The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-05-30

~ sure. Gods advice
~ to how to act
costs nothing. Ii u altogether VI grace.
" favor. II IL we're not for this grace.
oftsntianss greatly abused. hsinaa az.
fairs ~oald immediately collapse. but
Gods hand La stretched out stu. and
W. are simply to take what hs Offers.
To every one who accepts bis saiva.
ten, through faith 10 the atonsng saeri-
aes Of his Son. uod inpafts his ewn
nature, BY the Holy Spirit. whea q
man Is thus Possessed. he hates sin In
himself and others because God hatss
II, aud he dsates~-he will not practice
or xanctlsn~'-ungosiiinsss and worldly
lustx." aud he lives Asob~r!y, righteous.
y and godis in this presen, world"
Gnassf vaagAas,, sayesnJseD, life .fas
the individual aud Tor society. has
two disisien~--prohibitioa. or nexat,on.
and then positive obedience. or action
However men may object ~ proh!b!-
fions, they rrmain a. facts In all laws.
Man finds that there are many things
that he must not do; he must deny
ungosillness aud desires that sneroach
on the rights Of others A man only
needs TO lock about hlm u ses nngodli
Asssss Ssxastt;ally ut AL kl5aias End he
must decline TO entrr into II. Probably
this IL not very dificuit for those whe
read this sermon. but the most secure,
In moral life, need 10 Be careful. fos
Peter fell from the position u primacy
among the apostles TO the position Of Z
common laughing stock and tar
There Il no mo mans land" between
the prohibitions and positive iniunc
tiens II man ceases TO do wrong. he
must Immediately begin to 10 right.
b. mus, study the practice Of sonriety,
he should live rShteoualy. And that
II what the presiden, Of the United
States Is seeking to have tho nations
81 the earth do. and this side Of the
direct divine government on the earth
this II the best guarantee u per,ns
n@ney OF peace conditions
But man should 30 further. he
sAesfa he xsNiay, and this h~ -sannai
~ In reality Until h. accepts Gcd's
salvation through Christ.
A cody. righteous man II me finest
type of urn, To be trISly religious IL
not to he fana,icsl or superaitious. te
70 back 30 the sixteenth century. I, IL
TO be abreast AZ the axe In which We
i've, The genuinely religious man u
forsefsl man and has power of lnna
snce beyond others
To everything In life there must hs
motive. and here II is--,he blessed
hope Of the slortcas appearing Of the
srss. God ssd eur Saviour Jssus
Christ
The ehild always locks forward Il
the time ~hsn he ~ii, b. q grown Up
the young man lcoks 10 the time ~hes
~ ~wn tsk~ hls fathers badness 81
profession. and the mature maa. N b
II not -il,ins to BE- considered 4 worn
cut horse. only AZ to die, looks b.
yond this He
Even those who have Immortality n
mind are snieksned BY tina, hape, ha,
here the hope IL aeancd--the hope Of
the glorious appearing Of the great
God and our Saviour.
Is that s's,euen, merely q rhetorical
appea' 10 n. imagination or trurs,
sive' A. r,er and things are failing ~
all the time, and sotne II the ws@s,
mea are saying that the whole social
world II ahout 10 81 To r'ee~s unless
cne little thlns happ~ns-'he seeiins
81 the starving peoples OF Eurcne-ss
!, not Gee 10 have something tia, mss
does not ranage,
Jesus Christ. "a Gs~i, with his IN
sni.s pnwer, will giortousIy apprar GO
fhts earth, ard the arssh saeEav NJ shs
race. Satan. uIli ~ honnd, and reign
~ righteousness he insHgurateSi. anG
that rvigu viii asser cease
Thsrs Ia net a hope that tire world
Ass 'fs'ay but Ia questioned. aEss Those
hofF> are nauy; hus whea The bore Of
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