The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-09-27

& YOUR FEET.
A SERMON BY REV. ,. w. RICE.
If the foot shall say, Because / am
not the hand, / am not of the body;
is it therefore not of the body? LIST
Corinthians l2-l5.
+ A man at Topeka, Kansas, at the
biggest hotel there, ate soup with his
feet. He had no arms. He never
had arms. He ate everything with his
feet. That is, he sat down at the table
as others folks, but when eating time
came he took off his shoes and raised
his feet to the table and handled his
food with his toes. He always did
this wherever he went. He could
write splendid hand with his feet.
This, man belonged to the same
church as. that Paul was after in the
first and 18th chapters of his letter to
the Corinthians. ! do not think the
Corinthians ever answered Paups let
tiers, but these. letters of the great
apostle are being answered right
along in these days.
The Corinthian church got off on
the wrong foot and was dividing off
in little clans and sets according to
their feeling. They went very much
on feeling. If man felt as did set
that had already commenced to form
within the one whole set or church,
he was supposed to connect himself
with thatsset and 60 teaching as they
did, AS. there are. about fifteen diff
ferent feelings in the cardinal sensa-
lions in the average flock of FIVE hun
dred people, it is not at all strange
that feelings should become the guide
among the people. It will do It to-
day. It is doing it to-day It will
continue to do it until that which is
perfect has come. 4's
! saw . man the other day walk
ing on his hands, for he had no feet.
He had no legs. He never had any
legs and consequently he had never
had any feet. He went along and we
called it walking. We call that leg
less being man-but he is only part
Of man.
Isaac went nearly blind. He was
still interested in his sons. He want
ed to bless one of them, and he set
the hour in which to do it. His wife
knew he would have to depend large
ly upon feeling and so she put up
JOB on her husband. She helped the
son fix up a hairy arm for the old
patriarch to feel Here is where he
made the mistake; he went on feeling,
instead of knowledge. That is what
was ailing the big Corinthian church
when Paul got after them about their
foolishness. That is what is the most
trouble now. ! sometimes feel like 4
Methodist and for weeks | am out
and out Methodist, but then when
the weather changes, or / eat little
different food for week or two I
feel like a Baptist and then for .
while ! am a good Baptist. Then l
get hold OF something else to eat for
a few weeks. read another book, see
other pictures. meet with other souls
and get knocks from one direction 4
few days, and then I am out and out
Presbyterian. If / should 70 by INV
feelings, ! should one month be a
member of the Episcopal church. next
month the Methodist church, next
month be trying to get the. Presbyter-
lans to take me in for while and the
hrst thing after that would be knock
ing at the Baptist door, getting them
to house me for few months and then
the next thing l would be trying to get
the Free Methodists to let me in with
them for ! do some times feel pretty
noisy: So it is easy to get making
that sad mistake of the Corinthian
church. and Paul was pretty shrewd
when he got after them.
he stated to them that it took the
whole bunch to make the completes
body OF Christ, which is the church.
the fullness of Him that filleth ali n
all. That is the language of the Bible
in relation to the church. He said
you fellows are playing wild with
the body .of Christ when you 20 into
putting all the feet in one corner and
al hands of in another corner and ali
the eyes Oft in another corner and ali
the ears off in still another corner. He
said the first thing you know these
members will fly the track and run al.
on fangents and then what sort Of
mess will you have out of the muss
Paul thought the noses ought 10 ali
remain where the hands could Get
noid OF them. He thought the noses
might need blowing sometimes. He
was pretty shrewd in that 18th chan
Ter. Yet to-day we have one church
made up Of lot Of noses that have
run of to themselves and their great
est difficulty is, they need blowing
and there is nothing around which
they can do it with. They should
nave remained where the hands were.
Paul said to the Corinthians. now
see here; if all you fellows. all the
eyes and all the ears and ali the hand.
and all the feet would get together
ana set to work, the whole affair
would straighten out of itself and YOU
would get Gods blessings right along
put you cannot get them when YOU
are segregated like this. Paul said. stop