The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-17
consents. In his boarding house that

consents. In his boarding house that
evening he opens his trunk to dress,
and his hand comes in touch with
Bible. Where did this come from"
he asks himself. It had been placed
there by MS mother, purchased out OF
her snlalfearnings and placed there as
safeguard for her boy in the hour of
danger. Turning to the fly leaf he
reads, amid binding tears, My SON
when sinners entice thee consent thou
not"
The vision Of home flashes into his
mind. Again he feels mothers arms
about his neck, and hears her saying,
MY son, be true 10 God and mother"
Down upon his knees he sinks and
prays, 20 God, forgive me, help me-"
He is saved by mothers influence.
The saddest picture in this world is
that home in Pensacola where there is
a prayerless mother.
But If neither father nor mother will
come then I am going to invite the
children to come. The time to make
an impression upon the heart is when
| it is young and tender. The time to
| train vine is when it is young, but
after It is old and snarled it defles
me. The time to mould clay is when
| it is plastic before it is sunbaked
Some are skeptical about child con
version
Suppose two start out at the source
of the Mississippi river when it is
but rivulet AT first the grasses
overlap. Then it becomes a creek,
| then a river. At last a mighty chasm
separates the two. Now one tries to
cross and has desperate struggle, is
almost overcome, and at last crawls
out gasping for breath, and finds his
Icompanion already there. What a
terrible time we had crossing" says
the one NO" says the other, Il
| did not have a terrible time" You
| didn't. I don't believe you crossed"
But" says the first, Y am here just
| the same as you are" It Is unfair to
demand of a child the same expo
rience that you would of an adult, for
there are many sins the child couid
not have committed
Final Thought.
| The final thought Of the text IS the
salvation promised. At last Noah en-
tered the ark and God shut the door.
Still the multitude SCOTS But sud.
denly they discover a black cloud,
growing larger and larger till at last
the sky is overcast. Then suddenly
the waters descending meet the
ascending waters, and the people rush
to the hills for safety. These are
soon covered Then to the mountains,
which soon disappear in the great
deIuge, and the last man sinks with
despairing cry into the dark waters.
But upon the surface of the waters,
floating safely, is the ark, with eight
human souls within. 1t Is a type OF
the salvation which God brings to
lost world.
Oh, that every father and every
mother and every son and every
daughter in this house would come TO
Christ this very hour that there might
be many households saved N the CITY
Of Pensacola.
New Members.
| The effect was splendid when the
iconclusion was reached, and the
audience listened with rapt attention
to a quartette which rendered tlll'
rnore's piece, Tell Mother III De
There" and at the end Of the service
seven went forward and united VILE
| the church. There have been twenty
one to date to unite with TINS chufGn
since the meeting began.
II was announced that for this week
efforts would be concentrated on the
night services and that the AFTERNOON
meetings would be called IN.