The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-21
TWO SPECIALS
BY 1ST BAPTIST
PASTOR SUNDAY.
REV. EuoEN r. PENpLEToN, PAS
TOR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
GAVE SPECIAL TALK TO MEN
AND BOYS SUNDAY NIGHT ON
{ PERIODICAL SONS AND FAITH
ERs."

"Prodigal Sons and Fathers" was the
subject OF the evening sermon to men
only at the First Baptist church Sum
day and dealt exclusively with, the
sins Of men, presenting them In
xraphic way, mainly by Illustrations
drawn from life, many of them being
taken from Pensacola life, under the
divisions, Five Highways to He'll
These highways were discussed In the
following order: First, Getting Some
thing for Nothing" then Living by
Force" Liquor" Lust" and Way OF
Rotten Religion"
The Only Hope.
IS After q forty FIVE minutes discussion
Of these in their application to boys.
young men and married men. the
speaker turned in conclusion to the
question. What can one do who has
already travelled these roads far? In
answer he said that Jesus was the
srnly hope. He then pictured the
Srodigafs return to his father. He
FIRST came to the end Of himself. then
he came to himself, then he resolved
to arise and go back; but this was not
enough. he had actually to arise ana
70. There is better nature IN every
man, and this enables him to repent
and turn his thoughts back to God
Jesus called this better nature, faith
The old temptations may have come
back to the prodigal, but he remem-
bered the swine trough. and II that
were not enough he could call up his
present good treatment, his fathers
avection and this held HIN as In a
sire Chris does not want to limit
Or pleasures. but to make them last.
r We deny ourselves we may wind up
rTis right hand, where pleasures last
yer more, but IL we sqaunder our
es upon unlawful indulgences here
will come at last to the outer dark
ness. where the worm dieth not and
the fire is not quenched."
The Phillips Male quartette render
ed two special selections, (which were
srlendidly given, and at the close Of
TIE sermon the choir sang Where Is
Ny Wandering Boy Tonight" and at
the end all sang There Is Fountain
Filled With Blood"
Morning Sermon.
The morning sermon was upon the
theme Of "Prodigal Church Members"
and in outline dealt with several types
OF members as the pastors see them,
rnmely, the Strikers, the Trunk Mem
'. one who takes his letter and
r ns 1t In a trunk when he moves;
t. Grave Yard Member, one who is
Joined to some country church where
ancestors are buried and who will not
move from maudlin sentiment; Stay
at Home Member. the Sunday Mem
Der. Oncers and the Worldly Minded
Mernher F4a def7ned each tvpe and the
question on which the changes were
rung was what kind of church
would my church be il all the men,
bers were just like me?" In defining
the worldly minded member he said:
sT do not speak in detail Of what a
Christian ought or ought not to do
but prefer to define as a general atti-
t'-Sc. People are not much deceived
about this. There is now a code Of
ethics in the churches. agreed upon
In the main by all evangelical Chris
tians, just as there is code Of ETH
Quette In polite society, and any one
who violates 1t causes a distinct shock
to those who live by it just as a boor
in society would cause censure by
neglect of etiquette.
This code of church ethics may be
analysed almost under two general
heads. namely, first, the church mem
her must lead a clean life. This means
. good deal. Property used for I'M
clean purposes, business which Is un-
clean. company which is ungodly. must