The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-03
SundaySermonRevtews
Outlines Of Pulpit Talks BY Calumet Ministers,
DRAWS LESSON
FROM THE PALM
Christians May Tower Up In Spir.
itual Sphere

Fading Glory" deduced from the
: text Psalms 92;l4-"They shall bring
Forth fruit in old age, they shall be full
, OF sap and green" was the theme az
a sermon By Rev. p. w. Petersen at
the Norwegian-Danish NJ. T. church
sunday evening. The discourse was a
lesson drawn from the palm ire,
Roy. Petersen said, in part:
popularity of the palm is that il
houriShes In the sandy desert. whore
no other tree, plant or even grass wiz
} grow. There is stands. subjected 10
severe storms and the scored hing heat
OF the tropical sun. hut wien II is,
round in such places, there Is always
an oasis nearby from which /, re-
ceives its nourshment.
SO II Is with many Cody men and
women. They sometimes feel as though
they stand alone in a sandy desert
but being near the well of living Wa .
ter, there Is no danger. 1t is in thcso
dark hours If their faith never lets go
OF the unseen God, that they see the
brighter light-have the clearest Wis
ion of God. The thing for the palm
tree ia that II must be planted in the
right soil and climate IL II shall thrive
and bear fruit SO also must the
Christian.
" Christian may not be very tall in
stature but in the spiritual sphere one
NAV tower up considerably. Paul,
| Luther and Wesley were men of me.
dunn size, but IN tho spiritual sphere
they were as tall as any. The world
has been busy all these years in trying
To solve the problems these men pre-.
scented. These men and host Of
others have been fruit bearing Chris
t'ans. They have been laden with
fruits (results Of their labor) burdenod
with Affections. temptations and caro-
OF salvation for their fellowmen: but
ont OF these great storms we hear them
cry: We Know on whom we believeth.
We know our Rcdecmer liveth.
'Nhat was cnoue h to. satisfy them;
it ought to ne enough to satisfy every
| enc of us. And as they were shaken
and tossed about by tho torrents OF
the time their spiritual roots sought
deeper and more molsty ground, con
| sequently there were no powers IN
| heaven or in earth that could move
them, The glory of a Christian is no,
10 separate ones self from other folk.
but 10 be among them and there exer.
else ones influence for the spiritual and
moral betterInent of them all not 10 be
high and lifted up. but TO be in the less
noticeable places Again tho older one
! gets In the service of God and attains
old age, the more strong and fruit
hearin- one becomes. Ard rs one
serves his God and master faithfully
and thinks OF the eternal rest, the hap
| pier one gets.
~ Negro was converted 20 God once
Prior To his conversion his face was
wrinkled and envious. But he went
through marvellous change. His face
became bright and shining. So his
friends asked him what kind OF oint-
ment he was using on his face that il
looked SO good. He said: use moth
ing else now but the cleansing Blood
&c Christ. This indeed Is glory, bat
the 5lory will fade at least appar-
entity.
Time is putting her mask on every
one. q silver wreath, as II were on the
aged mans brow. for the righteous
this is u laureate OF great honor. H.
shows that the glory is fading But IL
is only the physical, not the glory Of
4 h. To-, h..V Il, God -
nearer its ultimate realization. He has
been bringing forth fruit in old age.
A poet has said: The most beautiful
si-ht / can see, is young people on
their knees in prayer To God" But even
more glorious than that Is old gray
haired men and women on their knees
before God. People, who for years have
placed their trust and confidence in
the Almighty. who have walked with
Him i'm storm and calm and always
found Him To be their faithful Guide.
Now their glory is fading, standing on
the brink OF the river OF death, with
a brighter hopo than even Of their fu-
ture glory. .,...
Their glory is fading but IL is a
glorious siaht. We have all seen a
sun set--one of the glorious sights any
one can see. AS the sun sinks into
the western horizon, il sends forth its
golden rays over fields and forests and
dresses the mountain tops with gold
en- crown. But soon that glory is
faded though IL Is only for a little
while The next morning the sun arises
again and makes us partakers of its
glory and majesty. So IL Is with the
righteous who have been bearing fruit
In old age.
His glory apparently fades. he dies.
hut only that he may enter into his
lasting glory that he may take possess
sion of the land whore tho sun OF
Righteousness shall arise with dealings
under his wings. There they are re-
joicing in their heavenly homes where
sickness nor sorrow, nor death enter
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