The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-20

| The hearts of the people were giad-
dened by the presence of our peioVeu
pastor, Bro. Wear, and to hear from
his Inns the message from God WORD
The revival services at the baptls'
church in Wauchula, in when bro
VICAR was the evangelist resulted III
q general revival in the spiritual HE
Of that church. with eighteen addl-
lions to the membership.
The Pictorial Christ" was the
subject of the mornings DISCOURSE
The first picture presented TO-. our
mental vision was that of the picture
drawn by the angel in his prophetic
announcement to Mary when he her-
aids the birth of the Savior OF the
world. This picture is one that pre-
sants Jesus in an humble estate
leaving heavenly glory and h2nor 70
become of no reputation.
In the next picture we see Jesus
the sinless and pure-submits to the
baptism of repentance at the hands
of John the Baptist, walking ~
miles to be baptized, thus emphasiZ-
ing the great Importance and teach
ing nv example the sacredness CT this
beautiful ordinance of the Baptlst
church. Then John makes the pub
lie announcement of the messlahsnlp
of Jesus In the picture of the trans
fguration God glorifies His Sonnet
&c no had done at his baptism. but
by visible glory from heaven, 80
along life's pathway we eaten
glimpses of the glory eff Christ and
revelation of this heavenly glory in
snires and attunes our lives to higher
and nobler aspirations. The picture
of the suffering Savior in the Car
den of Gethsemane, where first panes
Of death were tasted There the vic
tory was won and there the words
spoken, which have been solace II
many a bruised and broken heart,
"Not NV will but Thine be done.
The next picture is one Of the most
|ignominuous; the most tragic: that
of Calvary Yet this picture is the
Christians hope of heaven. The
Savior of the world dying the just
for the unjust.
The picture we have of the Say.
ior after he was victorious ovel
death, giving his great commission
to his followers. This commission
;"Gc We s. and teach all nations,
etc, has rung down the ages and will
still ring like clarion call in thu
hearts of men until the day dawn'
when the Master says, Enough"
The last picture of Christ is tha
seen in the vision on Patmos by
John of the final victory over thu
world when all evil and sin will bt
driven out and Christ in all his beau
ty and glory shall reign and we shall
reign with him, where there is al
joy and peace.
At the evening services solo by
Miss Johnson, plains of Peace,
was much enjoyed.
Subject, "a lame testimony.
Text, John 7:51; based upon Nico-
demus' testimony before the Sanhe-
drin. Versed in the law he divides
this body by making his testimony a
point of law. Wishing to stand with
the Sanhedrin and yet make a de-
Tense for Christ, he gives lame
testimony which was not needful
was n t what he should have given ::
he dares not tell all he knew about
Jesus, or render his testimony truth
fully. This was the opportunity of
his life to stand for Jesus; to tell
of tho new birth he had experienced !.
yet in the timidity of his spirit he
failed and hid behind the law. The
greatest testimony a man or woman
can give is his life: this determines
his standing with God Nic3demus
made meager investment and
reaped meager returns. The only
convert led to Jesus by him was J5-
seph of Aramethea who imbibed the
spirit of Niccdemus and was a secret
disciple. So your lives are telling
ut some story; your influence is
speaking. Examine yourselves in
your attitude to the work in Gods
kingdom, for before Him we shall he
approved or fall As Christians Ter
your influence, talents and work tes-
tify for Christ The world needs
such testimony. REPORTER
Hct OF COnpracS that hoe oox..,