The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-10-01
THE PULPIT.
a BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON eN
Or. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE
rhcmr; uoing the Impossible.

Brootivu. y. y.-The Rev Dr.
Charles Feward Locke, rastor OF the
Hanson place Methodist Episcopal
Church. SUNDAY evening 70 a large
audience. preached on Doing What
Cannot Bn Dona HIS text was Mat.
thew 17:2n: Nothing shall be Inn
possible unto yon Dr. Locke said
in the course of his sermon:
That Is 2 most exquisite moment,
when In the midst OF rieh treasures
Of the Art Gallery Of the Vatican. one
stands for the first time before Raph-
ael's maste~oieca Of "Tha Transhura-
ton" II was the GREAT artists last
work: and before its nigments we're
dry II was carried in his funeral pro-
cession. This mesterful genius defed
a well known cPror NJ art IN attempt
ing TO portray two distinct themes on
the same canvas; but Raphael was a
good theclogian as well as an nm
rivaled artist. He caught the double
meaning Of the Transit fguration and
saw in It not only the Glorification Of
Jesus, but the emancipation Of man.
kind
When Jesus came down from the
radiant mountain summit an anxious
father met him with the earnest re-
humbly exnlaining to Jesus that he
had first taken his AFFLICTED boy to the
disciples, but thev could not cure him.
Jesus said. Bring bin bither TO
Me-" and the child was cured that
very hour. In perplexity the disci
piles asked OF Jesus. "Whv could not
va cast him out?" and Jesus reuliad,
"7ecause of your unbelief; for verify
say unto YOU II We have faith as n
grain of mustard seed nothing shall
be impossible unto YOU" In casting
out the worlds devils and In alleviat-
Ing the woes of HUMANITY. nothing
shall be impossible-and this is the
program of Jesus. "Dolng what can
not be done" is the program Of Jesus.
Faith as a grain Of mustard seed. g"
"All things are possible to him that
believeth."
Faith laughs at iupossibilities.
And cries it shall be done.
~Jesus never despises little
faith" On that late afternoon on
the banks Of Galilse. whom rho multi
tude was hungry and the town was
Tar away, Jesus, to test Phillr. ir-
uuired: Whence shall we huv broad
that these may eat?" and msthemat-
lcal Philip thought that two hundred
PChh5 NNiEuN NUuAh UDt w. S' 'li''l'' 'lls
Then Andrew forahrief instant ha1
vision of faith rs he suggested that
there was a lad there who had nve
barley loaves and two fishas: but An
drew, too, quickly adopted +Ne arith-
metical process and disconsolate.y
added: "Rut what are thev among sc
many?" Jesus, however did not dis
count or overlook Andrews mo-
mentary vision and faith: and on the
basis of Andrews "little faith" the
miracle of the feeding of the five
thousand was performed. II was
faith as a grain of mustard seed only,
but II accomplished the impossible
Tertullian once said of an event:
st is certain because it is impossi-
ble." and Richard Golden, when told
that a certain thing was impossible.
replied: "If that is all, let us set
about 1t at once" General Arm
strong. of HAMPTON, said: Doing
what cannot be done is the glory OF
living" and his great schools for In
dian and negro youth became possi-
BILE. Carlisle impatiently wrote: I'm
possiblel 1t is not a lucky word
Who is 1t says there is a lion in the
way? Sluggard, thou must slay the
lion; the way must be travelled"
blockhead of world" And the great
Napoleon characteristically declared:
impossible. Ii is not a French word.
Genius IS the art Of overcoming the
impossible!"
Christianity is the art of overcom-
Ing the impossible. impossible Is not
In the vocabulary OF the Christian.
This Is the program of Jesus.
Christianity has already achieved
the impossible in the overthrow OF
the vast Roman Empire. To destroy
the power and glory Of Rome as they
appeared two thousand years ago in
trenched in impragnable fortresses
and defended by ever victorious
Roman legiOns, seemed an impossible
result
Christianity has achieved the i'm.
possible in the final eradication OF
human slavery, a diabolical institu-
tion eliminated In the customs, for
tunes, constitutions, conscience and
traditions of men. So, indeed, shall
the day surely come when nations
shall not learn war any more. And
when that prophecy of Isaiah shall
have been fulfilled, which commands,
Loose the bonds of wickedness and
nndo the heavy burdens" then the
accursed liquor traffic will be over.
thrown, and the deadllest thraldom
which has ever blighted manhood will
be ended. This damnable traffic in
strong drink nils the prisons with
criminals, the hospitals with the In.
sane, and the poorhouses with pau
pers. Recently a great brewery COM
pany OF this country has published In
It's paid advertisements a libelous
statement that the founder of Meth.
Ddism favored the manufacture and
sale OF liquors as beverage. The
statements are mischievous lies. The
greatest total abstinence society in
ChristendOm Is the Methodist Church.
such demoniacal lies will only hasten
the downfall OF old Gambrinus in
this country. The devil IS a liar, and
the father of lies. and we would ex,
pect him to defTaud his Internal bust.
ness by lies and Misrepresentation.
Lincoln's great prophecy Of February
22, 1870, has been partially fulfilled,
and will surely be completely real.
lied, when there shall be neither
slave nor drunkard upon the earthi
Then. too, the brotherhood OF the
race is 10 be established. "Whosc
hateth his brother is murderer
Whose hatn this worlds goods and
seth his brother hath need, and
shutteth up his bowels OF compassion
how dwelleth ~the love of God IL
him?" Some one has recently said:
mo man ought to have anything