The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-22
At the Baptist
Church Sunday

The last moments of the Sunday
school hour were of deep interest to
the assembled school. Supt. Halde-
man gave an interesting talk to the
boys and young men on the harmful
effects of cigarette smoking-each
pause punctuated by an object lesson
that made it forceful and impressive.
At the morning hour, Bro. Wears
message was the second of the series
of the liable Talks of Jesus" Sub
jeot, "The Masters Mission" based
upon the dining of our Lord in the
home of Matthew with the publicans
and pharisees-outlining there his
mission to the lost and to those who
recognize their need of healing. Jesus
in carrying out his mission to seek
and to save that which is lost" finds
Matthew, who leaves his occupation
as a tax gatherer and follows the
Master. Note the changed life--nev-
er to return to his same occupation
gathering his lost friends, the pub
licans, at d feast with the Master as
honored guest, that they might come
under the same holy influence that
had wrought such wonderful change
in his life. A realization must come
to the church of the lost and ruined
condition of the world before it can
perform the great central mission en-
trusted to its care. The world is sin
sick, going down into the ways of
death. The Gospel. the only remedy
THAT will break the shackles of sin !;
Christ the Great Physician-the gift
lof loving Father.
AS a Physician, Christ knows his
patient-all his thoughts, all his
weakness. He knows how to apply the
remedy for sin, never loosing a pa
tient. His personal service is to those
who feel their need of Him.
We see Jesus in his wonderful COM
passion and love weeping over sim
sick Jerusalem when she rejects the
remedy for sin. If we are to come in
conscious relation of sons, we must
accept the remedy. Hear his call to
the sin-sick world to repent-to &C.
cept the remedy for sin and find rest
in Him. See Him as He turns away
in sadness as we reject the offers Of
mercy and grace. Jesus alone car
help you in your hour Of need. jesus
mission is carried out in his follow.
ers by their ministrations to sin
sick world, as co-workers with Him
What high and noble calling.
At the evening hour Bro. Weal
presented Mr.. Frank H. Richie, ont
of the fraternal secretaries of the Y
, I'M. G. A., to the large audience as
sembled.
Scripture lesson, Luke End chapter
, l"Christ in the Temple" upon which
Mr. Riches lecture was based. Tit
thoughts gathered from this fine ad
dress were ones that were. well cal
.culated to make deep and LASTING
impression upon those who love thu
boys and who look upon them as tn,
greatest asset of our fair land II
: the midst of the great conflict fo
democracy, in which we are engaged
with the many important issues to in
terest and claim our time and atten
|, ton, we are apt to overlook one phas
of our war program--that of the great
i err necessity Of attention to the bo
of the teen age. Now, when the head
of the home are answering their coun
I try's call, the moral restraint of tn
|, home is removed more and more.
In Berlin, Munich and London juve
! nile crime is on the increase, In gu
/ own country we note large increas
II due largely to war conditions. Whs
/ will we gain if in our great struggl
q for democracy we lose our boys
u ivast majority of the criminals starte
their criminality in the teen age. A
o SO a vast majority of our most sta
l. wart Christians made their decisio
q for Christ in the teen age.
u Problems of the boy: The boy hS
e. a right which belongs to him. He h;
IL the right to be we'll born, physical