The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-13
At The Baptist
Church Sunday

Or. Upper of Philadelphia, Bap-
fist preacher of great intellectual
ability and an eloquent speaker, oc-
cupied the pulpit at the morning
hour at the First Baptist church.
Many remembered the fine sermon
DR.. Upper delivered on The Lord S
Prayer" in February.
The message to the people was
from acts 1923: Jesus of Nazareth
went about doing good. AS is known
from history that the age in which
Christ came-the year of our Lord
finds the Roman empire with all
her conquered territory immersed in
cruelties, cruel and inhuman in their
palhy or compassion for the afflicted
and bereaved, without any provision
being made for the poor and needy,
Christ the answer to the transforma-
| ton which marks this, the 10th CEN
fury, the age of philanthropy. This
is the most beautiful portrait of
Jesus-that he went about doing
gooi-a portrait that suits our age
of activity, usefulness and philan-
thropy. Christ's whole biography
summed up in the words of the text
Healing the sick, raising the dead,
giving his abundant sympathy, his
unfailing compassion to the outcast
and fallen; Christ, the only great
teacher, the greatest this world has
ever known, who ever lives in the
hearts and lives of countless thou
sands, yet this teacher never wrote
one line to hand down on history's
page. The one line written by the
Master was in the sands of Palestine,
to be obliterated by the first passing
wind. DR.. Upper cited many quota
tions from learned critics and writer's
of renown as to what this Jesus of
Nazareth meant to them. Gladstone's
testimony, carved on marble, that
defies the finger of time, was the
most comprehensive in the relation
existing between Christ and Glad
stone, and Gladstoneis relation to
Christ, his Savior: "All am, all
have been, all l hope to be is CEN
tered in Jesus Christ, the almighty
Son of God, the benevolent Son of
Mary, the Savior of my poor way
ward life. :"
The closing thoughts of this fine
sermon bore on our hearts the mes
sage that we be like our Master,
make him our example and strive to
"go about doing good.
Special establishments seIec-
ton by Mrs. Melton, followed by
song by Miss Pearl Johnson, Some
body knows" were much enjoyed
At the evening hour, Mrs J F..
Townsend sang with much sweet
ness "a Little Bit of Love" Bro.
Wears sermon was an exposition of
the first three verses of Hebrews - |
chapter His text, For consider him
that endured such contradiction of |
sinners against himself - The endur- |
ance of Jesus, buffetted by sinners.
affected by the attitude men assume
in regard to their own salvation, |
taking the sting of death away on |!
Calvarys cross, the great battle is
won. He is the author and finisher
Of our faith through the WORKINGS of
the Holy Ghost. Paul places before
our minds eye race course, the
casting aside of any weight, laying
aside any sin that will unfit us to be
in this race, urging us
not to faint, but to press forward to-
wards the goal encouraged by the
cloud of witnesses, stimulating us to
run with patience this race. How Of
Ten are We encompassed about by
his cloud of witnesses-saints of
earth, gone to their heavenly reward
Interested in how their loved ones
'un this race set before them-whose
goal is life eternal. CLOSING with a
plea to the unsaved to accept this
christ. asking these very solemn
questions What does it mean for a
life to be lived in close touch and
communion with Christ" and
What does it mean for eternity?"
REPORTER.