Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-02-29
WHAT IS YOUR life?
sinful OR SPIRITUAL?
Second Week OF Faulconer Evangel-
istic Campaign Opens Favorably
in the First Presbyterian
Church.
SERVICE OF SONG
Evangelist Fau'coner breaches Force
ful Sermon On Love, the True
Basis Of Christian Unity.

On tho opening nigh. OF the second
week OF ghe FauIconor evauEeli. tir
campaign. thc-e was q congreeatior
present that dlleJ thc Presbyterian
Church In which the meeting was
held. lr Bennett conducted serv-
ice Of sons. and himself sang au in
spiring solo
The evidences OF deepening inter
est were on every hand. so that fhe
evangelist ANA the pastors are greatly
encouraged There viii bee services
each evening this week in the Presby-
terrain CRurchueEinning az $50 ocIt ck
Evangelist Faulconer viii preach and
air. Bennett VIII sing
The text of the sermon of last even
ing was taken from James 4;14. What
is your life Paul would have ln-
swerej by saying. TO me 10 live is
Christi 10 is thc greatest privilege to
live the Christian life This life IS en-
iirely dihereut from The life of the
flesh it is altogether lew.
Their aTe two kinds OF life We arc
born with sinful nature The new
born child soon begins TO shed tears.
Tears are cf the Heshly nature. they
arc shed hCcauce Of sin and sorrow and
pain God promises 10 wipe away an
tears from -ur eyes; He gives tie new
life which is 10y and peace; the time
viii come to aim no is q believer
whom he shall Eeap no more
The other kind OF life is spiritual
life Ut is the gift Of Goo. Sor1e 1--we
the mere animal life Tais new lie
IS received from God. II has power
over the physical life The Holy Spirit
within the soul imparts every ueces-
s3ry endoN1AenJ A person is kept
GOOD and parc and true.
The life impaired by God must De
developed. The strongest proof Of that
life IS Christian love. love for the peo
ME OF God. one canno. love without
life. A farmer would not go 20 the
cemetery 10 Ret men TO pl0w his corn.
Neither would God expect worldly
Christians to Go His work The divine
power Is at the asposai Of Ills people.
Love noids 90 the church There
gre many who are good Christians
while the revival lasts. but when the
revival Is over they have evap rated
A relapse is always 60 be feared u
is harder to get tnem back tC sTiritual
health. Love is fgI of sacridcial serv.
ice. Love snd faith without works are
both dead Love Is always in action.
duces fruit Ii @ man loves God
duces fruUit II man loves God
| there IS no doubt about it,
Those who have the new life Of God
| love what God commands. When peo
pic get mad ct the preaching Of Coda
| word, it is easy 10 ten why Tl ere f.
/ >omething wrong somewhere we can
| never please God by livirg after the
flesh Enoch walked with Col. nd be
had his testimony that ~ pleased God
Walk with God, and there Is music in
/ your soul and peace and joy IN the
Holy Spirit
/ The sweetest thing in ell this worl"
! is TO 90 just what God wants you 20
| do Jonah was refusing to do what
! God wanted him to do Re felt so
mean ard was SO troubled il his own
conscience that be begged the men Of
/ The ship 10 taToW him into the sea.
Love is the true basis Of unity among
/ Christians what beautiful thing Il
/ is that the people Of the various de-
| nominations Of this city are found to-
| gether in these services with one sin
ele purpose we can never adopt q
| creed as q common platform, love OF
| the heart is the only basis Of unity
/ The husband and wife who love each
/ other never have any trouble in coIrt
or out Of It
Mr SpurgeOn once said that if he
should lose the consciousness OF Gods
! presence for fifteen minutes, be world
NOT know what 70 do; he would be I'm
| despair. How many people so On day
after day without any sciousness
of the divine presence.
The evangelist closed his sermon
with a plea TO the people Of the dif-
| ferent churches to take fully the giff
Of God. life by faith IN Jesus Christ