This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...but notice that these words were used in an address explicitly to His disciples. Perhaps it was heard by others, but it was spoken directly to them, and for them it is written. In the first and second verses of Matthew v. we read, "And when he was set, his disciples came unto him and he opened his mouth and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...but notice that these words were used in an address explicitly to His disciples. Perhaps it was heard by others, but it was spoken directly to them, and for them it is written. In the first and second verses of Matthew v. we read, "And when he was set, his disciples came unto him and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying," and the command regarding seeking the kingdom first is in what follows. It is a clear demand that the disciple shall put the kingdom first in his every consideration. To be true to those words we must always ask the question before any decision is made, Will this decision help or hinder the coming of the kingdom for which we pray? What is hindering the kingdom from the complete achievement of the power designed for it? Why, at least, has not our own country, which we call a Christian country, more completely realized upon the ideals of Jesus? The Foreigner has been made the scapegoat of all our shortcomings. Indeed he is responsible for some things, it would seem to the casual observer. This one thing is sure, that this country is not nearly so largely evangelical in its Christianity as it would be were it not for the overwhelmingly large Roman Catholic immigration. In years gone by there can be no doubt but other governments sent to us as many of the dependents and defectives as possible. When we study the traffic in liquors we find that about sixty-five per cent. of all those engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquors were born in foreign countries. When the children of foreign-born parents are added the percentage becomes much larger. There can be no doubt but the newly foreign people are hindering national prohibition. We say the foreigners are not law-abiding. We venture the assertion that there is no more...
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