The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-04-20
STRONG SERMON
By REV.SANMONS
DELIVERED AT THE BAPTIST
CHURCH AT SUNDAY NIGHT
SERVICE.

Manhood: a Message to the ater
of Brunswick" was the theme FIR a
powerful sermon Sunday night AZ the
First Baptist church by Rev. ). E.
Sammons. pronounced by scores who
heard it as one of the strongest a gu
ments delivered in recent years rom
a Brunswick pulpit. Many favorable
comments were heard yesterday so
deep was the interest aroused by the
pastor in his appeal for a higher
standard of citizenry.
Taxing for his text Genesis 4:3S,
Can we find such a man as this: a
man in whom the spirit of God is?"
DR.. Sammons pointed to the character
OF Joseph as a type, standard for
the men of all times. The crying need
OF today, said the speaker, is for mer.
DR. Summons used the following
quotation, which in itself is a sermon:
God give US men. a time like this
demands
Strong minds. sreat hearts, ira faith,
and ready hands;
Men whom The lust Of office does not
kill;
Men, who possess op Mons aud will;
Men, who have honor-men who viii
not lie;
Men. who can stand before a dema-
gogue
And scorn his treacherous batteries
without winking;
Tan men. sun-crowned, who live
above the fog
In public duty and in private think
ing"
Following a Jealous appeal for men
to enlist in the cause Of the Master
DR.. Sammons referred to the world
double standard Of morals for men
and women in these words:
Why should a man be a Christian?
Well. why should he not be a Chris
tian? Did Jesus die for women and
children only? Are our Sunday schools
and our prayer meetings for women
and children only, Is 1t true that men
are not endowed with immortal souls
or have they specs al privileges grant
| ed to them while on earth?
When did God require our mothers
and wives and sisters to frequent His
house on the Sabbath and at the
same time permit our fathers and
husbands and sons to spend this holy
day in drinking and fishing. and hunt
ing and gambling and otherwise desc
| Grating this sacred day?
What book and chapter and verse
in Gods Word says that a woman
must be pure. Immediately pure. as
pure as the snowdrift and if perchance
she falls, she is a castaway but a
man may besmirch his character un-
til it becomes a stencil in the nostris
of decent soc ETY., yet retain his posi-
ton in the highest circles? 1t cannot
be found. The great Judge of all
the earth will judge men and women
alike along these lines.
"My friends, manhood is what we
want Royal manhood 1t ough. to
be true, if IL is not, that the highest
type of manhood is found in the
church. Therefore, let me say to
you men here, you members OF
churches, you ought to so live that
your very life shall create d desire on
the part Of others to live as you live.
You ought to live a life that is above
reproach in the community Your life
ought to be the very embodiment OF
honesty. and purity and uprightness.
Your garments should be clear of even
the semblance of degrading sins.
Are you a church member? Then
let me ask you, are you thoroughly
honest? Honest with God, and honest
in all your dealings with your fellow
man? Are you thoroughly sure? Are
you, to the best of your knowledge and
ability serving God day by day? I do
not ask what your professions are. nor
where you sit in the church. nor what
your office is in your church, nor bow
loud You sing, nor how much you
give; but this, in God sight, are you
living a clean, honest, upright life? Is
it Christ for you to live? If not, then
in the name of God begin. and begin
nowi"
The w.de reaching, never ending
-2gult OF influence was laid at length
before those men not members of
churches. A score of Biblical reasons
why men should be Christians was fol-
lowed by stirring appeal to let go
the world The effect of example up
on children was strongly portrayed,
the preacher referring to the results
of cursing on the street. the telling
Of smutty jokes and like offenses.