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Many In Attendance AT Spe-
cial Service AT Vine St.
Church of Christ
POWERFUL SERMONS
BY THE EVANGELIST
Interesting Topic Is Announc-
ed For The Sermon On
Monday Night

Inc services at the Vine street
Church of Christ revival Sunday
were filled with interest. A fine
school in the morning special ser.
vice for women only in the afternoon
and the day closed with filled
house.
In the evening, solo, male quar-
tet, and large chorus, supported by
a great audience, furnished inspiring
music. Evangelist Clarke spoke on
the subject What Are You Worth 80
and used for his text the famous
question, What shall it profit man
if he gain the whole world and lcse
his own soul?"
"The greatest thing in creation"
said the Evangelist, "is life; the
highest development in life is man;
and the most important thing about
man is his SOIL We may nc: in an
evening consider all the important
and interesting things concerning tie
soul, but may we think tonight of its
worth. The body is not you. The
you of you, your soul, is the import
ant thing. The consideration OF spal
value is our purpose tonight. 1t is
only by comp arison that we arrive at
values. We place the two values OF
our text in the balance, the world on
one hand and the soul on the 9th.
er.
THE world in this comparison il
your world; that which you regard
most valuable. Some would doubt
less give all for world of know.
ledge; some regard the amassing OF
material possessions as the highest
good; some follow the physical appe-
tites. Take whatever is the supreme
thing with you and examine it by
these tests. First how long will it
endure? The test of permanency is
one of the tests of value. Will the
thing you value most stand the test
of permanency? Transiencys and
change are the most pronounced
principles known. The seasons
come and go; there are the blossoms
and the song Of the birds; and then
the frost and winters snow. Our
lives are as vapor or a tale that is
told. From whence have we como
and where are we going?
What degree of satisfaction do
you get out OF that which you value
most? The getting of wealth does
not satisfy the deepest longing, Of
life, the satisfactions of pleasure
perish in the getting. What prou.isa
for the future does the thing you
value propose? 1t can't promise any.
thing in this life except moment by
moment. The wall of death is too
steep to carry anything with us ex-
cept what we have laid up.
Look now at the soul. 1t is the
highest force in the universe of God.
We behold the. sun in it's glory aid
the stars that blossom into their
beauty and recognize that they are a
part of the same plan that causes an
ppple to fall to the ground. But the
soul of man has taken these forces
of heaven and earth and has harness.
ed them to do His will.
The soul rs created in the image
of our God. 1t possessed the qualify
OF Immortality with all tlat eternity
can mean. II has the capacity for
infinite development. From the first
man in the stone age to the genius
of our time indicates but the begin,
ming of the possibility of soul growth,
until we sing with h.the poet. Build
thee more stately mansions, o my
soul" The value Of the soul is i1dl-
Gated by the price ,iod paid for its
redemption. He gave Fia only Sou,
while the Saviour gave up His home
in glory, then wrought here with no
place to lay His head, ard then sur.
rendered His life to ransom the
soul"
Sermon subject tonight at 1880:
Goods life Insurance Comnany"