The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-04
Rev. Wallace Wear
To Remain AS Pastor
Of First Baptist Church
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their fiOckS, nerds, ana tne ylelu
their fertile fields which belonged
unto Him. This 1.-THE was given tC
the Levites who in turn tithet TINS
1.-THE and gave their 1.-THE to the High
Priest, who tithed, using his 1.-THE for
sacrifices for the people. Jacob vowed
"Of all Thou shalt give me, I will
surely give the tenth unto Thee" Note
his prosperity.
In the New Testament, Matthew,
1928, our Savior puts His approval
on tithing. 1t was also practiced by
the Jerusalem church. The man
therefore who tithes is assured OF
Gods protection and blessing in tenn
poral things, as we'll as having the
| blessed assurance of doing what His
Lord has commanded. The tither
takes God into partnership with him,
enjoying His sanction in his business
affairs. After legitimate business ex>
penses are met, one tenth of the re-
mainder belongs to God, and is the
basis of partnership with Him. To
use this tenth is to rob God, one Of
' the most heinous of crimes, Malichi
3:S. Yet Gods children rob Him.
The Israelites asked, "Will a man rob
God" wherein have we robbed
Thee?" and Malichi answered. "ln
tthes and in offerings" This is the
reason many of you do not prosper
in your business; you do not follow
Gods plan. Until you 1.-THE, the cry
of the widow, the orphan and the
needy is a cry against you because
You are using Gods money with
which He has planned to supply their
needs.
II every member of this church
would 1.-THE the treasury would he
filled, every cause would be taken
care of, and the poor whom the Lord
commanded us to remember with a
part of our 1.-THE would be cared for.
That consecrated layman, H. 2. Duke
iof Texas, who passed to his reward
a few days ago was an example of
what tithing will do for the individ,
ual, in blessings and prosperity, as
business man who takes God as his
partner Brother Wear read of his
last days as he passed to his reward.
His end was peace, JOY, trust.
A prayer by the congregation that
God would bind up the broken heart
ed and especially for DR.. and Mrs.
Richards, was led by Brother Dan
Sloan preceded the message of the
morning.
AT the close of the morning sermon
after number had been received in.
to the fellowship of the church, Mr..
A. c. Wright read communication
from the Board of Deacons, in which
they recommended that the church
debt of $4,000 and some old debts
amounting to $1,000, be paid. After
remarks by Brethren Wright and ID.
II. Sloan, 1t was unanimously agreed
to pay off the debt, and the Fourth
Sunday in March was designated as
the date for taking the pledges and
that the fourth Sunday in April the
date when all moneys will be in
hand, and the church will witness n
$1,000 fire without calling out the
Fire Department to put it out Lake,
land Baptists look forward to that
time with great anticipations. Prom
is"s in paper will go up in smoke as
we bring in our offerings in silver and
gold
| cur hearts were made glad within
us when Brother Wear. after the ac-
ton of the church in reference to
paying the debt, announced that he
would not leave us, that he would
still be our leader. Very near to the
heart of his people is this man Of
God, and to higher ground he has led
u.s. has made the darg places plain,
and under his ministry the church
has prospered financially and spirit
ually
To some of us, the preaching of
Brother Wear has shown us the right
way and we have walked therein To
others deeper spiritual blessing
has come, a keener insight into what
is best in life for us, for we have cast
aside the old life and walk in a fuller
and nobler life of service for onr
Master May he be our shepherd. our
pastor for many years. He has went
With the broken hearted, has poured
In the oil of consolation into the
wounded, has rejoiced with us in on,
success, and shared our pleasures
So there were no words that sounded
so good to the ears of his people a,
I Will remain with you as Won,
leader" CHURCH REPORTER.
mania that the fields had NOT hoe,