The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-16
At the Baptist
Church Sunday

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ing. special plea for the financial
support of Columbia College was
made by Bro. Dan Sloan-one of the
trustees of this institution and pledge
cards were distributed among the
membership. The subject OF Bro.
Wears morning message, The
Christians Peace Text Isaiah 1858.
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on thee, because
he trusted in thee" Before Christ as
cended to His Father, He bestows his
abiding peace upon his disciples.
Gods offer of peace is conditioned
upon belief-two requirements OF the
believer-faith and trust, and that the
heart be stayed upon God. This
peace is perfect. The first picture
presented of peace is the peace OF
God in salvation while there are
many doctrines, yet only two theories
known to the world: LIST, Salvation
by merit and process; End, Salvation
by grace through Jesus Christ.
Peace in Salvation is through Jesus
Christ. Jonah by disobedience loses
this peace and cries out in his hour
of need, Salvation belongeth unto
Cod" The power of your salvation
lies in the power of God to save you
from spiritual death. When you ques-
ton your salvation and peace is far
from your disturbed soul is the re-
suit of turning your mind away from
| Jesus and centering it upon self !.
Second, picture peace in temptation.
When the Devil tempts through the
desires of the flesh. If the believer
turns to God in this hour then there
will come the peace of God and a
way of escape from temptations
snare. Third, Picture peace in af-
Fiction. The chastisement of Attic
tons bring us closer to God. The
purging of affliction will refine Tho
/ gold and prepare us for service. Gu
has a.sweet peace for His child
affliction if he will turn away from
self and if his mind is stayed upon
God. The last picture-the peace OF
God in death. A beautiful picture of
the Christian as he falls asleep in
Jesus to awake in everlasting glories.
TO the onlooker it is a iglorifeG peace
as he sees this passing. As we ap-
proach the portals of death God en-
velops the saint with his peace as he
passes from earth to heaven, sending
his angelic messengers to usher his
saints into everlasting joys of Heay-
en-. Sweet Peace" sung by the pas
tors daughter made an appropriate
ana beautiful closing to this COM
forting and uplifting message, Many
accepted the invitation extended to
those desiring this peace of God in
their hearts. Bro. Dan Sloan read
the following wire from Bro. Louis
Entzminger: ut gives me great joy
10 accept the CALL" Read First Thes.
oionlans 3;11, u and 10; enclosing an
eloquent, prayer by Bro. Callahan
asking that God overshadow US with
TINS peace and fill us with his shirt
and bestow his richest blessings nm
on our pastors labors in his new
neid' AT the evening hour, the large
auditorium and annex were filled
with the membership and the friends
Oh the church to hear the last mes
sage OF Bro. Wear to his people. The
impressive services of ordination
marked the opening of the eyenin,
services. H. M. Webb was set apart
as deacon of the First Bantist
churcn by the laying on of hands
Bro. Wear assisted in the ordinatio,