The Robesonian., 1918-07-01

to do something and the other 400
sitting still. In this country in army
government the punishment Of q
Stacker is rigid. Suppose we court
maftlal all slackers in the churches 2?
1t IS just as detestable to be slack
er IN the church as to be Stacker in
the Government.
Jesus an Authoritative Teacher.
DR.: MCDANIEL quoted from memory
the 5th chapter of Mark as a Scrip
ture lesson Monday evening.
His sermon in part follows:
Jesus was an authoritative teacher.
He addressed his hearers Il saw unto
you The common people heard him
gladly. Jesus used parallels to teach
| his truths. Underneath all the mira
cles performed by Jesus are deep re-
ligious truths
Christ Comes to Serious Seekers.
Before he is saved a sinner must
come to see his deplorable condition.
In illustrating how he came to b.
| Christian, an Indian built a pen of
wood and put worm in it, Then '.e
set fire to the wood and after s.,c
worm had crawled to the center of
| the pen and given up to die the In
+, dian reached in and lifted the wor1o
! to safety. Can you tell why you are
not Christian? IT is because you
| have never had an earnest desire to
| become a Christian. Every unsaved
person can be saved who wants to be
| saved. Christ comes to serious Seek
erS.
1t is better to take a lighted match
and play around powder mine than
to trifle with the welfare of your soul.
| Faith is the, channel through which
grace flows into the heart. The home
| is built on faith. Let the husband lose
faith in the wife or the wife lose faith
| in the husband, and that home is shat
tered.
A sinner must confess all to God
1t is not necessary to tell it all to man.
| We are not priests. We do not need
such. God gave the soul access to
Christ. He that confesses and repents
of sin shall obtain mercy. A sinner
| must acknowledge his sins to God He
cannot hide from God. It is better to
acknowledge sin now than to have it
exposed in the day Of judgment when
Gods wrath will be poured out upon
you. God giveth peace that passeth
understanding. Peace comes after SAL
vation is obtained.
| In closing his sermon DR.. Mcdaniel
urged the unsaved to come to Jesus.
| After the service four professed
faith in Christ and applied for bap-
tism and church membership.
| Atonement for Sins.
| For he (Pilate) knew that for envy
they had delivered him. Matthew
27:18, was DIR. McDaniel's text Tues
day morning.
Gods purpose is to save by atone
ment. Christ was willing to die for
the atonement of our sins. Commit
ting one sin leads to the committing
of another. There are four sins in
the steps to the crucifying of Jesus.
First, the covetousness of Judas. He
cid not care anything for the king
dom, only for what he could get ont
of it. A man that grows rich in this
war ought to be disgraced. You do
not have to be millionaire to be
subject to covetousness. More people
are ruined by prosperity than adv er-
sity. The love of gain prompted Judas
to betray his Lord with kiss. Ervy
prompted the crucifixion Of JeS1s.
In most churches there is a jealousy Of
those you think are your superiors.
This works in business also.
Envy, COvetOusness, TempOriZing.
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brethren, knowing that he was fav-
orite of their father, and also that he
was superior to them in many things,
when they saw him coming the spirit
of jealousy arose among them and
they put him in pit. The other sin
l-covetousness- in when they
sold him.
Temporizing is another sin in the
crucifixion of Jesus. After Jesus had
had three trials and been found guilt
less, Plate also found him guilt ass,
but on account of the multitude
against him he gave him up to them
to be crucified, saying 81 find no
fault in this man. His blood be on
you. l am innocent Of the blood of
this just man." And he took a basil,
of water and washed his hands. Moth
ing is ever settled until it is settled
), right.
i Don't Live in Gossip Town.
i Another sin is tale-bearing, gossip
!; ing, false witness. The false witness
! es charged Jesus of being against
the nation. He was not against the