'The theme of Mr. Baxter's sermon was "The city of Cain and the city of God," and was based on the words "and Cain builded a city and oatied the name of the city after the name of his ton" (Genesis 4, 17), and "By faith' Abraham Tooked for a. city hich "hath" the foundations, whose Dullder and maker' 1s. God" "(ife-brews. 11, 10), Remarking that. the! Bible never claims that it requires 8 saint to bulld a city, the preacher pointed out that in the story of Cain there Inthe implication that deeper the heart of man than iis native ppastlons, his specific virtues and Wis specie" sing, Is his urge for com pany, for community, for progress 3nd' hig aversion to" having. to live alone. Even after repudiating his Fesponsibiity for' his' brother and siting him to the ground, Cain, in {face of his condemnation to lonetlness, ried onl: "My. punishment realer than T can bear." and went forth and built a city, and in so doing oeeame in Jewish tradition a plane of civilization, In the development ft community" life and of the those days in thie city of Cain the no recognition of or thanics to the Giver of all. good. gifts, " Instead Lamuech rises up, gathers to himaelt the fruits of civilization;- and ina song of savage exultation glories nis power to tse them for destruction and revenge. during foundation and inspiration of community life is faith, through achievement. And so we' read of Abraham, and it 1s true in essence those who succeeded him, that in faith he moved among the cémmuni~ les of men and builded altars to God.
The Lesson for Today reading what little ts known of David, the Patron saint of Wales, the Preacher said he came across' the statement that he belonged to a far back age which like a mist on a mountain blows aside for moment to reveal him and then closes down, But what the moment reveals is that 'Si. David, where the lifts of western Wales look over the sea to holy Ireland, built a little church to the glory of God. And though the mists) {alt'on him as they did on Abraham he has had his long Tine of successors "che' altar ullder of Wales, and What the culture and. achievements of Wales owed to its Abraham and its prophets and. seers the. world knows.
Professor Middleton Mu'faj, broadcasting recently, used there, words: 'A' terrible sense of frustration eats the heart of Europe. In its elvill zation now destruction, is not acelental; it ts essential, Men cannot me {egrate their societies except for war."
that is true, then in. Europe we fare seeing again the bulldimg of the glen f hin and i te wonder the boasting of Lamech: "Hear inp we are hear log again in Europe
voices heaven unto my words; T will Slay''the man who. hurts te, ven" france seventy imes. seven" Tt has! taken" humanity' in general a long! ime to realize the futllty of the ity of Cain and to learn that the mere mastery of elemental forces By the natural man will not of itself carry Us far towards a Better "WOPd, 1h conclusion the preacher appealed to: those present not to forget their altars and those who have built and {ended them throughout the ages but carry on in their life and community the work of their forefathers, fnd_ as they are faithful to the task they too would share in the vision of seeing the holy city coming down this world "and" through "the open fates they would bring the glory and Honour of Wales and nations into
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