The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-07
, MEETING AT FIRST BAPTIST

FA'AoeIou IHeeIlnS WHICH be-
gan at the First Baptist church Sun "
day has gotten well under way and 4
Kev. Or. j: Clyde Turner, pastor of
the FIRST Baptist church of Green's
6oro' who is assisting the pastor,
Rev. DIR. c. L. -Greaves, is preach |
ing sermons Of great power and eff
1ectlveness. DR.. Turner arrived Mon
day, The service Monday evening
ma dto be abandoned on account Of
the downpour of rain at the preach
ing hour. DR.. Turner is preaching
s SPECIAL sermons every morning on
| "The Christian.
Sermon Last Evening
Restore unto me the JOY of Thy /
salvation" Psalms SLIP, was the
, text from which DR.. Turner preach
ed a stlrrong sermon last evening.
In beginning his discourse the
preached said there were three
thoughts he wished to present. These
were: first, there is Joy in Gods sal
ton may be lost; third, the joy of
}. Gods salvation may be restored.
| In speaking of the first thought,
I DR.. Turner declared that there is no
greater joy than that which comes to
the soul of Gods children from the
4 knowledge of His salvation. The
Children of God have crosses to bear.
When man is called to God he is
not called to pleasant fields to sit
. down and have no troubles. Even
' the first Christians were prosecuted. |
However, in this good land Chris
q tians are not called upon to suffer
e as did the Christians Of old. Those
: who wait for Christian life of ease
will wait forever. If man who pro-
e fesses to be Christian has never
<, faced cross, he may doubt if he
e has ever found Saviour. Still, the
happiest people are not those who
f. wear the crowns Of earth. Neither is
g, it the people who live in the man
IN slons of earth, but rather those who
" have accepted Christ, ne matter how
l. humble their surroundings may be.
r True joy is not dependent upon out
81 ward circumstances, but in the knowl-
sst9edge Of Gods salvation. There is
that in the religion of Jesus Christ
that will make man Wipe away the
r. tears Of sorrow and shout with joy.
OF The joy Of salvation outlives the sor-
OF row that comes to a Christian.
n In presenting thought No. 2, DR..
Turner said that while one may lose
H. the joy Of salvation, he never loses
x salvation once he gets it. Some claim
tie, they have lost it, but these have new
ct er had it. If a man once has Gods
salvation he has it forever. He may
nd let the joy of hi salvation slip away
rs: from him, but he does not lose the
of grow careless and does not attene
rs. church, the Joy of salvation departs
sh When a man loses interest in Cod!
work, he then drifts back into sin.
7e- In presenting the last of the tire,
he thoughts, the preacher said when ;
la Christian loses the joy of his saliva
sasi ton it is not lost forever. In or
Id der, however, to have it restored on
&C must get rid of all sin. You mus
repent and ask Gods forgiveness TO
your sins. David did this and hi
joy was restored. David learned al
so that he could not teach transgres
gs, sors the way Of God until his owl
heart was right with God. 1t is tn
same today. Before you can lead me
nd; to Christ your life must be free fror
orn sin.
I'M In closing his sermon the preache
ok appealed to any who had lost tn
red joy of Gods salvation to come -bac
ter loyalty to Him.
oes Sermon Tuesday Evening
For me to live is Christ-Phil. p
. From this text DR.. Turner preach
ed thought-provokmg sermon Tue
day evening. The most serious ar
important question that confronts an
mortal, he declared, is, What a.
you going to do with your life?" tt
allows to become the controllir
thought of ones life. There is ]
life without purpose, there is ]
\ such thing as a purposeless lii
Somewhere deep in every life is
| thought that controls. AS no.
? thinketh in his heart, so is he.
: For miser to live is money.
woman of Paris who had drunk
every cup of pleasure to the DIRE
offered 81 900 to any one who wou
invent some new pleasure. To h
to live was pleasure. To Paul, VIII
-. he stood by and consented to
IL death of the martyr Stephen, to il
was to prosecute Jesus Christ and
'oa stamp Him out Of the hearts of m
g. but after his vonsercion to him
1lls live was Christ.
+ho Life is so short, life is SO uncerta
if you are going to make anythi
our of your life you must do it now.
cannt recall the minute, the no
Of the year that has passed. The
portunity that has passed is gone +
the ever.
=, Your soul is what you make it.
'u'A man left his home in the East 6
went to the West to make mon
He was successful, as the VIC
counts success, and made a fortu
- He thought when he left home t
The would 60 back to the old place,
- gradually sentiments like that
ing money. One day a poor won
walked unannounced into his priv
office. She told him she was v