The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-04
FIRsT cHn1sT1AN cHrRcH.


Personal Purity was the subject Of
Rev II. w. Stinson's sermon preached
nt the First Christian church. at the
Sunday morning service. Rev. Stin-
son said In part: Again we are
lougnt face TO face with that one
question which IL the heart Of life.
the question Of personal purity 1t is
'hc one question that you and ! must
daily answer. Let MS look back
through the history of the past. and
sec what one man did by keeping
himself pure. We find that God has
always worked through one man. and
this man has always been n righteous
man. When God wanted some parti-
Cular work done lie began TO look
about for some man who was pure In
heart to do the work for Him. We
pud that that He choose Abraham
out Of a whole nation, calling him to
do the special work that He wanted
dcne Abraham was a righteous man
oHd God made great promises to him,
he would but keep himself pure IN
tllie, and free from the lust OF the
world
In another instance, God needed q
nan pure In heart 10 lead His people
y no had drlfted away into sin. He
hogan 10 look about and at last He
found the man, down in Egypt. herd
Ing his father-in-law's sheep. This
man was Moses. VINO was called from
. q lowly position to do special work
Irf leading the children of Israel out OF
4 i gypt God had another mission which
must DE accomplished, and i'm order
I that Vt might be done. He choose an
other man, and this time, II was His
own son. Jesus Christ was sent into
the world To do a special work. witch
vas to make lntcrcession for our sins
Other men Of our own time. have had
missions. 'Luther believed that he haG
'hoen led l,y God to do a special work,
ana he set his whole life upon doing
that work, Campbell believed that he
had been ralled to restore the doctrine
y the Apostles. Lincoln, saw the need
lof the slaves being set free and other
men nave sacrificed their lives 10
scmo great purpose.
| All these men whom have men
Toned, were men who believed that
their nrst duty was 10 keep themsel.
yes pure before God. before they could Id
b expect TO lead others. If we are to
/ have any influence whatever over 9th
ers, We must Keep ourselves free from
the lust of the world Keep thyselt
pure" was the command given to
Timothy In his youth. The command
has come down 10 you, 10 me. II il
was az that time the duty Of the SER
want of God to keep himself free from
the worlds sim It Is our duty today.
as the servants Of God. 10 keep our
selves free from the lust of the world.
This question of keeping ones self
pure is the center and origin of every
thing good ana holy Purity must be-
the watchword In every battle with
sin and tne devil.
What am l worth to my maker?
Ask yourself this question. What am
r?-did you ever try TO grasp the full
meaning Of that question? Your nina
Is not capable of understanding It. ="
shall he forever more. our physical
body yields to the ravages OF time
but "I', the spirit, the soul, that which
Is touched by the hand Of God. shal!
never know death. We are the Off
~ ring OF God. II we could get that
idea firmly implanted In our minds, /
believe that we would more thoroughly
understand and obey the command;
Keep thyself pure" 1t Is not possible
for me to over estimate this question
Of personal. of individual purity In
ones own heart. The question comes,
l"IIow are we to keep our lives pure|'
There is but one way. and that is to
keep Jesus Christ cnthroned In our
hearts all the time.
MIR. Stlnson closed his sermon with
on appeal to the people for more care
ful consideration of the question OF
personal purity, as their duty to GOD
and man.
ITNANGELIST HILL AT EPWORTH
Rev. u. A, Hill, leader of the Evan
sclistic campaign In progress at the
local Y. NJ c. A., occupied the pulpit
of Epworth NJ. r., church. at the sun
day evening service.
Rev, Hin took for his text the words