Gilpin observer., 1912-01-11
SUNDAYS SERMON
Following Is the sermon of Rev.
8. A. Webber at the NJ. E. church,
last Sunday evening:

Is, 1922. Look unto me. and be
ye saved all the ends of earth; for
l am God and there is none else"
The marginal reading Is. -'Turn un-
to me-" So we have have to turn and
look unto God II you would be cav
ed.
One OF the first things. before 1t
is possible to do anything religious
ly with the man who is going the
downward way, is to arrest him, in
the way he is going. and gain his
attention. Then he must be interest
ed, and II he is ever saved, hel must
be led to accept the provision that
God has made for his salvation.
To carry out this first require
ment that l have mentioned, and at
tract the multitudes. l find the
churches in our great cities search
ing the world for sweet-voiced sing
ers, that they may make the SER
vics of the church attractive. Some
will pay any price for the silver
tongued orator to entertain while
he preaches Christ. The purpose of
all this Is to bring men and women
under the influence of the Gospel
become interested in their souls sal
walton. A great many means have
been used for this purpose. The phil
osophy Of the varied means that are
n n
the house of God, is that If We can
get them where they may see Jesus
as the worlds Savior, and understand
his great love toward men, they
must begin to "lovo him who first
loved them" The Master himself
said. And II be lifted up from
earth will draw all men unto me-"
So we lift up the Christ before the
multitude believing that he himself
will draw the individuals to himself.
Now l believe in any plan or meth
cd which will help people toward
the kingdom. We ought to have
great preachers to hold up Christ.
Our singing should carry with it the
spirit of prayer. Our preaching should
be in demonstration OF the spirit and
of power. The singing or the preach
ing that falls short of these, no mat
ter how perfectly executed, falls
short Of the great purpose. Of the
Gospel. I do not desire to tarry
with these, means of grace or at
fractions. except to say that the
great attraction for race OF sim
ners. is the cross with a dying Saw
ior upon it crying to heaven for their
forgiveness. The singer or the
preacher succeeds or fails, in the
work Of the kingdom in the measure
that he makes the multitude look be-
yond the song, or the sermon and
see the Christ. Our chief business
is to make men see Jesus. The
Apostle John said, "In him was life
and the life was the light of men,"
This much for the attraction of
the world. The Christian wends his
way to the house OF God that his
own soul may be fed with the bread
Of heaven, and that he may have his
part in the lifting up Christ before
other men.The world judges the reli-
gion of Jesus by the interest they
see manifested by his disciples. In
spite Of ourselves We Christians are
helping some one heavenward or
which We enter now, trust that
every Christian will understand this
responsibility, and be found in his
or her place at every service, unless
hindered by sickness.
The second point. that I have in
mind is to interest those who come
to the house of God in their own
souls salvation. In this We would
be helpless IL it were not for the
spirit OF God working upon the
hearts OF men. The spirit brings con-
viction. The spirit impresses the
need Of Savior. The spirit con-
vinces men of a judgment to come
and the necessity of getting ready
to meet the great judge. When we
can get men to look at Jesus, when
they really know their need OF saliva
ton, and believe that he is the one
who alone can save them and take
their sins away; we have right to
believe that they will call upon Him
for salvation.
An obscure man was preaching one
stormy Sunday. in a chapel in the
south OF England. A boy Of fifteen
years, came into the service, as much
to get out OF the storm as anything
else. The preachers text WAS. Look
unto me and be ye saved" He
stumbled along the best he knew in