Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-22
SERMON DELIVERED
LAST SUNDAY BY REV. AL.
BERT TORBET.

van that should hearken unto his
voice to let Israel goa I know not Je.
hovah, and moreover I will not Let
Israel 60"
The pitiful cry of the enslaved and
outraged Israelites in Egypt touched
the heart Of God, and he sent Moses
to Pharoah with the demand that the
bondslaves be allowed to 60 free; but
VIXEN Moses made this demand in the
name of Jehovah, the imperious and
self-confdent monarch said: 'Who
is Jehovah, that I should hearken I'm
to his voice to let Israel go? [ know
not Jehovah, and moreover I will not
let Israel go.''
You notice that it was because the
mighty monarch would not acknow-
ledge the authority Of God that he
would not acknowledge the rights OF
the en.laved workmen.
Pharaoh was not the last man whose
pride Of position OF of possession in.
clined him to that rebellion Of beass
which refuses to obey the plain COM
mandments of God Almighty
How many people in our day, both rich
and poor, schoofed and illiterate, in
high position and in obscurity, REBEL
iously ask that same question. Many
people outside of the membership of
the church do not even clNin to
obey the command Of God and to yield
obedience to his will; and many in
side the church only profess that they
will obey his hely word, but they do
1t not.
Power Of position or of possession
inchnes many people to rebel against
Gods authority, as we see it did in
ancient times.
In Deut. 3l-2O we read. "When I
shall have brosght them into the land
which sware nuto their fathers, flow
ing with milk and honey, and they
shall have eaten and filed themselves,
and waved fat, then will they turn
| unto other gods, and serve them. and
despite me, and break my covenant
The men, and the women and the
! young men on the city boulevards are
tmepted 10 feel self sufficient and oft
times they become reckless in theif
disregard Of the laws Of God; apd
sometfmes in their conceit Of opinion
and pride of heart they say inwaralv
if not fhnly: "Who is Jehovah, that
! educated and rich people like Us,
should in these changed times of loose
opinions and lax ways, hearhen unto
his voice as heard in the Sabbath SER
vices of the church7''
Men who have grown Strong in pow
er of wealth, and men who have gFowh
strong in numbers, are alike tempted
to REBEL against the old-time obed-
fence to the Sabbath law Of God. and
TO neglect if not utterly reject the
humble service of Jesus Christ.
You have observed that When pride
Of position OF Of possession has mis-
led men to rebel against God, Il gen
orally still further niaeads them to
become arbitrary and unjust toward
their fellowmen; as we see in the ease
Of Pharoah who said, IT know not
Jeheyah, and moreover I will not lot
Israel CO."
It is only very short step fnhn
trampling nuderfoot Gods authority
| and commandments, to trampliag Up
on Gods children and their riehes.
In Isulse1S:2 we rAd the words Of
Jesus "There was in city bdge,
who feared not God and regarded not
| man,
| Jesus hnew that the judge wAe did
not reverence and obey God, would
not look UPON his fellowmen as God IS
children whose rights he must regard
sassed4y; but he would be untnt in
his decisions and wrong in his i1e.
The poet wrote, An enemy of God,
was ne 'ex true friend TO man.p
The painful experiences of msl in
all ages has shown that only God.
fearing men are worthy Of trust in
any position Of esponsibility and OF
power in government.
4 Di@egarding this truth, the people
Of our cities and Of the states have
elected to positions Of influence NAH
men who were unedlly; and we have
found 70 eu. sorrow that the MAI whe
will buy his why into power, viii sci
out the interests of the people wht
wore Bought like catele; for an ID
godly men, are also unmanly men, ani
they win deceive the people and be
tray thor interests.
Erue christianity in tho hearts Q,
both the rich AND the pooA is tho on
" guarantee that all win have 8
square desl; end nothing but the reign
Of JESUS Christ in the AeaJts Of u,
peeple can ever bling aboa1 rftkt 70