The chronicle=news., 1915-01-20
SONG SERVICE
A FEATURE OF
REVIVAL MEETING

sllTFluS sermon on Inc truth
was delivered last evening by Rev.
L. o. Butler of the Baptist church at
F., the revival service given under the
! auspices of the Southern Methodist
and Baptist churches at the former
/ church. The song service was a
! feature again and the attendance was
I large
Rev. Butler spoke on THE
| Truth" John lI:6: Il am the
truth, and Prov. 23:23. Buy the
| truth and sell it not
The search Tor truth is as old as
7 the race, but to many the age-long
question. What is truth" has not
been satisfactorily answered.
OF course we all understand the
truth is the antithis of falsehood, the
opposite of error and is opposed to
wrong.
Christ was and is the embodimen:
Of absolute perfection and could trrl-
ly speak of Himself as The Truth
/ for He was Truth personified, en-
| bodied and vitalized
No man can be right except in
Christ Jesus. who is Savior and Lord.
We are correctly taught that the
Bible is the Book of Truth, that the
Spirit of God is the spirit of truth
and that the word of truth is revi-
talized b. the Holy Spirit of eternal
truth. For convenience in study.
scholars have divided the subject in
to what they call theoretical truth or
the correct theory of the truth as as
~ Al tod
ian- have been pleased to call doe
trinal truth. All Biblical teaching
and true preaching is dostrinal. That
is to say it sets forth Bible Truth.
II is possible for men TO hold cor
rect theories of truth and never be
benefited thereby. The business
man may obtain any hold the very
best and most correct ideas of how
to conduct business and yet because
he never puts his theories to the test
he may be the worst sort OF fail
ure. The farmer may have in his
/ possession the best of seed and the
richest of soils and the best equip
ment for his work and still fail SIM
ply because he has divorced his tho
ory from his experience. Correct
.
( helpful to humanity only as they are
! tested out and made a part OF the en-
perienCe of man. This is true in "a
pre-cminent sense in the moral and
spiritual realm. God challenges the
faith of man. saying TRY Me-
b Come and see" Many man is in
hell tonight who thru his life held
tonight who thru his life held correct
views about the Bible and concern
ing the religious life but he failed to
honestly put to the test in his own
experience the knowledge he really
( possessed. Every man in this audi
ence and in all Trinidad knows
whether he is right or wrongt
Christian or not. saved or lost. And
not only so but he knows how to be
saved but unless his correct views
lead him to a real and vital eXper-
ience it would be far better if he had
lived and died without ever hearing
Of Christ for his knowledge unused
and his convictions disrcgarded most
sacred beliefs violated, will rise up to
witness against him and hurl him
into a deeper despair.
The only place man can really test
out his theories of the spiritual life
is at the cross of Christ. Ana the
only way by which he can know for
himself is to let God have His own
way in his experience. Truth so
demonstrated is usually called ex-
pcrimentai truth.
The man who thus experiences the
grace of God in his own heart is
ready to go forward with Christ as a
co-worker with Jesus in all the ac-
tivities of the kingdom of righteous
ness, and the truth of the Bible be-
! comes an intensely practical matter.
The Christian must be practical In
his relation to the truth Of God.
Follow Me- is the command of
Jesus in His endeavor to secure n
consist ent and practical Christian
life.
Tonight Rev. Butler will speak on
the subject of Regeneration" or
THE New Birth" Rev. Chandler
and the chorus choir are great. Come
and help the msing. Promptly at
T:3O.