The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-25
IS
BOOSTED FROM
FIRST BAPTIST.
'"eREATER CHURCHES FOR A
GREATER PENSACOLA" WAS
THE INTERESTING TOPIC Sc.
LEcTED FOR MORNING DIS
COURSE.

Greater Churches for a Greater
Pensacola" was the subjecN Of the II
O'Clock sermon at the First Baptist
lin which the chief point was made
THAT public spirit, boosting, should ex-
Ftend to the churches factors in the
Fupbuilding of the city. "Cities with
public spirit" said the pastor. should
Aand do place their churches on the
ksame basis with chambers of COM
lmerce. banks, and other public insti-
Ehere have been quick to see this, and
IRre liberal to us
MANY people are too big lin their
hown estimation) to attend the home
Achurch, and never see any thing good
lin a church till they go off some
where. People often have to enter a
place and tell the people the value of
their own home product. Such people
Eminfmize their own resources, preach
Iers, churches. and magnify those at a
ldistance. The reason a prophet is not
without honor a home is often be
kcause people are without disCernment.
People seeking investments and homes
lay great stress upon churches. They
have TO do with values.
Did you never meet a person from
home off on q distant trip and dis
cover what a charming person he or
she was Well such ono was charm
/ ing before but YOU had your sight
tilted and did not discover It, There
Knight be value to us in observing a
Echurch going day. that people might
kdiscover their own churches, Pensa
fcola has the possibilities of the very
sbest. We have people here from other
fchurChes. trained to serve, and the
tpick of other states. There are in use
fmethodS in our church, for instance,
that are abreast of the very latest.
1.-THE care for children durin~ service.
land ladies and ushers in the vestibule
to meet and locate visitors. These are
kmethoGs neCessarV TODAY"
Four New Members.
{ At the close of the sermon four uni
fted with the church, two by letters
from other churches. and two for bap-
ltism. Baptism will be administered to
hthese and to all who are waiting and
'Teady on next SUNDAY night. May 31st.
The evening sermon dealt with
F~What eternal really means" Atten-
stion was Cahed to the three words in
Hebrew and Greek, olam. aoin. and
aionios, all meaning in their simplest
significance. Age" age long They
have meanings Of duration and nual-
ity which must be determined by the
context in each case. In the revised
version of the Bible these are all
translated eternal and this means
-'age-lonE"
There is clearly defined doctrine
of the ages in the Bible. The various
cycles Of the earth are spoken Of by
us as "ages"-the EozoiC. Cambrian,
Silurian, etc, etc. The age in which
we live Is the age of man. This part
of it Is the gospel age. The next age
is spoken of by our Lord himself as
the age to come. Revelation does not
Cypress US with conceptions of a flu
ture impossible to our thought, but
keeps dim the ages beyond the next.
Eternal life spoken of more than 40
times in the New Testament, is a term
of both measurement and quality, 1t
is often a quality, defined by our
Lord, something moral and divine
a present possession. II is used inter
schangeably with kingdom of God. It
is essential divine life, and endless, be-
cause essential"
Iture? There are four expressions:
eternal punishment eternal destruc-
Iion,' 'eterrAl sim. and eternal fire.
They are adjectives of quality to de-
fine the nature of the thing stated
The revelation is limited to this age
and the next: 1t shall not be forgiven
him neither in this age nor in the age
that is to come. Further than this the
revelation is dim, vague and yelled
from human eyes.
The Bible message is terribly urgent.
Now is the day of salvation! We live
on. and the way we live here will de
termine how we shall live yonder. If
we are bad here we shall be bad there.
even worse. If we live without Christ
here, we shall start without him yon-
der. If God made the lime, water, ST.
lex. PHOSPHORUS, iron and other in
gradients which make a human body
why should 1t be thought a thing in
credible that God should raise the
dead"