The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10


congregation present last night at the
Penn Avenue Baptist church to hear
and it might be added. see, Rev. Dr.
Robert r. Y. Pierce, the pastor. give
one of his remarkable illustrated ser
mons, in which scripture truths are
presented in II most forcible manner
by means of colored drawings sketched
with llghtninglike rapidity on n large
board.
He said before beginning his sermon
proper that his method of picturin2
gospel truths had been called by some
the kindergarten method. THE KIM
dergarten method" said he, means
the crumbling up of great truths so
that they can be grasped by the child's
mind. Gods truths are simple. The
modern tendency seems to be to mag
Nifty scriptural truths so that many
people feel they are beyond their grasp.
'Al the great thoughts of God are
expressed simply. Go through the cat
alogue of blessings and the promises
of God and you will find that they can
be grasped by any mind / shall try
tonight and answer the question asked
by the disciples as recorded in Matthew
xix:25, "Who then can be saved?"
WHEN IT WAS SAID.
Dr. Pierce explained that this was
said by the disciples after Christ had
told the young man who came to Him
and asked Him what he should do to
be saved, to go and sell his worldly
possessions and follow Him.
The young man, he explained. went
away sorrowfully when Christ told him
this. Then he told how the young man
ph1 n
without hope, without righteousness.
with iniuuity, without salvation and
without trust in God. 1t will be no"
ticed that the first letters of these
qualities form the name Christ.
AS he stated each one DR.. Pierce
put down the first letter on the paper.
forming the name of the Savior.
"That's it," said he. 'he went away
without Christ How many there are
who do as he did; who hear the glori-
Gus gospel of the Lord Jesus preached
but who turn n deaf ear and go back
to their life of sim
This message of SalvatiOn,' he con-
tinued." is not for one man. 1t is for
all men. John says that whatsoever
will be saved, will. and whosoever VIII
not be saved, will not. DO you ask the
question, DO | need salvation?' Surely
YOU must know that the heart of every
person is sad with sim.
Here DR.. Pierce drew the picture of
two hearts. and in the center of each
he placed little opening. One of
these hearts he said, represented the
heart of the sinner and the other the
heart of the sinner after he has ac-
cepted Christ and put on the armor
of life. Through the rift or opening
in the sinners heart, he pictured sin
as entering. representing it by a SER
pent which he wound around the
heart until it had taken entire pos
session of il.
HEART OF THE CHRISTIAN.
Through the rift in the heart of the
Christian there came the cross Of
Christ, which he drew. With the
cross was the sword of the spirit.
which he represented by Il pointed
sword running from the bottom OF
the cross. On the point of this ne
drew the serpent of sin writhng in
its death agony. when Christ comes
into the heart" said he. He takes
full possession and drives the tempter
out"
Speaking regarding the various fra
ternal organizations as compared to
the church of Christ. he said:
"1'here are many of us who belong
to the Masonic organization and to
the Odd Fellows. At the meetings we
see the open Bible and hear read
from ii many passages. We see the
various degrees with theh' beautiful
lessons. eXemplificd and we say to
urselves. why this is as good as the
church. What is the difference, then?
THE fraternal organization admits
TO its membership only the worthy
man. Only the man who is honest.
upright and true receives the hand Of
welcome. The church of Jesus Christ
gives the hand of welcome to the un-
worthy ana sinful man and lifts him
up to IL better manhood and to God.
That's the difference and it's all the
difference in the world
For his concluding illustration, the
doctor drew an excellent picture of
an old-fashoned hour glass, with the
sand, which he called the sand OF life.
dropping slowly from one receptacle
10 the other. Around this, he drew a
Scythe, the weapon of the grim reaper,
Death. He eXhorted the congrega-
ton To heed Gods call. Remember"
said he, nov is the accepted time
The sands of life are running low ,n
many of our hour glasses ana who
knows or who can say, when they will
cease falling"
There were many more sketches
made than those referred to above
but these We're the ones from which
he drew the aptest lessons. All were