![Sunday December 3, 1950.<br />
The Source of National Safety.<br />
Read Zech 4: 1-10<br />
Text: Zech 4:6-This is the word of the Lord unto Le[?] babel saying “Not by might nor by power, but my spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.”<br />
This moment[?] I want to speak to us on the source<br />
This is one of the most perilous periods in the history of our great nation. Our Nation at this very moment is facing a greater peril than it had to face when the Declaration of Independence which touched off the revolutionary war. Let us look [?] back at our history<br />
At that time ours was not even a constituted country but 13 small colonies located for the most part on the eastern seaboard seeking freedom of speech and worship with an earnest hope that they could conquer their opposers and initiate[?] Self govern men with the colonies uniting as one nation indivisible with freedom and justice for all.<br />
That was more than 190 years ago. But what has happened since then?<br />
The colonies have cemented themselves into the United States of America. It is no longer a little strip on the Atlantic Coast but it includes](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/7b72965a40b03eb23bd621d93c027bc5.jpg "Sunday December 3, 1950.<br />
The Source of National Safety.<br />
Read Zech 4: 1-10<br />
Text: Zech 4:6-This is the word of the Lord unto Le[?] babel saying “Not by might nor by power, but my spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.”<br />
This moment[?] I want to speak to us on the source<br />
This is one of the most perilous periods in the history of our great nation. Our Nation at this very moment is facing a greater peril than it had to face when the Declaration of Independence which touched off the revolutionary war. Let us look [?] back at our history<br />
At that time ours was not even a constituted country but 13 small colonies located for the most part on the eastern seaboard seeking freedom of speech and worship with an earnest hope that they could conquer their opposers and initiate[?] Self govern men with the colonies uniting as one nation indivisible with freedom and justice for all.<br />
That was more than 190 years ago. But what has happened since then?<br />
The colonies have cemented themselves into the United States of America. It is no longer a little strip on the Atlantic Coast but it includes")
![All the land from the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific on the West, from the Canadian border and the great lakes on the North to the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grande on the South Instead of 13 states – 48 states and the Alaska and a protectorate over Puerto Rico and other colonial possessions.<br />
It has developed its natural resources and built up a commercial trade beyond any country on any other continent and because of its productivity it has grown to be if not the greatest one of the greatest of the worlds forever. In arts invention – education, wealth per capita it stands first. Its power on land on sea and in the air must recognized by all nations.<br />
Since 1776 – when this nation fought the revolutionary war it has been victorious in wars – The War of 1812, the Mexican war, the shameful Civil War, 1861-65, The Spanish American War, World War I, WW II. In all of these our nation won the final victory.<br />
What repercussion came[?] or[?] what was the reaction on us as result of these great victories and the phenomenal rise to power and international fame?](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/7052238ecedf7b583058750b9743905b.jpg "All the land from the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific on the West, from the Canadian border and the great lakes on the North to the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grande on the South Instead of 13 states – 48 states and the Alaska and a protectorate over Puerto Rico and other colonial possessions.<br />
It has developed its natural resources and built up a commercial trade beyond any country on any other continent and because of its productivity it has grown to be if not the greatest one of the greatest of the worlds forever. In arts invention – education, wealth per capita it stands first. Its power on land on sea and in the air must recognized by all nations.<br />
Since 1776 – when this nation fought the revolutionary war it has been victorious in wars – The War of 1812, the Mexican war, the shameful Civil War, 1861-65, The Spanish American War, World War I, WW II. In all of these our nation won the final victory.<br />
What repercussion came[?] or[?] what was the reaction on us as result of these great victories and the phenomenal rise to power and international fame?")
