The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-03
Nlne Psalms DIR.
D,Vt Yesof.ses on Place of
Safety for the Soul.

! Thursday evening-eVen the gallery
and Sunday school rooms were filled
with people and many chairs had TO
| be placed in the aisles. The morning
services are also well attended. The
subject of the sermon Thursday
morning was Andrew" and many
were the helpful lessons Rev. Truett
( drew from this character for the
christian people. AT this meeting
many people stood and asked for the
prayers of the christians.
! Thursday evening, after soul up
/ lifting song and prayer service, Rev.
Truett, before beginning his sermon,
called for all those in the building
| who had been serving Christ for
4 over fifty years to stand A number
arose and each gave a word of testi-
mony for Christ He then called for
I all those who had served Christ for
/ twenty-five years to rise and many
mad been christians for ten years or
more were called for and a great
! throng of people rose in response to
| this request.
/ Rev fruett took for his theme
! Thursday evening, Refuge for
/ Human Soul" Text, 40 Psalm, 4th
cried unto thee, 0 Lord | said thou
are my refuge and my portion in the
land of the living" In connection
with this text several passages were
read as warnings against false ref
uges.
Dr. Truett said in part as follows:
I Every person needs a refuge for his
soul, needs personal protection. A
place of defense and safety. Man
needs a refuge against several things
man needs refuge against the
accuse ton of his own conscience
conscience may be perverted until
We do surprising things and yet that
motive shall some where and some
how make its cry and every man
needs refuge from the cry of that
conscience.
Every human being must have
relief from an accusing Conscience
refuge from the latent power of sin
in his own life. One CHASTITY tragedy
of this world is the awful presence
and power of sin and men need ref
uge from the destroying power of sin
in their own lives. There is never a
week in my busy pastorate but what
men come at all hours saying I must
have help" Here the speaker told
of a drinking man who came at /
clock at night, SAYING he could not
quit the awful habit in his own
strength; that he needed help out
side of self
/ Again men need refuge from
the awful power of personal devil
for just as real as there is a person
al God Just as real is there a great
personal evil agency. Every man
needs a refuge, where he shall meet
God and answer TO God, as every
man shall. Not only does the bible
teach judgment day bye and bye
but mans own reason demands it.
Somewhere there must be a day of
reckoning, a day of revelation Coz
hath appointed day in which he
will judge the world and we must
every one. single handed and isola;-
ed, give an account to God. Every
one needs refuge in this great
Judgment day.
THAT isn't all. Every human be-
ing has refuge of some sort, some
thing he trusts in. Alas! Alasl full
many time these refugees are false
characterized by Gods prophet, as a
refuge of lies, and men are destroyed
by these false refugees. 1t is an all
important matter to be able to detect
these false refugees. May ones ref
uge for safety be tested? 1t may. II
"a mans religious refuge will not
ihtCt SHSit ttStt let uluJ OtStIOy IL.
What are some of the inexora bic
tests? If mans refuge will do to
depend upon then that refuge meets
the heart cry of ones own con-
science; If not, let him discard that
refuge, Another test If his refuge
is reliable, then that refuge is max
! ing the sman's life better II it isn't
doing this, then it is false
Again, if a mans refuge is relia-
Bile, trustworthy, it will stand when
he comes to die; when he comes to
that hour of unspeakable solemnity
awaiting us all, an hour when every
mask is thrown off, an hour of hon
esty, if Their, is one at all If his re-
ligious refuge be trustworthy it shall
completely fortify his dying pillow
That isn't al. If mans refuge be
trustworthy, it will fortify him al
the judgment.
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