Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-06-26
SPECIAL MUSIC AT
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
ArehibaId GiIehrist Rendered Two So
los at Service Sunday Evening.


A feature Of the evening service at
the Central Baptist church Sunday
was the special musical service, two
excellent solos by Archibald Gilchrist,
con Of Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Gill
christ of Prospect street.
Rev Joel B. Slocum, the pastor.
preached from the text, Heb. H.
without Faith. it is impossible to
please God. Rev. DR.. Slocum said in
part:
It is impossible to please God with
out faith because faith is fundamental
to the very nature of God. John said
God is love" Paul said Now abideth
faith. hope. love, these three and the
greatest of these is love" So, then, If
God is love and if love is greater than
faith, then God is faith-plus; for the
whole Is greater Nlan an yof its parts.
Not only is faith an essential part
of the very nature of God, but it is only
through the employment or exercise of
faith Con our own parO that we shall
be able to comprehend anything con-
corning the nature of God.
Jesus taught faith, but He lived It
before He taught it. 1t was a part of
His very being. There was nothing
more conspicuous in His ministry than
HE way He honored faith. He re-
proved people for their lack of faith
and on the other hand He commended
people who gave evidence OF faith. 1t
was said that He could do no mighty
works in a certain place because of
their lack of faith.
It is as though the great treasures
Of God were under lock and key and
that the only key that will fit the lock
| is faith.
And also it is not possible to please
/ men without faith. The whole system
of exchange in the great world of BUSH
ness is built upon faith. If is were not
! for faith the world could not do bust
/ Avd fof IN a
essential honor OF men and women
dealing with others whom they have
/ never seen, and many OF whom they
never will see, is nightly pervasive
| and persistent. In spite Of the fact
4 that in the beginning of European hos
tilities international law was trampled
under feet, we still believe in interna-
/ tfonai honor, and to a great extent 1t
is still being practiced, even by those
| who have been guilty of repudiating its
/ claims. So I believe we are coming
| back to a fuller faith in our fellow
men. Though great bitterness may
follow this strife for a generation, yet
believe there are being forged in the
fierce fires of this colossal conflict
principles of honor and faith between
nations and between individuals that
will be strong and enduring. Without
faith you cannot please men.
But, most of all, faith is pleasing tc
God because it is the vital condition OF
salvation. Both Jesus and Paul make
it very clear that acceptance viii
Christ is determined by faith.
!, Never was there more need Of posi-
tive convictions than just now. It is q
time to test the faith of people. New
light has come Tin great floods) In
the field of science and in all Other
fields. What people once blindly &C.
cepted without question, thinking
that to question was to sin against
God) they now scrutinize most search.
ingly. There are people today who
have become so familiar with doubt az
scalpel that they do not know JUS
where to draw the line in its use. II
other words, faith seems almost i'm.
possible with them.
Over against that I would like t.
d put the testimony of Paul who said
know and when he said that he useG
a word that had two fold signif'
canoe.
If a man were saved from Drowning
or from any other danger that threat
. ened him, he would probably know b!
his own senses that he was saved.
is no different in this matter Of tn
salvation Of the soul.
There are thousands Of people VIII
know they are children of God. The.
have the evidence within themselves
1t isn't a mere emotional experience
either. It is built on faith-faith il
the eternal verities Of God.
God has put faith like threa
through His universe. We will no
get lost If we follow it. There ar
wonders that would stagger the immi
> grant If We could see them all at ono
and have no explaining word concern
ing them. But when through some IA
! | mi1iar thing here we get the key O
I clue to something greater there, W
! shall not be overcome.
Just as we have, sometimes, recog
nized people whom we had never see
3 before q picture Of them, so by fait
do we climb on and on to comprehen
things we have never known befor
by sense or sight.
There are q good many people i
this world who have had disappoint
3 ments because some anticipation
had climbed up too high. And the
dropped down.
But there is one experience that
greater than it has ever been de
!. scrihed-the meeting Of q soul wit
Christ
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