christ's way- in any par.
is not so simple and easy as it sounds.
Here are modernists sud fundamen-
talists debating about certain Chris-
tian beliefs. All we need to settle
the problem-is to find out what Je-
sus would-say. But as we turn the
pages of His recorded words it in-
pears that if He said anything on
this particular subject it was not pro-
servcd. So we have to fall beck on
the words that are there and judge
from what He said in other instances
what. we think He would say in
this case. And that of course opens
wide the door for conscientious dif-
ferences of opinion. so that we may
have one man fully believing that be
is following Christ when he asserts
the necessity of believing the Apost-
los' Creed lust as it was written and
another man equally conscientious
in his belief that we ought to inter-
prete this ancient statements“ faith
in. the light of modern knowledge
and truth.
"Both may be equally desirous of
doing what Christ would have them
do, but they have different ideas con-
cerning whet that is. Who shall say
what is right? “'e each see Jesus
as we would like to have Him be.
Dean Sperry says: ‘Most of the great
historic characterizations of Jeil‘us
reflects directly the point of view
and the temperament of the one who
has drawn in. Thomas Hughes in
his 'Msnline . of Christ' sketches for
us a figure 30 might be the hero
of an English public school. 130ch
White presented Jesus who is simply
sn'advocetc of a certain section of
the labor movement. Every man.
whether e succeeds in drawing a.
portrait ich becomes famous. or
whether 3 product has little value
beyond his own mind. follows that
line of least resistance marked out
for him by his own nature.’
Conflicting Sistcmcnts.
"Sometimes. also. as we read the
record of Jesus' teachingfie find ap-
parently conflicting statements. He
tells us to turn the other check in-
stead of fighting back. But at an-
other time. “He that hath no sword.
let him sell his garment and buy
one.’ Evidently we have two dif-
ferent kinds of advice. but not all
the facts that warrant this opposite
teaching. To exslt either one into
an absolute rule of non-resistance or
of warfare would be an unfair em~
phaais. To try to explain a way.
the inconsistency would leave us no-
thing for our guidance. Each is
clear and cxplicsble in its setting. In
Jesus' character they are not incow
sistcnt. \Vc simply have not suffi-
cient. dam. to determine the underlyv
ing principle which prompted Him
in one case to teach non~rcslstnnce
and in the other to teach prepared-
ness. ' .
"Theic is also a wide divergence
between the circumstances and cus-
tomes of Jesus’ day and ours. W'e
do not. and cannot. live in the some
way that He and His disciples lived.
Therefore we must distinguish in His
touching between what is universal
and what is particular. He could
to lunch men to love andConccticut in 1924.
a.
not teach in Galilee in the year 80
lie came to earth toentircly in terms which would fitGod. The way He faced and master-
Iie was obligedcd life makes Him supreme.
them His my or living. If we can.
» that.
ticulnr problem we find the solution
h‘tion, but we have a. right to expect
'cor‘dingly when we ssk what Jesus
Would teach today we have to make
allowance for the great diffcreucp
between Palestine then
and America now.
v glance-n Conditions.
“They «did not need to take
thought for the tomorrow. - But who
would consider it .e. fair applies-
tion of that teaching to say that Jo;-
sus forhnde joining a Christmas club
or that: it was wrong to accumulate
capital? We must either interprete
Jesus in the light of our modern
condition of life or else say that our
whole civilization is wrong if Jesus
is the final authority. The unor-
gnnized intendrsnt life which Jesus
and his disciples lived by the Jordan
would end in complete disaster if
attempted fing the ‘ Connecticut
Privcr. ' Ther re we interprete Je:
sus' teaching in the light of modern
conditions, but because we approach
it with different minds and tempera-
ments we do not all come to the
same conclusion. and none may say
Whose spplcetion of the truth is the
only-one or the most perfect one. ‘
"So we are driven back to this
conclusion, that the authority of Jo-
sus is not to befound in any exter-
nal word which He uttered. or my
particular Xct which characterized
His iifé'. Many times we do not
know what Jesus would do. We can
only judge from what we know of
Him. what we think He would do
and say under certain circumstances.
