The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-06-25
pie and Gods field,

said, 4 make it practice to lift my
hat in the presence of boys and girls
/ do not wonder that one of our great
statesmen said, Il feel like taking off
my hat in the presence of every child,
for ! do not know who is buttoned up
behind that jacket
Little wonder, all Of this, for we
sit here and can think around the
world in moment. Man is a great
creature,
"Put law in his hands and he can
control the factory; put law in his
hands and he controls the ocean. The
Old Testament tells us that God made
man to go upright, but man fell from
the estate wherein he was cretaed and
he became great sinner. He has q
tendency to go wrong; call it what
you may, it is his innate desire to do
the wrong thing. You do not have to
rebuke the child for being too kind.
No! But you do rebuke him for his
cruelty and harshness. You do not
rebuke the child because he is too hon
est No, but you must rebuke him
for his dishonesty. You do not have
to rebuke the child for being too
truthful. No, but you must rebuke
him for his lies, his untruths. The
child of the most Cody minister be-
comes as the heather unless his innate
tendencies are checked.
"There are those who say man is
not a sinner, but that he is not de-
Yeloped enough, not educated or evolv-
ed, Some say there is an angel in
every man; if so, why doesn't it hatch
out in someone?
"There is something seriously
wrong with us. The man who says
there are no sinners takes receipts
for all themoney he pays out,
he locks the doors when he goes away,
he guards the sanctity of his home.
Much display is made on the plat
form of the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. While /
would not for moment assail this
it is a platitude.
"When man wants to acknowledge
the fatherhood of God and address
Him as Father, he must join His fam
lily. Jesus said, 'Ye are children of
the devil Man is alienated from
God; he has forgotten God and gone
into far country. Man is a guilty
sinner, and one who says he is not is
deceiving you. The Bible treats man
as too great to be only little warped,
little detected The Bible says,
All have sinned and come short 1t
took great Savior to pardon man.
| 1t took such to stand the test of the
first four centuries, to withstand the
design of early years. They tried to
dig up Calvary, to push over the Cross
of Calvary, to fire it, to wreck it. 1t
has withstood all assaults.
"At the worlds fair certain men
wanted a unity of religions--Budd-
hism, Taoism, Confuscianism, Shinto-
ism, Mohammedanism, ,Brahminism-
for there is good in all.
"But there is also enough bad to
debase and wreck mankind. There are
lots of religions, but only one Jesus;
lotsof theories but only one Savior.
"Man, too, is an alienated sinner.
But God becomes the father to the re-
turning prodigal,
"My message is an old-fashioned
orthodoxy. l thank God for reli-
gion that has Savior. Only Jesus
is the Savior. He is the only hope.
He is a great Savior for great sim
ner. 1t takes heavens best to bring
man up to his best. So except we be-
come innocent we cannot possess hea-
ven's best.
"This is great salvation that has
been provided, for it gives pardon
for the new life, a newness-and
would rather preach pardon for sir
than preach about heaven or the glory
of eternal life.
'"If there is anything you can steady
your soul against and say, This is
true it is the promise of God for the
true, free forgiveness of sin. Somt
people think that Christianity is sim
ply having an awful attack of relig
ion and not knowing what to put OF
to draw it out. They do not realize
the joy Of a great salvation Mer
have false ideas about religion. Il
means a new life.
"God helps US to have a religion
that is not an apology, but an asser
ton that the heart and conscience car
approve. / hold up before you
great Savior with great salvation
possible
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