![And what would be the natural feeling of other nations –older but not so progressive – as ours toward us when we boastfully flaunt our power before them – or make them appear somewhat small at the conference table? I will not attempt to answer that. You know already that a nation reacts to such things as an individual does.<br />
But for ourselves: Have we allowed our successes and our prosperity to cause us to forget that it is almighty God who has given us these superior advantages?<br />
Have we forgotten that God requires great America to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.<br />
Has national prosperity produce in us pride and arrogance instead of humility and meekness?<br />
Are our courts merely a Furee[?]? as someone said – where the poor cannot always be assured of justice but where poor innocent is punished but the greatly[?] rich goes free.<br />
If this picture truthfully [?]](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/214a9d5014a8c6bb3635a212a67e80b9.jpg "And what would be the natural feeling of other nations –older but not so progressive – as ours toward us when we boastfully flaunt our power before them – or make them appear somewhat small at the conference table? I will not attempt to answer that. You know already that a nation reacts to such things as an individual does.<br />
But for ourselves: Have we allowed our successes and our prosperity to cause us to forget that it is almighty God who has given us these superior advantages?<br />
Have we forgotten that God requires great America to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.<br />
Has national prosperity produce in us pride and arrogance instead of humility and meekness?<br />
Are our courts merely a Furee[?]? as someone said – where the poor cannot always be assured of justice but where poor innocent is punished but the greatly[?] rich goes free.<br />
If this picture truthfully [?]")
![Practices[?] of our nation. Let us ask ourselves what is the peril that we are facing?<br />
Again I say “we know”. Our Army [?] suffered shameful defeat in South Korea – when we were driven nearly into the sea by the Communist.<br />
Assuming the greatest part of the Campaign of the United Nations we succeeded in driving the communist beyond the 18th Parallel to the Manchurian borders only to meet with overwhelming numbers of Communists who were well prepared – and succeeded again not only in defeating us but put us in position – diplomatically that we cannot save our face, --- before the world.<br />
From all appearances – the other powers – do not see us a great nation any longer.<br />
But it is not so much what the other nations think. It is whether we have the assurance of safety<br />
In other words are we trusting in him who can save to the utmost? It is not by might nor by power but by the spirit of God that nation can be secured.](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/0808c0871802bff9bc607acdca12d88b.jpg "Practices[?] of our nation. Let us ask ourselves what is the peril that we are facing?<br />
Again I say “we know”. Our Army [?] suffered shameful defeat in South Korea – when we were driven nearly into the sea by the Communist.<br />
Assuming the greatest part of the Campaign of the United Nations we succeeded in driving the communist beyond the 18th Parallel to the Manchurian borders only to meet with overwhelming numbers of Communists who were well prepared – and succeeded again not only in defeating us but put us in position – diplomatically that we cannot save our face, --- before the world.<br />
From all appearances – the other powers – do not see us a great nation any longer.<br />
But it is not so much what the other nations think. It is whether we have the assurance of safety<br />
In other words are we trusting in him who can save to the utmost? It is not by might nor by power but by the spirit of God that nation can be secured.")
![It is that inner poise that is needed in the whole American life. Last Monday morning I read Billy Graham’s clear cut straight-to-the point remark on ungodliness and disregard for spiritual values. Such a sermon needs to be preached over and over again by us ministers if we could get our people to trust more in the power of God’s spirit and less in in the power of armies and navies and air planes.<br />
It is not by the power of armies that men are saved but by the spirit of God. Men have yet to learn how to build a life of safety, with people. We do not make friends by fighting them. You don’t win the love of a [?] or nation by defeating them in battle and bringing them under submission no more than you would win the love of a person by physically overpowering him or abusing him or crushing him because you happen to be stronger. Yet that seems to have been the modus of operandi of the world of all ages.](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/6e88bce334223e36d71585842cecec2e.jpg "It is that inner poise that is needed in the whole American life. Last Monday morning I read Billy Graham’s clear cut straight-to-the point remark on ungodliness and disregard for spiritual values. Such a sermon needs to be preached over and over again by us ministers if we could get our people to trust more in the power of God’s spirit and less in in the power of armies and navies and air planes.<br />
It is not by the power of armies that men are saved but by the spirit of God. Men have yet to learn how to build a life of safety, with people. We do not make friends by fighting them. You don’t win the love of a [?] or nation by defeating them in battle and bringing them under submission no more than you would win the love of a person by physically overpowering him or abusing him or crushing him because you happen to be stronger. Yet that seems to have been the modus of operandi of the world of all ages.")
