Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-10
Two Sermons I Enjoyed

Dear Mrs Thomas: 1t hasn't been very long
since ] visited Household, but my desire
is Just as great as II It had been months since
/ was with you, because l love you and low
10 be among You.
/ hope that all have spent a pleasant vaca-
tion. / haven't had the pleasure OF attending
the protracted meetings as Il usually do during
'1sy-by> time" for / am too far away from
my home churches, but l have heard some good
sermons and have enjoyed them very much.
Two sermons l enjoyed very much. The first
IVES about a believer and unbeliever. The
pastor used as on Illustration for the unbe-
lever or mont Christian a bottle filled with black
fluid. The bottle was the man and the con-
tents his heart, and the believer or Christian
was bottle filled with white fluid, represent
ing a man filled with the Spirit OF Christ.
He used two denominations In this Illustration:
Baptist and Methodist, and he showed that
neither one Of their modes Of baptism changed
their heart, but when the Spirit Of Christ
poured into their heart the white fluid In
stead of the black IL was all pure and white.
That the two ways of baptism made no change
but was just an act Of obedience. IL our heart
is pure and clean will meet God with
clear conscience. We can't afford TO be de.
nominational; we all belong to the same body
OF Christ, snd IL we get to heaven will
all be together in Christ, and His church is
the only one.
The next sermon was from a very young
minister and he took his text from the eighth
chapter OF Mark and seth verse, For what
shall IT profit man II he gain the whole world
you could have heard that sermon. 1 never
heard such words from young mans lips. 1t
mouth. We all should study over bis text
foT what shall II profit II we gain great
wealth and lose our soul? Six feet of earth
makes al ont size. We carry no
earthly goods with We will have to lea7e
our earthly wealth here; II may be for some
one that is left behind TO fuss anu growI
fovcr. We should strive to~plense God; IL Is
not always the most pleasant thing us to
do. A lot of things that want TO do to
please our own weak nature very displeasing
20 God, and because we want to think We are
right VIC argue TIL we almost know we arr
right but that doesn't change Gods law or
command in the least. He is Interchangeable
steadfast from the beginning. All she world
combined can't change one of the least OF Ills
plans. We are all weak carnGl minded, lie.
pendent creatures
I bad a letter from enc OF our Household
members, who said Gcd does not see disease
that II He did Ete would not be perfect.
want 10 say TO that friend that ! have more
confidence in God than that. lie is all-wise
and secs all we do and Lears all We say, and
sees every weak, painful part Of our body ali
the time day and night; watching over us
while we sleep, with a mere tender care than
mother does her little infant. There is no
greater love en- earth than a mothers love, but
God loves us better, else He would not have
given His only begotten Son to die Cal
vary's for rs.
This friend says II is her conviction that all
that God made good, and that disease Is
not good. Yes. man good till he dsobeyed
God In eating Of the forbidden fruit, and right
there the sin Of the E0Eld commenced. aud