The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-26
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BY DR.. SCARBOROUGH
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woman force that you have not got
in your soul. The life OF a cody
Christian is ar unanswerable
argument to the reality of God,
Christianity, and JESUS Christ. 1t is
the answer to the assertion that there
is no Christianity and no God made
by those who have closed the door. A
man may answer every argument you
put forth concerning God and the BIZ
bic but this one. You may burn your
Bibles, you may destroy your
churches, you may tear down your
schools, but as long as there are
cody men and women in this world
the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ
will go on and on with irresistible
force. Christians would be made for
there are those whose lives are shin
ing examples of the Christ. God is
calling you through the lives of these
men and women If you do not an
swer the call, you take the destiny
of your own soul into your hands.
Plan Disturbs Folks.
MANY people are disturbed about
the plan of salvation. They think
they have got to have peculiar feel
ing. Thousands are kept out of the
church because they are waiting for
the feeling. The only feeling worth
while is the feeling that Christ brings
to your soul. When you get Jesus
in your soul, you'll get the feeling |
believe in genuine experimental re-
ligiOn, in religion below the collar
button. This feeling or head religion
| is no good If you have not got it in
your heart, you have missed the mark.
God puts feeling below everything
else. He eXalts faith. You can reach
Christ without feeling, but you will
fail without faith. The key to unlock
the sinners heart is on the inside. 1t
is in the heart If he does not will
to be saved, he will never be. Christ
did not will that men should be saved
against their will. You have got to
u have feeling to give up your sins and
when you have done this, you are out
of danger
"Your highest sin is the will that
blocks and bars Jesus Christ from the
heart, the will that rebels against
Christs entering in. When Christ en-
ters the heart all else follows. You
cannot catch Him off guard. He is al
ways ready to enter in. Day and
night, year in and year out, he stands
at the door and knocks. Our greatest
privilege is to let him in"
The sunset services yesterday after
noon were conducted by the Rev. Jno.
T. Christian, pastor Of the First Bap-
fist church. The largest crowd Of the
week was in attendance. Following
the sunset services, there was a spe-
cial song service by a choir composed
of members of the choirs Of the diff
ferent churches of the city. Miss
Luck Hall Pack beautifully rendered
as a solo, these Are They"
At the morning services after a
solo by Miss Lucille Hightower, DR.
Scarborough talked on the seventh
verse of the fourth chapter of Phil
lipians, 81 have learned that in what
soever state I am Herewith to be con
tent"
There is not a Christian but has
something in his life that calls for
sacrifice in order to make that man
a better Christian" he said. Christ
ianity does not free us from troubles
or from difficulties, but gives us help
and grace TO bear them A great many
! people become Christians with the
idea that they will be free from trou-
bic and worry and sorrow Christ
never promised that, but He did prom
Use that He would give us grace to
bear our burdens. There is in every
soul something that halts and binders
its best development. 1t may be a
grave, it may be health, it may be I'M
settled conditions, it may be that your
business is going to the bad But !
care not what it is, Christ is wiling
to help you bear il all.
Difficulties Are Universal.
I'm a general observation of the
7hr ;Stian and his difficulties we real
lzo ~1 they are universal-they are
everywi-c~~ There is no man or wom-
an in any cline that is free from
them. The is no condition of man,
no place o. earth which is free from
trouble. J u need not think that by
moving frcm here to another city or
state you can rid yourself of trouble
It can be soften rid Of rs well here as
| anywherc Difficulties are sent of
God eth r because of tests, strength
en;ng, o. for our cnastening God is
the oHereign of the world. There
never was an act committed but it was