The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-14
ATHEIST FOOL
IS THE FOOL
PRE-EM|NENT
REV. EUGENE r. RENDITION So
LEcTEp INTERESTING sUsJEcT
FOR HIS SERMON SUNDAY.
WHICH WAS LISTENED TO
VERY ATTENTNELH

The Atheist F'oor' was the subject
selected by Rev. Eugene R Pendleton
for his sermon at the First Baptist
church Sunday, and the subject was
an exceptionally interesting one Mr..
Pend1eton spoke as follows:
There was a story abroad that Cor
nelius Vanderbilt gave his son-in-law
a hundred thousand dollars which sum
was soon lost in the New York Stock
Exchange; whereupon. Mr.. Vanderbilt
remarked that he had heard OF fools,
great fools, and other varieties Of fools.
but his son-in-law was more kinds Of
fool than any he had ever heard of.
Truly, among all the fools, the
Atheist fool is one pre-eminent- IF
such creed could blink God out Of
existence it might have some reason in
it, but It is like cutting or ones nose
to spite his face It Is like the ostrich
hiding his head in the sand. "A FOOLS
tongue cuts his own throat" Is true
proverb. Perhaps a greater part Of
mankind act a part entirely irrational
Not all the fools are dead yet
TN tell you the reason why;
The little fools grow up
Before the big fools die
This Atheist fool is given special
prominence In the Bible. He Is mem
toned three times. Don't be too Sc
we're on him All unregenerated men
are more or less such fools.
l. The Fools Creed. It has its
source in his foolish heart He hardly
has the audacity to utter it IN his
heart he dislilzes the good and true. !
Alienation from God is the source of
heart OF child"
The natural heart looks upon the
things Of goodness and purity as fool
ishness.
This folly and great learning can
dwell together King George was
called '-the wisest fool in Europe" be-
cause he was wise in some things and
fool in others. Some OF the gravest
errors in religion and philosophy have
been preached by very learned men
Men should trenble when they re-
member that some who worship God
with their lips may be saying in their
hearts No Cod Having form OF
goodness but denying the power there
Of"
The Lord can hear the language of
the heart HE knoweth our thoughts
afar or" 1.-THE thoughts and intents
of the heart" He desires truth in the
hidden part, and no man can long har-
Dor error in mis- heart without betray
ing 1t In his life
This fools creed is only the creed of
a fool-'No Cod
Every insect and the meanest crea-
ture that crawls viii confute him.
Deity is written upon all creation. The
heavens declare His glory, the tower
ing mountains are His handiwork, the
roaring sea but the murmurs of His
voicel
Little children believe in God. An
Atheist wrote God is no where" His
little daughter copied it and made it
out. God is now here" Startled. he
saw and admitted the chfld's theology
was nearer true.
once spoke to a large number of
"moonshiners" who were In jail await
ing trial.
At the conclusion of the service all
came for prayer but one man He
asked the speaker to go apart with
him, and there, shaking with sobs.
confessed he had been an Atheist, but
for the first time his faith was shaken
and If there was q God he wanted to
know him He became an humble
peaitent.
| There are no Atheists in hell ''The
devils believe and tremble." They ac-
knowledge the principal articles OF the
Christian creed-"What have we to do
with thee, thou son of God? Art thou