The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-02
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT"
Rev. II. c. Christian Tells why Man
kind VIII be Judged.

Reasons Outside of the Bible for
Day of Judgment" was the text chosen
by Rev H. c. Christian of Wesley
Monumental Church, for his sermon
last night. The text was from Romans,
14th chapter and 10th verse: But why
dost thou judge thy brother? or why
dOst thou set at nought thy brother?
for we shall all stand before the judg-
ment seat of Christ"
rs there a day of Judgment" asked
Mr.. Christian If we were to judge
by actions and by many people of Sa-
vannah we would say no; but there is
a day coming when we will all stand
before the judgment seat of Christ. 1
could show and prove by hundreds of
passages of scripture from this Holy
Book that we will all be called to ac-
count before the mighty Savior for our
deeds, but l will not. 1 will close this
Sacred Volume and show you reasons
outside of the Bible why there is a
day of Judgment
Rev. Mr. Christian then pictured two
earthly beings; one of them a rich and
un-Godly man, striving and delving for
earthly goods and wares. He is sue
cessful and lives in an elegant mansion
surrounded with every luxury, loving
and devoted wife and beautiful daugh-
ter Thus he lives and thus he dies,
with the same beautiful surroundings
the sun shining in at his window, and
life passes away peacefully and Sc
renely. Has this man lived a Christian
life? No, he has not, but God has been
merciful and just to him.
The other picture was that of a poor
crippled and foTsaken man. He bore
his sufferings with fortitude and Chris
tian spirit. He, too dies and is gone.
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But there is a time coming when
these men will be judged. One VIII
be taken into the folds of Jesus, while
the other will be fettered and cast
away for his un-Godliness. God does
not punish sin and reward righteous
ness on this earth. At the day of judg-
ment the good will be weeded from the
bad"
1T has been said and is believed by
man that when the mortal body dies
the soul goes to its future destination.
do not believe it. l believe that God in
his merciful heart provided peace and
rest for the good, while the sinful are
held away from the Throne until the
mighty judgment day. Then one will
be taken into the eternal city and
crowned with the angels, while the
other will be fettered and ever1astingly
damned"
Mr.. Christian pictured the little boy
and the little girl who were asked if
they believed in God, and invariably
came the answer. "Oh yes sir, God is
good and just" Even as children be-
Iieve in the goodness and business of
God. so. do men in their nature believe
in God in some manner or thought.
Who will be my judge on this eventful
day? asked Mr.. Christian? Jesus
Christ who died to save the world"
The pastor, in eloquent language, pic
tured the crucifXion of the Savior.
His dying to save the world from sin
and the appearance of the Great Judge
on the day of judgment. to weed out
the good from the bad in the fairness
and goodness of God.
Other pictures of worldiness and the
goodness and greatness of God were
portrayed. The pastor told of the man
who cursed the Great Supreme Being
because his crops failed: of the man
who sets the bad example to his chill
dren, by cursing and in other manners:
of the unbeliever and the infidel. God
is good to them and just, but the day
is coming when they will have to stand
and be judged"
The sermon was interesting through
out, and showed by earthly doings and
deed that there is day of judgment.