Gilpin observer., 1911-11-30
SUNDAYS SERMON

Last ounuay cVelpIIf6, rNSF. .. "a
Webber Of St. James M. E. church,
took for his text, blessed are the
pure in heart for they shall see God" "
Matt, 5-8. He said:
In the olden time. men believed
that they could not see God and live.
Jacob said, 81 have seen God face
to face and my life is preserved" ;"
Gen. 1890. He seems surprised that
he is alive after the heavenly vision.
When the Lord had revealed himself
to Manoah ard his Wife, they said
one to the other, eve shall surely
die, because we have seem God +"
Judges 1922. Even Isaiah, when the
Lord was revealed to him. cried out,
"Woe is me. for am undone,
Mine eyes have seen the King. the
Lord Of hosts" / mention these pas
sages of the scriptures, along with
; Gods word to Moses Thou canst
not see my face, fer there shall no
man see me and live" Ex., 1920. To-
say that in the o.d dispensation the
conviction was upon men that they
- could not see God and live.
1 place these statements from the
old testament over against the words
of Jesus Christ, "Blesesd are the
pure in heart for they shall see God"
l say now to you who live in the
New dispensation, in the twentieth
century, in Central City; that the
man whose heart is pure has no oc-
casion to fear God, or men or devils.
My text declares that the pure in
heart shall see him. | hope it Is the
desire of every man and woman here
that they. by faith. may see God as
their savior and king. We ought not
to fear him any more than the earth
ly child should fear his mother. OF
course the child fears to meet his
parent If he has dcne wrong. Our
hearts ought to go out in gratitude
to God that there has been opened
in the house of David a fountain for
sin and urclcarness, where our sins
may be washed away ard we may
come with pure hearts to look up
into the face Ct God, and call him
Father
There has never been a time since
the wcrld began when so much at
tention was given to cleanliness, as
mears of preserving the health, as
this time. A little while ago a lady
who was awake to the importance Of
the subject, came to her pastor and
asked. .'Cin you tell me where the
passage is found which reads, clean
liness is next to Codliness?' He re-
piled, Yes. can tell you where it
is" and 10 her great astonishment
he said. "It is found in Steele's ply
siology" I mention this to say there
are some statements that are not
found in the Bible. This woman ex-
pected that pastor to tell her the
chapter and verse in the Bible where
she could read, Cleanliness is next
to Godliness. | am just as sure. that
there are some people who never can
be Cody at all until they are clean
ei up, as II 1t were written in the
Bible.
You will not find written between
the lids of this book anywhere-Thou
shalt not smoke cigarettes. and yet
by their effect on the smoker. by the
influence exerted by the smoker upon
others. and by the fact that we ought
to keep clean the temple of God. we
are as emphatically prohibited from
the use of the cigarette as If it were
written all over the book Paul said
him shall God destroy for tho temple
of God Is holy which temple ye are
l think you agree with me that the
use OF anything that defiles the body
is forbidden by the commandments oi
this book. The commandment of God
is against every sin. That which pro-
fanes the lirs; that which defiles
the body; that which robs men OF
their sense of security; that which
curses the life and damns the soul;
this holy book.
The hell that lies before the
twentieth century sinner, is as real
and as awful as any that our fathers
saw when they talked so much about
fire and birthstone.
1t is far better to begin life right
than to walk for season in the
paths of w!ckedness. and then with
great effort break off frcm our wick
ed ways. and learn to walk in ways
of Righteousness. Jesus said to Nico
demus, aye must be born again" but
let me say to you that the nearer
the natural birth, the spiritual birth
ho ho lnAl L. L.. IL