The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
MONEY OBLIGATIONS
DIR. cox DISCUSSES SUBJECT IN.
 SERMON.
Close of Missionary Meeting Was We'll Attended and Pastor Deliver ed an Eloquent and
 ThOughtful Address.

"our Financial obligations.'' was the
 title of an able and interesting sermon
 which Dr. W. M. Cox. pastor of the
 Dexter Avenue Methodist Church
 preached to his congregation at the Il
 o'clock service yesterday morning and
 the effect of the address was strongly
 notable.
 The church was well filled with the
 largest attendance of members since
 Dr. Cox assumed control of the pasto-
 rate and the best of attention was giv-
 en the speaker.
 pr. Cox began his sermon by speak,
 ing in high terms of the work accom- plished during the last week when the
 Foreign Missionary Society held night
 ly meetings and discussed the work of
 taking the Gospel to the heather. Much
 good. he thought, would result from
 the meetings work, because the people
 would understand conditions better. and would naturally be more liberal in their support of the great work that is being carried on in religiously igno- rant countries by all Christian church. es. The old law of tithes spoken of in the Bible where each man was oblig- ed to give the tenth part of his ln- come to God, Mir. Cox admitted was no more and on the subject of charity in church work. he spoke at length.
 Many Christians, he said. did not give what they should to help on Gods work on earth and that stingy rich men often stood in the way of the poor man in his efforts to give what he was able to the church.
 Dr. Cox said further God is not un- mindful of the sacrifices we make for his sake. We read how Jesus when he was here went into the temple and took his seat by the treasury and mo- ticed how much they were putting in. | had stewards who thought the preach- | CT and nobody else had any business to know what people were giving to the church. He that giveth to the poor, | lendeth to the Lord, and God pays a better per cent on borrowed capital than any earthly investment. | Why then do men loan God so little? They have money to loan at eight per
 cent and to put in stocks and corner lots and state bonds and if they be- 1ieve God paid as good an interest and
 could give as good security as these | other investments, they would not hes itate to let him have their money. The | angel who was sent to Cornelius said: | Thy prayers and thy aims are l come up for a memorial before God" Jesus declared that he who giveth a cup of water for His sake should not
 be without his reward. The Bible ad-
 monishes us to lay up treasures in | heaven where thieves do not break through and steal and rust doth not corrupt"
 In another part of his discourse, Dr. ! Cox said, Freely ye have received, | freely give" We are taught that the heart Is supplied with blood by a pro-
 cess of giving and receiving. If the heart could reason and should say, T ] have been giving blood to furnish the
 brain and the hands and the feet and | they have done nothing for me, so I will quit. Is 1t hard for you to guess
 the result? Its own supply would be immediately cut off and death would follow. So your spiritual life depends | as much on giving as receiving. The contributing of our means Is a part of that spiritual outlay which is necessa- ry to the inflow of spiritual life. Some times we hear old Avarice (we know him by whining voice) grumb- l ling about the Lord calling for too
 much money. This was Israers com- plaint when they said concerning the l offerings and sacrifices. What a wea- riness 1t is." They wanted the AL mighty to take care of them but they | were exceedingly tired of offering their sheep and lambs There are thousands from whom Satan takes a collection l every day, and they say very little about 1t. Every time a man takes a drink he drops a coin into the Devils collection plate"
 At the close of the sermon. the annu- al Conference collection was taken up for present benevolent and mission ary purposes and the sum of $571 was realized thereby.
 Dr. Cox will leave this morning for | Tallassee where he will conduct a pro- tracted meeting at the Methodist church there during the remainder of this week.
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