The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-14
TELLS HOW TO
Be A CHRISTIAN
Doctor Chase Preached Sermon
on Nest Important Subject
Last Night.
ARE OTHERS AFRAID OF IT?

ARE OTHERS AFRAID OF IT?
br kuluf A, Chase, pnstor Of the
First Methodist church took for his
subject lasl night How Ia Become
christian Dr thusc suid In part.
! shhll take rs my text the words
" the PhilliplmI jailcr who rushed
~ to Peter and Silus and exclaimed
What shall do 10 be- suyedr The
hnSwcr was Believe and be baptized
For another text I shall take Luke
Iu:21.2I And behold. a certain law
yer stood ,up and tempted hm. saving
Master, what shall | de- Du inherit
eternal life" He said unto him. What
is written Iu the law? How rrndcst
ihou' And he unsN rring said. Thou
Slmll love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart aud with all thy soul.
ana with all Thy strength aud with
all thy mind and thy ncighbor u, th,.
self.
Ihr 'umg man came 10 Jesus aud
I Sald Nhut shall / do IN lnhcrir ptpr
mai Me- That Is the great question.
! do not wonder that men seek mr
an answer. that they strive Tor ~.
lullon Of this question. but am won.
derlng how a brother minister could
have employed such n form NJ teach
ing aS 10 br miSQuotrd 10 that cN
tent. know now pretty well all the
ministers of oklahoma civ and I
know that all " them are willing To
Try To answer that question crf
not mink Of any 50 afraid uf his juh
, mat he would Shuu $50 great point
There ar" those t0dny So rontro,cr-
Slhl as to gct AWAY from real Chris
llhnily There Is over the waIers now
n man who has his battles ON and who
Is getting extremely plus He rs talk.
= ing much about God and saving thnt
I with God his efforts will prevail
There are many who are becoming
much amused lt this MIN, and many
are openly scoffng Religion Is moi
greatly promoted by controyersal
methods Religion is grcnier matter
Than our disagrrpmeuts Take the
text Arise ana Be Baptized and Thou
Shalt Be Saved There X text. and
there are many others. that seem 10
emphasize baptism In order to be- saw
ed. have been going through the
New Testament and | am SURPRISED
that there Is not more emphasis on
baptism. can hardly understand
though how there can he any contro
'ersy on the subject True Christlani
~ does not consist In forms and cere
monies The moment YOU lay emphas.
on form YOU take on Romanism
Whether ! have one sacrifice or seven
as the Jews have makes no differ
ence In the religion Of Jesus Christ
You cannot make formulas for an
answer 10 the question What shnl
] do to I've saved The great question
Ia one " faith of hope and OF love
You cannot prescribe a formula he
cause there has to he recreation Of
the heart With different persons thi,
7 recreation viii be hrouSht about IA,
dirferent means. The spirit must
he wnkened to lie NJ love. There (,
much emphasis placed on the bapiisn
I of Jesus. The cardinal thug ahou
ihe baptism of Jesus IS that II I,
SYMBOLIC ~ that which Is To come
John says I baptizc with water. hur
he shall baptlze with The Holy Ghns,
aud with fire You can't have han
iisln at all unless Il Symbollzes IN,
baptism NJ the snirt " God.
Confirms Many Beliefs.
Take the case " Pcter'when Cornc
lius came to be- baptized. Peter raise,
The question Can any forbid wate
that these should I've habtlzed whlcl
have received the Holy Ghost? The,
received the initial rite. but not ns II
Masonry, or In Odd Fellowship fo
these IN themselves make pen M het
ter. There must be the spirit and tb
essence aud the real quality Of IN
I soul
II can furnish verses 10 confirm
sDrlnRling. verses To confirm no ban
. tsm, as the Quakers believe. verse
TO subStantiate the Presbyterian he
lief IN Immersion ur the Methodls
belief In both sprlnkling and Inner
SION There is no Interpretation II
b The New Testament which would al
low any man 10 challenge the lntegri
ty OF other folks In not bavlng con
. piled with any one method of haptIq
|. or any other symbol In religious rite.
You may argue ceremonies all IA
days or your life nnd then not be ON
i0ta more Christian.
"rhe essential things which Chris
demands are respect. obedience. an
love. lie said to the rich man. Go Sc
that thou hast and give To the poor
To give an aud heroine claritabl
was what he needed can find IN m
New Testament more argument n
charity than | can for all forms an
ceremonies You may say that I nj
preaching simply humanitarian do
trlne. God forbid that should ey,
preach anything else.
Repent believe and I've baptIze
what does this meanp IL means n
same ns II meant when he said TO n
men with the flshermets nets. 'Fo
sake all aud follow nW Rcpentnn,
means a turning toward Christ. I
this and you win 70 out a power I,
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