The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-23

Four services will be held at the
First Baptist church today. The
first meeting, at 10 o'clock, will be for
prayer and conference OF the church
workers and will be held in the Sun
day school building. At II o'clock
DR.. Hamilton will preach. The US
ual $50 O'Clock Sunday school exer-
cises will not be held but instead
Evangelist Hamilton will address the
school. At 7.3O O'Clock DR.. Hamilton
will preach again. Just prior 10 the
sermon the ordinance Of baptism VIII
be administered. 1t is urged that all
attending tOday's meetings go early
and occupy seats we'll up and in from
the end seats. BY doing SO the ushers
will be able to better place these
reaching the church after the larger
part Of the congregation has bEen
seated.
Last nights sermon was intensely
interesting and practical. The evange-
list read the scripture lesson from the
23rd chapter Of Matthews Gospel and
! pei. The subject was taken from the
42nd verse of the latter chapter which
in part reads: IF thou hadst known"
| 1t was on these words the Saviour's
| lips that DR.. Hamilton spoke SO ear
| nestly. The verse in it's entirity
from which the text was taken reads:
If thou hadst known, even thou. at
| least in this day, the things which
belong unto thy peace! but now they
are hid from thine eyes" The evan
gelist said:
| when the Master spoke these
words we find him On the road over
| looking Jerusalem. He weDt as he
| stood there >and thought of the ap-
preaching destruction of the city and
| the future of the inhabitants. If
| thou hadst known is the key note to
all Jesus said as he looked down on
Jerusalem. From this picture we get
many things which concern us-us Of
! today.
when I look into the faces of men
who l know to be in the clutches of
the Devil how | long to tell them
what Jesus can do for them. If thou
hadst known the blessings that would
, come into your life by accepting the
| SaviOus you would not have denied
| him so long. If thou hadst known
| the power of Satan you would not
| have taken so easily to the second
The Devil works often through
| mans friends. and scmetimes-how
| sad!-in his own, home.
| How l wish | could get you to
think Of the tremendous results OF in
! fuence. Too often is the profound
| Christian a stumbling-b block to those
| around him. Be very careful of your
influence and remember that the
Devil will use you if he can. | wish
| this Saturday night you Christian
! men and women would re-dedicate
yourselves to the consecrated life
! ''Hadst thou known the certainty
Of thy doom Just as sure as sin is
| the doom for It. Just as sure as
Jesus hung on the cross just SO sure
| is mans doom for rejecting him.
Happily, though, is the certainty Of
salvation for the man who turns
from sin and accepts the Christ. l re-
joice to know that Jesus saves. Won
derful is the power of God to save lost
men.
''It were perhaps better for us to
ask God to give us eyes to see OIpor
| tuIties to be Of service-opportuni
for saving the lost are all around us;
how sad it is that we are letting them
go by unused.
''TO the unsaved | appeal once more.
God wants SO much to save you and
use you to save others. His com
panion is great and he stands ever
ready to give peace and happiness
But as many as received him, to them
gave he power to become the sons
of God, even to them that believe on