The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-09
DR.. ANDERSON PREACHED
TO MEN ONLY ON SUNDAY

elders He had just sized me mp and
put me down that way
Il am talking to men this afternoon
who are sons Of splendid fathers and
mothers. Young man, keep the name
OF your fathers pure. / have six Doys.
and 1 tell them every day, Affection
ately, Children, you carry your faith
er'S name. One of them stands up
nineteen years, another seventeen
and it makes me feel old to think OF
these boys Listen, l theH them,
You bear your fathers name. ais
honor. his reputation, and his charac-
ter. Do you know, boys, you might
ruin me very easily by wild, reckless
career% I pray God they never Will
l don't believe they ever will have
taught them TO be true: ] have prayed
with them. I have taken every atti-
tude of rightful father to his chill
dren, and / believe they viii stay true
to me- God is a jealous God, visiting
the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth
generation Of them that hate me, and
showing mercy unto thousands of
them that love me, and keep my COM
commandments
In Galations, sixth chapter, eighth
verse, you will find these words; For
the flesh reap corruption; but he that
soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit
reap life everlasting / have read to
you men in these words very pro-
found statement The fact have
read TO you is q very scientific TACT
and is thoroughly established as
scientific fact We have what We call
an exact science with exact results
and these scientific facts tell you Just
exactly what is going to happen You
know what would be the effect of al
explosion of gun powder. You know
what would happen if point loaded
gun at you and pull the trigger, ana
every little while you read of some
one being killed by a gun which wai
not known to be loaded. The day
left Nashville two boys in q store
were playing with a gun, and by some
means one of them had secretly
slipped in a loaded shell, or else the
boy had gotten around to loaded
shell. He pulled the trigger and
man outside fell dead, ball through
his head. / have read to you the
statement of great scientific tact.
This statement is more than fact;
it is a great law that lies down under
meath causes and produces with GER
tainty- The fact is, it is law that
specified as any law in the realm OF
life If / should turn this book loose
(holding book in his hand) it wonl,
fall to the floor, pulled there by the
irresistible law Of grayieation. The
only reason il does not fall is because
of my strength TO hold the book You
never saw an apple turned loose from
the tree and fly to the clouds. The
apples come down. When boy
throws up his b&1I II comes back to
hfm because of this law of gravitation.
That Law of gravststion which holds
you to the earth Us not so sure and
certain as the law 1 have specified in
this text, He that sOweth to the flesh
shall of the flesh reap corruption, but
he that Soweth to the Spirit shall of
the Spirit reap life everlasting
Il want you men TO let me talk to
you something like lawyer pleading
his case before a jury, for / am not
here to make any false impression
upon you. You have a little box on
top of your neck, your thinking box,
and you can do some solid thinking
while | am talking.
Here is law in this text that
exists absolutely independent of opIn-
ion. There may. be some men here
who think their relationship to this
law is determined by whether or moi
they believe it. You may doubt the
law of gravitation but it does not de-
pend on your opinion, for it exists; 1t
is a fundamental, natural law and
exists always and under all cOndi-
lions. You are now dealing vita a
law that exists independent OF your
reason for ne that soweth to his flesh
shall OF the flesh reap corruption, but
he that soweth to the Spirit shall OF
the Spirit reap life everlasting.
This whole twentieth chapter OF
Exodus can be boiled down to two
commandments, and the two COM
mandments can be compressed into
the one word-love l want TO be
manly man, as strong and as true as
my capacity win let me be; If am
not stronger than that it is because
cannot be. stronger. and l do believe
that l would like to love all my fell
bowman; and I would like to encOur-
age, inspire, and help them. The
greatest compliment TO me is to have
some man to come to me sometime
when he is in trouble TO get me &c
help him: I do ali l can to help him,
and | SymDathiZe with him and en-
courage him all can.
Men. listen. this gracious law OF
God is not a grinding demand, but mas
as the objective a greater love to give
to others. that we may love each
other better. Men should love each
other. Suppose all the men in Pen
sacola had this attitude toward each
other. each man seeking to help the
other and not trying TO destroy a
mans present condition but helping
him TO increase every fair means 10
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Now / want to add a few remarks
and give YnII some points. | am