The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-03
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OF KNOWLEDGE"
The Rev. J. NJ. Broadly
Preached Yesterday Aft
ernOOn at Local Theatre

AT the Princess theatre yesterday aft
ernoon the Rev, J. NJ. Broadly pastor of
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church,
delivered a strong sermon, taking for his
subject, 1.-THE Price of Knowledge" His
theme was taken from the third chapter
of Philippians, eighth verse. "Yea, doubt
less, and l count all things but loss for
the excellency of the knowledge OF the
Christ Jesus, my Lord
Mr.. Broadly referred to the Apostle Paul
and what it cost him to get his III 81
knowledge of the Christ. The speaker
told of how much the apostle had to sur
render; of how he had been exlled INTO
Arabia and afterward made three mis-
.s4onary journeys. He told of the hard
ships that were encountered by Paul and
SAID that even unto his death has body
bore the marks of the Lord Jesus" Tie
preacher SAID that Paul had SUFFERED ship
wreck and cast into PRISON. And even
in that prison of Rome the courage of
the man did not fan and he kept MS eyes
turned ever upward. He wrote letters
from the PRISON to the friends that mad
been KIND TO nm WINE pc mlnlstered to
them ana established tnelr churcnes, and
urged them To seek a greater knowledge
of the Lord Jesus.
Tine aomonltion of the APOSTLE Paul
was worm wnile." SAID the kew. Mir
Broady,. because it came from a man
OF experience 10 know CHRIST we must
lnahe cllhce; the opJect IS different
MItn us all we must Surrender some
tiilhg before we Viii know tdlm. Ine
Lord Sad: If any man viii do ms VIII
he snan KNOW the doctrine rms was
true with all VINO knew Christ wnen
lie waiked eartns ways.
Peer ana Jonn nau 20 make a sacri-
nee, AaccneuS mad To make a saci1nce
ana every man VINO has known Jesus
Chr1st intimately has mad TO MAKE "a
sacrInce beIo4e SO DONG Christ Wln be
aetI active 10 us IN proportion TO the sacrl-
, nee we nave mace 10 Know HIM. TINS
was the leason that ChlIst was SO at
tractlSe to the Apostle Paul. 81,
Testimony has value WneS 1t costs
something 10 testify. Talk is accounte,,
cheap, but ii was not so with the Apostle
Paul. Neither has 1t been cheap with any
of those whose testimony mas been OF
great value to the word. the Prophet
DANIEL spake for God but did so at the
risk of his own life. jeremiah, the weep
ING pa ophet, spake to mis- nation and his
name has gone down in history as thae
Of one of the great men OF Biblical times
5avanarola was hulned at the stake for
mis- testimony in behalf of Jesus Christ
But the testimony Of that great man OF
the dark ages has been of almost inesIim-
able value to the modern world.
THE gains in knowing Christ are more
than the things we give up. Paul had
his humiliation of pride and will for a
season. He had his stripes, but he had
his joys and at the close of his life he
said, for l am persuaded that neither
death, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present and thingk to
come. nor heighths, nor depths, nor any
creature shall be able TO separate us from
the Christ Jesus who is our Lord. That
was what Paul gained by giving up GER
tain things-this inheritance of the Lord
Jesus"
The services at the Princess theatre are
| held every Sunday afternoon and are Civ
en- under the. auspices of the 4Hapdleyi
Memorial church.