The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-02
'460OO FEET IN AIR IN IRON BUCKET" DR. D|LLARD'S0 TOPIC Strong Sermon at Southside Last Night on Faith.
 '.Only Believe" Min
 ister's Message

"A Journey Six Thousand Feet in the Air in an Iron Bucket was the subject from which pr. J. E. Dillard, pastor of
 an excellent sermon last night. using as his text "Only believe.
 Sometime ago I made a trip to Silver Plume, Col. said Dr. Diilard ''Some en- terprising capitalists have swung an enormous cable from this little village to the top Of Sunrise Peak, a distance of. COCO feet, and upon this cable great iron buckets carry passengers to the sum init of this mountain. 14.o00 feet above the sea. It Is advertised as the most scenic journey in the world I became greatly interested, read all the ltera- ture obtainable,l examined the machinery, estimated the strength of the cables, and decided that it was safe journey and well worth the price. l had my wife and little boy. 6 years old, with me. My wife tried to persuade me not to go, but I
 insisted that l must make the trip. l said to my bo2c Son. do you want to
 so up in that iron bucket to the top of
 that great mountain He, answered. Daddy, are yoh going? Yes l said Then he said, I'll go, too.
 "As l was buying the tickets my wife crept up to my side and said, You had better get three tickets; If you are so foolish as to go, I will go along and 3>we will all get killed together We got in the bucket, were locked in, the sigma; was given and away we went, swinging In the air. Myi what journey! How
 beautiful the scenery! l had my kodak along and took pictures on the way My boy was delighted; he had confidence In |his dad but my wife sat there holding on to the sides of that iron bucket, rigid like steel, and her face almost petrified from fear Said she, If 1 ever get out of this thing I'll never get in it again. Well. we reached the top all right and what view was ours. With pair of glasses we could see for hundred miles in every directiom
 THREE KINDS OF FAITH p.There are three kinds of faith. There is the intelligent faith ofathe man who has investigated the claims of Christ;
 has weighed the testimony of fHis fol- lowers; has considered the influence of Christianity upon individuals and na- tions throughout the centuries; has in
 vestigated the teachings, of our religion in the light of modern science and phllos- ophy. This man, with an intelligent faith, lays hold upon Christ and Is saved. There Is the faith of the little child, who has not investigated, but who be- iieves tremendously in Christian people and in the power of Jesus to save to the uttermost He gladly commits him. self to his Savior and finds joy and peace in believig Then there is the weak, doubting. trembling faith that is fear full always lest destruction should come and the soul be lost at last but. thank God, he is willing to make the venture. and ito lay hold upon Christ with trem. bling, pleading voice, saying: Lord, believe. help Thou mine unbelief The ex- periences along the way vary greatly, but they all reach the summit safe at last Our salvation does not depend upon ourselves, nor even upon the strength of our faith: but it depends upon tbe power of our omnipotent Christ. If You have faith enough to commit yourself to Him lyou will be safe. Are you willing t6 get into the hucket?'