East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-09
TAKES HIS AUDIENCE
TO HE'LL AND BACK"
DIR HINSON breaches POWER
IUL SERMON AT BAPTIST
CHURCH LAST NIGHT.
Downward and Upward steps of ST,
Peter Arc Clearly and FOrceTuiiN
DepicteCi AppiTauOn Is Then Made
to Christian Lives at Present Tins

L. r. C.
TO Hell and Back" was the topic
Of DR., Hinsons sermon last nignt,
The text was Mark 1851. "And Peter
We give briefly the thought.
Peter otter three years of compan.
ionship with Jesus by a sad and bit
ter experience went to hell and came
back.
The first step in the downward
course was. He followed afar off.
Distance from Jesus is nearness to
peril. If you would dwell in safety,
keep close to Jesus,
Jesus told them in that night, 81
am your shepherd but tonight the
shepherd will be smitten and you the
sheep will be scattered. Peters an
swer was, Lord l am not going to
leave you" Peter it is night now and
ere long the cock is going to crow.
but before it does you will have denied
me three times. But Peter was EN-.
phatie and said, II may die with you
but | will not deny you. And he
meant it. too. Peter was not hypo-
crite. You can't make a hypocrite
out OF that kind Of temperament
A hypocrite must be cool, calculating,
careful.
Peter was worn out. That was a
strenuous time before the crucifixion
and Peter followed afar off. l waG
you to learn the lesson. Distance
from Jesus in mearness to peril for
you as II was for him.
His second step. Peter warmed
himself and he was doing it at the
enemy's fire. He was trying to keep
in t5ouch with Jesus and make friends
of the world, too What a spectacle
the church makes when she tries TO
hold on to Christ with one hand and
the world with the other. Spurgeon
was asked about the card playing and
dancing Christian and he replied. -
think the devil has perfect right to
all that he catches on his own
ground" And these are the DEVILS
grounds.
The world hates a hypocrite but it
it respects a true Christian. You
can't descend to the world and save
the world. When a Christian stands
in the mire of the world he can't lift
the world up.
Learn this lesson. If you think
more of yourself than you do OF
Christ you are in great peril. Petei
forgot Jesus because he was thinking
Of himself and was in the wrong COM
pany.
Third step Peter sat down with
them. The backslider gets on famil-
lar terms with sinners. While Peter
was sitting there a girl came along
and said, "You are one of the dis
cipIes." He said 81 am not" A lie.
Then came a man and said "T saw
you In the garden" "T was not
there" 'Your speech betrays you"
And he began to curse and swear and
deny A lapse into an old habit,
When you backslide you take up the
familiar sins of former days. One sin
calls on another. Let him that think
eth he standeth take heed lest he fall.
The first step up He looked at
Jesus Now if he had done that at
the first he would never have denied
him. When he looked at Jesus and
Jesus looked at him his heart broke
and Peter went out and wept bitterly.
That saved him.
am presenting to you tonight the
gospel of the second chance. 1t is in
this world. not in the next There is
no new chance in the world to come.
The world gives no second chance. #
L got drunk tonight they would for
get all about my record and never re.
store Gods gospel is different He
gives more opportunity. Now If YOU
have strayed like Peter, come back
like Peter did
Hear DIR. Hinson tonight. The meet
ing commences at 1880 but CONF
early and enjoy the song service a
T:15.