The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22

AS 1 was dependent upon the spiritual
lights of others | know that others are
watching your spiritual lights and mine.
o, man, 0, woman, be careful and not
give out false lights to your fellow Chris
tians. Be careful that you do not say
one word which might lead some one to
leave the right course. 1t was just a
sentence 81 do not believe in the ex-
elements of REVEALS" uttered by the
president of Princeton college, that kept
Aaron Burr from becoming a Christian,
and man Of God instead Of monster
of iniquity. Watch well your lives least
your Inconsistency causes some weak
soul to stumble. AS Paul said he would
eat no meat while the world endured If
meat caused his brother to offend. so do
your beware least your Indulgence dim
the light of the world. Ye are the light
l4ouses standing sentinels over the rocks
of sins upon which many a Christian
craft will be wrecked IL you light goes
out. Burn brightly. Burn true. Ye are
the guiding light.
But l find the divine light in man looks
after Gods wealxlings in a temporal as
well as In q spiritual sense. 1t strives to
lift the iron heel of tyranny from the
PROSTATE neck of the helpless. 1t labors
to prevent injustice and crime and evil
temptations OF all sorts from waking un-
challenged through our streets to be
menace to the lives Of our boys and girls.
1t sees that one class of men shall not be
allowed to quench this flendish thirst
for the blood of another's arteries
Darkness Is the symbol Of sin. Light is
the symbol of the gospel. The one mis-
sion of the gospel light is to develop men
for Christ. The other mission Is to burn
out sin wherever found. In the light of
the gospel, we as Christian men and
women, must go forth to plead for Christ
with men in a spiritual sense. With the
white slip of paper at the ballot box
we also must place the protecting
guards about them in legal sense.
Sunbeams Cure Disease.
The sunbeams can cure physical dis
ease The gospel light, II Christian peo-
pie will only perform their Christian
duties at the ballot box, will. cure gov
ernmental disease. The late DIR. Neils
Finsen by scientific investigation found
that certain microbes would die under
certain lights. We know that all gov
ernmental injustices and social crimes
and city temptations will disappear und-
er the bright rays which may be flashed
from the gospel light. Thus 1t Is every
Christians duty to see to 1t that as far
as he may be able he shall have Chris
tian supervisor and a Christian common
council and a Christian mayor, and
Christian governor, and Christian con-
gresham, and a Christian senator, and
a Christian President of the United States.
II Christian church members will
stand shoulder to shoulder at the ballot
box the injustices and Grim es and evil
temptations which run rampant through
our great cities will no longer exist.
But | bethink myself as ! come to the
close of this sermon on "Transcendent
Light" that / have two duties. The one
is to the servant of Jesus Christ; the
second to the man and the woman who
have not yet been willing to accept the
Savior's love The one is to the disciples OF
the Christian light; the second is to the
child of Satan. who is living in the dark
ness Of sin. These are the two classes OF
my audience. There Is no third group
for "he that is not with me Is against
me, and gathereth not with me scatter
eth abroad" AS I come to this closing
part of my sermon / tremble with ex-
citement 7 know as you ought to know
the tremendous results of your decision.
Why do | tremble? Because your father,
your mother. your WIFE your child, or
the preacher of this morning cannot
make you become a "child Of light" II
you are not willing to do so of your own
accord.
The gospel light like thai Of the suns
power is the easiest OF all great infinen-
ces to be resisted. The lghtnings strike
everywhere. They cut to the right and
to the left. With one blow they can split
rocks and wreck homes dismatle trees.
The suns heat cannot be ignored, even IL
one would. When hot summer months
come all who can do so fee from the
cities and HE themselves away to the
woods or the seashore. Closed doors and
windows make the sitting heat only the
more oppressive. The poor littlo child
rem moan and cry. The sick. II they
are not taken away to the seashore or
the high mountains. often die. The city
parks are crowded with suffering hui
manity.
Cannot Escape Thunder.
You cannot escape it II you would the
sounds Of the cannonading of the ele-
ments when the thunderstorm begins to
growl and crash. The frightened girl
may run to her bedroom and close tine
,pondoue and draw the shades and bury