Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-04
LIFE IS UNENDING,
 SAYS DR. SCOTT, IN STRONG SERMON
Evangelist Breaches to Con gregation Which Fills
 First Baptist Church.

Iou message JO 1oHlkldn, Tn Isaiah 3S:1. Set thy house in order for thou shalt die and not live,' was the subject last night of stirring and forceful sermon at the First Baptist church by Rev. J. A. Scott, the series of revival services at that church.
 The attendance last night was so large that the Sunday school rooms were used in addition to the church auditorium, and the additional space was well filled. The music was again a delightful feature, especally the singing by what Dr. Scott called the booster choir" of children ranging in age from to F years, 1O4 par ticipatng last night. Mr. and Mrs Rlankenship, who have charge of the music. sang a duet. "There Need Be No Shadows" toward the close of the service, and the children's chcir sang the hymn, Keep Sweet
 Two persons united with the church by letters, and there were two to ac- cept pr. Scott's invitation, expressing their intention of being baptized and of affiliating with the church.
 Dr. Scotts sermon was framed in | 1 he drew were so plain. as to deeply i impress his hearers. and to hold their undivided attention from beginning to end. He said he knew that many persons do not desire to hear a ser I mon based on death or hell but the system in philosophy never dies. he l said it simply changes conditions.
 Science demonstrates. philosophy 1 4on that life is never-ending," he said. 1 Every longing of man speaks of an ether life, and God never disappoiats. Every longing indicates the innate belief in another life, just as every idol in the foreign field indicates that man, in every class, is at heart re- | ligjous and striving to the higher goal.
 The Bible does not challenge sci ence. he said, but science vndicates the Bible. What is death, he asked, 1 and gave the answer, that it is tho I separation of a man from the house l i1, which he lives. Personality does not live only in the human body. it can live without the body He made 1 the point that many people claim they do not believe or accept what l they cannot understand, yet they ac cept the fruits of the gardens and the fields, and eat them, without under standing why or how they grow. Everything mysterious is left to re- ligion, he said, everything else not understood being accepted without question. And the people then hide behind the mysteries that religion can not clearly explain to them. Tt is appointed unto man once to die,'' he quoted, "and after death the judgment" If there is judgment, there must be a judge, and He is just judge, who does not err. "Set your house in order,' he said. God spoke this, not only to Hezil1iah, but to every man, woman and child before me tonight. You know not the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Go'. I cometh.'
 Dr. Scott spoke of those who pro- 1 fess to be Christians, yet do not enter 1 into the church, and told the story of the young woman who so lived. She died suddenly at a dance, and the Good Spirit and the Evil Spirit argued for possession of her soul. Satan finally claimed her soul, and when asked why, he answered, Because she died on my territory" The lesson taught by Dr. Scott was apparent. Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord," he quoted.
 Closing. Dr. Scott quoted the last words of great men, as indicating whether or not their mouse was in order":
 Washington-"It is we'll"
 Voltaire-"Oh. Lord Jesus. must I die abandoned by God and man?' l McKinley-"Let Gods will be done. Nearer. My God, to Thee" Martin Luther-'Into Thy hands commend my spirit. Thou has re- deemed me-"
 "Let me live the life of the right eous. and die as they die" said pr. Scott. '"This is faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance:
 "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.'
 Give your heart unto Christ. Set your house in Order.'