Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-29


Lesson Text: Acts II: LIS. Mem
/ orize vss. IL, IL.
Golden Text: "Him did God exalt
with his right hand to be Prince and
Savior" Acts 5:31.
Important Speeches.
u On this July Sunday we shall be
recalling Abraham Lincolns great ad- |
dress at Gettysburg. What equals it y? |
Senator Beveridge says that Paul's
sermon on Mars Hill sis the shortest
simportant speech ever made, excepting
only Lncoln's undying Gettysburg ad-
dress. I'm less than one hundred and ,
fifty words he put the argument for,
and the assertion of, the living Goa,
of salvation and of the resUri ecticn
of the dead. And in so doing he even
Included quotation from the Cree:
poets. 1t is all very simple, power
ful, convincing"
Do you like to hear great preach
ers? How long since you have heard
Paul? His sermon at Thessalonica is
brief but striking. In it he proved
hat "it behooved Christ to suffer and
o rise again from the dead" His
ermon was very convincing, for a
sreat multitude of devout Greeks, and
f "the chief women not a few join
d the christian campany. You can
ear Paul preach every day, if you
esire. He was an Intellectual and
aoral giant, "the greatest thinker
avs DR.. Stalker, "of his age, if not
Ii any age. producing writings
thich have ever since been among
he mightiest intellectual forces in the
Iorld and are still growing in their
bfuence" Why not reread Paufs
fe and sermons?
III. The Upside Down" World.
The crowd charged that Paul and
is company had turned the world up
del down. 1t was true enough to
AXE trouble. 1t was little world
which that crowd lived and they
ere terribly excited when it toppled
,er. The world is bigger today. 1t
fects more people when it is upset.
hat turned it upside down in Aug
It, 1914? Emperors, Kaisers, Kings
or certain fundamentally wrong
eas which they held? Ideas are rev.
>, utionary, dynamic. When they are
-ong they are apt to be doubly de-
,.uctive. What can turn the strick-
world right side up? Only chris
an principles, practically applied.
hey are dynamic and constructive
erein is the value of missionary
Drk around the world.
III. Bible Bred Men.
Religion is at best when it is bred
the bone. 1t ought to be taken IN
th mothers milk! The christians
Beroea were more noble than those
Thessalonica, because they re
wed the word with all readiness of
nd, examining the scriptures daily,
ether these things are So" They
re open-minded searchers after the
bth. They were willing to learn.
ey turned to the revelation OF God
the scriptures for their standards.
Bile bred men make the best states
n, the hest business men, the best
GLARS, the best home-makers. Are
,r children Bible bred?
low much do you value your Bible
r. Egerton R. Young lived long
ae among the Indians of North
stern British America, and has CIV
us interesting glimpses into theil
es. Once, he tells US, party OF
Sc red men, who had become Chris
his and had learned to read theiI
Ian translation of the Bible, made
Ng trip to Lake Superior to fish
ktook as little with them as pos
Sbut they did no fail to put int
II packs their Bibles. On the even
before their return home after the
son of fishing was over, one lndlal
read aloud from his Bible, ant
son had then carefully slowed i
by in his pack.
While he was sleeping, another In
living there came in and aske'
borrow the book, but failed to re
it that night. Early the mex
hing the father and son put OF
snow shoes and started on thei
journey. On reaching thei
lie and opening the pack, the los
ne Bible was discovered. The mex
ming the father was missing. H
started back to the Great Lakes
n a speed that only native skille