The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16

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you pay all, no matter how little your
all is, the pearl is yours. No matter
how rich you are, you will have to
ray all you possess. Don't you know
that's what we always have to do
in a love match? Can any one get
love without giving the whole in re-
turn? Can lover say, Il will not
torsake you, and | will be your lover
and husband for length of years,
except when go to LOUISVILLE"
Nothing Less Than All VIII Do
The old Bible says, If am Jealous
God; thou shalt have no other Gods
before me-" Why does the Bible
dwell so much upon idolatry? | don't
suppose any OF us have ever seen
an idol. | think | have one at the
house simply as a curiosity. But
those old idols, they are types and
symbols of other things which people
worship now. We must say with the
song:
The dearest idol have known,
What eer that idol be,
Help me 70 tear 1t from thy throne
And worship only thee.
| shall say more of these things
another night, but we must pay I'll
we have.
Now TO whom have / been preach
ing tonight? have been preaching
to everybody. | have been preaching
to my dearest friends. A dear friend
Of mine who is not very learned said
the ether day, You know it saws
in the Scripture that not a drop of
his blood shall burn, and that means
that one who Las once been redeem
ed can never be lost" And | said,
"Who said that" ooh, it's in the
Bible" But it is not in the Bible.
Now | have great comfort i'm the
doctrine of perseverance but | think
it's perfectly safe for me to say what
Paul said, II fight, | struggle, | sacri-
flee, | fear, lest that by any means
when | have preached to others
myself should be a castaway.'
The true pearl may be lost. | knew
young lady who had box of gems,
family heirlooms that came down from
mother to daughter She was not a
worldly woman and so she put them
away not caring to wear them. But
a visitor came from a far city and
said, II would Ike to see the family
gems And she said, "Oh, just SIT
down. VIII run up and get them.
She pulled out the drawer and reach
ed for the box, and it was not there.
She went into the closet, and it was
not there. She asked her mother and
her mother did not know what had
become of that precious box. She
was about to take down the tele-
phone to send for detectives and
have the house searched; but just
then telephone message came TO
, her from trust company saying
that about year ago she had paid
$500 storage for box. and the Com
pany wanted to know if she would
pay $500 storage another year. SHE
HAD DEPOSITED THAT BON IN
THE BANK AND FORGOTTEN IT
Now it was very fortunate that the
bank was an honorable institution.
There's another thing about pearls
They're different from any other
product. They are not a chemical
product like the diamond. was in a
wealthy home and upon the table
was very elegant book called The
Book of the Pearl and | read lit
tie in it and it gave directions for the
care of pearls. 1t seems that pearls
will detericrate unless they come in
contact with some living creature;
they become pale and lusterless.
Pearls, to keep them bright and valu-
able, must be worn. 1t is said that
enc of the great queens Of Europa
who owns the most splendid pearls
does not enjoy wearing them be-
cause they do not become her. She
has her maid wear them to keep
them bright. You can't do that with
religion! You cannot have anybody
else wear your pearls to keep them
bright. who of us have pearls I'M
worn and so furnished or damaged?
Now friends these are figures, but
they are figures of momentous things
that can affect us all They stand for
the image of our soul, of our spirit
ual welfare right here, today and to-
morrow. And We propose like reason
able people TO think about thes'
great things and to give them the
attention which they deserve.
Now the thing which will help
you to fix these great truths in your
mind, and to look after the lost and
furnished pearls, and the pearls which
are still going without an owner,
will be the words OF many rather
than OF one; and | am going %
ask each Christian here II he will
stand up in his or her place TO say a
word about the pearl of great price