The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-13
ETERNITY IN THE HEART.
SUBJECT SUNDAY NIGHT.
SERMON At BROADWAY
BAPTIST CHU RICH BY
D R R. |. DAVIDSON

The audiences at the Brodway Bap-
tist church are growing very rapidly
and bid fair to tax the capacity of
the auditorium at an early date
The Rev. r. L. Davidson spoke Sun
day night on the theme, Eternity
in the Heart" Eccl. 3;11. He said
in part:
Man differs from all other earth
born creatures in that he possesses
an endless life. In making the world
God used his power, in making man
he used himself. He breathed into
man his own breath and he became
a living soul"
Consciousness of Eternity
Though living in a world of change
and decay where all earthly occupa-
tions wane and fade. and all pos
sessions shrive and dwindle. and all
associations snap and drop and end.
and the whirligig Of time works
round and takes away everything
which 1t once brought him. man bears
within himself an immortal con-
seriousness that he belongs to another
order of things. which knows no
vicisstudes and fears no decay. He
belongs to one set of existences by
his body, and to another by his
soul. He is conscious of the fact
that spark Of eternity dwells in
his fleeing frame, and that the laws
Of physical growth and decay which
rule over all things material. do not
apply to his true self. Whatever
may befall the hairs that get grey
and thin. the hands that become
wrinkled and pa!sied and the heart
that Is form out by much beating,
and the blood that clogs and clots
at last. and the filmy eye and the
corruptible frame, something whispers
into the ear Of his soul and says.
- Thou shalt never die God has set
eternity in his heart. This con-
seriousness of eternity is universal. 1t
belongs to all times and races. Il
is witnessed to by the living and
certified to by the dead who have
filled their tombs with things. which.
in their ignorance. they have imagin-
ed would be useful to them in their
new realm of existence"
Capacity for Eternity
best to reproduce himself. Earth
is too small and time too short for
the development and. perfection Of the
powers with which He endowed him.
All other animals finish their growth
and education so much sooner than
man. Kids, colts. kittens. calves and
puppies all outstrip the boy and
he sees several generations of the
same animal family make their en-
frances and exits while he is fighting
his way to the platform. Their task
is small All animals learn their little
round of tricks in few days while
, the boy has not only the task Of
mastering but in addition the uni
verse and its forces. There Is n
sense of incompleteness about every
mans earthly life. however long he
may live or. however much he may
accomplish. No painter ever gave
the final and finishing touch to his
canvass. nor sculptor to his state.
nor musician TO his symphony, nor
ator TO his Grafton. nor logician 10
his logic. nor inventor To his inven
tiuns nor scholar TO his scholastcism
Man possesses infinite powers and
possibilities and the infinitude of time
and space are needed 20 enable him
TO develop and perfect them"
Call Of Eternity
Man by his body belongs to this
world and by his soul belongs TO an
o;her world The animal nature is
AT home in this material world, the
human nature is not. II Is like some
pocr-land bird blown out to sea. and |
floating half-drowncd. with clinging
pumage on an ocean which affords /
no rest for its feet. Man is not sat
isfei with earthly things. He thinks |
cut beyond the sky line and hears |
the call Of eternity. His soul Is too |
capacious to be- satisfied with the |
husks of the swine pens OF earth. |
George VI. Pullman was once asked
how much wealth Il took to satisfy
q man His reply was. A thousand
dollars more There Is hunger
In the soul that nothing can I'LL which
belongs 10 earth. Man is possessed
Of holy discomfort that nothing but
God and eternity can satisfy. soul
without God is an empty and an
aching soul Neptune was discovered
by It's effect upon Uranus Eternity
was discovered by its tug at the
hearts OF men, God never gave n
bird wings until he had created air
in which 1t might fly. nor a fish fins
until he had created water In which
IL might swim nor did he give TO
man longing for eternity until he
had made an eternity In which that
longing might be satisfied. God never
-
just 10 mock IT,"
Condition for Eternity
Spiritual blessings can only be given
10 those who are In right spiritual
condition. Always and necessarily the
capacity or organ OF reception pre-
cedes and determines the bestowment
Of blessings. The light falls every
where. but only the eye drinks 1t in.
Al creatures are plunged In the
same boundless ocean OF divine be-
stowment and beneficence and into
each there flows just that, and no
more. which each is prepared to re-
ceive. The lower animals cannot re-
ceive all the blessings which man ,
can because they have not the ca-
pacity or the condition to receive |
them. A blind man cannot enjoy {
painting nor deaf man a symphony
because they have not the condition ,
necessary to enjoy IL. An unsaved 9
man cannot enjoy heaven because he
has not the condition necessary to 1
enjoy Il. Except man be born I
S~um above he cannot see the king q
'lom Of heaven" Spiritual blessings 1
require spiritual capacity to receive /
them. Man is immortal; he Ia a \
fountain that would fain spring up n
into eternal life. Here he is, harp Il
unstrung. which oftentimes makes .
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