| Show OF f NEW W CHURCH CHURCHS and Impressive Ser Services Services I Cresting vices at First Presbyterian Auditorium SERMON BY REV DR PADEN Wa Waa Profanely 11 Dec Ikc Decor or ted led With ItJi U t Flower O fI For the Ibe Occasion Octa lon nt The eW First t Presbyterian church was well 1111 we filled tilled yesterday e and packed solid In tho tilo cv e of Ot Iho tho th dedication on olt tn the O rl r Tho ho result of oC the day lay fully tullY J tl tIet he the and nud members of ot oft the t church durch In their assurance a that thai they theyon th Y Ud on onn of ot the tho th most attractive edifices Uh country both for tor convenience con and Acoustics ns n well welt HI 1111 s In ii i architectural KU etL Tho front of or the auditorium in 0 decorated profusely with whito to can eri er of ot several varieties s and potted plant pants which made male tho tha rostrum rO and the theoran oran fin toll lOlL resemble a floral dorat conserva conservator tor tort lory DEDICATION SERMON SEmION K Rv II v r Dr r W V M I Ial Paden n 1 ilP 1 tho tha ormon assisted R sl by b fey llev He Drs Dt DI F and Mc and It J C 0 Lincoln Unc ln In the tho The text wn W II for Tor we are laborer together to with Cd Gd Therefore let lt no nail man tt In men for tor nil all things tire axe yours our Paul or Apollon or n Cephas or 01 orthe I the e world or life lite or death or 01 thin or things to rome all are oura and ye 1 ar lire are t and Christ t ii 1 i Goil 1 I Cor or III Ill 2123 Hf HI 1 r aid ald In part The I 18 our Fathers house hou on of or JIl many m n mansion But will God In cr deed well with men on the earth 7 Haw much le leu In this house homme hOIl o which w WI hiv hix built buill Behold heaven mind and tha thaI th ti I heaven of ot heaven cannot I Him we Ite mu must mut t nf ot provincialism evert m We Wn W arP arn not n mr r servant of ot thin thi or that thai time rare or mortal morta master hut but children of the Illicit high hl h and Alid holy hI Otto One who h leth Eternity Christianity Is lB not hot loyalty to this or ort orI I that t Rt human lender 1 but bill loyalty to Christ ChristOn l lOM On OM l I Im our Master laster Ola even Christ and nd nil all IT we ae Nrc brothers Why should wo wa IV tap tit Iong lon after r any an one fliP mini however Rood good however howeler great when we wo own them nil all ill ul 11 are arB ours Clur whether Paul Path or of ot Opha Ceph re h All are ours whether tint tine or Luther r or Calvin or Wesley Viey Wr I or oreman eman We do 11 not to nn all one or all II of or them they the one oue and all alt beton belon to ui us tj jH TO AM When one II ne of flod children gt a n am m nige MW iron from tho the Father KAther It II forthwith bom common rommon property It cannot be b tnt to tf any lilt Peal or nationality Thomas ThomaR does tint belong to the John linn hun hunan yan all an to 10 the Holy Hol Rutherford to the Presbyterians 01 or John Juhn j tM t s They The hl erich each to III UK 1111 nil tl II The It of ot divine truth Is th I beyond en all Any n pernon per on at III any t tim lint nd any li T may claim hi hl hili portion of oC Mt bl tI 8 to our text I k a 11 cit elent n WIll v nr fl All are yews Patti Vaul or Apollo or Ml Mt 1 nr y ye e lire 1110 not their theIrs ye t e art are not nt your our own on Ye le nr nN are Chrlot hrit t s II aid II hrit Is im Gods Hods Vet re e we 1 ulve to 10 o much of ot the partisan In us u that thai UP WI can run h he ime fair air even een evento to 10 o Gods God Gol hOn prophets and teachers Hunly Hanl hardly overstates or tiri wilen liei hi Im My says of Parson laIr He loved St Paul raul admired St fit John felt tell towards toward Ht HI Jude lude and St t Peter Peler and ann disliked St fit James ns nil munch much muncha u a he dared daret There Is III I too 10 much of this thin ort FOrt rt of ot thing even in Iii our treatment tr of or the holy heir men m n of old We must break br lIk with Ith alt all mich uch Ours In is not nol the uie church of or au H John or at