The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-24
BULLETIN PRAISED
Rev. T. J. Porter Publicly Com
mends Editorial
WHICH APPEARED IN SUNDAY
MORNINGS PAPER-TAkES
SENATOR PLATT's STATE
MENT FOR A TEXT.

A large congregation at the Cairo
Baptist church last night heard Rev.
n. J. Porter preach a strong sermon
on the subject of right living. In the
course of his remarks Dr. Porter re
ferred in complimentary way to an
editorial in Sunday mornings Bulletin.
He chose for his text the first verse
Of the twenty-frst chapter Of Revela-
tons. and | saw a new heaven and
a new earth: for the first heaven and
the first earth were passed away; ana
there was no more sea
DR.. Porter said the text was prom.
Use. Life was made up of promises,
kept and broken. Absence of the sea
is a pledge of security. Everybody
loves and admires the sea and yet
John, the beloved tells Us Of a country
where there is no more sea- What
does the sea in the text represent
Il represents life on earth,
What is life? we have been asking
this question for a long time and ex.
pect to keep on asking ii without ever
being able to answer it. But what is
life in this world? No one is able 70
answer this question until they have
run their race and finished their
course.
Il want to call attention to and
commend an editorial in this morn
ing's Bulletin" said the preacher I
@ant to commend the editor for writ
ing that editorial 1t is splendid If
YOU haven't read it get your paper
and read It and it will give you bet
| ter conception OF life in this world.
Is life en- earth worth the living?
This life is made up Of pleasure, dis
appointments, success, failure and sor-
rows Read the statement Of Senator
Plat. He has lived his four score
years and ten and yet he says his life
has not been worth while. Take those
two millionaires-Platt and Rockcfel-
ler-they have gained the wealth Of
| this world-yet one says his life has
not been worth the living and the 9th
err is pleading for word Of sympathy
from an unsympathizing public. II
they were here tonight could suggest
to them the lines of an old hymn
which suits their cases;
Wealth and honor, | disdain,
Earthly comforts all are vain;
These can never satisfy,
Give me Christ or else die"
Every non-christian is forced &c
sing this hymn, No man ever left this
world without feeling as the poet fell
who wrote those words, Wealth can
not satisfy the citizens OF Cairo.
don't think have read anything quite
| 50 appropriate for Cairo as that Bull
letin editorial Cairo is not going Il
be lost because of her wealth, but be
cause Of her untiring pursuit b
wealth.
. Some people were born on the darl
Eof the moon They are like troublet
sea. They blame God for their troubles
md unhappiness. The only life wortl
the living is the Christian life vii
you live it and be happy?
60 back 1905 years ago and yoi
find this world raging sea of hatred
Life now Is defined by the swee
spirit Of the universal brotherhood o
man. Love, friendship and truth i
, the dominant power now The maj
, who lives a loveIess life, a friendles
! life and a truthless life will at last sa
; with Senator Plat, Life 10 not wort
, the while
/. DR. Porter then passed to the secon
!. thought Of his sermon, which was thf
4 No More Sea" represents the life b.
ycnd He referred to Johns vision d
d tho isle Of Patmos. where he locke
|. into the new Jerusalem and said thel
q was no death there no sorrow, r
!. tears, no misery. DIR, Porter CLOSE
y by quoting the following lines Of
d well-knCwn hymn;
4 What though the tempest rage,
t, Heaven Is my home,