The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-14
Rev. pr. Steele Breaches at Cum berIand. Presbyterian Church.
SATAN WORKED IN JUDAS
Love of Money and the Lack of Faith Brought Him to Ruin-Broke Away from All
 Good.

l terian church yesterday as usual At the morning service he preached on Judas leaving his Lord. His text was taken from John xii :30-"He then having received the Son went immediately out and it was night"
 Dr. Steele said
 The world is about as familiar with Judas and his evil life as with Christ and His love. The whole tragedy of this last night Is full of interest to saint and sim ner Judas had for months medltated evil against Christ He knew at that supper of the passover would be good time to have him arrested.
 Judas Plan Thwarted.
 Christ thwarted the plans nf Judas in not making 1t known "Aen he would eat the last supper He did not tell the two disciples to go into Jerusalem and go to Damascus street at 210, and there get room ready If he had done so, Judas would more than likely have inter fered with the plans of that last feast and sacrament. But Christ told the two men to go into the city and they would meet a man carrying a pitcher of water, and follow him to the house, and there make ready the room. A most unlikely thing to find a man carrying water; 1t was womans work. Judas could not tell where the supper would be. He could not tell the enemies of Christ where to. come. He was at the supper, the first part of it at least.
 Christ knew the evil intent of Judas. Jesus felt the presence of an unfriendly spirit. He felt the throbbings of the heart of liar, a thief murderer in his pres ence. He said "one of you shall betray me-" Those at the table could not be- lieve what they heard, and could not but doubt themselves
 Satan then entered into Judas; he en- tered to make evil suggestions, to help carry out a dark plot What awful sug- gestions he can make, and how he finds some one to put them into execution. Judas was taking the last step to his own ruin. The love of money brought him to ruin. He brooded over how to make money and how to make it unjustly; how he might sell even the Lord for money. He sold himself and his Lord; he sold himself to sin and ruin, and his Lord to His death.
 It Is dangerous to brood over things which are evil, dangerous to say of evil; I can do this and come out alright though 1t Is wrong You will b. sure to come out all wrong.
 What a struggle the devil has to urge men to take a bad step. A dark deed looks entirely different after he gets into it. to what 1t did before. He never thought 1t would turn out So bad. Judas never thought how far reaching his sin would be- None of us eyer measure the awful results of our sins
 Breaking Away from Good.
 He went out immediately. What a go- ing outl He thus for the last time sep arated himself from all good. He broke away from every goo. thing that bound him, he went out to sell holy blood. He went out from Christ with doom in his soul and hell in his heart. He had no real spiritual sympathy with the master or the other apostles.
 It is a dreadful thing to go out from the most sacred influences, to cut your self clear from them.
 
 from righteous parents, they cut the last cord that binds them. Judas must have shuddered when the door shut behind him, it shut him out forever from grace and mercy. He followed the suggestions of the devil The Book says, when he went out, 'it was night'-so dark It was soul dark. doom dark to Judas. It Is al- ways dark to us when we do evil It is night when we go out of the right way when we leave the Lord l. Is night to us What a different life he might have lived? What different record he might have had? What a different death he might have died? Let us not go out from the Lord; let us do as John did. stay with the Lord.
 moving pictures and stereopticon views in Bienville Square.
 D. m.-Ball in Temperance hall in honor of sponsors and maids of honor.
 Headquarters. The headquarters of the general re- union committee will be at German Re- lief hall (upper 1oor), and will be open day and night for the reception and di- rection of veterans.
 All veterans are requested to register there immediately on their arrival in the city.
 The headquarters of Major-Generai George P. Harrison, commanding Ala bama division, U. c. ", and of Com mander Thomas M. Owen, Alabama di- vision, U. s. c. ", will be at the Battle house.
 The location of brigade headquarters will be published in the city newspapers | of November IA and 15, 1904. Lodging and Meals. | On application to Captain John F. Pow | CTS, chairman, at reunion headquarters, German Relief hall meals and comfort able lodging will be provided free to all visiting veterans from the state of Ala bama who may attend the reunion and | be unable to provide such for themselves. | The reunion commissary, where meals to such veterans will be furnished, will be at German Relief hall( lower fioor).
 Badges.
 All official reunion badges will be fur nished by w. K. P. Wilson, chairman, on application to him at reunion headquar- ters, German Relief hall (upper fioor).
 
 COACH EXCURSION TICKETS To St. Louis Via Southern Railway.