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OUR OLIVET IS NEAR
WE HAVE NOT FAR TO GO
To Do Gods Work and Advance
His KingdOm--Earnest Holy
Week Sermon
BY CHAPLAIN EVANS.
No Need for Bundling Our Sins to Give
Them to Another Man---Personal
Responsibility to God---Ser-
mon at St. Anne's.

From the text st. Luke. xxi, chapter
and 23d verse. And they began to in
quire among themselves which OF them
it was that should do this thing the
Rev. Sydney Key Evans, L. S. n. Chap
lain of the Naval Academy. preached
an earnest. impressive sermon in St.
Anne's Church last evening.
The service was the last of the mid
week Lenten sermons and a large con
gregation was present. The theme
bore upon Easter and Passion Week
The preacher said God calls men when
they least expect it. In the humdrum
OF daily existance God calls us TO do
His holy bidding. Little dsi the woman
al the well think when she went out
TO fetch pitcher of water that God
would call her
Like st. Peter, the preacher said. we
make up our mind to do this thing and
that. but We go and do the same thing
again and again. We need determina-
ton. perseverance as did Peter. How
soon we forget memorials; forget Our
Lords Passion TO illustrate this
Chaplain called to mind the picture Of
the colt feeling on the palm leaves. OF
Palm Sunday, scarcely withered.
We have been called a tickle ma
ton" said the Chaplain We are
Scarcely a year after some hero gives
up his life for his country, or for indi-
viduals. do we hear of him Even our
Memorial Day has lost its significance
Holy Week which we are observing
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Christs passion and death on the cross
Christ died for the world, for you, but
His death avails you nothing unless
YOU cooperate with Him in the work
of His Kingdom. unless YOU accept, be
lieve and love Christ.
On the cross Christ saw the worlds
events He saw this .lisgraceful war
Every time we do an evil thing or walk
on an evil errand,ad to the soreness
if the wound in His sacred side, we
press the crown of thorns more deeply
into His holy brow. Jesus came not
so much to relieve us OF sin. but 70
have us love and believe on Him and
to do His Holy word A mere personal
resolve is not enough. The help we
need must come from One higher than
ourselves.
He wants not yours, but you He came
not TO reconcile God TO man, but men
to God, to draw all men unto Him
God never goes away from men, but
mon often go away from God A cru
cihxion goes on in us of our sins. We
should cruelty our sins one by one
AS refiper looks down in his melt
ing pot and when the refinery process
is completed, sees his own image. so
that is what Christ wants TO see in us
His own image reflected. 1t is not far
to Olivet, said the Chaplain. 1t was
only a Sabbath days walk from Jeru-
salem, that means three-fourths of
mile. 1t was to Olivet God went to
commune with His Father, to pray. to
mediate 1t is not far to Oliyet. we
do not have to go far TO commune with
God. He expects us TO serve Hin.
where He has put us. We do not have
TO roll our sins UP into a bundle ami
give them 10 somebody else to take to
God, we must do it ourselves.
1t is a sense OF Justice Our Olivet
need not be far-away place 1t may
be our place of business or avocation.
God has placed us where we are and
expects us to make the most of it.
When we are doing our work for Him
we are doirg what God wants. What
we need is more self-less-ness. He is
our strength and our salvation; We
should serve Him where we are.
The sermon was full of earnestness
and made a deep impression upon the
large congregations.