The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-06-21
With THE
CHURCHES
LAST SUNDAY

Caldwell church audiences have
thus far withstood the summer.
dwindle and are yet healthy and
thrifty. The ministers of the city are
doing their pre-vacation work with a
vim, and whatever else may follow
when the real hot weather comes, the
people are still going to church and
giving our earnest preachers the clos
est attention and their sermons are be-
ing put in the balance of brain power
in our intellectual midst.
Rev. Mr.. Case of LIST Presbyterian
church took for his text last Sunday,
Testimony of His Enemies" Mr..
Case used this as the topical text and
presented logical certainty that even
the enemies of the Christ could not
open their mouths concerning Him
and His teachings without in some
manner testifying to His Deity. His
Divinity would be established as
quickly as His Deity and that He was
very God in the likeness of man; His
enemies were made to testify even at
moments when they undertook to
deny it.
The preacher referred to remarks of
the enemies of Christ as unimpeach-
able evidence that such enemies had
a deep underlying conviction that was
hard to cover up. In fact it could not
be covered up.
When the Christ PERFORMED his mi
racles and His enemies cried out that
in truth he did work wonders, but it
was in the name of the Prince of
Darkness, they in spite of themselves
testified in his favor. Mr.. Case told
how the testimony of enemies is the
most incontrovertable; how even the
veriest doubter could find from the
utterances of His enemies, the strong
est testimony of His divinity. The
camaraderie of Jesus, his Friendship
with publicans and sinners, served to
bring to US testimony from the lips OF
His enemies.
One went away from the little
church with an abiding sense of rest
full and Serene spirit, seeing that evil
dence upon evidence are piled up to
prove that his faith is we'll founded.
Mrs. Case sang beautiful anthem.
The School of the Church was packed
with children and "grown-ups" to wit
ness the special exercises for "Chil-
dren's Day.
A good audience met also in the
Christian church where Rev. Mr.. Co.
lightly gave another of his instructive
sermons to the people who are soon
to measure their new pastor, Rev. Mr..
Titus of Rupert. Mr.. Golightly took
his text from the Bible truth contain
ed in the parable of the man from Ter
icho who got mixed up with the rob-
bers on his way down to jerusalem
The old story with its bearings was
tsached up and made to bring out a
definite and thorough teaching on the
subject of the betterment of our
everyday conduct
The conduct of the Christian as he
goes about making neighbors is one
side OF great truth; the other side
OF which is found in the conduct of
those neighbors after they have been
The man in this in
stance after he had recovered would
doubtless love with ease, the Samari-
tan who got down and walked while
ne rode down to the hotel. 1t would |
only be the natural thing to do, and
IN this the average Christian would
ind himself but little condemned, He
would not. however, find the depths |
of love in his heart for those fellows |
who turned aside and let him 20
across the bar alone. The Priest. who
vas only remnant of former things
n the old church. and the Levite who
vas candidate for the priesthood.
we're selfishly proud and had no inter,
st IN the wounded man, while the sup
'osedly least unlikely fellow in that
Whole region to give the Jew a lift was
he Samaritan Dog, as the idea went
those days. After a while the res
ued man must go still deeper into
he teachings ofthe Christ and act.
ally love those fellows who passed