![We struggle to make our selves strong and powerful but having no inner poise or godly spiritual calm, we misuse our powers. Too many of us lack that spiritual calm that gives direction and guidance to whatever power that we have.<br />
The peril that confronts America has another angle that intensifies it. It is what we might call the nerve shattering element. We use to think that only the large cities were nerve shattering – This is no longer true – The [?] and other [?] of steel, on subway trains and e[?] – trucks and cars are merely the visible cause of outer confusion – But the mental confusion – the clashing of thoughts, ideas, attitudes, may be found along with some noises in almost any city or town nowaday. So what have we – a strained – overtaxed type of human living – shattered nerves – tangled lives, broken homes, hospitals and sanitariums overflowing while physicians and psychiatrists are overworked. In fact – someone said we seem to know everything about life except how to live it.<br />
With this nerve shattering element added to the perils of human control and ungodliness failing a powerful foe – and losing all of our friends who](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/f61219ed02e48f1b3131626ebb989c27.jpg "We struggle to make our selves strong and powerful but having no inner poise or godly spiritual calm, we misuse our powers. Too many of us lack that spiritual calm that gives direction and guidance to whatever power that we have.<br />
The peril that confronts America has another angle that intensifies it. It is what we might call the nerve shattering element. We use to think that only the large cities were nerve shattering – This is no longer true – The [?] and other [?] of steel, on subway trains and e[?] – trucks and cars are merely the visible cause of outer confusion – But the mental confusion – the clashing of thoughts, ideas, attitudes, may be found along with some noises in almost any city or town nowaday. So what have we – a strained – overtaxed type of human living – shattered nerves – tangled lives, broken homes, hospitals and sanitariums overflowing while physicians and psychiatrists are overworked. In fact – someone said we seem to know everything about life except how to live it.<br />
With this nerve shattering element added to the perils of human control and ungodliness failing a powerful foe – and losing all of our friends who")
![Were retained only by our nerves[?] gifts of money and food.<br />
Can we imagine a greater peril? Have we ever been so lonely in need of an ally. Perhaps not humanly speaking.<br />
But let us turn to the Christian Church in America. God in the midst of her. We will hear what God the Lord will speak. He will speak peace unto his people.<br />
You are in trouble.<br />
Your sons are dying<br />
Your allies are falling away<br />
But I will be with and when thru the deep waters.](https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/94c3694dd3aa477c656a8d155ceb9121.jpg "Were retained only by our nerves[?] gifts of money and food.<br />
Can we imagine a greater peril? Have we ever been so lonely in need of an ally. Perhaps not humanly speaking.<br />
But let us turn to the Christian Church in America. God in the midst of her. We will hear what God the Lord will speak. He will speak peace unto his people.<br />
You are in trouble.<br />
Your sons are dying<br />
Your allies are falling away<br />
But I will be with and when thru the deep waters.")
"The source of national safety"
Title
"The source of national safety"
Date
1950 December 3
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Wilson, Hercules
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Sunday December 3, 1950.
The Source of National Safety.
Read Zech 4: 1-10
Text: Zech 4:6-This is the word of the Lord unto Le[?] babel saying “Not by might nor by power, but my spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.”
This moment[?] I want to speak to us on the source
This is one of the most perilous periods in the history of our great nation. Our Nation at this very moment is facing a greater peril than it had to face when the Declaration of Independence which touched off the revolutionary war. Let us look [?] back at our history
At that time ours was not even a constituted country but 13 small colonies located for the most part on the eastern seaboard seeking freedom of speech and worship with an earnest hope that they could conquer their opposers and initiate[?] Self govern men with the colonies uniting as one nation indivisible with freedom and justice for all.
That was more than 190 years ago. But what has happened since then?
The colonies have cemented themselves into the United States of America. It is no longer a little strip on the Atlantic Coast but it includes
All the land from the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific on the West, from the Canadian border and the great lakes on the North to the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grande on the South Instead of 13 states – 48 states and the Alaska and a protectorate over Puerto Rico and other colonial possessions.
It has developed its natural resources and built up a commercial trade beyond any country on any other continent and because of its productivity it has grown to be if not the greatest one of the greatest of the worlds forever. In arts invention – education, wealth per capita it stands first. Its power on land on sea and in the air must recognized by all nations.
Since 1776 – when this nation fought the revolutionary war it has been victorious in wars – The War of 1812, the Mexican war, the shameful Civil War, 1861-65, The Spanish American War, World War I, WW II. In all of these our nation won the final victory.
What repercussion came[?] or[?] what was the reaction on us as result of these great victories and the phenomenal rise to power and international fame?
