The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-03-13
Rev Carroll Says Reli-
giOn Need Some ''Pep"
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ell up little
Do not go at christian work Il.
tho you were going to funeral. Pu
some pep into it. "Pep" is just Il,
essential in religion as it is in bust
ness. Now if we get the promscc
power into our lives we shall have i;
revival that will prove to be of last
ing benefit to this city.
| The Holy Spirit impar,s power fol
service. Saved to serve" should be
the motto of every Christian. Now
know many good people are an
xious to do something, but they fee
incapable and inefficient. Let me tel
yu that God can use you if you say
as Isaiah did, Here am |, Lord, senc
me-" When God told Moses to &c
down to Egypt and free the Israclit-
es, Moses objected, because he felt
he wasn't big enough for the job. But
he went, and God stood by him, and
saw him thru, as He will every per-
son who honestly tries to do his best.
You do your part, and God will do
His part. He will be true to you, if
! you are true to HIM.
In order that the Holy Spirit may
do His best work for US, we must give
up everything that we know 10 wrong.
'lg down into the depths of your ma
ture and take every evil thing by the
neck and cast it out. You cant make
much progress in Christian work if
you are Juggling with you a lot of stuff
that you don't need in your business.
Lay aside every weight, and then
God can use to best advantage what
you have to offer. A little corner
Of the soul is all the devil cares for,
for he knows that will spoil all the
rest A clean heart means a clean
life, and clean life means life of
the highest usefulness in the service
OF Christ.
The bad weather served to keep
the attendance down Friday evening
at the evangelistic services being
cnducted in the First Baptist church.
However, there was Il fair-sized con-
gregation which greatly enjoyed Rev.
Walter C. Carrolls interesting ser
mon.
The musical program, under the
leadership was Rev. c. E. Southland,
was of the usual high order Two
fine selections were rendered by the
Main Street Baptist church quartet
D. Carroll's sermon was as fol-
lows:
God requires of US nothing unreas-
enable. He desires to have US deal
sQuarely with Him, that is all Many
people profess to be honest, when,
as matter of fact, they are not rem
dering to their Creator His just
dues. | can preach the Gospel with
Il good conscience, because | am pre-
senting the fairest and most upright
proposition ever offered to folks for
consideration. If | didn't believe this
l would get out of the pul pit and stay
out.
Now, the demands made upon US by
God are not arbitrary. They are es
sential to our own highest good. Of !
course, if you acre not looking for the |
best in life, then Christianity has
nothing for you. But if you earnestly !
desire to make the most out of the
few fleeing years of time that are at
your disposal, then beg of you to
consider seriously theclaims of God.
Be strictly honest with yourself, then
you will be honest with God
God requires us to worship Him.
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God" We are beings possessing God
capable of worship.
We are identified with two worlds,
the natural and the spiritual If we
are so engrossed with the natural
world that we have no time for spir-
tual things, we become the losers.
True worship is the expression of all
hat is noblest in US. 1t enlarges the
soul. People who never worship God
tail to develop the sort of character
hat is necessary to the greatest sue
less in life. Some would have US
believe that there is no God. If that
s true, then man is the greatest be-
ng in the universe.
We are called upon to obey the
avs of God. There are natural laws,
which, if disobeyed, bring calamity
ipon us. A man may disregard the
aw of gravitation, and attempt to
walk thru space from the top of
me high building to another. Crawl
alton dashes him to the ground. So
n the moral realm When the COM
nandments of God are thrust aside,
disaster follows. Obedience is better
han sacrifice Abraham was tested
When he was required to offer Isaac.
But when found willing to obey, he
vas not asked to make the sacrifice
1t takes money to run the Church.
Tod wants you to prove your devotion
o Him by helping to pay the bills in
ulred in making the world better.
There is no place in the church for a
ightwad. Money is good only when
t does good. There are too many
Who have religion enough to go to
hurch, but have not religion enough |.
o open their purses and return to God
lis share of their profits. will man
OBJ God" asks Malachi. We are the
recipients of material blessings in
all of which come to US
rom God, and we should evince our
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