Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-14
FAERNAL ORDERS IN
BIG UNION GATHERING
College Avenue Baptist Church
Crowded BY Members OF s
Fraternal Organizations
SERMON A MAsTERgIEcE

a union service Of the fraternal or
ders of the city was held Sunday even
ing Ut the College avenue baptist
church. Members of the following
lodges were present Tho two ] Q,
u. All M, X. of ri. II o, of Nj, Ind. q.
Nj. Odd Fellows, Red Men and Eagles.
Special music was rendered BY the
choir A quarter. composed Of mem
bers of these orders, Messrs. A. =. and
Theo. Boettcher, Chas Gates and @.
Deninger accompanied by Mrs CnaH-
spell on the piano. sang with much
feeling, Rocked III the Cradle Of the
Deep and Lead Kindly Light. Mr..
I4aForge sang Will There be any Stars
in my Crown r. iii the end OF which
the audience joined In singing softly
the chorus
The sermon was preached by the
pastor, Rev Or. John S, Sewers, TAX
Ing for his text, John i4ss. Philip
saith unto Him, Lord, show us Father,
and it sufiiceth us His theme was
E'The Fatherhood of God, and the
large audience was gripped by his
clear and convincing message.
He said, in part
That is d supreme moment when
the soul turns for the first time from
the thought Of God as King and Ruler
.of the universe TO that same God as
my Father The supreme revelation
De Jesus Christ to mankind Ii the reye-
llation of God as our Father, The first
words we hear from the lips Of Jesus
are, Know We not that must be about
my Fathers business, and the last
words recorded before His death Wero,
Father into Thy Hands ] command my
Spirit Every prayer was To His
Father He commanded To be bap-
Etized into the Name Of the Father. and
when We stand before the judgment
seat we are to be judged BY our
Father
DR. Sewers said that we cannot
make men good BY legislation. We
may cage the snake, but II does not
take the poison out OF its fangs nor
change its nature That problem
can only be solved by getting men To
see that God Is their Father He said
the Fatherhood of God is the only ade-
quate explanation and solution Of tho
difficulties and problems of life.
He pointed out how this solves the
mysteries OF creation, how 1t enobles
work; how ii solves the problems of
labor and capital: how 1t reforms the
world .If God Is my Father, said the
lminister, then mankind ID my brother
Ny talents are not for myself only, but
TOR them Fatherhood is the only
adequate basis upon which brother
hood rests. The soul tie d the only
thing that binds. Not everybody was
q brother to Jesus Christ. but He was
d brother to everybody When have
the spirit OF God In by heart every
woman Is sister to me. every child
Is my Fathers child That IS why we
are giving woman her rightful place,
and caring for childhood
DR.. Sewers said that Fatherhood
reveals to us our destiny. This world
is our Fathers home, one OF His many
abiding places He made It beautiful.
man has ruined It. F'atherilood solves
the problem OF sorrow He said God
never sends any suffering Just to make
us sul9er any more than loving moth
er would her child. n our earthly
fathers pity us how much more our
Heavenly Father pities His children.
God has his treasures Of darkness.
lFatherhood answers our question 0s
prayer. III Uncle Sam can speak
Through the wireless to our boys when
lfhey are thousands Of miles ~ sea,
| / am satisfied my Father knows enough
or His universe to speak to me.