Rt t Paul or St t Iame much less iru the church h of oC ri rt Calvin e St t Cranmer or St Wesley Wele emte It t l Is 11 the Ih church h of or the Incarnation the church ot of the atonement the th church of nC the th Ih rl But 1311 It Is Ismore Ismore more nore U It Is III I lh the of or Je lIs Christ th the Son of ot the thA living nod and nodAs As our rl fathers were wont to say any Wo w are not Catholics hut but Catholic We am lire not the th hl hurh h but hut a n part pirt of ot the tha universal i of ot Jem Ie Christ which tins has many miny member who hn hear bear many mau names As AI AsI I one loan has expressed It In our ouri i name Presbyterian n our surname Wo We 0 arc 1110 ro Presbyterian Christians As 15 such ve we ve tun Rn In operate cooperate co with of ot PHI y name In works rork of or faith and la itt lat 11 t ers of 0 love Ion As AM defined In th the Wet West Westminster est minster tr confession lon the most mo l lv and catholic of nil alt religious ron Tho Time church consists of ot iii ll thoc thoe throughout the world who pro fes fe the true title religion with their child children ren rn We WI therefore there torr claim ns n brothers brother nil all who be Ion I to our fathers Father household So 10 n the tho conditions for Co Admittance to this household ns AI Ol near nil a may mil ho bo bothe hoth the th conditions for to 10 the tho kingdom I of ot heaven We receive men mens U s they Ih rome rOm on ono condition faith In Inthe Inthe the tho I Lorl rd Icus Je Christ manifest l l I by a Ii godly orrow for tor ln III and In a 1 life Ire We lYe o stand for tor n II comprehensive creed creel n It high moral code anti hut re reverent verent sei ent culture of C form forum of worship but bill butte te 11 Hand above nil 1111 li things for tr faith In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Lord Jeu Christ BE DE AND nEI Our text also RI alF C treats tr of the attitude ot of f the Christian to 10 this thiM world Is Isac ro ac thIs contention As A no Ideal hur h Is III l ever eler n a fraction Tho Time Chris ChrisI I inn lIn church must mut he be as Ill broad ami deep I a l His Ills love and life Not only are nil n n ours our whether Paul or Apollo Apollos or hall but all 1111 things are ours oun hoth er Mho r tho th world of life Ufa or death iii The Tho world l I is ours ours to an enJo enjoy It Irks inn inc m to hear men depre I ft te this thin beautiful world I 1 count such J f i matlon a n specie of tic t Ingratitude Tf Th in material world Is III not a 1 wilderness of n woe wo Io nor IH hi It nil all IL a smear with th tim 1119 Urn of or the Ime serpent Much of or it U Is I Just t RS as Rood kottl ks U and Ind there ar thou Ande who Iho enjoy enjo their Eden more lnore than tham tm 1 Im m ever over die did Why Wh this hii world and it setting of or suns stars star Is III one of oC roI 0 li I little masterpieces mn It reveals lla touch In detail Each Earh O ott er r ID IA a I cup running over oer with buty i I y Illch cach tar star a 1 restIng ir n the I meadow of or heaven and t the i mountains are lit symbols of ot the e holIness s of ot the Eternal n Our r must meet life litE In II Ia fun II orb d wholeness It must cow cov 0 r tn the he whole area of ot human experience na nd f cover Corer It all tho the time tinie Christs robe roha I Is II no mere ribbon for F sunday U AY ll it ILia ls ha not nol R a 1 thing to tn he be P put t on sn Off IP on when dealing with nod off oft he defiling deMIn with mon man We mutt must t have hav s J religion Christianity be beUtien life tee I Sunday Sundel a gospel for tor the secular q ur o the IhO Wicket d world Is I ours ourI to curl cure This Ih I or rather It H ii ours flurR to cure cur The Christ moro morn excellent 1 tl t I yeast to leaven Imen lel n or MIt all c P he hec rather than an acid to canter viii Or k a horl to cut ut and hack Thin ThiR iii I that at h II MII priest s Oo II a Bible at the cathedral nf of me cd ot to 80 i answer does Oel not kill It curt curti i This will cure that When Michael Angelo Angela was wall pressed prel with the foolish Question How fitow do you munke your OUI mag magnificent statues he lie h answered I 1 timid find i u II block of oC marble and chip off ore what I hilt I 1 dont want sant S So Io v mime would the tho Christian church Let Iet us WI chip chili off oft let IH us lid iid ourselves of ot this or that they My Cay Hut that Is III l not Gods Cods way n The Thu Divine Artist works without making mahln chips chili noli sent not flat his hili Son Sini Into luto tIm lit world orId to 10 condemn the world but that the tho world through him might ba be b saved CHRISTIANIZE SOCIETY To St Ht t Paul the world represented the tha Idea ilca IM of ot opportunity to his hili tho Christian was 1 ca In tho the world to rA rAIt antI save savo It According to tn this of ot life lite a II malts culling ailing whatever It molly be beo Is his Ills ml The hu man la is In tn tho the world to business hu the th mechanic or laborer to Christianize labor the tho cholor Is III i in III it time tho world 1 to Christianize scholarship Ilia Iho artist Is U In it tho t ho world to tn art Brt to Rive give his lils perception of or tho In Infinite finite K a 1 moral mor I the th politician U la In the world to poli 1011 politics tics and 1111 when a n Christian cannot go Into politics without faring facing political martyrdom Its irs time all alt Christians were entering politic with both bOlh hands So tho the man lORn of ot social Rifts Ift IK Is In tIm the world to ehrl tl society As s 11 St ill Paul would put It There arc aro diversIties of or gifts hut hilt the Iho Lord Jorel anti Master la tH diversities of Jf operations but hilt the th paino Famo spirit It Is III just as Its much tIme the mission lon of the church hurch to promote honesty omon her hr business men faithfulness I hod OM fine workmanship through uh her h r mechanics tho tIme love ovo of at truth through hor liar scholars Appreciation tion nf ot beauty beauly through her 1111 artists the Instinct of at Justice and generosity through her public men and lh tiit thu spirit of ot love lovo and gentleness through the of social and homo life Just ns HI much munch her duty as ns It ILia Is to promote public worship religious Instruction Christian nut tho the convention of or simmers through her Sunday mini ministrations M liS For FOI all aU thing are yours whether Paul or Apollos A or nr Cephas Cephal 01 or the Hie world All are Me you yours OUI IK as M a ye 0 are 1110 Christs rind and 1 Is 11 God We WA e of ot keeping step leI with St S Paul much longer Hear him butt Alt All 11 things are yours whether wh thel tho the world worl l or lire life or 01 death or things present or nr things till to conic come On he hI goes striding H a plant gIant from mountain peak to 10 mountain peak each with Its Ils it own nil Inclusive breadth of oC view Wo can do ilo dono no tin more than glance at nt tho the e ground we PI have hae in then the I mountain lol r lons Look off toward them a awe M as Mg we go g over oer their TIre Life death and things and things tImings to tv come collie THE TIlE MOUNTAIN TAIN OK OF O There Is IB time the th mountain of life It Is IR almost before you ou perhaps almost be hind you ou It 11 Is bathed In sunlight time the light IB Is In your our eyes 11 Mayhap It Is III cow cov CO ered ere with clouds and am the night Is IR en ell your our soul Boul The way wa may Ina very f n easy eaR or It may ma seem very 11 ery hard Th Ih Tue climbing may nia ma be ic wine or 01 It II may he het woe t 0 oe fo To each fach of o us the mountain pre presents pr n II different lIf CI nut lInt cnn enn wa we not hot unite III In s ying Thank JaIl Clod for t life the tho glorious mountain of life And 1111 ns nil WH Wt turn towards lifes 11 tallied d possibilities lIo time the beet which Is I yet t to 10 come coni the hol for tor tim tho part was planned pin lined we WI me are reminded of o Matthew Arnolds glorified memory of M hh r HP Its crowning