The Robesonian., 1918-07-01
Then Jesus said unto her. "Mary,'
and she recognized his voice.
Not Saved by Relations.

Not Saved by Relations.
We are not saved by relations with
a family. The Jews thought they
were, for they said, "Have we not
Abraham for our father?" You must
bring forth the fruit for yourself. A
mothers piety will not atone for her
son, neither will fathers virtue atone
for him. It is not the religion Of our
families that saves us. It is our rela-
ton with Jesus. Nor is it the rela-
tlonship of the church that saves US.
Something more vital than relation Of
families or relationship of churches.
There are those whose names are on
the church books that are not on the
Lambs Book of Life. l fear in our
country we are liable to substitute
patriotism for religion. If our boys
who have never professed Christ over
there are to be saved, then the Ger
mans have the same chance. They
have been taught this from childhood.
A man will never go into heaven be-
cause he wore the blue or the grey
uniforms, but through the blood of
and gave his life for it.
rive LtSSOuS.
DR.. Mcdaniel read the first ten
verses Of the 18th chapter of Luke
as a Scripture lesson Tuesday eve
ming.
He said there were five lessons that
he wished to teach. The first lesson
was that the sinner is lost. Some sin
ners are lost, but don't know it. They
are unconscious Of their condition,
but they are lost just the same. There
are others who are willful sinners.
The prodigal son was willful sin
ner. He was determined to do wrong.
The second lesson was that Jesus
Christ is seeking for the sinner as
the woman sought the lost coin. Je-
sus is the physician for the sinner.
The man who has been forgiven a
great sin has a great love for Jesus.
Third lesson: The holy spirit
shines on the path Of the sinner. God s
spirit is shining on the sinners path.
Every impulse sinner has to turn
towards God comes from the spirit
Of God. Quench not the spirit Of God.
God says my spirit shall not always
strive with man.
Fourth lesson: God loves the sin.
ner and wants him to come home. God
is love. He gave his only son TO save
the sinner.
Fifth lesson: There'll be joy when
sinner comes home. When a sinner
turns to God there is JOY both on
earth and in heaven. The sinner has
the power to touch the rope that will
set all the joy bells in heaven ring
ing. Think of sinner having this
power in hand and then not using it!
The sinner can never repay God for
what he has done for him.
In closing his sermon DR.. Mcdaniel
urged sinners to turn to God, to give
Him their life, heart and life's best
service.
Slackers in the Church.
Because they came not to the help
Of the Lord, to the help of the Lord
against the mighty, Judges 5:23, was
the text from which DR.. Mcdaniel
preached Monday morning.
He said in part:
Jabon, king of Canaan, oppressed
the Israelites. He came down upon
them 900 chariots strong. The Is
raelites dreaded to meet them, they
could not stand before them. 1t was
unsafe for travellers in towns and
cities to travel on the highways, SC
they would go the byways and out-of-
the-way places. War was at the gates
of the cities. The people of God
should be prepared.
Joan of Arch was noble character
She was inspired while girl of IL
years, and when she was 16 she went
out and turned defeat into victory
thus saving France.
Dan was busy in commercial af-
fairs at Joppa. During the wars peo.
pie were engaged in the making OF
money. Gideon lived beyond the Jor'
dan, in a fine grazing country. Cattle
raising was so profitable that he
stayed over there. He said he was
not raising boys for war, but to raise
cattle.
It is not necessary to oppose the
Government to be a Stacker. We car
do nothing and send our souls to hell
Women must be the foremost in pa
triotism. Patrick Henry said, "Sirs
we shall not try to fight alone, there
is God that will fight for u.s." W.
need in this country preparedness, no.
only to be prepared in government af
fairs but we need also to be strength