The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-13
Mr.. PENDLETON
AGAIN SPEAKS
ON SOCIALISM
SERMON YESTERDAY THE Sc
ouEL TO HIS SERMONS ON THIS
SUBJECT, AND PROVED MOST
INTERESTING AND INsTRuc.
TIVE.

THE Power of the Great Vision"
the sequel to series of sermons on
Socialism by Rev. Eugene r. Pendle-
ton, was heard by a large congregation
| at the First Baptist church yesterday
/ morning, and proved even more in
| teresting than its predecessors. The
| church was filed almost and among
| the congregation were a number Of
working men, who had become inter-
ested. Mr.. Pendleton spoke in part
as follows:
The seer, the man who sees things.
was the main life of the old dispen-
sation. and when there was no prophet,
| the priesthood became perfunctory,
lapsed into ritual and worship died.
| The dark age of the interbiblical Pc
Rod was vitality connected with the
| fact that The Voice of the Prophet
was not heard in the Land
| Likewise the dark ages of Chris
| tianity came when the prophets had
been burned up, and the empty, clank-
! ing, heartless machinery of a soulless
orthodoxy was running on bare tires
until Luther and other prophets arose.
God will not leave himself without a
witness, but when we seem to get to
the END of ourselves, there arises "A
man sent from God In this age his
name is legion.
THE VISION or TODAY.
| ut is worldwide vision of a prao-
| teal millennium. Postponed millen-
NUNS are not attractive. and so. men
and women in every land are to be
| found with visions of international
peace, of uplift Of the oppressed, the
saving Of childhood. This is the
larger gospel of social problems. It is
| not new but has dawned out Of the
| darkness like a new star arising from
/ the first real Christianity. Not all
/ people see it, but some do, and we
| have many in Pensacola laboring with
| big thoughts for humanity"
j Then followed some incidents of
| working men who called or had writ
/ ten the speaker during the past week
i endorsing the series on Socialism and
4 Christianity" They were machinistS
soldiers, BARRIERS, railroad men-all
+: with one accord welcoming the idea
o. the church undertaking to help the
workingmen. Some novel suggestions
were made, for example, the doing
away with the collection box in the
church, and the printing of invitations
to workingmen whenever these sub
jects were to be discussed, etc.
Some did not see it. Some whose
business was wrong grumble at the
preacher in politics. Upon this point
the pastor said: But men have come
10 see that a religion which does not
affect business and politics is worth
nothing at all, and instead Of a
preacher or church being out of proper
sphere, why, bless you, suen. a one as
breaches on social and vital issues is
the only one preaching the gospel OF
| today"
"The tithing system is not equitable
under our present order, for the man
who only makes $500 and has big
family (and the $500 man usually has
a big family has to rob his children
to pay $50 fer religion, whereas the
$1,000 man only has to deprive himself
of some luxuries to give $500, there
fore the greater responsibility rests
upon the rich or well-to-do
Without doubt modern men are
more on a level with the mind of the
Master than those of any preceding
age. He is understood better. His
teaching is remarkable for what &;
did not contain. He was always tempt
ed to entangle him with parties and
/
snare, and preached a kingdom OF
righteousness for all parties
THE SEERS WHO SEE.
Darius Green and his flying ma
chine came before airships. Tenny-
son was prophet when he spoke OF
coming argosies of the air, dropping
down their costly bales. I glory in
men Of vision, and in the young mer
; of this church who have caught the
larger vision, and look Cor great things
from them.
"One working man was mentioned
who is writing a book upon the work.
ingman's problem. One of the Noble
prizes may come to Pensacola yet
Men today are living a bigger lift
than ever before. AS most of the IN
ventions which make life pleasant
have come with the past hundred
years, and mostly from Americans
so it is not incredible that the same
practical work might bring in mil.
lennium before many years. The worlC
is closer together than ever before
Foreign is a word out of date. Rus
STA is catching the larger vision Of
freedom and equality, China ha:
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