Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-27
WAS HEARD BY THRONG
AGAIN LAST night
"The Need of the Hour" Well
Set Forth

At Furlow Lawn church last night 9
congregation heard Mr. Cranberry in
one of the finest sermons delivered OF
the series now in progress. Every seat
was taken and the attention of the as
semblage held to the end.
Mr.. Granberry's theme was The
Need of the Hour" upon which he
said, in part:
Exodus 14:15-%Speak unto the
children, that they go forward"
THE scene which presents itself in
this chapter is a dramatic one. We
hear Gods clarion call to His people
to go forward. Israel faced a crisis,
and crisis is the time for action"
After speaking of the conditions
which surrounded the people when
God called upon them to advance, the
minister continued
when God said to Moses to COM
mand the people to go forward, ne
manifested a great faith in God by
his obedience; and it is about this
faith that l wish to speak tonight.
"In the first place, this servant Of
God displays faith in the face of duff
Guilty and danger. The sea was before
HIM In his possession there were no
boats or bridges What a difficult po-
sition! But Moses, spoke the word,
Forward, march, and he did so,
Our situation is not unlike that
which confronted Moses. There are
always peculiar difficulties which you
must face. We need faith to overcome
them. You recall that it took Israel
forty years to make a six weeks
journey, because the people empha-
lied peculiar difficulties.
You can never advance without con-
fronting danger and difficulty. God
sometimes tries us in this way But
remember, Jehovah will fight for
you
"In the second place, Moses mani
tested faith against the forces of evil.
AS a matter of fact, all of Egypt was
arrayed against him. Satan is never
idle.
"He takes no vacation, and never
lets up in his fight for the souls Of
men. If the church is to win against
the adversary, she must keep her faith
bright and clear. Faith is the vic
tory that overcomes the world
Then, again, Moses manifested
faith in God in the midst of unbelief.
His own people did not stand by him
and doubted God. Unbelief in the
camp.
1t is better for us to serve the
Egyptians than to die here When
Moses people saw the cloud, they
said, there is no sum- 1t takes :
strong and true man to retain faith
and courage when the conditions are
adverse.
Environment plays such mighty
part in our lives The church is sur
rounded by unbelief You are in the
world, but not of the world Only
NIoses-but his faith prevailed.
A few with God are as many. Do
not look about you, but up; and into
that region which is black with unbe-
lief you carry for faith. GO far
ward
"'And in the next place, l want you
to notice that when Moses said, Go
forward he displayed a faith indie
pendent of natural means
1.-THE natural way would have been
for Moses and his followers to have
been destroyed. The supernatural way
was for God to step in and deliver
Nose did not stop to calculate-God
had spoken and that was sufficient
after all, the religion of Jesus
Christ is a supernatural power. We
believe in miracles. And what is A
miracle? 1t is good directly at
work; that's all. Regeneration is a
miracle.
Above all and in all is God. And
when we cannot see how or when, God
can-and he will never fail you
Mans extremity is Gods opportun-
ity'."
In closing his sermon, Mr.. Granber-
~ called upon the people to manifest
faith in Almighty God and to trust
His Son.
This is our need said he. What
will you do? Will you honor God,
or dishonor Him? VIII you rest on
your oars and drift, or row and rise
Whittier? Gods says, Forward"
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