Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1916 — LAST OF INDOOR UNION SERVICES [ARTICLE]

LAST OF INDOOR UNION SERVICES

Large Number jlleard Rev. .Fleming Pre&dh Sermon at the Christian Church. The last of the union services to be held indodrs was conducted Sunday nlight aft the Christian ahurdh, which was well filled. Rev. J. Budjnan Fleming gave the sermon and Rev. Asa McDaniel and I>r. Cumiuk conducted the preliminary servioes. The choir .sang the anthem. The sermon theme Was “Living to Glorify God," suggested by Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, in which he makes the exhortation that whatever we do should be done to the glory of God. There is no question th?t is of greater interest than that- of the reason so a the creation of life. It is generally conceded that everything in nature bciit in either the animal, vegetable or mineral kingdom, lias a definite purpose ais a reason for its existence and when a discovery i* made in any of these field's it is at once questioned and even tortured into an expression of ahis ourpose. All the creations of man have a purpose for their existence and ’s it reasonable to credit man with (greater wisdom than God? If one should find a piece of machinery far from the homes of mien or a ,beautiful fabric washed ashore by the waves of the sea, would one reach the conclusion that it bad been created by chance ? By no means both 'God and mam create in conformity to natural Laws, the latter iimperfectly, it is true, and compelled to change his creations as he learns more of-the underlying principals of matter, but God in conformity to perfect know.edge. As him amity .has advanced in Christian civilization it has been able to make the forces of nature render greater and gTe'ater service and so long as it continues 'to advance will his be true but should Christian-'civilization deteriorate its control over matter, grows .less and less. Thus it is scan that the purpose of the material creation is to serve man and tne purpose of the creation of man is to glorify God. There have been various philosophies of life advanced. ; There are those who contend that self comes first; thfit if you look out for No. 1 and every other fellow does the same all Will be well .aerd for. Then here are others who desire to live entirely for others and who pat themselves on the back and think the world Should give them great, praise for their insefisihness and the world will not disappoint them for they do great 'good, but Paul 'says ,we Should live to glorify God 'and this -is the broadest rule of life, for When we select this purpose for our lives it accomplishes all that is included in tire first two and Jar more. Should all humanity conform to this rule of conduct all the problems Which vex humanity and demand solution would solve themselves. War would cease; capital and labor would be friends; the Strong would succor the weak and the millemium would be ushered An.