The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-19
LARGE CONGREGATIONS AT THE
FORENOON AND EVENING
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
ANDREWS PREACHED IN MORNING
REGULAR Pastor Conducts Night Meet
ina, at Which he Gives Sermon
on Salvation Through
Christ


the forenoon the sermon was preach
ed by Rev. Mr. Andrews, visiting
pastor Mr.. ]. H. Holmes, the regu'
lar pastor conducted the meeting at
night. His subject was Saved by
blood"
Mr.. Holmes began his sermon by
explaining the meaning Of the terms
OF his subject. Salvation was defined
as IA deliycrance from the power OF
sin" From various quotations OF
scripture il was shown that blood"
D. was very frequently used as hs"rc
ot speech dcnotlng life. The pastor
said: But flesh with the life there
Of, which Is the blood thereof, shall
ye not cat"
Forgiveness Under Old Testament
DSinNls destructive Of life. The
prophet said, The soul that sinnclh
il shall die" The yieldingt to sin
brought with 1t the death OF me soul
Death means separation Whch we
40 TO the cemetery II Is To lay away
the body out Of which the soul mas
gone: a friend once said to me-
when | die, If you should conduct
the funeral service, | wish you would
say TO those in attendance that am
still i'm the body when they lower IL
into the grave and that ! VIII sleep
there till the Resurrection morn.
But | said AZ much as ! would IKE
To please you, couldn't say that FOR
the scriptures plainly teach That the
life and body are separated at death'
But what then does death mean
when applied to the soul? Very clear
ly. "A separation" We are promls'
ed that the righteous shall be heirs
together with Him OF all things.
That. IAN abundant entrance shall
be ours into the everlasting king
dom of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ" The full measure OF happi'
ness shall belong tot the redeemed;
Death OF the soul means the loss Oh
all thcse-separation from them
Life for Life.
an the sacrifices of the old Tes'
lament life was given for life. Death
was the penalty for the violation Of
the law; but the guilty were told
that if they would bring a certain
kind of animal and sacrifice its life
their own life would be spared; but
this shedding of blood was only val
liable as Il type of the shedding OF
the blood of Christ, and hence
when lie was given for theirs-an
animals blood shed-it represented
to them the imparation OF life
through the coming rcdecmer; ChrlSls
blood life was to be the payment OF
the death penalty for them.
When the Jewish Passover was in |
stituted they were told to Stay GER
tain kind of a lamb and to sprinkle |
It's blood ION the two side posts and
the upper post Of the house. ANA
when | see the blood, | will pass over
you and the plague shall not be up
ON you to destroy you The presence
of that blood said, "A life has already
been taken and we are free from
death" Cuyler tells us that there
Is a legend that on the night of the
Passover, young Jewish maiden-
the first born in the family-was so
troubled on her sick bed that she
could not sleep. Father" she anN-
iously inquired, ARE you sure that
the blood is there? He replied that
he had ordered it sprinkled upon the
lintels.
But the restless girl would not be
satisfied until he took her up and
carried her to the door to see Tor
herself ana 10, the blood was not
there! The order had been neglect
ed. but before midnight the father
had FASTENED and put the sacred tok-
en- of protection on the door. The
legend may be false, but II teaches
the important lesson 10 every Sinful
soul that may be sheltered under the
atoning blood of Jesus Christ
The Blood Of Christ.
Paul says. The wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord;
and again. An have sinncd and come :
short Of the glory of God And John ,
says. The blood Of Jesus Christ His \
;sau ,icansrti uS from All SIM or [.
tho life of Christ is given as our ran q
som. lie is our substitute and when 9
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place. without iho shedding az l.
blood there Is no remission.
There Is a well known story OF d
time with regard to a p
man Who vas hal'orsd as a conscripl q
and did not want 90 go to the front. ID
bot who had q friend who Volunteer ,
81 10 60 iu his -laco The fripud IS
ioined the resims1t in his name and ?
ucnt fO death in certain battle.
lim after @ uhilc The emperor wanted s.
more mDn and by mistake fH. first Cd
man was haIi0rDi fhe Second time
They w-nt fo take him Hrf ru r-
mon rated saying .Nn1 raarr ratsf
me WHY they asked. @ ann dead.
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that br was dead and fffr asked fiu d
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