South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-27
FEW UNDERSTAND
GOD s ME- THODS
Several Things Appear Foolish
Says Evangelist kindly But
They Have Always Accom-
pIiShed Their Purpose.

THE Foolishness of Cod" was the
subject taken by Evangelist kindly at
the Church of the Brethren last night.
81 would not have you think that
cod is a foolish God" began the
evangelist. but, nevertheless, His
vavs and means of accomplishing
HIS work looks very foolish to many
people.
THAT She Bible Is all fOolishness IS
quite evident, If we were to Judge by
the way that people regard IT. when
the ANGEL came to visit Lot. and told
him that God was going to destroy
their city. some of his household re-
earded it all as foolishness until they
All Derished. God told Noah to pre-
pare an ark for the salvation of the
righteous, and it takes him 40 years
to build it, according TO Gods specl-
fcations: all this time the people We're
talking about such outright foolish
ness, but the day came when the
whole earth was flooded and the peo-
pie that believed God and Obeyed
Him entered in the ark and were
saved.
The same thing is true today, a
great many people say they have no
use for the church and even curse
and damn the ministers and every
body VINO processes Christianity and
tries to live it. and scott and scOrn at
the believers (well that's just the way
they treated Noah but just as sure
as the ark saved the righteous then,
Just that sure will the church Of
Jesus Christ save those thai believe
today.
christ said, Upon this rock will
build My church and the gates OF
hell shall not prevail against it,
There is no people or power on
earth that can keep the church from
fulfilling her mission. Every body is
going TO find out some day that God
understands His business and that
His church is going 10 be the only
means by which people can be saved.
Some Badly Fooled.
When Naaman came TO Elijah 70
be cleanse0, he said, 1 thought ne
would do So and SO, but he was bad
~ fooled was he not: Just so. We
find not a few people today that
think God viii do tbs and that, but
lie said just what He would do,
though L looks ever so foolish to some
people.
When Jericho was taken, just
think Of that army march nE around
that city once q day for six days
without a gun or n sword in perfect
silence. DO you think the people in
the city were hoOting at them and
laughing them TO scorn? II looked
like a big lot of foolishness. did II
not? Put nevertheless that was Gods
way. that was some of Gods fool
ishness, and when the shout went UP
on the seventh day the whole bust
ness fell down, did it nOt2
After all. il looks as though the
fOOIshness of God is wiser than the
wisdom of man. The kind of a
weapon TO carry now days is the
sword of the Spirit and wear the
breastplate of righteousness. and YOUR
loins girt about with truth. and have
your feet shod with the preparation
of the gospel of peace; then, and only
then, can you conquer the enemy of
your soul. God knew just what we
needed 10 get along here in this
world. and ne did not fail TO provide
an that we needed. 1t is simply a
matter Of US accepting the things that
He has prepared for us. or else set
ting up our wisdom against His and
virtually telling Him that we are able
20 look after our own needs"
Subject for this evening Hiding
From God"