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Show POINTS THE LESSON TO MAN IN HISTORY Forms of Government Analyzed and Compared "by tne Eev L S Bowerman, That the o ce of the peop e s not al vays the -oice of God and that the gov ernment that endures must be founded upon the pr ncip es of brotherhood and equalitj enumerated and exemp fled in the I fe of Jesus -was the centra thought ilium nated yesterday morning by the Re L S Bowerman in his sermon at Immanuel Baptist church. Dr Bower man took for bis text B essed s the nation whose God is the Lord He said In part After a good and full course n the three P s there s n our judgment no more important study than that of history Head ng it is said makes the fu 1 man. the genuinelj lm portant read ng is the story of his ton Stranger than net on t brings to man the great experiences of the past the failures and the successes It is espec al y of va ue In the study of humanity and that is after a the greatest of a I studies No phil osophy or sociology is of an rea worth unless it is based upon he most careful in estigat on of the past It has been we 1 sa d that t ere have been three e as in the deve op ment of government the imper al sm of Egypt Baby on and Mnevah late seen in the Caesars of Rome The right of one to ru e a I The system of despotism has not yet passed awaj Then the rule by the few as the o igarcl y of Atl ens and the feuda s stem of the m ddle ages Tl ere are many who be ie e in this, reckon ing themse ves among the few Many rei gious systems have irtua ly adopted this idea the ru e of the masses by the classes A th rd era is that represented in the growth of democracy government of the peo pie by the peop e for the peop e This Is of late de elopment and finds strong opposition from the other two ideals It has been the result of many a strife and w II require man more contests before it becomes the Ideal for mankind Ne erthe ess none of tl ese are perfect The last is the best and yet vox popu is not always ox del Even In 1 Istory the od palm 1st recogn zed something better God as the nat ons rea ruler and on y king This is the great lesson that God Is trying to impress on man Nation after nation has fal en em pire after emp re passed away em perors I Jngs and princes 1 ave had their Itt e day and feudal lords are only a distant memory The prln clp es and nations to endure are based upon this idea of the psa m 1st The right democracy must be founded upon the lessons given b the Eternal God justice ove mercy and equa ity On the just ce we wait till the great das Tl e love mercy and equality are I at rated for us in the life of Jesus he only begotten God In history is try ng to br ng men to the conscio sness and power of true brotherhood and equality |