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Show ejiEM MIK'S RELIGION Reverend Frank G Brainerd delivered deliv-ered an excellent sermon last night In the First Congregational church on the subject of "Is Christianity a Man's Religion7" The talk was the second of a series on the question "Men and Religion" and, in part, follows fol-lows "Action, outlook, power and equipment equip-ment are the forces that dominate tho nature of man Action suggests two things, spending and investment, and is necessary to keep pace with the 'up and doing spirit, that is also a natural heritage of man. Tho avenues ave-nues open to him load to acquirement of a strong body and good workable things and the achievement of these laudable ambitions and the ideal value that Christianity places on it, is the result of effort The spirit of such a progressive existence is fostered fos-tered and directed by Christianity and the religion of Jesus Christ offers of-fers a greater reward than either philosophy or science. "Spending suggests the Idea of two kinds of men. First the freehearted man, who disposes of his earnings in a way commensurate with his character, char-acter, helping those about him and giving him a broader view of life, and the penurious man, who reaps no rewards for hoarding the material things which he can not take with him to the future life that Christianity Christi-anity promises. The desire for investment in-vestment is always uppermost ln the mind of man and he is always seeking seek-ing something that will secure him against the uncertainty of tho future. Christianity offers tho only permanent perma-nent Investment, bringing material returns re-turns as well as being the rock upon which the promise of eternal life is founded. "It is also the disposition of man to have an outlook. He likes to gaze beyond his own house, his own town, his horizon to a world of greater possibilities. pos-sibilities. The real man 1b never content con-tent with his lot. Ambition drives him on. Christianity fortifies him with character and strength to achieve that ambition and affords him the necessary allotment of time. And, since man is compelled to solve the real problems of life and as this solution so-lution depends entirely upon the principles prin-ciples of Christian teaching, the Christian Chris-tian religion is pre-eminently a man's religion and was created for hmi." |