The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-09
At the Baptist
Church Sunday

fore MS the Jerusalem church as
model church; its membership as an
ideal one: in the mornings discourse
his message to his people was on
Mag nifying the Church. Text Eph.
5.25 .'Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it; that he
might sanctify and cleanse it. AS a
divine institution and as through its
founder we have life eternal and on
account of the obligations we assume
when we accept membership we
should magnify the church. The
Lore esus Christ is the chief corner
stone of te church-this divine instl-
tuition is not builded on Peter. but
on Peters faith, as every church is
bIiIded on the faith in Jesus Christ.
IIf We build upon the foundation OF
stubble and hay they shall lie de-
stroyed, yet we shall be saved as by
fire. Build upon this foundation
gold. silver and precious stones The
fire will only consume the dross, and
/ thus we will have treasures laid up
above. When any humanitarian in
stitution makes its obligations stron-
ger than those of your church, it be
comes your tempter and you make
fatal mistake. Christ is the solid
rock" upon which we build. If we
step aside, all else we find is sink
ing sand. We may magnify the
church by our loyalty to its worship
each service should call us to the
house of God-this obligation should
be realized by the officers of The
church and the teachers in the Sun
day school that they be examples to
tose whom they teach. We can mag
nifty the church by sugering with the
church In our church be willing to
be misunderstood, for we serve not
the approval of the membership, bu.
for the glory of God, and that the
service rendered may be approved of
by Him who looks within the heart.
A pastors influence is affected when
he is misunderstood and misjudged
Py our gifts we can magnify the
church; it claims our best, but how
otter the world and it's pleasures
claim the greater share. We mag
nifty our church by the lives we lead.
Not all the Gospels are in the Bible
We are Gospels read of men; they
take knowledge of us and look closely
to see if We have been with Jesus
and truly learned of Him. If our
light is shoning and in our lives they
see Christ, we will lead them to Him
What is the influence that eminates
from your life? What are men read
ing day by day on the pages of lifeo
What knowledge do men gain from
you? With whom have you been
walking9 With the world or with
Jesus? At the close of the service
two members were added-one by
letter and one by profession AS the
Eand of fellowship was given these
who will mean so much to our church
IRE, that grand old hymn was sung.
AT the Cross" There was praise |
and thanksgiving in our hearts that
the revival continues in our church |
At the evening hour Bro. Wear
preached the last of the series of
sermons on the cross and it's sur-
roundings. Text Math. 27:42 "He
saves others; himself he cannot
save The testimony of the enemies
OF jesus Sometimes we got the
'rueSt estimate of a man from his
From Scripture il is shown
taat 1t is false statement "himse,f
" cannot save" for when in their
wrath they would have taken him
ne Vanlsed out of teir sight > Whom
tue oand of soldiers came with tho
oe'rayer to the Garden to take him
" efe 'hey not powerless, falling
lown as dead men. But these emo
lli's OF Jesus-the rulers. Scribas
rharisees and Sadusees- If
a mil /
ne niighty power of Jesus to heal
hley ha dseen Blind Bartemeus re.
'eiVe his sight; the woman with
"lrmity healed by touching the bem
. MS garments. The man who SAT
y the wayside with the wasted
.and restored whole and s,-onn
'esus not only saved from disease
'hu blindness but from that morta,