Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-19
CRUEL FATHER
 IS 4 MONSTER So Declared Reverend J l.. l.. Ea3doah, the Evange- list ln z4is Sermon at the Christian Church.
A GREAT INVITATION
Was His Theme-Only One Route to Hea'cn-NO Mistake About Gods Methods Must Re Drawn UD- Ward by the Gospel.

Reverend J. f.. Haddock preached
 magnificent sermon Friday even | Ing, his theme being The Great h. vitation.' For his text he read the latter part of the 11th chapter of Matthew where the Savior said, Come unto ne all ye that labor
 and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest
 "Of all the invitations that has ever been given ill this world. that is the sweetest said the speaker. 'It contains more than any other simply because of it's author. At
 that time the Savior was making preparations to make his exit to the skies, but while he is preparing to go to wonder world he proposes to give an invitation to all people who would come after him for thousands
 and thousands of years after he had
 gone to his Father in glory, show
 ing that his heart beats in sympa-
 thy with every man, He said, Let
 not your heart be troubled; ye be- lieve in God, believe also in me. In my Fathers house are many man sions; l go to prepare place for you, that where 1 am there ye may be
 also.' This would give LIS to under- stand that Jesus loves us and loves
 Us to the last and all that will keep us from entering into that houses of
 many mansions is our own conduct.
 because he has made the way pos sible and passable and is waiting to
 receive us when we come.
 When Jesus gives this invitation there are some ideas that necessari-
 ly follow. The persons invited are away from Christ. If man were standing here I would not invite him to come, because here he is. Therefore then Jesus said come the invitation was to people who are away from him. And the distance is not to be measured by feet and inches, but is breach that has been brought about on account of the transgression of man. Another thought contained in this is that the persons invited can come. When Jesus was in this world he gave the world to understand that they could come.''
 MT. Haddock then said that no earthly father would tie his child and then threaten his life and final ly kill him because he did not &C., cept his invitation to come to him. Such a man would be q monster. And so it is not reasonable to take the position that God would give an invitation to the people Of this world to come unto him and then hay cit arranged so that it would be impossible for them to accept it. In coming to the Savior the way has been pointed out plainly and ietelli- gently. As there must be way from here to New York, there must be one to the glory land. What is the way that leads to the place where Jesus is? There can be but orc answer. God hasn't left forty different routes and said every per son may choose his own way, but when we turn to the Bible we find that Jesus said, ''I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cOmeth to the Father but by me-" Every man that reaches that home of many mansions will travel in the straight and narrow way; will trav- el in the way of Christ. The gos- pei is Gods message to draw men unto him. It does not affect them unless it is preached. therefore it is laid upon the hearts of the chill dren of God to carry this messa ga around the world. After learning that the gospel has to be preached and man has to hear it and turn away from life of sin, they are