Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-07-29

Five dollars given out of a little is
greater than five times that out of an
abundance. other means ought not
to be resorted to until we can say.
Lord we have given all we can; show
us other ways" Churches doing this
give more than those resorting to
other ways. as rule. PrayeTmeet-
ings we'll attended, from 60 to 100
present each meeting. Congregations
are good all year. this large house
and gallery being filed to overflow
ing very often Let us praise God
for it. We have a Fourth Ward Mis-
sion, Second Ward Mission, Norwood
Mission. which represents a spirit Of
aggressiveness. Stand by them and
recognize them as a part OF us and we
will see souls born and the church
crow more and more The Ladies
Aid. the Dorcas Society. Sunday
school. the b. Y. p. U. Unions. have
doubled At the convention at Pa
iacios the B. Y. P. U. of Palestine
gave more than any other union in
the state. The greatest of all that
God has done for us is the number adj
ded to the church. During the year
have baptised 103 When I first
NNOk NllalNE ~ VI NAAN NhAANh NO.
praved God for 100 baptisms. God
has answered my prayer. | have faith
in them. They say we have believed.
We want to be buried with Christ I'm
baptism. We have had no evangelist
during the year. God has blessed the
work of the church. of the pastor. and
of his prOclaiming salvation. We nave
dismissed by letter a number, two eX
cluded. several restored: net increase
of membership for the year l4O. God
has deigned to look upon us in love;
had He not our efforts would have
been in vain. You have stood nObiy
by your pastor | thank you. There
Is a band of young men who go to
God in prayer every Sunday night be
fore my sermon. God hears their
prayer. Every department Of this
church is ready to give and to do. J
praise God for this.
We lack some things-we are
thousand miles from perfection. We
lack that warm christian fellowship
that should characterize a church of
God. Every Baptist in the world is
our brother, and this is stronger than
any organization: let this be as bind.
ing. At the sign of distress be ready
to respond. You lack in giving; you
want the heather converted on the
two-bits you gave last year. Don't
stop, don't rest, go on dead run; no
time for resting as we journey on. We
need more liberality. You say when
am I going to stoD talking, give,
give2 You'll hear the last of 1t when
God calls me home. 1t is just as
much a command as to baptize. Let
us get to the point when we go or
send to all the world" We preach to
the poor. but we lack this-looking
after the bodies of them. go to
homes Of the poor of the city. | see
little ones burning with fever. Doc
tors say IF we had them out of that
place they'd get we'll" Every church
ought to have a little hospital. II you
could see them with me you'd pray
for It. you'd give for it. | sometimes
have a vision II is this: The Ave.
nue. Baptist church shaking off her
shackles, ready to do or die, to work,
to dare, TO advance. to go forward, and
then a vision of conquering. / have
realized II to some extent.
- want next year JfIc-church- too
IN for one soul for baptism a day,
SOS souls in the year. Look after the
sick: a call for work and sacrifice.
Yes. no rest. There is no rest in the
life of a christian Outside the work
OF God there is no rest. There is a
work TO do. / sigh for no earthly rest.
We are going to turn our faces to the
east. and our hope is Christ. Let us
lay ourselves on the altar and give
ourselves and what we have to His
cause.
This closed the pastoral year, and
Rev. Sparkman was unanimously
called indefinitely as pastor of the
church. with an Increase of fifty per
cent. in the present salary.