Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-14
The Ethiopian Converted
Sermon by
VEN. FLOYD W. TOMkINS.
Text, Acts viii. 1910.


we come now to the story of another
ne OF the deacons. We have seen
NV wonderfully Stephen, the first mar
( 7. fulfilled his task i'm preaching a
eat sermon and then bearing testi-
,i"hN TO The power of Christianity by
ms heroic death. Now We are to con-
Sider heroic life AS manifested i'm SER
wee. We must remember that 1t is
SERIOUS to die for Christs sake. but
is also glorious To live for Him and
|" 40 Ills WILL and ii is sonnet times
littic harder to live than il is to die
me Gospel had already begun to
spread. after being limited at first 10
Jerusalem. but 1t had not yet reached
'he Gontilcs; that il. those who were
not Jews Philip was called to carry
mo message and so we have great
iuihllmcnt Of the command of Christ:
20 yc into all the world" and also an
assurance of that glorious day when
The earth shall be filled with a know
ie1Ge OF IN" glory Of the lord as the
waters covering the sea-. biab. 2:1.
south Of Judca there was a road lead
ing 10 Ethiopia, country in Africa.
Tho apital OF Ethiopia was called Me-
roc. ana the queens who ruled were
called Candace We .ind in the story
mat tho treasurer OF the queen, hav-
ing IN some way heard the story OF the
ga Testament and hcing converted TO
lHcaiSm. was returning home after
having visited Jerusalem and the TEN
rlo was ,hc yrn.t cor,or M ,rorsbin
I'm those DAYS AMI ,o,,Ic c,,rc frn,n &. n
parts that Tho ,ni.b, oncr ,hcir nr,y.
erS and gifts there. How greatly blcst
are We, that wc need not make long
Journeys to find God or to worship
Him, We NAV ljf, IN o,,r hearts ANY,
whcrn and know. ma, No viii hear and
bless
pur.,,,,n ,,.,, 49,
M, ~. .,rn,,,,.r,
'"' 'p''i' Spph" |" ihH'p ana toio
my" 10 l"ih h'n'Seh /" the rhafiot
wherein ms nl"n was rihinS lie ala
~" NH"s W h"n me oPpoF'unltE
" "'"ch'hI IN" 'oFp'!, ana the Etni-
"p''n vas p'p'.Ze" ana went on ms
Sp.ci"I' ms - IN" STORY No"
Md tho first is that this Ethiopian
sought the truth. and because he
tpuGht. he found. He read the Old
testament with - desire to comprehend
rs message II is a erca, JOY to know
mat II we arc loyal TO the hunger Of
our souls for truth and for righteous
~ "nS or ana give US
riding on - inuo,v road ,,,a .,dinn
no nrorno., &c
m ~ ,S',"n "nu pioneering
,bn,, r..,i,, ,,
,,I ,,oris. , ,
and i,s,,,,,,nu ,,i 49,, .'.
nave ot hoI,,,n ,,,
ways comes l., mo Wv
80, 80 " ""'''''' u
''I, ~ y" ""' i'"r' IN Tue
Dbt,in ,Isn ,'t
q, GA ~, -, - w. '"' ""
hin, :. r,orin,, ., - tNn 10
h.~o -, ne m'Eh'
rord tha, - t,, IN
49, ', S''' '"uh'r! n""h
hnr. 49,. e So" "h'"
m yhor, """ man! people
Jo,..n -" 49, bu' OUT s""h
ga ,...,,ad ~ '.' nv, h'h
and ,ynr,'. %",,; "'oSe
Ill., 80 ""S"iu'c ono
nou,i o'i''i'"ho ca" insure
~, n,,nt,, w. |" heSi'at"
., Ms ""cs NOT
ncrso,aIi,y !.t' our own
w;.h Ca .,,, ",r"l'. 70 'aik
"h"' re ASKS US !"
~ :, 90 mean th"t We ar" To
~ h"""S pest ana that
sn,. N,,, - o"''"r IMAM
'"' """'
''"p 'o'NtN SINGLE
SOUL or GREAT VALUE
Notice again how evidently cod
counts a single soul of great value
ne took Philip away from the crowd.
Cd city and sent him down in the dcs-
ert TO preach the GOSPEL 10 "A man from
a heather country. Modern cconomis,s
would say that was waste OF talent:
that Philip might have preached in
jerusalem and converted a hundred
where in the desert he only converted
ono; hut single soul in Gods sight is
The great measure Of worth. What
,thail II profit man If he gain the
whole world and los" his own souI""
Moreover. God was establishing the
GOSPEL in Africa by converting the
Ethiopian. We do not know the sequel
or this story, but j, is not difficult to
imagine how the Eunuch went back
to Meroe and perhaps converted tho
queen and All tho people \ man who
earnest enough TO take such long
tourney because Of his religion would
also oe likely to make the Joy of the
newly round Gosrei which had come
10 MIN matte" OF tremendous n1u-
nCe' ~ ~, 'et US ne AFRAID OF single
~ IPoNcn 10 " ch'id
~, narha,,s ~
''"''H' message