The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-17
unbelievers were destroyed from off
the face Of the earth.
Invitation to Come.

unbelievers were destroyed from off
the face Of the earth.
Invitation to Come.
Now, just as in the days Of Noah, 80
now men are walking in the ways Of
| their hearts and in the sight of their
eyes. And as in those days so now
God has decreed disaster upon the i'm
penitent and unbelieving. and as in
those days 80 now God has provided
an ark for the saving Of all who re-
| pent and believe; that ark is Jesus
Christ. Then, as in those day so now
God is sounding forth the invitation
to all the Christless world. Come into
| the ark
The first thought which receives
| emphasis in this text is the invitation
given. Over two thousand times in
Gods book does the word come" oc-
cur. Like a golden thread does the
word run through the Bible. AS the
stars CLEAN in the sky. each star ap-
pearing like a peep-hole through which
glory shines, so in darkened sky which
hangs like pail over the sin-cursed
world God has set his comes" To
the sin-burdened sinner he says,
leone" To the consc.ence-lashed sin.
ner he says, come" To the sinner
tempted and tried and sore oppressed
he says, come"
Come to the savior, make no delay.
Here in his word he has shown us the
way,
Here in our midst he Is standing today.
| Tenderly saying, come
But especially Is 1t to be noted in
this text the characters who are in
vited to come, and the first OF these
invited is the father. 1t was to Noah
that the invitation was first of all
given. So appropriately the father
should be invited to come into the ark
The laxity in the home is the most
crying defect of today. Where there
Is no authority in the home there will
be none in the school, and where there
is no authority in the school there will
he none in the state, and where there
is no authority in the state there will
be none in the church. Wander down
Palafox street any night and you will
see scores Of girls and boys who
ought TO be in the home. Where is the
trouble? There is but one answer,
namely, the laxity of authority Of the
father. A physician observing a boy
presence Of company until the father
tossed him a coin TO get rid of him,
asked his own son afterwards what
the surprise Of his father the doctors
son replied. That boy needs a daddy"
Setting Examples.
| What is your influence as a father
in the home? What kind Of example
| ri I<r
boy follows in the tracks OF his father,
like the child stepping behind his
father in the snow.
! In the Judgment there are to be
some sad scenes, but one Of the sac
dest Of all will be for the father to be
placed on the left with his children
and to hear them say, Father it was
through your example that We have
come TO this place.
| The Mothers Work.
Another Of the characters invited is
the mother. If the father will not
come then I invite the mother
Mothers influence. how wonderful and
farTeaching. You have seen the
painting, Breaking home ties" The
central thought Of the artist is the
boy standing IN the family room with
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neck, with tears coursing down her
cheeks, and bidding goodbye her first
born as he leaves for the distant city
! We can almost hear her say, MY
boy, as my arms encircle you SO my
love and prayers will surround you
Be true TO God and mother
Il We're an artist I would draw a
ompanion picture The boy has ar
rived in the city. He has found en-
ployment in q department store The
day is dull. the clerks congregate and
for the first time John Is invited to
go the coming night to place where
he ought not TO go. At FIRST he
shrinks from the suggestion, abiding
TO his mothers in1uncuons. They &C
cuse him Of being tiled to his mothers
apron strings and laugh at him for a
cIcd-hopper. Unable TO stand this he