The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-16


God. Ruth was new con eert from
heathendom. She had Ja.y fnaNn
of the Hebrew religion for i few
years. We are not surprised that sil.e
expressed her need for other tlinsss
before her need of tsod. Size felt
that her greatest need Vas for a
home. And then she fest her need
OF compRnionship-Ch risriz.a cos
fpanfonsfip. This is the kim we al
ways want when we are in distress.
we do not 90 to the bail roo.r or card
party to find conf anionship Wien orr
friends die and our homes are brol IN
OF woman IN our community. s:uth's
home was broken up, hct husband
had died, her mother-in-Iaw, Naomi
was leaving and she was ,3rot+ en-
hearted And last (poor ienorant
woman, putting God last) she felt
her need Of God: Thy God shall he
my God Stone and wood Will no:
do when comes the crucial tess She
needs god who can be touches. WITH
the feeling of her inflEmitiss. low
many today follow this heather 40
mans example of putting God last
But shall not we, in the light OF this
age put God where He belongs-frst
in everything? He IS our supra.ns
need II you were to ask me ynen
We UEklu TO AGGu %TQu SAlVQ1d d1AB wei
In the words OF one wiser than ]: Be
fore we are born. Then. again we
need Him in very early childhood
When child is old enough to be bad
he Is old enough to be good. IL he has
had proper training. We need HIM
In middle life. we need to give OIL
manhood and wOmanhood to God.
The church never needed real men
and women more than at the present.
s,nsN IN rNFa NJ
Here the preacher told Of the early
Impressions he had OF old age. That
he thought when q man or woman
was old and feeble their happiness
was all gone. but that now, when g.
boy preacher he came in contact with
2 great and good old woman whose
very life was a denial of this false
fnpFf sion and that from that day
till N he believed that the happi-
est people on this early are those
whose race is almost run and who can
almost see into the other world. Some
very pertinent remarks were then
made to the new converts about COM
panionship. 1t was suggested by the
preacher that most all backslIders
made their start downward because
of their association The sermon
closed with a discussion of the bene-
lts of Christian home life and envir-
onment. This part of the sermon was
more or, less reminiscent, reference
being made to early childhood and
the influence of cody mother,
which" said the preacher. made OF
me- what I am" The large audience
was then urged to strive to be heirs
to the house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens.s
The subject for the evening sermon
was Sowing and Reaping," the text
being in the sixth chapter aaaoseS-
enth verse of Galatians. The large
congregation which greeted tne pas
tor seemed 10 fire him with zeal from |
the start. and he seemed to. preach |
with unusual liberty. He said:
Some people remind me OF a little
boy once knew. His father was sick
and asked the little fellow not to
bother him. But presently he felt a
movement on the foot OF the bed and
20 his surprise the little fellow was
crawling toward his father with his
ayes closed. His father said, Carl.
Thy have you got your eyes shut?'
Md the little fellow answered: so
.ou cant see me- A great many peo-
de think because they have their
yes closed and are hidden from the
world that God cannot see them. Be
lot deceived said the text. When
re- try to deceive God we only deceive
ourselves.
He then showed that we do not ok
,ect to deceive nature. I'VE expect
o reap exactly what we SOW" said
he preacher. THAT the same law
will hold good in tile spiritual world
md that the man or woman who teach
IS their children that they car SOW
wild oats and expect to reap any
hing else will be sadly disappointed"
He then cited some Bible instances
o prove that we Will have to reap
this life even though we are for-l
yiven OF our sins. Moses was not
permitted to enter the land of promfse
because of one little act OF disobedf-
.snce.s Moses was saved. He was
seen about fourteen hundred years
years later on the mount of transag-
uration, but he had to reap in this
life. The prophet Nathan said to
David after he had committed the
Iouble. sin of murder and adultery:
The Lord will put away thy sin. but
the sword shall not depart out of thy
house as long as you live and 1t did
not. The sin of deception went down
from faithful Abraham to the fourth
generation. The Apostle Paul reaped
after his conversion, so VIII you and
/. The drunkard is the fruit of the
social glass. The gambler is the full
grown fruit of the social card table,
and the fallen life is too often the le-
climate child OF the ball ROOM
The sermon closed with an appeal
for better sowing. During the day
the church which made a total of thir-e
ty-three during the meeting. There
are 5tiIl other candidates who Will be
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