Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-12-07
THE BIGGEST FOOL
IN WEBSTER CITY
Subject Of Sermon at Methodist
Church Tonight Last Even.
ing's Address.

ing's Address.
Rev. A. H. Bryan, of Lake City,
was a visitor at the revival services
held in the Methodist. church last
night, and offered the opening pray
err. The closing prayer was offered
by Rev. Arthur Bottom, of Kamrar.
Solos were sung by Mr.. Edwards and
Mrs. Kennedy, and both were great
ly enjoyed.
The subject announced for tonight
lis 1.-THE Biggest Fool in Webster
City" Evangelist Kennedy's voice
last night was in bad condition. as
he is suffering from a severe cold.
However, he preached effectively,
taking for his text Isa. 1856. "All. we
/ like sheep have gone astray. We
have turned every one to his own
way and the Lord hath laid on Him
the iniquity of us ALL He said ev-
|ery man had sinned. and needed q
Savior. All men are not the same
kind of sinners, but all are sinners
and all have come short Of the glory
of God. In closing his sermon, Mr..
Kennedy used as an illustration the
story of "the day Of atonement' as
found in the 18th chapter of Levi
ticus. He said that one goat was
slain and its blood taken by the.
high priest into the holy of holes.
In the holy Of holes was the ark OF
the covenant, and within the ark was
the law; over the ark was the mercy
seat. The blood was sprinkled on
the mercy seat which covered the
law. If God were to see the law
Israel would have been condemned,
for none had kept the law. but when
God saw the blood on the mercy seat
He passed over and did not look at
the law and the sprinkled blood made
an atonement for their souls. The
other goat was not slain; the high
priest put his hands on its head and
confessed the sins OF the people. This
goat was then led into the wilder
ness into the country not inhabit-
ed and was left there to die, bear
ing away in its own body the sins Of
the people. When Christ was on the
cross He took the place OF both Of
those goats. He was wounded for
our. transgressio9s' and He also
I"bore the iniquity Of us all, 80 He
shed His blood to atone for our Sins
for without the shedding of blood
there could be no remission" and
He also bore mans sin away. Every
man should have died, because every
man had broken the law. Death had
a right to claim every man, but
death could not claim Christ for He
had not sinned. Death did not
choose Him. He chose death. He
died for us. He died on the cross
more to honor the law Of God than
all the sins of men had ever done to
dishonor the law of God. He was
man that He might die. He was
God that when He did die His one
act was of more value In Gods
sight then if all men had died. Man
was finite, but his sin was infinite:
no finite being could atone for an
infinite sin. Jesus was the only man
that was ever infinite, hence when
He died His Righteousness more than
overbalanced all the unrighteousness
of all men. When He cried on the
cross my God, My God. why hast
thou forsaken me-" He had reached
"the country uninhabited" like the
scape goat in the wilderness. That
God had forsaken Him. He
had laid on His son the iniquity of
us all, and the son bore it away in
His own body on the tree. He tast-
ed death for every man. He tasted
Punishment from God. He went to
where God was not. He satisfied all
the demands of the law. The Faith
err and the Son, that hour settled the
sin question forever and every sim
ner tonight who will receive Christ
as his savior may become a child of
God and joint heir with Christ to
eternal glory. May God help you all
to accept Gods gift and be forever
saved.
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