vision Ilion SUR sug Un Rests IN H time the Christ One On like hiko Ilk a Ii hi lii other oth l like Ilk n a God Clod appears radiant with ardor divine I ant 1111 conic say ayi He lie that yc ye 1 may many mn hlO life anti that y ye may It more lii ore abundantly ucla lit I We Ve W fall fal I in itu He lIe alights In n our vali 1111 At Ills His Punic Panic despair delair tIe lee He Ito e moves motes through the tha ranks rank recalls the tho Ih drag Riots freshens freshen time the careworn praises pro the brave bra I ye Order return l rekindle fol tol low lo His Ills steps as He lie 1 goes Boes Ho lie nils up till Hip Ihl IIi gaps In lit our me flies strengthens RIJen the wavering lipes steadies f our march on to 11 thi Ihl bound of at the waste vaste te on to tn thc tM city of Hall Got HallOh oJ Oh Ohm but hut yonder Is I the Iho Mountain of at Death It seems n great groat way Ia off to some of up mis hut bitt to o conic of or UN ta very r neal hear Sonic of ot n us I have half once cure and amul again n In seen een Ui th thun sun un go o down behind this mountain and some Olne have havo hn friends with their faces taK thither all arc moving toward to It none lone of It us its u know Just what hn t Is beyond nut But nil Butto vo to 0 know that the mountain belongs to t tour our Father and that thit tho tIm road roa to tn our Fathers rH house lies hits that way IlL Wo We alt know knol that Jesus Jeu the same sama Jesus Je who us over the thi Mountain of ot Life once went over the Mountain of ot Death and am came caine back with sith the thA light hIghL of oC heaven on Ills His Hl face ace We know knoll that over oer the tho mountain 1 the land Ian of oC eternal life with wih Its Il timings things present nt which are Irl liege and titter with wih Its things to como which nr lre are gain All Al things are Ir ourI for w we e are Christs stud Ind Christ Is God Gods O SERVICES In lii II the time evening It IL I was Wil n a ease enne of or stand Inc ing 11 room only and II not much of oC If for tor several of ot the other e 1 t I churches adjourned their servIces service that their thel congregations might ml ht attend the ho Presbyterian service On the platform besides b ld tho thin pastor lor were item Hev Dr Ir Wish Isit ard art and neI of oC the Third ellal Da Davis Dati vis ti J of o the tue Westminster Presbyterian churches Hev Young of or the tho First Flit Methodist church Hev ilet D A Drown and Bruce of ot the tho Hap Bop list churches Rev Hev Hc 15 E 1 1 I Goshen of the tho First Fl rat Congregational and J r C I Lincoln Hev He Young From the depths of oC my 1 In heart hert t 1 greet you 01 Ind bring you u tho the felicitations of ot my mr Methodist brethren This work called ca 1111 for tor planning rare cour conr courage ago age and large In 81 I I 11 e This church chulch represents It 1 linn has n a In iti Ii this hit world What hat n a I dark world orld wo we 0 should have without God Cod church hits made mado civilization wholesome The Tho need nHI of ot the time world Is II the hands of Christ spread over 01 It It Ills Hs bleeding hands over overall nil all 11 This Thil church stands III for fo service for fellowship hh for communion alit above all al for tO Christ Chrit Wo We must hold up the tle standard rd of o God nt LIt all costs I On behalf behal of Methodists everywhere I hid bid you OU peel ami ant an ak Octets Gods blessing on ott 01 you ou ouRI Rev Ret JosIah said Mid I 1 bring greetings Jr and congratulations from the Third Presbyterian church I passed fl It through this thin city In 1874 Si nail saw the foundation of or the old oll First church laid lale It I was WAR the th day lAY of somalI small thins things but hut we sc did not hot It It I The rime fh First church has hns stood for better hettEr life I hope nil I churches may mi have big hous boos houses housell es ell Rev net R I Bruce superintendent or of missions said Rid fundamentals WP ite ate I one We I little 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