Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-20
SELLING BIRTHRIGHT
FOR NORSEL OF NEAT
ext Of the Rev. Henry NJ. FauI-
coner Who Closed 4 Weeks,
Evangelistic Campaign Here
Last Night.
PREACHED OLD BIBLE TRUTHS.

Everlasting, for What?-- Evan
gelist Pleads Earnestly With
Congregation That Filled to
Overlooking First M. E.
Church.
with that intense interest born Of
deep feeling, union congregation of
several churches, numbering over one
thousand people, that filled to over
lowing the First Methodist Episcopal
Church last night, listened many of
them for the last time, probably, to
The Rev Henry NJ. Fauconer, eyange-
list. He pleaded earnestly with them
70 come to Christ and seek forgiveness
for their sins.
There was no undue emotion or eX-
citement. but deep feeling manifest, as
there has been in all OF Evangelist
faulconers meetings, which have been
calm and quiet earnest and full OF
interest to hundreds OF people whom
he has deeply impressed, and who will
never ferget his forceful presentation
of the Gospel
Last night was the close of the fourth
week of evangelistic campaign held
here since February 21, Dr. Faulconer
having preyiously-las November
preached for four weeks at the Presby-
terian Church, The good work he has
done here cannot fail to have good er-
feet on this community. where 1T has
left markell impress for time and
for eternity His sermons have been
good, old Gospel doctrine. He is an
old-fashioned preacher, and has adher-
ed o the Old Bible from start to finish.
Before beginning his sermon last
night he said his one end in view was
TO lead people nearer TO Christ, to urge
them to ackuowlede their Savious-
repent Of sin. During the four weeks
he said he had striven to tell them
what was wrong. not because he said
So but because It was wrong. When
men break the Ten Commandments il
is wrong. Whenever YOU mix up
Christ and somebody else, you are
inaRfng~a grt1t sEafvs,- said tlIe- -eyalr--
gelist. You can guage any false doc
trine. or religion, from the standpoint
OF the divinity Of Christ
Let US stick 10 the Old Bible" said
the evangelist, and don't get mixed
gp with any religion or doctrine thar
viii rob us of Christ" DR.. Faulconei
preached the same Gospel that Paul
preached, and took for his text He
brews, twelfth chapter, 18th and 18th
verses, especially the last clause OF
he 10th verse, Esau who, for one
morsel of meat. sold his birthright"
Esau, he said. was a profane person,
by that is meant one who despises re-
ligion
What do men sell their birthrights
for First OF all-pardon of sin. II
you give a man this world, and his
sins are not -pardoned. he will not be
happy But God SAYS BE of good
cheer, your sins are all forgiven" No
sweeter music comes into mans life
than when his sins are pardoned. Sec
ond. you sell your life. clean life, for
unholy, unrighteous life Have you
sold the forgiveness OF sin? asked the
evangelist The life Christ gives in
this world never comes to an end, can
never die, If our sin is forgiven and
we give ourselves to God
Think of a person selling eternal
life not only eternal life, but selling
| heaven. What a glorious thing it is
to be z Christian. when We leave this
world. TO so where there is eternal
life The preacher said there was no
body in the audience, he ventured to
say, who had honesty enough to stand
up and say what he had sold Jesus for
As E'sau had sold his birthright for g
| morseI of meat, so has everyone who
has not accepted Christ, sold Him for
whatever comes between him and
Christ Man sells forgiveness of sin
pardon. life everlasting and heaven by
resisting the Holy Ghost. Some peo-
PIE offend the Holy Spirit the Third
/ Person of the Adorable Trinity by sin
ming against God. Jesus did His work
/ j sec years ago when He died upon the
the cross: now it is for US to ask par
don and forgiveness of sin and 10
grieye not the Holy Spirit, which comes
again and again.
One Of the hardest things in life is
TO forgive. said the evangelist, and we
/ cannot come to God with hatred mall
1 ice and unfogiveness of cur enemies in
1 our hearts. How sweet Il is 20 live
with no cloud between US and heaven.
| We fee tender when loved one is
taken. hut after the grief is over. we
forget. and we sell Jesus just for one
/ morsel Of meat For what2 Judas
| Iscariot sold Him for thirty pieces OF
silver and delivered the goods" For
what have you sold Him? Did you
sell Him Tor another drink7 For the
theatre For another ball? Wha.
/ have voa gotten IN return.
The text says but afterwards Esau
/ came with tears seeking the blessing
| but there vas none. God says You car
| call. and viii not answer. God says
he viii laugh, and il is a pretty sad
| thing when God laughs az Men, for He
| SAYS when your fear comes viii
/ laugh Afterwards, when Esau came
10 his father for the blessing, there
! was none. You. too said the evange-