The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-16

! finds that he will need additional time
TO finish them in satisfactory man.
ncr. In the meantime the members
are preparing for the meetings In the
realization that they viii require
much of the church and that their
success can only be achieved by the
I hearty cooperation of all of the mem
bcrs.
The sermon preached Sunday
morning at the FREQ Baptist church
by Rev. Barnard was i'm The spirit Of
the revival which Is soon to be held
by his church. The verses taken for
the text of his sermon were the 1Stn
verse Of the third chapter OF Rcvc-
lations and the first verse of the 52nd
chapter of Isaiah, 81 counsel thee to
buy of me gold tried in the fire. that
thou maycst be rich; and white raj
ment that thou maycst be clothed,
and that the shame of thy nakedness
do not appear; and anoint thine eyes
with eye salve. that thou maycst see
Awake. awake; put on thy
strength, Zion. put on thy bcauti-
full garments, o Jerusalem. the holy
city, for henceforth there shall np
more come unto the uncircumciscd
and the unclcan. There is a very
great difference between being a child
of God actually and potentially. God
Is not pleased with mere nominal ser
vice. He cannot give great help to
those who have not actually the true
spirit Of God within them for although
He is with them He cannot do with
them as with those fully His own.
Gods people had sinned against
Him and the cup of fury had been
poured out and lie proposed to Civ,
.hem happiness when He said, Arise
and shake off the dust and rise out of
The ash heap Remember now your
God Those who were neither good
nor bad He 'spewcd out of His
mouth
Thou maycst anoint thine eyes 10
sce'-God doesn't always see as man
does To say we are members of
,hc church doesn't make us so--thcrc
must be true relationship.
~ counsel thee to buy of me gold
tried In the fire. The first thought
suggested by this verse is Gods high
ambition for his people. lie wants
them to realize the kind of God they
serve. He says. Remember | am your
King This Is the particular thine
He asks of us. Anything beneath that
would be an indlgnty to the people
and their God and they should not b.
Ntislicd with anything below tn,
highest God wants moral integrity
II the hearts of his children. The
gnily OF the law Is emphasized by
Tim. At the giving of the law tc
loses the very mountains shook and
al the people were terrified. The
circumstances under which the law
5as revealed prove that God cares foI
lis law. God said in substance, /
want you to get up out Of the dir
nd stand forth i'm attire worthy o.
he King who has delivered YOU from
bondage. That means that we canno.
i've any sort Of life Just so we live II
the church. God demands that q
hristiau must be clean, whole and
.edicatcd to Him The sermon on
he mount with its matchless picture
# the Christian life must all be kept
no half measures are to be tolcr
ted.
stirring activity is required of the
Members of the church. Very Otter
when a church becomes rich, 1t for
Jets God. Service becomes perfume.
ory as In the case of the lsraelitcs
ong ago when they erected idols in
ne high places, But lip service is -
10 value but rather Il hindrancc as II
cads to boasting, Jesus said to the
ich, Know not yo are blind and
laked?' No true Christian says one
sunday service Is enough for me-, and
;ocs home with "A selt-cumplacent
hcart.
"Thc worldly church is In very
nd state indeed. The church may
ay. We are a rich spiritual church
we have organization, an able preach
ar. and fine church building but
this is simply religious pride and give.
lothing but prefunctory service. They
ay, We have property, we are get
ng to be it, but the more boast
ing she does, the less work Is ac-
Omplished. Jesus told the rich that
hey were miserable without knowing
lt-thcy had got property but had
lost God. In pursuit of the worlds
glory, they forget the glory of the
Nng OF Kings. The finest piety eX-
presses itself In the poorest manner
witness Paul's humble description OF
his claims to be an apostle.
"The church does nothing and acts
as If It needed nothing. Most of the
church people have said we have
all we need ana what Is the use of
Jesus wept tears of blood
FOR Jerusalem in the height of her
pride How often | would have gath
cred ye to me but ye would not, The
church win suffer the same fate as
Jerusalem. a day Of misery is com
ing to the unclean. Jesus saw thai
they were but the blind leaders of tn,
blind and said that both should fai
into the ditch. They thought they
were safe because they prayed lOnF
prayers every day. We might go I,
some rich men and thcll them tina
they were clad like beggars. 1'houg
they wouldn't believe 1t might /,
true, spiritually speaking.
"Christ is the fount of every bless
ing that comes to Christians. Col,
stands for faith and faith Is in Jeru
salem, Just as long as the churci
has faith she has riches and is tn
child of God. 1t Is one thing to pro