And what would be the natural feeling of other nations –older but not so progressive – as ours toward us when we boastfully flaunt our power before them – or make them appear somewhat small at the conference table? I will not attempt to answer that. You know already that a nation reacts to such things as an individual does.
But for ourselves: Have we allowed our successes and our prosperity to cause us to forget that it is almighty God who has given us these superior advantages?
Have we forgotten that God requires great America to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.
Has national prosperity produce in us pride and arrogance instead of humility and meekness?
Are our courts merely a Furee[?]? as someone said – where the poor cannot always be assured of justice but where poor innocent is punished but the greatly[?] rich goes free.
If this picture truthfully [?]
Practices[?] of our nation. Let us ask ourselves what is the peril that we are facing?
Again I say “we know”. Our Army [?] suffered shameful defeat in South Korea – when we were driven nearly into the sea by the Communist.
Assuming the greatest part of the Campaign of the United Nations we succeeded in driving the communist beyond the 18th Parallel to the Manchurian borders only to meet with overwhelming numbers of Communists who were well prepared – and succeeded again not only in defeating us but put us in position – diplomatically that we cannot save our face, --- before the world.
From all appearances – the other powers – do not see us a great nation any longer.
But it is not so much what the other nations think. It is whether we have the assurance of safety
In other words are we trusting in him who can save to the utmost? It is not by might nor by power but by the spirit of God that nation can be secured.
It is that inner poise that is needed in the whole American life. Last Monday morning I read Billy Graham’s clear cut straight-to-the point remark on ungodliness and disregard for spiritual values. Such a sermon needs to be preached over and over again by us ministers if we could get our people to trust more in the power of God’s spirit and less in in the power of armies and navies and air planes.
It is not by the power of armies that men are saved but by the spirit of God. Men have yet to learn how to build a life of safety, with people. We do not make friends by fighting them. You don’t win the love of a [?] or nation by defeating them in battle and bringing them under submission no more than you would win the love of a person by physically overpowering him or abusing him or crushing him because you happen to be stronger. Yet that seems to have been the modus of operandi of the world of all ages.
We struggle to make our selves strong and powerful but having no inner poise or godly spiritual calm, we misuse our powers. Too many of us lack that spiritual calm that gives direction and guidance to whatever power that we have.
The peril that confronts America has another angle that intensifies it. It is what we might call the nerve shattering element. We use to think that only the large cities were nerve shattering – This is no longer true – The [?] and other [?] of steel, on subway trains and e[?] – trucks and cars are merely the visible cause of outer confusion – But the mental confusion – the clashing of thoughts, ideas, attitudes, may be found along with some noises in almost any city or town nowaday. So what have we – a strained – overtaxed type of human living – shattered nerves – tangled lives, broken homes, hospitals and sanitariums overflowing while physicians and psychiatrists are overworked. In fact – someone said we seem to know everything about life except how to live it.
With this nerve shattering element added to the perils of human control and ungodliness failing a powerful foe – and losing all of our friends who
Were retained only by our nerves[?] gifts of money and food.
Can we imagine a greater peril? Have we ever been so lonely in need of an ally. Perhaps not humanly speaking.
But let us turn to the Christian Church in America. God in the midst of her. We will hear what God the Lord will speak. He will speak peace unto his people.
You are in trouble.
Your sons are dying
Your allies are falling away
But I will be with and when thru the deep waters.
The Source of National Safety.
Read Zech 4: 1-10
Text: Zech 4:6-This is the word of the Lord unto Le[?] babel saying “Not by might nor by power, but my spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.”
This moment[?] I want to speak to us on the source
This is one of the most perilous periods in the history of our great nation. Our Nation at this very moment is facing a greater peril than it had to face when the Declaration of Independence which touched off the revolutionary war. Let us look [?] back at our history
At that time ours was not even a constituted country but 13 small colonies located for the most part on the eastern seaboard seeking freedom of speech and worship with an earnest hope that they could conquer their opposers and initiate[?] Self govern men with the colonies uniting as one nation indivisible with freedom and justice for all.
That was more than 190 years ago. But what has happened since then?
The colonies have cemented themselves into the United States of America. It is no longer a little strip on the Atlantic Coast but it includes
All the land from the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific on the West, from the Canadian border and the great lakes on the North to the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grande on the South Instead of 13 states – 48 states and the Alaska and a protectorate over Puerto Rico and other colonial possessions.
