The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-12-14
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TOUCHESON WAR
IN GOOD SERMON
awRo TOUCHED HIM" WAS THE
SUBJECT or THE INTEREST
ING DISCOURSE HEARD YES
TERpAY AT WEST HILL 9AP-
list CHURCH.

who Touched Him. was the sub
oect OF a sermon preached by E. i.
Rico at the West Hill Baptist church
yesterday. taken from a lesson in
Luke S:41-<s. He said in part:
In the lesson there is a glad part
aEd a sad part that is OF special no.
tice just at this time while the Ma
1ions of Europe are at war, and peo-
pie are saying christianity is on
trial.
In the lesson We have an account
of the Saviour with multitude
around him, and pressing upon him,
and at this time woman with an is
sue Of blood having had this for
twelve years pressed through the
thrcng and touched him and was
healed. Jesus said Who touched
zfe? 90 The deciples answered, Master
the multitude throng thee and press
thee, and sayest thou. who touched
me? And Jesus said somebody hath
touched me; for I perceive that virtue
is gone out of me. And the woman
confessed that she had touched him
end that she was healed.
We see in this lesson that the touch
that Jesus feels is the touch OF faith.
If it had been us that had been
rhro1gcd we would have known only
t2se touch Of the multitude, but Jesus
knew only the touch of one person.
we can know only the language of
lips but Jesus is governed by the Ian
guage of II c heart.
Jesus is spiritual. They that wor-
sip hlng must Go so in spirit and
nut. Abraham was saved when God
saw lis faith, as we read In Romans
4: He vas justified before men at
ter this when he offered up Isaac,
but before God he was justified by
faith fcrty years before this. So faith
was the intrement that touched him.
by grace are ye saved through
faith. Il is also suggested in the
lesson that this Christ is a living
Christ for when she touched him virtue
left him.
The glad part of the lesson is that
Jesus knows the heart. He knows
who touches him without depending
upon ,nna to tell him. And he heals
and saves.
BIZ the sad part IS in the thought
that the multitude pressed him, but
did Rot touch him with q saving
fattIl. N2ny today press htrn, they
read his word, they join the church,
but they have never touched him.
They know nothing OF the birth from
above. So IN this service there IS
not a Christian nation in the world
today. Christianity in the true sense
can not be said of a Nation. True
their win be saved people coming
from every nation In that day, that !
great day. The war now going on |
vas not the fruit Of regenerated men |
and women, though some true Chris |
tians may now be fighting. These |
nations car not be said TO be Chris |
tiAn Nations In the true sense. "By |
their fruits ye may know them" Can |
IL be said that a great military built |
TO a great degree out OF alcoholism /
can be the fruit OF n Christian Ma
ticn: There Is a difference between
the multitude that press the Saviour
and the few who touch him. Let us
2 We a nI:ie moro money and let us
pI each a little more gospel.
Here's the work OF God half done,
Here's the kingdom of his Son
with its triumphs just begun,
Put It through.
For The birthright yet unso'd
To- FRO history yet untold.
For the future yet unrolled,
Put it through
lis to US the trust IS given,
Tie by US the bolt is driven
sy the very God OF heaven,
Put 10 through