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Abstract of Sermon Preached Monday Night b.
Archdeacon JefferiS.

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Archdeacon Jsffsris.
| We have divided the word into three
parts tonight The sermon tonight and
tomorrow night and the next night will
| be to the insiders and not the backsliders
and the outsiders of the church of God.
| What is the use of getting new recruits
into the army if the army itself is disor-
gained The logic of order would be to
commence with the church, and the little
| text that comes t. me for discussion to-
night is one of the shortest in the New
Testament, composed of Is letters and 4
short words, and yet 1t is far reaching,
pointing the church of God and this con-
gregation to its duty. 1t is found in
Timothy, IA chapter and 18th verse
"Be thou, and thou, and thou an ex-
ample"
You may remember, dear friends, that
Ephesus, city of more than million in.
habitants, was, in the time of st Paul,
the center of heather rites and the source
of the idolatrous worship of all Asia Minor
The people of Ephesus ere extremely
earnest in their religious rites. As you
may imagine, dear friends. God never
loses an opportunity 10 SOW the seed for
his work, and that however hard and un-
productive the soil, there are always some
results. And yet so unresponsve was
the soil in Ephesus that very few would
20 to the preaching. Then, did St. Paul
simply give it up and accept his defeat7
No, he just. if you remember, takes a
young man 25 years of age, younger than
himself, who is speaking 10 this sweet
presence tonight. He was a young man,
without physical or spiritual power. He
was retiring and bashful fellow, friend
less and homeless, and he laid his hands
upon that young man and made him the
first missionary preacher to the Ephesians,
and when the young man responded to
the cali and said; "Dear Father, may
say to YOU that am in every way utter
Ely unable to solve the problem that you
have laid upon me, and st. Paul answered :
&" You must go there, my son, and what
soever you do while there, you must be
an example to the people of the spirit of
Jesus and then so far from despising you,
they will believe you and follow you, and
fellow you to God.
On friends, If there is anything that
Christianity needs today 1t is exemplifica-
ton The heather will become Christians
tomorrow if their white brothers will only
set them the example in acts instead of so
many words. I have been III every kind
of heather country in the past three years,
and have never seen he6then who did
not say that Christ was better man than
their gods. They all say Christ is alright
but Christians are all wrong. They do not
they do not really follow him
whose words they take upon their lips.
Believe me, the wickedness of the church
of God does not consist in the enemies
outside of it, but in the enemies inside.
Those who profess the faith and then live
otherwise Be thou an example, my
brothers. I have never seen or heard of
q person thargave himself away to Christ
without some other soul finding Jesus
through his example. Words are cheap
and words are easy, but actions speak to
dying world far more forcefully and
louder than words. Oh, if there is some
person in this presence tonight, desiring
to bring some soul to Christ, show what
you believe, in your work, in your con
duct, and in your life.
There are Just three words that carry
the whole message of the evening upon
them, and like the Sunday morning ser
mon, they all commence with P. The
first il power, the second is possible, and
the third is personal. Be thou, my friend.
be thou, an example. The first because
Jesus was powerful, Jesus was full of
power, and I do not know Of any other
bower, except his direct and personal
grace, that is so full of powor.
do believe, deax -frs9nd, that this is
practical age. Men are nd longer influenced
by the superstitions as In other times;
They do not cling to things as they did
then. What they want is fact. As when
q man comes to the front door trying to
sell his bananas. We say to him let US
see specimen of your fruit. Thus, our
sinful brothers want to see specimen of
our belief. The first thing the heather
wants to know is, what is the Christian
life, to see whether they want it or not.
Oh friends, be an example. Let men say
of us that we are Christians. A young
woman was recently confirmed. She was
teacher in the slums of the city. She
prayed God to give her an opportunity to
do his good works One morning when
she went to school. there came to her an
opportunity. A little girl with ragged
clothes, dirty face and unkept hair came
in the room. At recess the teacher, instead
Of taking the time that she had hitherto
devoted to her own recreation, took the
little child into her room and sewed up
her dress, as best she could, combed out
the matted hair, and washed the little face,
When the child went home that evening,
such change was manifested in her ap-
pearance that the mother took down
the old tin basin, and something be-
fore unknown for years, washed her own
face and the faces of her other children.
The old man came home from work and
followed her example. Then the neigh.
bors took up the washing and cleaning
business and soon all slum town had clean
faces. All this came from one little child's
example. Oh, my friends, be an example
to your friends. Let your light 50 shine
that outsiders will see it and desire to get
inside and say of US, that if you want any
Christians, 60 to Christ Episcopal Church
for them.
Perhaps there are some in this presence
to night who say this is not possible. 1t
is alright, but it Is not possible. Certain
" the preacher does not know my i'll
health, my worries, my wicked husband,
and my tormenting children. He does
not know of the conditions that are sur
! rounding me. If he did he would not cay
that the thing is 80 possible as it Is power
full. Dear friends, II our fore-fathers and
ancestors could live the life of Christian
amid the storms that surrounded them
when Christianity was being established,
amid the tortures inflicted upon them by
heather rulers and unbelievable and SUI
perstitious people, is it not much easier
for US IN this enlightened agef If it could
be done then it can be done again. 1t is
not impossible, it is possible. By the
grace of God and his power, we can do it.
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