The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-17
THE CALL TO GOD''
uEv. BEVERLY WARMER PREACHER
 STRONG SERMON.
Lsve of Service Only Ca Aehievs Re- asnDtien ef the World, Dsclares
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 St. John's Last Might.

Rev Beverly Warner. the well-known New Orleans clergyman. preached last night before one of the largest con gregations ever gathered in St. Jonns Church. His sermon. The Call to God" . simple appeal to the con science of men. was made particularly forcefuI through the deep note or sym pathy that runs in svsry word that /hs spoke.
 "The redemption of the wohld can only. be achieved through men who are filled with the power of the living God; this found only in love ana ser vice." explained Rev. MT. Warner. .'only by loving our brethren. can s we keep in touch with Him. The world of saviors Is the world of servants
 "Once two pictures hung in Q gallery One was . picture of Christ above Ills cross. Beneath was @ conquered world, and around him were hosts of angels. laughing in the utmost 3ocundity at his victory. The other. too, had picture of the cross. Christ stood be- side 1t. one pierced hand on the cross and the other reaching down and gty- Ing aid to helpless men and women in a tossing sea- One was the pic- ture of Christ triumphant through power: the other. the picture of Christ triumphant through love. Which pie- ture would Christ have chosen!
 
 God. to holiness, and to worship with Him. The longing for God Is not out side of us to be brought to us. but is living part of us. To try to live right, means often to be sick with the worlds pains, to spend ones life for causes as sacred as Efes hope. those we may be jeered. Yet It means more. 1t means that the Kingdom or God will come.
 .'Ths saints of old wore no halo when they walked the earth among us They won their saintshfp through their struggling. The halo they wear is more than decoration; it is something that comes from within them.
 Saints can only achieve sainthood through the ordinary walks of life. But this does not mean that we are to identify ourselves too wholly with the earthly things. There is some- thing within us that gives a meaning to them. that constitutes the major part of us. The man is moving through the ordinary. the material in life, to give meaning to all the rest. Many things appear before us and are absorbed into our experience, which apparently have no meaning now. It is only when we get beyond them by using them. that we get an fuea of their purpose.
 "In business. in social life. in every phase, we have to pass through the unclean, the imperfect surroundings. A man may take anything that he de- sires of these and suffer no retribu- tion or at all events only the retribu- tion that he willingly takes upon him. self. He will even succeed in an earth ly way. But he must remember that if he breaks the laws of God, he des- pises God.
 There is a strain in life. We tire of it and we rest ourselves when weary of the days work. But what Is 1t we rest7 Merely our body We forget about the soul and its need of refresh. ment. Our days work Is not fulfilled at the end of the days tasks. At the end of each bit of labor that you do. passed through new temptations. How is 1t with God after the task Is done?
 The call is tofGod through all earth ly things. Life Is mean and ugly with put the sonship with God.
 Some scof at the idea of God com- ing to men. They declare to speak of the superhuman and give in to 1t, Is nonsense. Why to give in to the su- perhuman is the most wonderful thing In life. The whole hope in life Is mys- tery. Men say that there can not be anything superhuman in life because they can not see it. Would you be willing to find out that all your prob things that you know. feel and see. If that were possible you would be mere ly a beast.
 Man may have all the possessions he may desire of the world and yet find many things unanswerable If you have reached the point where there is only mystery in life, you may thank God.
 There is the power of the living God behind everything that we &C., complish. Take the painter. the sculp- tor, the poet and all his masterpieces have come from some indescribabie