It has developed its natural resources and built up a commercial trade beyond any country on any other continent and because of its productivity it has grown to be if not the greatest one of the greatest of the worlds forever. In arts invention – education, wealth per capita it stands first. Its power on land on sea and in the air must recognized by all nations.
Since 1776 – when this nation fought the revolutionary war it has been victorious in wars – The War of 1812, the Mexican war, the shameful Civil War, 1861-65, The Spanish American War, World War I, WW II. In all of these our nation won the final victory.
What repercussion came[?] or[?] what was the reaction on us as result of these great victories and the phenomenal rise to power and international fame?
And what would be the natural feeling of other nations –older but not so progressive – as ours toward us when we boastfully flaunt our power before them – or make them appear somewhat small at the conference table? I will not attempt to answer that. You know already that a nation reacts to such things as an individual does.
But for ourselves: Have we allowed our successes and our prosperity to cause us to forget that it is almighty God who has given us these superior advantages?
Have we forgotten that God requires great America to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.
Has national prosperity produce in us pride and arrogance instead of humility and meekness?
Are our courts merely a Furee[?]? as someone said – where the poor cannot always be assured of justice but where poor innocent is punished but the greatly[?] rich goes free.
If this picture truthfully [?]
Practices[?] of our nation. Let us ask ourselves what is the peril that we are facing?
Again I say “we know”. Our Army [?] suffered shameful defeat in South Korea – when we were driven nearly into the sea by the Communist.
Assuming the greatest part of the Campaign of the United Nations we succeeded in driving the communist beyond the 18th Parallel to the Manchurian borders only to meet with overwhelming numbers of Communists who were well prepared – and succeeded again not only in defeating us but put us in position – diplomatically that we cannot save our face, --- before the world.
From all appearances – the other powers – do not see us a great nation any longer.
But it is not so much what the other nations think. It is whether we have the assurance of safety
In other words are we trusting in him who can save to the utmost? It is not by might nor by power but by the spirit of God that nation can be secured.
It is that inner poise that is needed in the whole American life. Last Monday morning I read Billy Graham’s clear cut straight-to-the point remark on ungodliness and disregard for spiritual values. Such a sermon needs to be preached over and over again by us ministers if we could get our people to trust more in the power of God’s spirit and less in in the power of armies and navies and air planes.
It is not by the power of armies that men are saved but by the spirit of God. Men have yet to learn how to build a life of safety, with people. We do not make friends by fighting them. You don’t win the love of a [?] or nation by defeating them in battle and bringing them under submission no more than you would win the love of a person by physically overpowering him or abusing him or crushing him because you happen to be stronger. Yet that seems to have been the modus of operandi of the world of all ages.
We struggle to make our selves strong and powerful but having no inner poise or godly spiritual calm, we misuse our powers. Too many of us lack that spiritual calm that gives direction and guidance to whatever power that we have.
The peril that confronts America has another angle that intensifies it. It is what we might call the nerve shattering element. We use to think that only the large cities were nerve shattering – This is no longer true – The [?] and other [?] of steel, on subway trains and e[?] – trucks and cars are merely the visible cause of outer confusion – But the mental confusion – the clashing of thoughts, ideas, attitudes, may be found along with some noises in almost any city or town nowaday. So what have we – a strained – overtaxed type of human living – shattered nerves – tangled lives, broken homes, hospitals and sanitariums overflowing while physicians and psychiatrists are overworked. In fact – someone said we seem to know everything about life except how to live it.
With this nerve shattering element added to the perils of human control and ungodliness failing a powerful foe – and losing all of our friends who
Were retained only by our nerves[?] gifts of money and food.
Can we imagine a greater peril? Have we ever been so lonely in need of an ally. Perhaps not humanly speaking.
But let us turn to the Christian Church in America. God in the midst of her. We will hear what God the Lord will speak. He will speak peace unto his people.
You are in trouble.
Your sons are dying
Your allies are falling away
But I will be with and when thru the deep waters.
Citation
Wilson, Hercules, “"The source of national safety",” GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning - Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, accessed November 21, 2024, https://glamportal.auctr.edu/items/show/583.