The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-12-25
/ CHESTER SEES
R|OPHECY FULFILLED
,o,Nc ELDER PREACHED A
(ocrFUL SERMON SUNDAY
''cuT TO METHoDISTs.

MA T. ~ 49,
P'cHT TO METHoDIsTs.
4 the strongest sermons ever
in the Dawson Methodist
was preached by Rev. o. B.
nresiding elder, Sunday eve
f-om the text, "And I will give
h morning star"-Rev, 2:28,
|a,incipal thoughts of the dis
are given below;
women in Thyatira, Lydia
Iozebel. Lydia was a bus
moman. She was converted in
!; at an early morning prayer
ao~too early for society wo-
f. returning to her home in
;ra she probably founded the
4 there. All European and
Econ Christianity can look back
Edia's conversion as its begin
biol is the wickedest woman in
u furnishing Shakespeare the
Eter of Lady Macbeth. Though
q n she became the wife of Ahab,
ickedest king of Israel, a mar
contracted for political reasons.
led all her power as queen to
the worship of Jehovah from
sorld and establish in its stead
worship. Elijah largely put an
her propaganda on Mt. Car
First Woman in Politics.
DOlitics she taught the "divine
of kings" and the doctrine of
is right" She is the first wo-
know of in politics, and the
know of those two accused
al creeds which have cursed
Inv and made her a curse is
teaching and enforcing them
matter of Naboth's vineyard.
not mentioned as an objection
nan suffrage.
the city of Thyatira JezebePs
was neutrality-suspicious. in the
Uvernment, some wicked man,
b institution. The only COM
placed against the Thyatira
was thou sufferest that wo-
ezebel." That is, the church
ben practicing what has been
y taught all over this land
PERSISTENCE of evil.
5 condemned the church for
Dry thing. Lydia's spirit was in
nrch and JezebePs spirit was
city, and Lydia's church was
pned for not resisting that in
in the city.
Dollar Above the Man.
e Jezebel doctrines the church
everse:
Night is right in bust
That teaching is illustrated in
h Jezebel, in the name of the
bad NabOth put to death and
eyard cOnfiscated. This teach
permeated the American bus
nind in that we have valued
lar and not the man. Loving
would rather have their
Prs marry money than men.
ave been made to feel that
success is more to be desir-
p honor. In our minds we
1 the reading on our Ameri-
lar and have been saying ''In
ID we trust" and voted the
dollar the right to rule.
church is charged with re-
JezebePs creed in business
ke it read right is might in
mess" The gentle, firm press
the church was gack of the
ur law which Adamson wrote
slgned and the supreme court
was in harmony with the
tlon of the United States.
ebel Greed and Liquor.
dm"Mlght is right in the So
ID Is also to be reversed bv
en- No better illustration Of
eoel creed is found than the
business. Liquor made men
the social world, arousing
'e and strangling the angel
The church began to fight
more than thirty years ago.
let up until we had reversed
hlng. We have had a long,
When our present admin
-, lnaugurated "grapejuice
IN Washington, and
saw an Alabama sheriff de-
whisky by the thousands of
ana by the barrel. l knew
N was getting the sentence
and it would soon read
u, might in the social world"
sfess has followed the lead
for national CONSTITUTIONAL
light and the State.
Might is right in staten is
J De reversed by the church
eoeI taught Ahab the creed
IS right" in the state the
large place for the god of
Will curse the earth until
IS reversed. When It is
Dno made to read right is
ng MOfherrs
We STRENGTH fov 1ooAL