The Penn's Grove record., 1916-08-04
VOL. 38, NO. 20
GOSpel Truths ExpOuHded In Eloquent
Sermons

heiu union services there was q goOdly
number present.
Rev. H.. j. Zelly, of Woodbury. NJ. T..
CHURCH, preached last Friday night
from the text: IF we confess our sins
lie is faithful and just to forgive them"
lie said we are not born sinners. but
are sinful. Every child is born under
the covenant of God justified, but not
regenerated. The holy spirit is needed
to give a new birth in Christ Jesus.
The sermon Sunday morning by Rev.
Louis f. Bausman, of Pedricktown. from
the text: know We not that We are the
temple of the Holy Ghost?" struck the
timely and responsive spiritual chord.
He told of the building of the magnif-
cent and costly temple of Solomon
which was to give a material manifes-
tation of the Jewish appreciation and
alteration of Jehovah, their spiritual
God. Man is the masterpiece of all
Gods creation and the body and mind
of man was designed to be used for good
of man and glOrification of God. The
grandest possession of man is the spir-
it of the living God. S0lomon's tenn
pie was a place of purity and the cleans
ing of the Priests was typical of spirit
ual purity. Living a Christian life was
to be dominated by moral and spiritual
motives and principles of purity. The
indifference which persons manifest in
living below their privileges is amazing.
1t is the duty of man to be the light of
the world and to show myself begotten
of God by being the spiritual temple of
the God spirit, and living the God life
with love, toward your fellow man.
Sunday evening Rev. f. A. DeMaris,
district superintendent. preached from
the text: How shall We escape if We
neglect so great a salvation? ?" He
spoke of the need of the baptism of the
Spirit. If the righteous scarcely are
saved, how shall the sinner escape?
MINDS PREOCCUPIED.
The meetings in the tabernacle were
not largely attended. Those present
did not especially need the sermons, but
were inspired with renewed enthusiasm.
Those who needed them most were alb
sent.
These are war times in Penns Grove
where everybody is directly or indirectly
, engaged in making war munitions for
lEurope. Rev. r. w. Moss. the retiring
president of the national conference of
British Methodists, said in London. July
22nd:
The Church's position is not due 10
the absence of the spirit of God. but
merely to the fact that the peoples
minds are preoccupied. There is a
great difference in the spiritual atmos-
phere of today as compared with the
period following the Franco-Prussian
war. Then the minds of the people
were filled with doubt: but now, while
there is a certain element of surprise be-
cause we do not understand Gods way.
the people do not forget or doubt that
God exists"
SPLENDID SERMONS.
The series of m given were the
finest expositions of the gospel ever
given in Penns Grove. For the motive
and purpose some were as timely as a
Christmas editorial published at July
4th, or an editorial on Columbus Day at
Washington's birthday anniversary. One
was on st. Panl's reasons going to
Rome. The issue in Penns Grove is
why the Romans, Italians. came TO
Penns Grove and wherein Paul's preach
ing is needed and applicable today.
Nearly two thousand years ago st.
Paul told the Romans. 1: %: "Being
filled with righteousness, fornication.
wickedness. cpvetousness, righteousness.
full of envy and murder. debate, deceit,
malignity, whisperers. back-biters, boast
ers, inventors of evil things, disobedient
to parents. covenant breakers, without
natural affections, implacable, unmerci-
full. who knowing the judgment of God
that they which commit such things are
worthy of DEATH"
In the days of Roman paganism per-
l.1zI f. AL.oo Ho1oc a~1
thousands of human lives were sacrificed
to the sun god. st. Paul told the Rom
ans there was no need of human sacri-
fee because all that was needed had been
made by Jesus Christ and "were justi-
fed freely by his grace through the
faith in Christ Jesus whom God hath set
forth to be a Precipitation through
faith in His blood, seeing it is one God
both of the Jew and Gentiles."
1t is fortunate for many of us that
Paul took Christianity to Rome or many
of us would not exist today because
many of our ancestors would have been
sacrificed for these enumerated offenses
to pagan gods under Roman laws, on
the least provocation Of the strong.
st. Paul told the Romans 70: 3, "To
think soberly." If a man is filled with
beer or WnlSkey now can ne tniHh SUI
erly or be an efficient workman?
Paul also told the Romans "Let every
soul be subject unto the higher power,
for rulers are not a terror to good
works mot even Judge" Duffy but to
the evil. Do that which is good and
thou shalt have praise of the same.
Let us walk honestly. not in rioting and
drunkenness. not in strife and envy, for
- of ~ l;voth 70 himSa1f and no man
dieth to himself. We then that are
strong ought to bear the infirmities of
the weak and not to please ourselves. Let
every one please his neighbor for his good
to edifcation. The God of peace shall
bruise Satan under your feet shortly"
st. Paul told the Romans many other
things of value for the guidance of a
Christian life for which we should be