The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-02
FATHER ALLARD
GIVES A STRONG
TALK ON DEATH
LARGE NUMBER ASSEMBLED
LAST NIGHT TO HEAR pAulisr
FATHERS ~ SECOND or INTER.
Esylse SERIES o. SERMONS.

Another great congregation gathered
ia 81 MscaaeTs church last night to
attend tie mission and hear the dis
courses 81 the Pauliss Fathers Allard
and Devery
The exercises were begun ~ Father
DeFery. who explained briefly the
H,eaning and beauty q the devotion
known as the Resary
Father AIiard preached on Death. =
taking his text from the book of Gent
sic Ili.is. In the sweat of thy face
thou shalt eat bread tlll thou return
70 the earth out q which thou vast
taken. for dust thou art and into dust
thou shalt return"
Everywhere wc see signs Of death
which remind us that &c. too sooner
or later must die. The history ~
mankind should teach us the self
same ruth
-rhe thought 81 death il a salutary
one. SHOW ma the man who il con
WINGED that God has appointed FOR
him a rnomens whan ne shall die and
appear before his Maker 10 give an
account Of his life and I VIII show
you man who - pTeparing for that
moment. SHOW me the man who me
diates occasionally ON death and I viii
SHOW you one whose life + pure, ono
who does not pamper the body 70 the
detrlmens Of his soul"
Way Is L. my dear people. that
Ne o. not profit more b. the thought
q death Why do we not think more
seriously Of the end u lifef Why are
we reluctant 20 think that life IL slip
ping away and that The shroud. the
coffin and tine heaFse await a.. I will
tell you. II many people were 20 think
Of death seriously they would be com
PEELED 10 make some changes In their
way Of living. They would have 20 re-
nounce some pleasure nf friend or sin
on, n every one was tonight convincea
that tomorrow he must die what a
change would Immediately come upon
the world. The merchant would leave
his counter. the farmer would aban-
don his pillow In mid furrow, the very
dFunkard would dash away his glass
and even the nbertine would staKger
I forth from the haunts o. sin with =
prayer a. last upon his IIps. and all
would spend the time IA prayer and
( preparation foF the coming Of death.
III you have any care for your souls
f you viii begin now % prepare for
+ eternity by resisting temptation and
I sin. no one can AFFORD 60 delay fow
death win come uron Us anex pected.
when shall We die We caAnot say
more than this: that we are likely 70
+ be surprised hy death. Y0m know that
death surprises nearly every one Of
+ his victims Even the man who dies
~ 4 rratf-af.tea iIlnaws xxfff tell Won a
moment before the end that he ex-
poets TO recover and 20 live for years.
Can you hope 60 be the exception
Must you not expect that death VIII
surprise your Ought you not then as
reasonable men and women 70 be pre-
pared 70 meet death AZ any moment 2
+ n son live wcii you vii die vel and
happily n you tive Ia sin. Il II more
! than likely that ysu win be surprised
i Ia your sin by the summons Of death.
+ Let no one dare % put or this prepare
/ tion. You shall die but once and as
( you die 80 shall sou remain for etsrn-
+ lis. Happy, thrice happy shall ypu
/ b. when the end n life approaches.
+ Il now yon begin 20 think ~ that last
end ard 60 prepare for it~
Mr. Mike 1reenhlatf rendered Trom-
bone solo % sunday evening. the Gu
/ lus Amman from Rosslnfs stahaf
/ Mater. On last evening Miss Grace De
Camp sang The Lord II My Shvp-
hera"
Al each service this morning the
srrvaon wlil be en- Sorrow For Sin. +
TIE sermon this evening wili - On
The Judgment