Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23
SUNDAYS SERMON

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Jesus Christ and him cruz if.ad,"
Cor, 2-2. He said in part:
The call of the masses today is for
broad minded men. Men who becarie
OF their breadth Of learning and their
careful preparation, may grapp.c with
and solve tkc probl5ms CT the state
and nation. We want men who have
opinions CT Their own and are net
afraid to express them. Men who
when they hay, laid th.ir plans. .hay,
tho determination ara tire ability to
carry them out We have little pat
ience with what we term, narrow
minded men, men who havo ore IDEA.
one thought, and one purpose.
There is something about the word
"bro21, when applied to men,tbat at
tracts our attention and exeites our
admiration. VIXEN We hear of bread
minded man we at one 2 1ct him down
as one whose acquaintance is ,esir-
n able. One who will please the. people
and gain -inflrcnce.
the author OF this teAt was one
ideal man. man CT one purpos But
he was a nan whose beirg was wrap
FED up in his purpose. All his energy
and ability were given to tie prose-
Z cution of the enterprise in which he
was engaged. 1t mattered not wheth-
er he were iourd amcng ,ie wretch ed
poor, in the streets of some great
city or at the court of king, the
theme CT this nan Was always the
same. We have in this text tfau-
tiful putting of this thome. 1t was
Jesus Christ ard him crucified."
Who was this man? We first learn
Of him at Tarsls. ere CT the free
renowned unccr the early Roman
omperors as place CT learning. When
child he was sent 10 Jerusalem to
study under Gamal,el. When a man.
he became man Of authority. hav-
ing under him company cf soldiers.
He stood very high with the doctorJ
of the law His was acknowledge a
great mind. He was n man fitted by
education. by Ability. by Influence,
and by an iron will. to rule = nation.
That hard was fashioned fer a scep-
tire. That brow was fashiored tor
crown. There cane in that ne as
there comes to every life an hour OF
decision and was decided. On the
one hand was wealth. infiren-e,
: friends. bright prospects,. authority
and from the human standpoint avery-
thing that man could wish. What he
asked for he received. But that mind
during than riches or authority cr
even an earthly kingdom. As he look
cd down the centuries, he saw day
when the kingdoms of the worli
would fall. WHEN riches wogli iosc
their valrc and earthly prospects
fade away. That man. prasping TIE
centuries before him. in his Easrch
for theme that will live when the
mighty empires o. the earth have
crumbled away; firds in the Eospel
of Jesus Christ n theme that will live
ard widen until in the unnumbered
centuries CT the future il shall en-.
brace every natlon AMI kindred ari
tongue upon this old rlarct.
This mind too great for arg 1ub-
jsct short Of eternal life: finds in the
gospel of Jesus a theme that will
live. Throws himself into it. mak-s
himself part CT it. ard with the
thsme his name and life have lived
through tie centuries. The names OF
the kirgs OF that day are lost and
forgotten by the multitudcs OF men.
, but the ramc Of the Apostle Paul is
= household word in every civilized
sland
The same Is true in other PLACES.
You cannot separate the names oi
Watts and Stephenson from the ap
plication of steam to the works OF
snan. You cannot separate the names
OF Morse and Edison from the Won
ders OF electricity. l say to young
people wherever | so, II you would
live in the minds Of succeeding gem
erations search out some great theme
that will liye. Throw yourself into
It. make yourScls part of It, and
nations may he bern. grew Old ard
die. but your name will live as long
as the theme, Of which It /, n part.
Some ore has ssid. There is n
tide in the affairs OF man which talk
en- at the flood leads on TO fortune"
However this may he. there is a
time in your life when cci has come
so near that If you' viii only call
upon him he will answer your cry