The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-20
Or. Newcomb,s Sermon.

There are three sorts OF people |
that have in mind, who want to
justify themselves in the things they
are failing to do, purposeful, want.
ing people who know down in their
own hearts that they are falling short
In the christian life.
There are people who, when you
ask them to be christian, try to
side track you and talk of something
else. They try to switch the issue,
split hairs over asking
foolish questions about this and
that and trying in many ways to mis-
represent the words of the Bible.
THE christian whose name is on
the church roll, hasn't the satisfaction
of knowing his name is written in
heaven. Some when asked to perform
some duty in the name of Cod, say
they haven't time They are just the
ones who are wasting much time do
ing nothing. God is going to require
an account of all that waste of time
some day. This sort of persons have
lots of time for the frivolous worldly
things.
I'VE never see many persons in the
churches who are doing more than
their share. Just because some one
else neglects their duty in the church
and to God, is no reason for some one
else doing the same.
you say that you are doing too
/ N oh in, hD ~
faithful to what you are doing and
God will reward you. The most con-
spicuous condemnation j find any
where is just the fact that we many
times don't try. There are people,
incident self indulgent, lazy in the
| house of God.
There is another class of noncon-
Tossing christions. If one were to GO
to them and say: Are you trusting
in God and being q christian?' and the
answer is sure But they do not
tel others about it. A non-confessing
christian can be compared to tree
climbing fish or one Of those fishes
that live out of water. People say:
Well can be just as good christian
outside of the church as in it'-but
that isn't right-You can't give as
/ much Of yourself and help to Cod
even though you do trust in Him and
are outside the church.
In order to be christian. per-
son is not asked to believe the doc
/ trines OF the church. Believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ-That is enough. |
don't know any church in this town
where they ask you to sign long
4 prepared. document of doctrines. One
! Is merely asked, DO you believe i'll
the Lord God as your saviour and will
you try to live the christian life?,
Another class-The person who
isn't christian at ALL A common
i excuse Of that element is, There are
many christians in the church whom
i couldn't get along with. | am just
i as good as they People in churches
are not protesting to be better than
others out Of them. They are mere
! ly confessing Christ as poor sinners
and seeking His grace.
!. There is none other name under
heaven by whom we can be saved
than Jesus Christ's. God says He
1 must put away those from Him those
1 who reject His Son, even though
some say God is too good to con-
denim any one and men are too good
to be condemned by God Both state
ments are wrong.
/; There are many theories regard
ing assimilation of food We hear
of different things to eat from var
ious sources. The body is wonder
4 full piece of organism but we care lit
j tie about that, for it is left to God.
i Rev. Williams in West keokuk.
] The service in West Keokuk was
conducted by three pastors: Rev. j.
w. Boyer, Rev. j. Wesley Potter, and
Rev. G. c. Williams who preached the
] sermon. The stormy weather lessen
ed the attendance, which was how
ever, a good one for such stormy
! night The male quartette, composed
i of Messrs. Mcfarland, Hershey,
i Young and HUDSON gave several Sc
lSClloHS duIluS Tic evening, ana MI.
Williams preached from S. John sc.
4 Wilt thou be mado whole? The
speaker described the scene which
took place at pool of healing which
had been beautified with five porches
/ Some tradition existed to the effect
4 that the porcles had been built with
stone which had been left over at the
building of Herod's Temple. How
ever that may be. there was the
significant fact that the beauty was
adjoining the place where the afflicted
| gathered together with the hope of
healing The man had looked for an
angel. but Jesus came instead. This
meant that he was healed, and made
1 whole. This was like the work of
/ God. 1t is always complete and per-
1 feet, and when men were renewed by
the Holy Spirit, they were not simply
| patched up, they were made whole.
Thirty-eight years was long time,
\ and ii would be moor wrec], that