The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-24

llRASI0R RUSStll, shall give thee
light.'-Eph. 5:l4
The Pastor holds that the majority
Of humanity pass through life in
dreamy state, thinking about trivial
ties-what to eat, what to wear, where
to go, etc.-rlther than about things
pertaining to God and the future life
This state of mental inactivity, he de
clared, has been brought about by
Adams diSObcdicnce to the Divine
command. our first parents sinned;
ana their posterity shared with them
the penalty, Dying, thou shalt die
But God forcknew the fall of man
and purposed to redeem the human
family from death, the speaker declar
cd In the Divine Program Jesus was
the Lamb of God slain from the
foundation Of the world. Therefore
when communicating with those who
believe His Word, God always speaks
Of death as II sleep.
The Awakening OF the Soul.
The Pastor discussed his theme in
three divisions: the awakening OF the
world now, the awakening of the
Christian. and the future awakening OF
humanity during the Messianic King
dom. There is time, he claimed,
when men begin to think OF God ana
the world to come. Before that time
some had been stepped in sin: others
t,. Ty.,- IA, Of hn
present. But somehow or other they
began to realize that they were sinners
under Divine sentence. Perhaps they
got the right view-that the sentence
was one Of death; but usually they got
the wrong One-that it was II sentence
Of eternal torment
The majority Of children. the Pastor
declared. reach this crisis between the
ages Of twelve and fifteen years. At
that period there is "A great change In
human nature, and therefore 1t is n
most advantageous time for spiritual
growth. The speaker dwelt upon the
duties of parents and teachers. While
from the very beginning Of its exist
ence the child should be trained in the
nurture and admonitiOn Of the Lord,
vet both parent and teacher should be
especially alert with children mt this
most favorable time for opening their
mental eyes to look beyond the trlvlall
ties of the present life TO the higher
things pertaining to the Ilfe to come.
"Ar;se From, the Dead"
nh, p,s,o, roirtod out the fallocy
of tho holinf thot thn vounr must SOW
,.iId oot." and reorotted thot even
rbristi,r uornnfs seemed imbucd with
this orronnous idro According TO the
Scriptures. "Whatsocver a man soweth.
that shall he also reap" The child
mind should ever be kept near the Di
vine standard
Those awake to sense of responsi-
bilitv to their Creator should arise from
the dead condition as far MS possible,
the Pastor holds As when one awak
ems in the morning there is mental
freshness which is invariably lost II
one falls asleep again. so the moment
Of the souls awakening is a favorable
time Of which 10 take advantage. II
the soul receives no encouragement al
that moment. 1t may drop asleep again
"Christ Shall Give Thee Light"
Those who have awakened are ap.
nroochinc righteousness. the Pastor de
rIored The Scriptures represent the
deod rs being down. Those who arise
from the dead become upright in char
octer in desire But merely to awake
to n realization OF ones condition is
nor to become Christian. While
Christ cave the light which enabled
one 70 see that the wages of sin is
deoth. and that the gift Of God is life
through the Redeemer. yet the newly
awakened must accept Christ as their
ponsom. sacrifice and lay hold upon
him before they may be considered