The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-15
PREPARII0N
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SERVICES
DR.. LYON, IN AFTERNOON SER.
MON DRAWS LESSONS FROM
THE LIFE OF ISAIAH.

| was the theme on whichRey, DR.. Lyon
spoke Tuesday afternoon. Prof. Nit.
chell conducted the devotional ex.
! erclses and song service, Mrs. Powell
| sang LET Him Have His Way"
Rev. DR.. Lyon read the sixth chap.
ter OF Isaiah in beginning his sermon
end his main points we're that III
1 rrepartion for Christian service II
was necessary that there should be
the vision and realization of God, the
confession Of sin, the assurance Of
pardon and the call to service.
| DR.. Lyons sermon was taken FROM
the sixth chapter OF Isaiah and out
lined factors in the life Of Isaiah
that made of him a mighty power for
good. "A great trouble in this day
| is not that the people don't believe
lin Christ as the Son Of God, but
that Jesus is not the son of their
God Like so many of the present
day, Isaiah thought that money was
chile to do everything, and there
amid the luxury OF that eastern court
| he made a god OF ambition!
But all this changed, and Isaiah
! let the Cod Jehovah come into his
life. The Jehovah Of the Old Tesla,
ment is the Jesus of the new.
what was the result? He cried
Woe is me. am undone.' This was
not simply dream In our mattel
Of fact, materiaiis,ic existence, VIC
are apt 10 sink in the mud and think
That the things that We can't see and
taste and feel aren't real. Friends
1.-The greatest lives on this earth have
been dreamers. Abraham. Jacob, Jos
cph, Moses, EzekiaI, Elijah, Daniel
Peter on the housetops, Saul of Tar
sns-these and many others were al.
dreamers.
Originally minister and a min
strel we're very close together. MY
friends, unless you are dreamer, ur
less your imagination is going ou'
from yourself, unless you have beer
dreaming OF a better life than the oni
,.on arc seeing IN your home, factory
or store, then the world is not rea
to you,
"If you are to be tpower AMONG
men, You must first Of all know God
and you can know God only through
Christ, his son. nv ~.
There are great many people
who know about the ible, who &c
not know the Bible. There are many
who are worshipping the crucifleG
Christ who don't know that, he dice
for our sins and rose again for our
justification. Friends, Easter Sunday
is better than Good Friday!
"You have to weep yourself be
fore YOU can make anybody else
weep. Many people have Joined the
church, have gone through the usual
ceremonies, but they have never
entered into relationship with Jesus.
The result of this is going to b,
their ultimate CONJUNCTION OF sim
DR.. Lyons personal experience was
that there was no consciousness o.
sin when he became a Christian; II
was a matter of growth. Today he
has a thousand times greater knowE
| edge of sin that then. I'VE should
start the other way however" he
believes. Then there Will come to
our minds the realization OF oui
faults and our shortcomings"
Tile third phase of the preparation
for service is the confession of sins
A woman at a recent meeting ap
preached DR.. Lyon and ;rld of hel
mental unrest since she mad been
convinced that she had been sinful
in her method OF living. "There are
too many people that grow in grace
that don't grow in knowledge. If We
grow in the knowledge of Christ II
means more to lis to be 4 Christian"
DR.. Lyon emphasized his argument
by relating the history o! young
sketch artist who looks come OF MS
drawing to city art gallery and
compared them with masterpieces
His egotism was lost and he realized
that his work was a failure. THAT
man was never nearer being great
man that then" commented the
speaker.
"Theh, there comes a realization Of
cleansing" said DR.. Lyon. .''If one Is
to become an effective Christian wor-
ker, he must get consciousness in his
heart, not only OF confession, but Of
forgiveness of sin" -
"The Idea of the scripture when It
refers 10 lips being touched by the
tongs from the Goals Of the altar, is
not for eloquence, oratory, enthusiasm
or diplomacy in speech, It was sign
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