East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-26
THROAT TROUBLE PREVENTS
DIR. BULGIN FROM SPEAKING
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she marries. OF getting a man not fit |
to be husband or father. These are |
only some of the many things that the |
church must stand against and 1t GER
tainly must be against the liquor
traffic which has neither inherent nor
vested rights to exist
Mr. Rose sang a solo. Room for
Jesus" and Rev. Grim read his scrip
ture lesson from John 15:1-16, in
which Jesus say that He Is the True
Vine. and his followers are the
branches. Rev Grim said: II have
been asked many times-Can man
be saved out of the church as well as
In It? Now / am going to reason
with You about the church, not from
a denominational standpoint. and let
YOU answer the question yourself.
In masterful and logical way Rev.
Grim set forth that certain states and
conditions were prepared to carry out
certain plans and purposes. and those
plans could not be carried out so per-
fectly, or possibly not at all. unless
the conditions were met and used.
This tabernacle with all of its ap-
pertainances is to carry on this great
meeting, and no one can say that We
could get along without it. just as
well and still do our work." he de-
clared. ,-srs
ut is thus that God has appointed
his church to do work for him. and
can We get along as well out of it as
in it? Take again the garden of
Eden. God prepared all conditions
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what about the forbidden things? you
ask. The same is true. for man was
a free moral agent with volition and
choice, he vas not an automaton; he
had the ability to make a choice. and
there must have been a right and a
| wrong for man to have exercised his
right Now DO you think Adam and
Eve could have lived out Of that gar
den as well as in it and still have been
what they were? 1t is for you to
answer. ~
Look again at nature In nature
| there are no infidels. The beautiful,
lilly cannot live out of the conditions
prepared for it. The same is true OF
the grass which does not grow in Sa-
hara, but where conditions are mora
favorable The fish snaps the grass
hopper when dangling on my hook.
but when 1 catch him and sling him
on the bank he might be covered with
grasshoppers and never goes after a
single one. The fish can't exchange
with the lamb and live just as we'll
"A man builds and equips a modern
house with every possible convent
ence, and yet no one lives in 1t. Al
though he has put thousands Of dol
lars into It and much thought and la :
Dor, it is all vain and to no purpose
unless occupied and you call the man
fool"
In magnificent description Grim
pictured what must have taken place
ir the eternal councils Of God wher
the salvation Of man was discussed
and there came forth the Eternal Sor
of God and said: II can build so a.
10 save the people of the world y
Then were made certain states, con.
ditions. plans and purposes and ths
Son commissioned to carry them ou
which was done with infinite pain
and suffering. The life of the Christ
with all His sufferings was painted be
fore the eyes OF the audience.
II The work was finished. the hous,
was built And think OF the cost, and
all that he has placed In II for us
Faith. remission OF sins, the Hol,
Spirit. And he says abide in me.
come unto me- Bear fruit in me
and out OF me you can do nothing.
Why build such. n any one can b
saved out Of 1t as we'll as in It? Civ
him glory in the church-HsJ
At the invitation TO come foryar'
two responded. 0J.HWg sVNE@