Article December 9, 1905 Issue

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with contributions from Charles M. Sheldon

God is speaking in these recent years with no uncertain sound, and herein, rather than in any prosperity of lands, or factories, or ships, lies the good fortune of our time. Through the deafening noise of machinery and trade and pleasure come once more those divine tones which, whether in righteous indignation or in yearning tenderness, are the precious evidence of the sonship of man and the fatherhood of God. The happy hour for the prodigal was not that which found him feasting with his fellows, crowned with flowers and lying in the arms of pleasure; but that which came to him when he herded with the swine, and his father's voice suddenly called him from the far country home.

The Outlook.

The message of the Church must emphasize the message of Jesus. He taught that no outward form, no confession of the lips, no assumption of piety can make one a citizen of the kingdom of God. That which God demands and will have in His children is unselfishness, forgiveness, the spirit of brotherhood and love and service. It should be made plain by every man who speaks for God to his fellow-men, that to be unloving, selfish, dishonest is to be unchristian. Jesus Christ came to make men righteous; not merely to lead men to call themselves by his name.—The Standard.

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