Show BEGIN AT II AT HOME WITH WIH THE Plenty of ot Room for Christian Teaching at Your Own Doorstep SYMPATHY FOR RICH TOO Lr Dl Warns Against t of Homo 1011 I In 11 ii Effort to Help rl Abroad II I Gospel like charity begins at home s says Ito Rov William M. M 1 Pa Paten den of oC the the First Presbyterian church chuich chUch In a sermon ser ser- mon mun on the lie value alue of or service ser to tu religion re re- re- re ligion Dr PUllen emphasized the need of beginning at home to do lo the work of Christianity but b by this he docs does not mean men to counsel neglect of or foreign missionary work He lie took tool a as hl his text Repentance and remission glon of sins should be 10 preached In his name unto Into all aJ nations beginning from Jerusalem Jeru salem Lul Luke c 7 I Dr Palen said sid in part pait Are we wc faithful as 88 we should lI bo be to 10 the hue favored ored fn clashes of men and women who live Ive at our doors We VI talk of tin the n heeLed poor pool POOl are there no neglected 1 well well- do o-do todo no neglected rich We e throw open our churches chuiches to the thu- shiftless and amid Illiterate ate att and we cannot throw them too wIde open are arc we doing as much to make them hem homes hOlms for men of or thought and culture culture cul- cul ture ure Wo r may as well WEl be e rank frank In this I matter time the th church rl must t reach all al sorts and and con conditions l lons of men and Christ no now non I needs good men macri um unit and true quite a as much I as Ig he lie did when ho 11 made malc disciples of or St. St St Paul aul and St SI Stephen What hat would the carl carI cary car- car l I y church chulch have done without such ml mighty might men nen as the missionary apostle Woe oe oc h b be beo to o the tIme church when It censes ceases to enlist such uch uch characters While the church must vcr ever I be a homo home for fO prodigals Is even prodIgals al of the sorriest sort that does docs not ot obscure the lie fact that list there arc scores or of f good ool men mn antI anil women at nt our ver very door doors hut but out outside l c of them who would be he worth more to Christ's Christs cau cause c If t we could only OnlY win whim them for or It I It than luau double time the lumber of converted prodigals And tui n these good gool gool people need Christ as much muchas as s do o th the tho hoodlum or All Al have II e sinned Your friends s may mar be bu superior sinners inners but Iut arc are being saved ed a from or lost ost In their sins sin That depends pon their relation to God and ant on tho the wa ay ly tIme the they 0 art arc doing not nol on their grade or of f moral character or the lie standing th they y have ha e lave at t the time start atari As ti a I matter mater of fact I we c dare not discriminate In lii fax favor ol fa or of tl tiny any 1 specIal grade of sinner shiner Vc We must seek larys of Bethany as well ivell vel as Marys ars ar's of oC the good good Samaritans as well wel as asic the ic bad ones t Wor-t O t aud iid 11 Bc Best t Commingle Il BUT NEAR NER TIlE THE TIE BEST YOU NEARLY Y WA YS FIND Til TIlE THE WORST London I IWA and nd New York contain the heights and depths of oC Christendom So there were I ten en Jerusalem sinners to one Jerusalem aim Be Beginning at Jerusalem there therefore fort meant not only onh oni beginning with wih the best beat but ut beginning with wih the worst I imagine the le apostles flinched as the they confronted such uch a beginnIng beginning Let us not hero huro ore they would would- say hUY These Jeru Jerusalem sinners have hae ao not heeded tim th thy pleadings s and andly thy ly tears VI What lt can our OUI persuasions profit Wh Why wa waste te life here Let Jet us us' get getway gt way from the the shadow of the cross Anther would we call cal down fire fre from heaven hea cn than preach pardon amon among these sneerIng enemies Let Jet us its make a fresh start tart anywhere but lucre here But the gentle e olce voice o of Jesus Jeus firmly I says le Begin ln from froni rom Jerusalem I came not to call cal the righteous right- right cow ous but Iut sinners to repentance I came not ot to do o what un any man can do but buto to to o do what whit men call cal time the Impossible I Iame came ame to mal make a disciples of Pharisees and andI publicans ant and sinners I came cameo care I to o make Christians of or all al sorts of hopeless hOJI- hOJI hope 1 less ess s cases case I came to la lay hold of or the host ost Yet do we not often ofen overlook o this ther th very er ery essence nce of the gospel We e try tr to reach each the ea easy cases but buL make very seh littie lit lit- lt- lt tie te Ic endeavor or to reach th the hard ones I ha have heard men speak pak as I If It were as asgood goo good a as Impossible to reach wih with the Christian ChrIstan