The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-29

less he could reason it through. III, |
| The Roman Soldier, as standing for |
the human will.
Particularly he stressed the main
| thought involved in the shipwreck, |
namely, st. Paul the hero of the
Christian warfare, and follower of
the Lord, dominating his accidental
superiors through the power of God,
bestowed because of faithful services
in life. The sermon showed not only
the versatility of the earnest evan
gelist, but his thorough personal con-
viction of the truths of the Holy
Book.
At the close and just before the
! prayer, he said with much feeling,
'let me ask those here who have
fooled with your lives, and made
shipwreck, and those of you just
starting on the wrong course, to come
up to me and say in your hearts that
God helping me, to the best I know
how, I'll take Christ as my pilot from
now on?
I Mr.. Smith launched into his SER
mon by saying: "Many of US today
make the mistake of embarking upon
the sea of life without knowing where
the sandbars are, where the hidden
; wrecks lie, and where the cross cur
rents swirl the greatest. We want
our own way. We think the world
owes US living; but it only owes US
chance to make living.
you and have been created so
that we are masters of our will. All
! we have to do, is to give away to our
influence. We may be wrong by Civ
ing the evil influences sway and we
,, may be right by giving the good in
l fluences sway. God will let you have
your own way.
4 eff / could give you a life-sized
photograph of yourself at 60 when
the devil has wrought in you, all the
devils in hell could not tempt you to
do wrong. You may prosper in ma
terial things, but you will be pau
> per spiritually. q
There are three questions I want
= every person in here to ask of him
self, namely, Where did I come
: from?' why am I here?' and
Where am I going TOP You may
a say that six feet of earth and a cof-
l fin are the end of this life, but if
God can turn grub worm into a
beautiful butterfly, then He has
: something better than this life in
store for man.
u at is easy to do foul, to make a
y mess of this life. The trouble with
sin is that it doesn't take the lowest
of the earth, it takes the brightest;
3 sin is no respector of persons. | of
Il fer you Jesus Christ to take the helm
8 of your life. He knows the sandbars.
He knows the currents. He knows
3 where the hidden wrecks lie and he
p will guide you safely into the port.
/ "There are some Christians who
Is go about with long faces and think
: they are serving God. God never in
u tended a man to go about life with
III his face running north and south in,
/ stead of east and west"
II The preacher then returned to his
n story with the statement that he
"a would take three characters of the
al story to represent three types of PEG.
T. pie in this world.
+ First" he stated, "there is Paul
lie the man of God, warning and plead
l. ing for the unregenerate to accep
IN Christ. l am standing here because
III God hates sin and has sent me t.
IT, preach the gospel. There has neve1
v been day in your life when yo,
rs haven't heard the voice of Christ.
For the man of the world, the maj
III OF the material things, we take tn
p captain of the ship. He was one O.
e those kind who didn't believe unles
ut he could touch, taste, see and handle
a. If you are that kind, if you don't be
d. lieve until you understand and if yo,
n don't accept until you know the VIII,
: and wherefore, turn out the lights i
this building for you don't know tn
first thing about them. Nobody know
how God kissed the mud-puddle an,
threw it into the clouds; nobod,
knows how the light came throug
the gates of the morning. Do not pu
your two by four mind against that O
Gods and be a COMPOUNDED foo
There are some things we cannot IN
derstand, but must accept.
The centurion stands between tn
two. He can listen to the warnin
of Paul or he could command tn
skipper to set sail. The centurion j
every man here with a human will