The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-11
prepare to Meet Thy God"
Text of Sermon by DIR.
Chapman
SERVICES TO CLOSE
TUESDAY, DEC. 21st
Delegation Of Nurses Present Last
Evening-Mrs. Alexander Present for
First Time - Printed Programs Are
Distributed.

The necessity Of being prepared for
the time when the soul shall meet God
was the thought around which Rev. DIR.
=. Wilbur Chapman developed his ser
mon in the tabernacle last evenino and
he took for his text Amos 4:l2: Pre-
pare TO meet thy God, - which he said
naturally followed the sermon of the
previous night from the text, NO one
cared for my soul. -
On the platform for the first time
was Mrs. Charles NJ. Alexander. who
arrived the previous night from Ashe-
vile, \. G., where she had been since
the eYangelIsts, Chapman and Alexan-
der, conducted their meetings there
being detained by illness. There was
present in the audience a delegation of
nurses from the Memorial hospital ami
DR. Chapman extended greetings TO
them.
Prayer was offered by Rev. /. NJ
Compton Of the West Brattleboro Bap-
tlst church, and during the opening ser
vice there were distributed printed
leaflets giving the complete program of
the remaining meetings, naming Tues
day, Dec. 2l, as the closing day of the
series. Some new hymns were sung, as
well as some with which all were
familiar. One of the new ones was If
You Love Him, by b. d. Ackley, and
new hymn sung as a solo by Albert
Brown, the soloist with the party. was
Only Sinner, by d. B. Towner. both
of which We're very pleasing. The bene-
dlction was sung by Mr.. Brown
After announcing his text and hav-
ing the audience repeat 1t after him.
Dr.. Chapman said:
There are two passages of scripture
which ought to be read together-the
first, in the beginning God Genesis
IL, and the second-'I saw the dead.
small and great, stand before God -
Revelation 20:l2, and between these
two texts runs q remarkable story. We
learn Of Him as Creator, Ruler, Father
and finally He stands before as as the
Judge, and as we think of facing Him.
faces whiten, we tremble, and without
: Christ we are in despair
The Bible is also one long story
+ ever increasing III interest, which tells
us of God s love. and as we know the
Bible we find out that it is constantly
telling US the story Of God s mercy as
well as His Righteousness, and that His
Word is just one long invitation to
man TO turn unto Him and live
- have been a Christian many
years, but when / think of God 5 Justice
NJ
there must be some special way to ap-
proach Him. Remember that He is lust.
while He is merciful. / cannot thin K
that | can willingly let sin stay in nv
life and expect that at the last | can
20 TO Him and be saved.
There are several reasons WHY we
should prepare to meet Him and the
first is because He is God. There are
SO many arguments 10 prove the exist
ence of the Divine Being, and on every
side there are such evidences of His
existence that it seems almost an in
suit TO one 5 intelligence to try to pre-
sent the proof, for example, the ar
gument from creation Then there is
proof in the perfect design of nature
and in the longing that from the dawn
of history has been in men 5 hearts for
that which is above and beyond
them, for God whom they could wor-
ship.
Another reason for preparation is
that God Is omnipotent, that is, He is
possessed of all power. He also is onl-
nipresent, He is everywhere. The
Psalmist was right when he said: