The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-29
SHORT BEDS.
NARROW COVERS
ONE OF A SERIES OF FoRcEFuL
SERMONS TO THE UNcoNvERT-
Ed THAT IS BEING DELIVERED
or SUNDAY EVENINGS At THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BY
THE PASTOR, REV. EUGENE r.
pENpLEToN.

short Beds and Marrow Covers,
was the somewhat unusual but rather
graphic topic Of sermon that was
preached at the First Baptist church
last sunday evening by the PASTOR
Rev. Eugene r. Pendleton.
For a month. beginning last sun
day, the evening discourses OF MT.
Pendieton, who has recently come TO
the pastorate Of this church. Will De
especially to the unconverted. Ina.
In, to those persons who are nor
members Of the church. However.
the pastor says that he hopes they
may be Of assistance to the church
members as we'll
In plain English. the preachers
subject was. that II a man make MS
bed he shall lie on It. He preached
q very interesting and forceful ser.
mon on the seductiveness OF sin and
how easy II was 70 get into IT..
Mr.. Pendleton Is a very pleasant,
A well as very effective speaker,
and his manner Is 80 plain ana
strsishtforward. that his listeners get
under the spell of his logic ana are
not cognizant that they have been
listening to eloquence and orafory
after II 10 all over.
The pastors Sunday night dis
courses are brief and the sermon last
sunday eight was only 20 minutes
,oas. The music was especially good
good and was also unpretenttous.
Drrinx the series. special music viii
BE- xivea suitable for each discourse.
The subject next sunday evening
will be. "Shorn of strength While
Dajiying With the Deiiiahs OF Life.
The minister Sunday evening took
for his text that portion of the twen-
sy.eighth chapter Of Isa'h, where ref
erence 10 made to an offender finding
his bed too short and his covering
not broad enough to wrap himself up
In.
PLAIN 70 THE DRUMMER.
The speaker said that any travel
ing man who had ever spent the
nigh: at a certain class of hotels.
would understand the eloquence and
appropr!a.eness of this illustration
and would understand exactly what
the stately Isaiah meant when he
wrote IT,
Among other things. Mr.. Pendleton
said that IL a man take up with a
covenant with death and into a
league with he'll. He told Of the
misery Of a man who keld that kind
OF universal! creed would lead 20 sal
walton and said thai accepting as
creed. the philosophy OF life. was
like girl entering into a reckless
marriage. She feels an irresistible
Impulse to go or, but she is creating
for herself a life OF sorrow and is
making a small he'll.
The preacher told IN eloQuen
words Of Those whose eyes are blind
ed to the beauties of religion ant
who will finally end their lives in
SORROW
CARRIED THISTLE TO AUSTRALIA
. In describing how easy and how
pleasant II is to get into habits q
sin. he told Of a Scotchman, vht
far from home. in the wilds of Au
stralia. sent back TO his rocky, north
ern home for a small packet of this
tic, his national flower. He planted
1t and in a short while 1t spread ant
flourished and soon the whole con
tiuent was covered with what hal
become a pest and now it was to-
late to eradicate il.
The minister said that when a pei
son first takes up the habits of sin
he feels secure and can see no dar
ger. n is that way, he said. wit
the opium habit and the same wit
the liquor habit. But some day tn