The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-03-01
A GREAT DETECTIVE IN ST.
IOHNSRURY

A GREAT DETECTIVE IN ST.
JOHNSBURY
The mems service at Grace Metho-
dist church at o'clock in the after
noon filled every seat in the auditori-
UNI. Three of the fratelnal organ-
cations, the Masons, the Odd Fellows
and the Knights of Pythias, attended
in large delegations. The scripture
was read by Rev. DR.. F. A. Poole, tn.
I prayer was given by Rev. F. B. Rich
ards, and the male quartette sang
two selections, "Jesus Saviour, Pilot
Me" and "Welcome, Wanderer Wei
come" Mrs. Rees sang a solo, "Where
Is my Wandering Boy Tonight" and
novel feature of the singing was
the rendering Of Brighten the Cor
nel'" by the entire audience whistling
the chorus.
"Be sure your sin will find you"
was the theme of DR.. Rees' gripping
address and sin, he said, was the great
detective that was in st. Johnsbury
today. You cannot escape this great
detective. The outstanding sin of this
town is Indifference. First there is
indifference on the part of those in
the church for things that make for
righteousness. think | may safely
say your prayer meetings must be eX-
ceedingly small, and believe there is
more Indifference to the square inch
in St. Johnsbuiy than in other towns
of this size.
There is a spirit of indifference
among men outside the churches.
What does God require? "Son, give
nc thine heart"
There is Indifference with reference
to the parents solicitude for their
children
There is too prevalent in St. Johns
bury the sin of dissatisfaction.
This, in the last analysis is neglecting
God.
The sin of profanity is prevalent
in St. Johnsbury. '"Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord, thy God,
in vain" 1t is lamentable thing
for any one to take the name Of the
Lord in vain. A man can break himself
of this awful habit :" he will.
Another sin is that of gambling.
"Once a gambler, always a gambler
is, alas, too true. Then ther" is the
sin of booze in the home and the
sin of immortality. Sometimes men
have forgotten that this is dual sin,
and so much the more will your sin
find you out. Striking illustrations
illustrating all these points were CIV
en- by the speaker from his
experiences as an evangelist.
In closing DR.. Rees said Gods
great love conquered - and he
graphically illustrated this by display
ing a crimson flag and a white flag
saying "Come, now, let us reason to-
gether, saith the Lord. Though your
sins be as scarlet they shall be as
white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool"
JEREMIAH'S DUNGEON AND
YOURS
At the evening service at the
North church DR.. Rees took for his
text, "Take up jeremiah the prophet
out of the dungeon before he die"
Jer. 3S:10. Dr. Rees said in part:
Intense is the excitement IN the
City of Jerusalem, precarious the con-
dition of the people. 1t looks as if
the city would now be destroyed. Jer-
cmiah has been arrested for the 1rop-
hccy he made, and after being beaten
with many stripes he is finally imprls-
oned in an old abandoned cistern.
While he is a man of God his condi- /
ton in this cistern is highly sugges-
tive of the condition of the unsaved.
First, in a dungeon is darkness. Sin
and darkness are inseparable. "Thls IS
the condemnation that light has come i
into the world and men choose dark
ness rather than light because their
deeds are evil" There are two |
results from d"''.---~- doubt and |
fear. The reason that there are peo-
pie in this community who are skep-
teal is because they are living IN
sin. They reject the book that con-
dennis their sins, and declare they |
cannot accept what they do nntfully |
Is there nothing else |
they cannot explain? Who can ex-
plain how mind controls matter? Or
the growth of the trees and flowers, /
fruits and vegetable, or even explain
what is electricity ? When Edison
was once asked. "What is electri-
city," he replied 81 was never cool
on definitions. | do not know what
the stuff is" Let US not overlook
the fact that the Bible, one of Gods
three greatest gifts to this old world,
has been honored by the best of men.
and the most noble of women. Sir
Walter Scott when dying asked his
son-in-law, Mr.. Lockhalt, to read to
him. Out of what Book, Sir Wal
ter, shall l read?" The dying poet,
who had made Scotland immortal said
There is but one book, read to me
out of the Bible" Ninety per cent of
the masterpieces of art we're inspired
by sinole hook, written by a physic
ian by the name of st. Luke, among
them, "The Messiah" of Handel, Ru-
hens .DeSoent from the Crosse /