The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-03
PRESIDENT CROWELL
AT THE S. S. CONFERENCE
AT KEENER'S CHAPEL.
He breaches an Able Sermon, Brist.
ling with Great Divine Truths.
A TELLING LECTURE INTHE AFTER
NOON.

ISHulnR tile SlrCti1t .. .. .tOuIeT-
ence at Keener's Chapel, nine
miles from Clinton, in Halls
township, on last Sabbath. DR..
J. +. Crowell, the live, energetic
and practical President of Trim
ity College, WAS present. An
unusually large crOwd-many |
more than could find seats i'll
the large and roomy church.
was present to hear the distin-
guished educator. His text was
the 6-12 verses of | Timothy.
Subject: "Faith and Eternal
Life" He said:
The fight of faith is the fight
of the soul against sin and sell
fishness. 1t is not a struggle
with carnal weapons-not one
that depends upon muscle but a
warfare for which We are COM
manded to arm ourselves with
the whole armOr of God. This
sermon is described in PauPs
II epistle to the Corinthians as
consisting of the breastplate Of
Righteousness, the helmet of sal
vation, the sword of the spirit
which is the word of God. We
are not to put this armor on as
an outward covering. For out
ward righteousness is either
only morality or worse still, hy-
pocrisy, and by these only man
man can lay hold upon eternal
life.
But the warfare of faith is a
spiri itual warfare. The words Of
the text are the words Of an old
veteran in the camp Of faith
:, paul to a young recruit CTimo
thy.) He calls upon him to flee
those hurtful lusts that war
J against the soul and by entang-
ling it in the cares of life drown
, ing in perdition or hypocrisy the
, soul though with many sorrows
} Timothy was a young man OF
= good sense and earnest fidelity
3 who would have succeeded in
t business, politics, to professional.
3 life; for tfat reason Paul warn:
/ him to not give himself up tt
r getting rich through the love OF
D money which is the root Of al
t evil.
}, From the struggle Of covet
i business, which is an inordinat'
and all-absorbing desire for ma
s terial gains to the utter neglec
l. of the soul-from this Pan
e warns Timothy to flee, as NAM
Y talented young man to-da.
<; needs to be warned to flee, an'
n to fight the good fight of taitl
g TO lay hold of eternal life.
le The fight of faith means frs
d of all, faith in the Lord Jesu
rs Christ. So the man who ha
K this faith Jesus Christ must b
d a man who suffered the woes
le felt the pangs and the sorrow
rs and bore the Affections that ma
h. finds in his lot upon earth. II
ID must find Jesus to be tonche
with the feeling of our intirm
at ties and as quick and symp'
,e thetic to respond to the needs
III the soul as the mother is to com
re to the rescue of her child.
- The most excruciating burde1
,p of lie is to have to dam up I'll
On floods Of grief in the soul whe
,e- there is no one to whom we ca
or go relieve our bursting heart
lv But Jesus is the man of sorrow
a and acquainted with grief
&C. However ready He may be
ad relieve us unless we have fait
I in Him he can not give relic
es We must trust thuse to who
ad we 20 to get relief. The eau
he of all the evils-all the ills al
,rs sorrows of life-is sin, and
ed who would honestly desire
hit escape the eyils Of life INT
~ war against sin itself. But
3 man can forgive sin and there
he no other way of escape fro
ne) sin except through forgivene
lat He who can forgive sin must
he God himself. In Jesus Chr
ith we have God manifested in t
of fiesh-in the form of man.
it is man.. so that He may feel
YER us, for all humanity, in
at wretchedness. By his unbour
est) ed and human love and SYM
The thy Jesus comes nearer to bro
we er; by His being God He has
lss- power of God tc forgive {
the sins and roll the great bure
tch from the sin-crushed soul. ]
ery sin never gives up it's hold ul
ich US without a struggle. II
get struggle is the good Fl hit
;. faith in Jesus Christ as the
ere yiour Of men from the serv
pse of sin. This faith puts VI
ex- the soul the whole armor
hes God-the spiritual powers
out. the truth of righteousness
is of salvation through Him t
sun loved us and gave His life
Ids. us.
u Furthermore, the good Fl