Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-27
4 SUNDAY SERMON. Delivered by Rev. E. B. sapp, of
 the Christian Church.

He IOlIONIt ItiG l9 fl ofi tiOu " liA1u which was delivered last Sunday by Rev. F. F. Sapp, 0f the Christian Church.
 "Be it far from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ through which the world hath been crucified unto me and unto the world. .-Gal. G-14.
 The occasion and purpose of paul's letter to the churches of Galatia was to overcome the infiu- enee of certain Judeizing teachers who were mistaken respecting the elationship of 1udeism to Christi anity. He did this by first yindicat- ing his divine call to the ministry and second by his strong reasoning powers sanctified by the Holy Spirit argued thot salvation was by faith in Christ and not by the law, the keeping of circumcision or the per- formance of any rights or cere- monies
 Paul as a rigid Pharisee had tried all of these and found them inade- quate to meet or satisfy the needs of Che soul. His aw4 experiences had led him to that point where he could fully realize the utter hepelessuess of man apart from Christ and the virtue of the cross to merit salvation by his own works.
 My text eontains two leading thoughts. The first is implied by che affirmation oftheseeona Under the head Of those thing that pertain too often t9 self glory may come:
 First. Worldly pleasure.
 The epicurian, and he is With Us today. said, let us eat. drink aud be merry for tomorrow we may die lie ever continued to sow che wind and reap the vhirl-vind. Like tee Russian wolf seeking his prey. he will venture to siege the lamb or k.Q that Is tied near the hut where the hunter is concealed to fire the deadly shot, and even though great numbers of his companions may be thus killed he will continue his mad pursuit tO satisfy his appetite at the expense of his fife. Often have we seen the lives of promising young men wrecked in choosing the delusive sirene or pleaS- ufe until their fortunes have been wasted, their families disgraced, their intellectual and moral powers debauched, their self respect gone nothing left but shifting wreck floating on the drift of tune Their wills have become passive to out ward circumstances That seli-di- recting moral power that God has given every man has gone and all ls vanity and vexatien Of spirit Again, there are those who are iess sensual who set tlleir hearts upon the accumulation of money aud property and aelude themselves and try to soothe their conseierces with the old war maxim that is only half true, that 'the end justiics the means
 They talk about their philanthro- phic schemes to sofnyest their money as to bless humanity after they have gone. To such the love Of money becomes the root of all evil
 Ne often hear of such q man < generons will, when in fact, it k only q libel for his epitaph. He is Like the drowning man who iu the jaws of death. lets go the floating board because his life k too far spent 10 recover himself Such q man need not expect any reward from God ii his life has been spent in the avaricious greed for worldly possessions. No man need 10 think that he can steal his way into Heaven by cunning devices, gain rewards 9f eternal happiness iii the pursuit of self glory. For God k not moeGed
 There is another class of mor5ais Nho by high living or reversea have lost their iorlaHes, f they ever had any, and dispose themselves to look upon the commercial classes, ,as cold, nncaltnred and a}arieious. while they glory ia their family history. their ancestry, their 3mre blood Paul said in addressing the AtheD- ians- .tipd hath maae e one blood all nations lodwen au the face ol t the earth. N one can d8nbt that there is a wide difference in Che l various races and families of men, bat lt ~as not geurs or mine to say Wlether Y0u would he born he son