The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-27
WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES
OR THE TESTS (F FAITH

interest The subject for this even
ing will be. Il Have Married a
Wife The evangelist says he eN-
poets to consider all the excuses
that are made for people net ac.
cepting Christ.
Excerpts from the sermon last cy-
cning: There are wireless messages
floating through this room tonight,
but We do not catch them because
we have no receiver. God has mes.
sages of love and mercy for us, but
have not put ourselves in the proper
attitude. If you go away from this
building unsaved tonight. It is your
own fault. God has provided way
OF escape for YOU and promises the
forgiveness of sins Il YOU viii only
believe in Him and become .bodient
to His commands"
God told Noah 30 preach right.
eousness. to warn the people, to tell
them that the world would soon be
destroyed by water, and that he
should build an ark. They laughed
him to scorn. fancy can hear
some OF them saying. Talking abou,
a flood. there has not been enough
rain during the past six months To
sprout peanuts. he Is crazy he ought
to be- put into an insane asylum"
Some of you. no ubt, are saying
that you would have gone into the
ark TO see the animals. If for no
other reason. You are sure that when
the gangway was put down tha;
you would have gone On bCard-hut
you would not. You won't come and
b. saved now when you have an
opportunity. God tested Noah and
found him to be all right"
"When the Israeltos we're bitten
by snakes they cried to God. God
told Moses TO put mp brazen
snake on a pole and that If they
would look at it they would be
cured when bitten. That is not the
remedy that we have in Kentucky.
and that We sometimes send to
Oklahoma. but it worked Just the
same. One old jew said. There is
nothing in brazen serpent to cure
snake bite. will not look He top
pied over dead. Another one had
his brethren rush through the tents
of his friends and relatives to where
nc could see the serpent and lived.
II was not the brass that cured
him, but the obedience to Gods com
mand."
God told UZZa not to touch the
Ark OF the Covenant; it was about
to topple over from the cart, Uzz1
touched it and he toppled over. He
was killed because of his disobe-
dience. We cannot afford TO treat
lightly the commands Of God"
"Naaman was told to dip himself
seven times in the Jordan to cure
his leprosy. He rebelled. but one of
his servants had more sense than
he did and urged him to do as he
was commanded. He was cured.
There was nothing in the water TO
cure him. God put him to the test,
he stood the test and was cured Of
this terrible disease. Nothing in the
water TO cure leprosy, If so We
would take our colony of five hun
dred over there and have them
dipped. The blessing came as re-
suit of obedience"
There are many other illustra-
tons that ] might give. but these
/ Will suffice. | may mention one more.
/ God commands Us to be baptized.
There is nothing in the water TO
take away our sins, but when we
are buried with Christ by baptism
into death, as Paul puts it, our sins
are blotted out, Our obedience 10
this positive command brings the
blessing. May God help MS to do
what he commands"
Saturday evening Mr.. Brown wiz
deliver one of his popular illustrated
lectures on China. (Silver Offering
Great meeting for men only at p
III. Sunday.