The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-14
DR.. BULGIN
ON FRIENDSHIP
ST. 9JECT OF DISCOURSE AT TAB.
ERNACLE LAST NIGAT-MeEr.
ING CLOSES THIS WEEK.

Ehe subject OF DR.. Dulgin's ser
mon last night was Friendship" His
text was taken from John l5:l4. It
was announced that the sermons
hereafter would begin promptly At
eight o'clock, The subject tonight
will he The Phantom hand"
Following is last nights sermon.
in part:
Ye are my friends il ye do what.
soever | commandeth ye," said Jesus
Christ to His little church OF twelve
as a farewell message just before
He went home to glory. We bend
low over cot of our departing
loved ones to catch the last faint
message they have for the dear
ones left behind
This chapter should be called the
abiding chapter, for great many
times the Lord speaks of abiding
ami then He illustrates the theme
by the vine and the branch and
then again by friendship.
Friendship requires the consent Of
two parties. You cannot be my
friend unless am willing for you
to be
Environment Is no excuse for sin.
Change sinners surroundings and
he is a sinner still Change the
sinner take sin out of him, ana
he VIII change his own environment.
To be saved man, to be a friend
of God requires something moro
than a hollow pretense. There is
| no such thing as a false friend, no
such thing as a half hearted Chris
! tian. The worst enemy a man ever
had is the one who pretends friend
ship to your face and then back
bites you when your back is turned.
No one has the power to wound and
to hetray like the person who has
once been a friend, for he has been
in a position to know your secret
heart. No person can do the cause
of Christ so much harm as the |
backslider, the one who has once
been on the inside of the fold. Il
is the spy on the inside, rather |
-AI
IS to be feared. You can't buy a |
friend. One that can be bought on |
can be bought off. You cans buy
the love of a true woman. That is |
thing to be won by the admirable |
qualities OF manly man. If ever
so sacred thing as woman's
love cannot be purchased, how do
you moral men expect to buy your
way into heaven? You cant buy
Gods love. No matter how good
YOU think you are, no act of yours
can excuse you for your shameful
rejection of the Son of God.
What value do you suppose God
places upon the blood of Jesus
Christ? If you owned ten million
worlds like this, you could not pur-
chase a drop of it, The money you
give to charity for the purpose Of
advertising YOUR business won't ad-
nit you to heaven Though | give
my goods to feed the poor and my
body to be burned and have no.
love to God It is a rafting brass
and a tinklng cymbal Wake up,
men and don't let the devil damn
YOU Just because you are moral
God pity the man or the woman who
thinks he or she can go to heaven
on morality Or philanthropy, or So
oiety. Society, What is that thing
YOU call society? Let a woman in
Ardmore struggle and struggle and
spend money until she gets to be
he top notch here and then let her
move to Kansas City and they
wouldn't know her. She wouldn't
je feather in a hail storm
To be a friend Of God demands
prompt. POSITIVE obedience There .
S nothing negative in this friend =
hip We are my friends if We 10. L
% what? Why ye must do wha-
oeyer I command you, says Jesus q
'hrst. Whatsoever. cant do that, ~
)r. Bulgin. Yes, you can. 'NIy
are not grievouS,' ~ ~
ays Jesus Christ Keep my com n
as | kept my Fathers b
commandments Is there any diff B
erence in Gods commandments and n
hrist's? Yes Gods commandments 4
re the Ten Commandments and no Il
ian ever kept them. But Christ b
ommands you to confess Him, obey d