The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-16
An INSTRUCTIVE SERMON
Preached by DR.. Hamilton at First
Baptist Church Last NIGHT.
The Subject of the Sermon Was The
Gospel of Christ"-Both the Morn
ing and Evening Services During the
Entire Week q Been Attended
by Large Congregations - Much
Good Is Being Accomplished by the
Series of Meetings.

The sermon preached by DR.. Ham
ilton at the First Baptist church last
night was no less interesting and in
structive than those which had pre-
ceded it Last nights sermon was the
fifth Of the night series. The congre-
cation was only slightly if at all
smaller than on previous nights and
the attention given the e~vangelist's
words was, if anything, closer and
more intent.
The subject of the sermon was:
The Gospel of Christ. founded on
The Sexts, both very familiar, Ro-
mans lie and First Corinthians %.
DR.. Hamilton read the latter part Of
the first chapter Of Romans which has
SO much to say of this Gospel OF the
Christ and Of condemnation of sin.
Not in ali literature is there a more
awful picture Of sin than Paul depicts
in the opening chapter of his epistle
to the Romans, the key to the entire
letter of the Apostle. In part DR.. Ham
ilton said:
"This expression, The Gospel of
Christ, is a most comprehensive one,
as found in Romans and also in CORN
thians. 1t touches not only the per-
sonal life of men and women, but the
home, social. business and future life
as we'll. 1t sweeps the whole dial
plate of the life of man. The pivot
of this Gospel is the death of Christ
and Calvary's Cross.
This fearful reality of Christ's
crucifiction means that men are sim
ners. 1t was or account Of this sin
that He died. Fools make a mark of
sin, but Gods word says that all
have sinned and come short of the
glory of God, and that there is none
righteous, no not one. Every sin is
a stab at the heart # God, and friends
I beg you to ponder the fact that
whenever you sin you are grieving the
Holy Spirit.
Your sins dc not have to be Of
the blacklist hue to bring you under
condemnation. In James 2:1O we read
For whatsoever shall keep the whole
law, and yet offend in one point he is
guilty of all Your moral character
Il uo otlOuSCl lICh 10 "CohSoC IoAhS-
The penalty for sin is death. Every
man shall die for his Own SIM
At this point DR.. Hamilton adverted
to the question Of why SO many people
are lead away from Christ. AS a
very pertinent reason he quoted from
the Book, 2 Corinthians II 10: For
such are false apostles, deceitfll
workers. transforming themselves into
the apostles of Christ.
Continuing the preacher said:
"The devil is constantly assailine
and tempting man. He always ap,
proaches us on our weakest side. TIC
one he offers one bait, to another 8
different temptation.
while this Gospel that we have
been speaking of tonight shows thai
sin brought about Christ's death or
the cross, and that the world is full
of this awful fact of sin, yet there Is
another picture and that is tina
through the shedding of the Savior
blood we are redeemed from sin, ant
the power of the devil is overcome. II
means that he has washed US iron
our sins with his own blood and tina
through this blood is salvation. witt
his stripes we are healed"