The Detroit times., 1916-10-31
Sunday Mornings Sermon.

lOllUNlnR text Sunudy MORNING
And being moro In agony, Hr
prayed more earnestly. and his
sweat was as IL were great drops OF
blood falling down 90 the ground. 49,
Luke 22:24 He said
"Inndels have seized upon certain
verses of scripture and have given
these as reasons for their unbelicf
one OF these verses is the one
have Just read and being I'm agony
He prayed more earnestly; and his
sweat was AS n were great drops
OF blood falling down TO the ground 4"
For. SAYS the infdel. Il is ply
sical impossibility for men 10 sweat
blood. They have never heard Of
such a thing happening, they say.
All right, but because YOU say that
man has never sweat blood. don't
say that God didn't
when was q boy ! used 20 hear
men say that the Bible couldn't bc
true for II was absolutely impossible
for a man 10 fast for 80 days and
live They thought that settled H.
Then along came Dr Tanner, and
he tasted for 40 days That was the
first time He tasted again for a.
days, and ~ tasted q third time for
81 days. and after that We didn't
hear any more about "a fast OF 40
dayo being impossible. Tn" inhdels
quit quoting Tom Paiue's Age OF
Reason on that point.
God Refutes Liars.
When man gets chosty and puts
his old theories up against God
then God always brings man for.
ward 10 show that he is An old mar
plot and an old liar
"Dr WithneroN pastor of a Pres
byteriay church IN Chicago h"
went there from Boston says ho
knew of a man who had a way ward
son He hadn't heard from that boy
for nine Years Then. one dsv. they
sent him word that his son was i'm
prison He had committed "a Wur
der. and be had been tried and con
NCted and was about 20 hc executed
He had refused 10 tell anything
about his family until he was face TO
face with death. then ho told them
and they wrote 10 the father 90 ask
him what should be- done with the
body
~. NJ t'tIlIfIffN ~tIl Illtk Tut MS
agony that father sweat drops of
blood II IN earthly father -weat
drops OF blood for one son who has
gone wrong 1t Is strange that Jesus
should sweat drops Of blood for all
men when they were in danger or
he'll?
when Jesus sweat drops OF blood
there In the garden It was new
sight for the angels They had seen
tlrir brother angels rebel against
God. and they had seen the conflict
which followed and they had seen
th0 rebel angels hurled over the bat
: Elements OF heaven. They had seen
SennaCharih come up with his men.
and they had seen 10000 AssyTians
laid low ~ the sword when fa. an
gol OF God swotC tlrm I'm The night
/ Ih.y had seen -had aCh Ties bach
and AbedneEo cast into fiery fur
mace for refusing 10 bow themselves
down 10 idols and had seen them
come out from % unharm,d They
I had seen The brave Daniel hurled
into me hons den for refusing TO
bow the knee 90 anyone save Jch1-
y3h and they had scen him come out
/ from that den ot Wild beasts alive.
/ But never before had the angels be
I held such a sight ae when they
looked down upon The garden OF
Gethsemane and saw the Son OF
God keeling there, sweating drops
OF blood as ne agonlzcd over man
In this text there are many les
sons valuable 20 us. aud especially
valuable just AT this stage of the
campaign
"Tha first lns~ou is that the divine
cup IS bitter. n is bitter 20 fallen
angels and fallen man and 70 WAS
bitter 10 the fallen christ Think
Of the sight Think OF Jesus, stain
ing his garments with the bloody
sweat not because Of any sin or
fault OF his own lor he was without
sin but because ~ his anguish over
man
"He didn't sweat those drops Of
blood because ~ any physical suffer
Ling n wasn't because OF any fear
OF death. for = Jesus Christ mad
been afraid 20 die he would have
been coward, and he wasn't a.
coward. although h. was willing Co.
Gic " Cod said 10 / don't want 10
die, I want to staN mere as long as
I can and so did Jesus but he
wasn't afraid TO die so. II vus
h'C1uSc Of his griet for man
"a great martyr said as hc stood
M The midst of tho flames Thar were
devouriuS him, Tho YOU see the
flesh fall from my bones / absolute
'y feel no pain,
a Fiery He'll
N YOU ever had any doubt about
q literal hell. q fiery hcll whore the
wicked must remain forever. II
would all vanish as see Jesus Christ
in Gethsomune. agoniltug because
men would not accept him and were
going to hell
oh don't be careless professors
of Christianity for another minute,
( Don't YOU dare 10 make cold for
NAL PRAYER when YOU come 10 ad
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