religion Others speak t eak eak as if Christianity had found more morelan than lan a match In lii certain men lumen and women of f the vicious classes i Or to come nearer home ome are aie there not whole households withIn reach of our church bells bels which we WI o are arc pas passing b 1 by as practically beyond he time reach of the time gospel ospel Perhaps you OU ha have lave given up UJ members of your own home circle If I so you ou are arc wron wrong This surrender of individuals communities and naton Is and unchristian unchristian- like ke What hat Is Christianity more mor than a amoral amoral moral loral cult while it I boggles bogles at les and talks tales of oC hopeless cases cases' The Time commission lon of or our 01 text text- condemns such such weakness Repentance an and remission of ofus slims us should be preached to all ni the world at sahl ild Jesus beginning with time tho worst ginning beginning at ut Jerusalem l Begin ln In the theory vory Of ory stronghold of mn my nn enemies Convert Converti th the i and und prejudice of or scribes and aid Id I'd to love an and amid gentleness Es- Es s- s h m my church beneath the shadow of oC f th the cros cross crass tIli tl s Lk-s ii h by a Way Id e. e The Time un unchristian portion of the so called so-culet so Christian world orld Is like ikI to be he wrecked d don on ti one of two rocks s. s One class clas goes to pieces on the rock of or presumption the theother other othel on time the thc rock rock of de despair Wo e c must valce ake up time the 0 muio and cheer up imp the other oilier M ly heart goe out goes no out towards the children n nor or of f despair There is no ue use ute In trying to to q be Joo good tho they sa say Religion Is If not notor f for or r the likes of us Not ot for time the like of or you ou It I I Is for fOI you 01 or 01 for fOl nobody Him that lat cometh I will wi In iii no wl wise o east cast out Whosoever cl will nU may come 0 O. ye e men and ml women of or Christ t to work with wih your our religion elision The man mun who has fallen falen among thieves still sti lie lies h by the lie wayside II and niu bleeding ll You perhaps have ha 8 seen n I him ilm The he minister ter him pa parses e by hy he lie belongs be- be longs to some other mans man's parish or his reverence must needs go 0 and chat with I sonic tome good church member The Chit ChrisIan Chris Chris- Is- Is thin Ian tha worker goes around him a as al a lax laz lazy mann lun mn goes oe around a a. a piece of or hard work Hut ut the good Samaritan saves this man lie Be ic ye C each good Samaritans Hardest t Woi k Ic at Home Time The light that thai shines shine farthest shines hines Brightest at home Begin at hore home There Is a no harder l kind nJ of or Christian work You wil often oCen find nt It easier easler to give give- a u dime dimne or ora ora a dollar dolar towards the time conversion of or men menn In n the time far west or far calt cast than luau to sa say a one ne word towards the conversion of or a aman anina nina man you ou meet every da day You will wi find It t much easier casler to pa pay a ml mission t teacher to o put up with time the deficient moral morality of Christians In Africa or India than baum it i Is le leo to o put up with the time deficient morality or of f Christians at home It U is h hard for foric I me flie ic to 10 get up much enthusiasm th UP I saving of ot men In Iii tho the center of or China you ou sa say Aye t and Isn't int It hard for you 01 to 10 o get up p much enthusiasm for the tIme s saw av- sawIng In Ing ng of r some of our OUI kome neighbors Ar Are there not ot good people whom you ou meet every week to whom you ou have hae scarcely grace enough to speak kindly As for bring bring- ng them to Christ or nearer to Christ you ou could hardly do p a thing tIming without with with- out ut getting a 8 new heart For you ou there there- ther tore fore ore beginning at nl Jerusalem assuredly means hc beginning at homo home MANY IAN OF US LS MAKE fAKE EXCUSES WE WERl ARE VRE Rl TRANSIENTS TS we S are Ae re too bus busy making taking a n ln 1 living hiving to give hc much tm to th rt of or living right we have I left the tile old I home lome church and I Its influences but have hac forgotten to make th the religion of our I carl arly life count In our new environment environment- In n all al this we are disobedient environment to the first of J Jesus su Wherever er you OU are arc po go poo so soto goto I to o work with your religion reJon go so to work w with wih h our your moral character keep keel your our religious and mO moral life growing grow grown In n grace and In favor or with wih God Clod as you OU grow In years mars tarl experience anti and 11 1 I IN herr you 01 are arc that h In Is your our mission Ch field ld that tat Is 18 your our Jerusalem Be Begin n there |