The Greeley tribune., 1908-11-04
SUNDAY SERMONS

"Jesus in Conversation" or
Hearts with One Thrust. was
theme of Rev. d. d. Forward a.
First Baptist church Sunday eve
The inspiration was drawn
Luke 1850, and the Rev. For
drew a vivid picture OF Jesus In
yersation with Simon. the Phal
Jesus read the thoughts OF S
and. with the parable of the ere
and two debtors. opened Sin
/ ewes, and at the same time his b
The moral drawn is the necessi'
faith"
Jesus was invited to dine
evening with Simon. the Phar
Simon reclined at the head o.
long table. wrapped In his own
sufticiency. and oblivious to the
that he was dining with the 30
God. Jesus had made q reputa
at this time and had already pr
ed the Sermon on the Mount"
mons invitation to Jesus was
through faith or love for the L.
but probably through curiosity o.
his own diversion. He paid but
attention to Jesus and barely u
his presence. A poor woman.
had fallen low, and was treate
those days much as they are a
present time, had heard Jesus s.
and his words were the only cor
she had ever known. She heard
Jesus was to dine at the Phar s
that evening. and followed after
The feast was about concluded "
she entered and threw herself q
feet of Jesus.
She kissed His feet and bat
them with her tears. Seeing
Jesus had been neglected by
Pharisee, and His feet had not b
washed, she seized a bottle of o
ment, and breaking the bottle a.
neck, poured the contents on the
of Jesus and wiped them Will
hair.
Simon, seeing this. and havins
Grated the woman In his house nh
as he would his dog. thoughJ
himself: 'If this be the prophet
must surely know what kind o
woman this is, and should NOT /
NIT such liberty from one 20 lo
Without a word being spoken, Je
read Simon's thought, and then !
sented to the Pharisee the para bic
the creditor and the two debtt
For simple illustration, the Rev F
ward said that Jesus spoke to Sin
in this manner. "if
creditor had two debtors Who IS
both bankrupt and could not pa
one owned $50 and the other $
the creditor should say to both
them. Your debts are fors 81,
which of the debtors should fea
most gratitude? Simon answered !.
as Jesus expected he would. u
one which had the most forgi'
feel the most gratitude.
Pharisee read the parable, but o
the one of the large debtor, VIII
was the woman, while Jeou0 read
parable of the smaller 0o1tof, VII
was Simon. Pointing 70 the p
woman. but still looking a3 Sim
Jesus said, Thy sins aTo forgi'
thee" 4 free translat1ea of t
would -. "My blessing b VI yo
That word ssyou" meant to 0lyhon 4
he had rejected the Uppoy5hAta1
his life to ask forgiveness ana r
his faith in God, but to the, ~
woman 1t meant great Joy and -
faction, for she knew she ha4 B
forgiven. Her faith in the 0on
God was the means Of that foeG
ne1s.
Unitariaa Church.
At the Unitarian church M4. X
spoke ON "What and Where 10 Go
He gave 4 brief sketch OF the v
Gus conceptions of the Deity IN
past and at the present time.
noted the fact that by many men
new knowledge as revealed In
evolutionary conception OF the I
verse, was supposed to exclpae
necessity for. and even rationa1ity
personal Deity. He admitted the
ficulty of readjustment and fran
allowed that the negative and
nostic position was highly ratioa
but in his opinion not at all coucl
i've. Upon this point he said:
men have always been able 10 drs
for themselves a God consis; eat Z
their knowledge of the universe,
helpful and inspiring to them
moral ends, SO now again We !
hope for a conception of untvei
spirit, which to us may be grou
work and consummation OF mo w
process, and at the same time attn
phere, color and hope for our !
sonal consciousness. 1t is quite
heathenish to worship mel
image of the Deity as tie worshi
metal or a wooden one. 1t h 1
that Man is the noblest work
God Quite as true is it hat Z
is the noblest work of man.'-
idea of God. Let us endow man Y
the divine attributes. Mans in
lect imagination and physical org
are Deity arriving at ability to
complish ends otherwise impossib