The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-12-15
shippers took part.

The hour having come for the regu.
lar morning worship the choir beau.
4 tifully rendered a musical number
that was suited to the occasion. The
bishop announced hymn 1858 which be-
gins 20 Love Divine, How Sweet the
Air. and a volume of music ascended
that as really inspirational. Follow
ing the hymn Rev. W. Tomkies, a
veteran member of the conference, Of
fered a fervent prayer.
The bishop, after having read from
the twelfth chapter of Genesis and the
third chapter of Galatians, announced
as is text Galations, first chapter and
eighth and ninth verses. But though
we or an angle from heaven preach
any other gospel unto you than that
which we have preached unto you, let
him be accursed.' In order to place
special emphasis on the utterance the
Apostle repeats 1t in the ninth verse.
| Those who know the bishop and have
heard him in his magnificent sweep of
eloquence and vision will have an idea
of what was said in the sermon. 1t
would be doing the bishop injustice to
attempt to give the outlines of the scr-
mon without giving It In full.
The speaker showed that st. Paul
had received his apostleship dirat,y
from God and was responsible to God
alone for its delivery.
1t may not be amiss TO give few
statements Of the bishop, though no
idea of the sermon can be gathered
from these.
"The Jews looked forward to some
thing, though they did not know Just
what We do not know who wrote
the little prayer Now l Lay Me Down
to Sleep but millions of little chill
dren patter up to God through ir.
Paups Epistle, Not Questioned
Critics, while they have questioned
many things, have never questioned
the Epistles Of st. Paul. In these
alone there is gospel enough for the
whole world. Salvation is not by man,
but by Jesus Christ, therefore Paul's
commission came directly from
Christ. therefore Pauls commission |
came directly from Christ. Paul did
not walk with Jesus in the flesh, but
he did with his resurrected Lord.
I'VE have magnified color at the ex-
pense Of the truth as to comparative
religions, This world Is only big
enough for the one God.
Danger of getting the instruction
of children on the dead center. AS TO
pessimism, there was not false pro
phet in Israel and there was not one
who was not a pessimist Moses, Is
rael, jeremiah, John the Bartist, even
Jesus as he wept over the ely of Je.
rusalem. While Elijah had been on
Carmel he was also under the Juniper
tree
The distinguished divine was not .
pessimist except to the extent that II
is only through the power of the gos.
pei that the world will be saved. He
could see impending evil which can
be averted only through the power Of
Christ.
He paid his respect to the Unitarian
who denies the divinity of Christ. He
stated that such man may be
Jewsite but not Christian.
'0ld-fashioned men can be cured
only by old-fashioned salvation.
The highest expression of love is
sacrifice. No wonder it looked dark
D: Calvary when the blaze of love
shone from the suffering son of Cod"
The bishop denied that a NH can
preach on secular subjects; he may
talk on them.
Power of the Gospel
Everybody appears to know the
power of the except those who
Try to handle It. do not expect my
power without my Fathers will, and
i faithful in not resorting to carnaI
'r political power angles, will come
o minister. The holy ghost will not
,ome until the man changes his sub
ect when trying to present secular
.hemes. The idea OF a man trying 10
preach on national currency whea he
never had 800 in his pocket at & time.
When Jesus began preaching His gos-