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DIR. GALLAHER'S SERMON
THU REWARDS PROMISED TO HIM
VINO OVERCoMES.


Preached at Calvary Baptist Church Yes
friday Morninr--A Tar.. cona.o,s,.,.,,
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N'i''ief hestor-ihe
saudest struggle and Hardest Fight of
Mantle Secret of Martyrs strength.
AT Calvary Ren+ist oh,,,,, .
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-'e'' IT. Hal4aher OIL BROOK
iyh' formerly pastor Of Calvary Baptist
N nurcn' preached in the absence Of Rev.
foteat. An unusually large con-
sregesSon Tor this time of year was
present, ah>being anxious to hear their
eloquent and oAloved former pastor.
Or. Gallaher read with the oongrega-
ton Psalms / and L., after which he
read parts from the second and third
chapters of Revelations. %2r. Gallaher
preached from the text Revelations II,
part of the eleventh verse--"He that
overcometh." He spoke of having en-
deavored long ago to show the congre-
cation In how many ways God manages
to forgive mems sins, and said that at
that time he had outlined nine ways in
which God does this.
On this occasion Dr. Gallaher said
that he would try to show the ways in
which God rewards those who overcome
sim OF these ways there are also nine.
God has a great deal to do with figures.
as we will have in November. He Is
fond of the numbers nine. seven and
three.
'The first thing necessary in over
coming sin" said DR. Gallaher sis the
conquest of yourselves. The human
heart is deceitful over all things, and
yet, on the other hand, 1t is also most
like God of all things A Christian life
is not an EASY thing 1t cannot be ia
cile or easy to attain. or God would
never have offered such rewards for
those who attain If. The struggle
against sin is the saddest struggle and
hardest fight men have ever made in
this world. IT is the 11nceasing vigil.
the PRAYING without ceasing. the watch
ing and working out your own saliva
tion. When one thinks Of his great
propensities and then of his dwartish
resolutions. and finds a meaner. lower.
baser animal part getting its head up,
he begins to understand overcoming
evil r. is Getting hold of vour nrida
vour own nrivata nr;de and making If
hita tbe dust the taking hold of violent
passion and saving peace. he stillp
"Goa saws aTo Rim that overcoYneth
win give Ia cat az the tree of life
which e in the midst Of the paradisA
/ of cod etc, Hence Tohn writass CDR
krsctIv .I1a hath life that is horn ~
4od Tha man who realizes this knows
what tba inward n,vst,cst sniritual
l;fa q Christ said 4 have come that
Won NAV bava life
.Apain ~ hin, that overcometh will
rive ~ cat If the hidden mamma ,
Manv tin,as have wandered ~ tha
gentle ACCOMMODATING wav in which
naonIa hava offarad IN tba;r lives Sir
Thnnoas Mora laid bis head n,,;atlv IN
the hIoclx loan ~ Arc shouted for
Iasus TIE fsoe ~ 81 stenber2 became
bright a. that of an ANGEL How did
thew IA 10 God came down from heav-
on ana fed thera with the hidden man
IA
Dr Ga,laher tbe, told of how God
could MT HE snirit into men and snoka
Z 73r-f 3i4r YSF5Yf9fss sI1e that nvereor,eth.
him Will give a white stone" etc. He
sold. "rrhat is the stona of bosnitalitv.
something like the Masonic keustone.
oh what A lover God is if YOU only
think IF II He gives ,ls that white
stone as a sort If Z q RI. as His
promise our PASS. No one can ever
even imagine that Cod in heaven is His
father unlass he overcornes"
nsHe that overcometh will be cloth
cd III white rair1lent., White is the out
ward visible sign of the inward spirit
nal state John asked who are these
Is white array?' and the answer came
.These have come up out Of great trib-
ulation. and / have washed their robes
and made them white in the blood of
the lamb White is the color of peace,
uurity innocence. honor. Crimson is
the color Of kings. and rightly so. They
are covered with the blood of their enc
mics. Many a stream has flowed from
human hearts to preserve their divine
rights, Only two colors are mentioned
as existing in heaven. green. the color
"J shall mako them nilIarsn is