The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-26
SUNDAY SERVICES AT
THE METHODIST CHURCH


At the Methodist Sunday school
Sunday morning 181 were present and
the collection was SIT. An announce
ment was made that there would be
a bird supper for the men of the
church and Sunday school Thursday
evening at 1880. As an inducement
to all to come, no collection will be
taken and it is expected to be an eve
ming of good fellowship
At the usual morning service, DIR.
Gross preached on "Some of the Most
Important Things in This World"
His text was taken from Genesis II, z:
"and the Lord formed man of the dust
of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man.
became living soul.n AS an ap-
preach to his subject, he read fronl
Genesis /, 26: "And God said let us
make man in our image, after our like
ness"
If the fundamental breath connect
ed with your and my life and creation
are understood, it would not be SO
hard to be religious-one asks, "why
does God suffer so and so to be?" If
these difficulties are studied reason
ably, philosophically, and scripturally,
they viii fade away. God made man
in His own image and God was free
to choose good or evil-to do as it
pleases Him. His image to God is not
in physical form. Of all physical
bodies, God made now the most beau
tiful and symmetrical. Man is not ali
animal in common with other animals
but is creature above them. He cre-
ated man last because He wanted to
bring him into the world with every
thing equipped for his happiness He
created man out of the dust of tho
earth and the first man was earthly.
Man has soul and body. His spirit
ual and moral nature are made after
the image of God and like God, man
has free volition He'll is interested in
the destruction of the soul, heaven in
its salvation.
Man has dual side,-the physical
and spiritual. The spiritual side is
teiune-the intellect, sensibility, and
will, the intellect does the thinking and
planning. 1t is a.person in this trinity
that thinks, wonders, and asks Men
think they ought to be religious, ought
to be Christians; their intellect tells
them this. The sensibility, the trinity,
feels. Men feel they ought to be re-
ligious. There are times in the lives
of the worst men and women when
they feel they ought to be Christians.
They have thoughts and feel they
should be religious, but if they stop
there, they are lost. The will makes
the decision-nothing is accomplished
until the will acts. Why are you not
Christian? Because you have not
decided. Out of the intellect, sensi-
bility, and will comes the conscience
that is what decides what is right.
The conscience can not be educated
but the intellect can and this works
on the conscience. God wants the in
tellect developed so that it can see the
truth as God reveals it in order that
the conscience can act accordingly.
The conscience says it is right for US
to be religious.
The greatest thing in the world is
the soul of man. 1t is made in Gods
image and only God himself is great
er. The greatest enemy is sin and it
attacks the soul. The greatest work
| in the world is trying to save the soul
from death. The soul will live forever
| IN bliss or in darkness in everlasting
woe. Many fathers and mothers are
not religious so their children are not
trained. Who is responsible for this
God looking upon US and asking US
if we have saved the souls of our chill
dren. The greatest institute in the
wrld is the church. 1t is Gd's instru.
ment for the accomplishment of His
work The church needs more spirit
ual life.
Upon these truths we are to live
forever or are lost, Cd helps US to
think and to feel and to act.
Reported by Friendship" Wesley
Bible Class.