There is no rule. The answer lies
within. The authority of Jesus con-
sists in His power to inspire in us a
desire to seek the truth. and posses;
sing 'whst we believe to be it to strive
to live it. If all men were trying to
do what they believed Jesus wanted
them to do they would not all reach
the same conclusion as to what con-
stituted their duty. but they would all
possess such a. spirit of conscientious
endeavor that it would not be hard
for them to reach a common ground
of sgreemcnt. They would trust
each other. -
"They would seek to make the
most of-their points of agreement
and minimize the points of disagree-
ment. There is always an underly-
ing principle above which are the
surface differences which separate
us. Now it was the peculiar ability
of Jesus to reach down and lay hold
on that underlying principle. which
made it possible for Him to answer
wisely to the catch-questions which
His opponents brought before Him—
questions about tribute to Caesar.
and marriage and divorce. and the~
grest commandment. and the Sab-
bath rules. the dimiples were in the
actual presence of Jesus but they
had differences of opinion.
"“79 cannot. expect that Christians
will all agree on every point of their
«religion or its application to civiliza-
v
that if they really have the spirit of
Jesus. which made Him seek prin-
ciples of truth rather than specific
rules and doctrines, they will find
a. way to subordinate their minor
differences in the major endeavor of
morking outa Christian civilization.
Divinity.
”Tht authority of Jesus goes back
ultimately to His character. That
determined His spirit. Not. any spe-
cial word or deed but the essential
fibre of ills character made Him
the world's authority on the way of
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thoughts.
striving.
taxation.
We‘ssy Helix divine?
Jeeps. I-li's personality. is nmhiem
We cannot in.
seine connector which, more coni-
pletely 1!
preme ole
Dr. George A. Gordon says:
“ ‘When men five such
uric itself all the su-
ents of human chagcter.
specie
seternitatls they find in Jesus the
only adequate utiercnce of
hopes. He more than all. He
their
feelings, purposes and
above
all is the prophet of the spiritual
life of man in his pilgrimage through.
time.‘ ,
“This means that Jesus is supreme}
in our lives. One is your master.
power to the problem of life.
even Christ. not as a. law giver, but
as a.source of spiritual life and
Jesus
comes into our lives seen inspira-
from Him and are thus full
plied for life.
to unravel.
Hols
what is right
tiou , not with a, bundle of rules sud
a. book of_dl;ections which we take
m0-
“Then we seek to be
His disciples we have our problems
and solve. our tasks to work through,‘
our perplexltics
some of these we never shall clear
away in this world.
substitute for our own thinking and
He inspires us to discover
he dees not forestall
And
not a
our effort. slit in all our outstretch-
In all our
Such and no less
Progr’éss Fo' u
Installs Ofli
‘ The weekly meeting of
Forun No.
their lodge rooms, 100 \Vash.
very large attendance was a, ;
ing after God. His faith is assurance
beyond dioputc.
tienship with men His attitude radi-
ates light that will pierce the dark-
est nfgh't of misunderstanding.
we will claim His friendship we shall
find the way into all truth. Whether
we succeed in being
upon our having this fellowship with
His spirit.
authority."
rele-
If
ristlsns rests
isms
cers
Progress
1. 1«‘.1“.L.. was held In
st.~ A‘
cgturo
of the meeting. The lnstnliatitm of,
officers took place.
follow:—
AdVOcate—F. C. Ricdell. sr.
Vice Advocate—A. Dellus.
Instructor—wt. Horton.
Guide—F. A. Scofleld.
Intercesson—G. Bartlem, jr.
Treasurer—J. Utzinger.
Secretary‘s—W. A. Perkins.
Those installed
Trustee—R. Voight. .
Organist—C. Utzinger.
The installing officers were State
Deputy. H. B. Wilmott. on: State
Esteemed Advocate. J. timer;
State Instructor. H. Wilmott. At the
close of the meeting reneslunents
and card games were
fnjoved. .
If All Exempt Bonds Taxed
(New York Times)
The first effect on'the Liberty
99.7 to 87.2.
Why is it that such large
ties? It is because
cepeciaily the
3 1-2 per cent. would be to depress
the price from
would be to take away
holder of a. 81.000 bond the sum of
8125, without any redress. A simi—
lar result would occur with all state
and municipsl bonds now exempt.
That
from each
funds
have gone into tax—exempt securi-
heavy federal
sat-taxes.
have caused a. 4 1-2 per cent. mu~
nicipal bond to yield as much to a
man with a large income
would receive after
ashe
paying taxes
frdm a. business investment. nomin.
ally returning him 11 per cent.
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