The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-02-16
MINISTER TELLS
QUALIF ICAT|ONS
OF GOOD SOLDIER
Rev, Sam Q, Taylor In Sunday Morn
ing Sermon Outlines Requisites
OF Good Fighting Man for His
Country and God
MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO
FIGHT FOR, WORTH WHILE
Must Be Able to Withstand Hard.
ships; Must Not Become En-
tangled With World; Must
Be Loyal to Captain.

Taking his theme, The Qualirica-
tions Of Good Christian solder
Rev, SIM D Taylor at tho FIRST Bap-
tist church Sunday morning declared
that in crdcr 10 be such soldier.
one must have something worth
fighting for must be able to suffer
hardshps, must not cntangle him
SELF with the world ana must be lo,-
al to his captain
ms sermon in part is as follows,
"A mans fighting spirit goes MS
, deep as his interest in the thing for
which he is fighting Tell me the
value you put on the incarnation.
death and resurrection of Christ. tell
me the price you nave put on an
immortal soul tell me your estimate
Of all that is pure, holy and virtuous
that goes into making up the society
in which we live and what you would
sell out your interest in heaven for
and will be able to calculate just
how much YOU win fight IN the cause
OF these priceless things
THE conception Jesus had OF the
value Of q soul as expressed IN
words was What shall it profit a
man il he shall gain tie whole
world and lose his own soul?' But
his action IN defending That soul
goes beyond words. His death on
Calvary IS HIS estimate OF the value
Of the things for which the Cir.atan
is to fight America saowed little
interest in the greet world war until
She discovered that the Germans
were about to cut their way through
France and England to the American
border and that already the poison
OF her propaganda coursed through
every vein Of American life Then
America had something to fight for
and in an incredibly short time ten
million men responded to her call
to protect theirs homes and preserve
world liberty They had something
to fight for
so it is with the Christian soldier
When we realize the fact lhat there
IFS devil that there is 4 hell that
burns with fire and birthstone, and
that he is going throughout bae land
seeking to drag down to that hell
every man and woman. boy and girl
that he is seeking to destroy every
thing that is good and establish ey-
erythng teat is bad, that he has
great army of fellow helpers and
that they are going to destroy our
social moral and spiritual lives If
we do not fight for them, then we
viii Quit our playing and 80 to down
right fighting for righteousness
"Hcre seemed to be The heart of
Pau's message to Timothy Rightly
SO. II we fan tcre we viii fail ey-
crywhcre. 1t was not the ability OF =
our fathers to shoot straight that
won our freedom 1t was their abil-
ity 20 wade through the snow OF
Valley Forge with bleeding feet and
never give up tiat won the victory.
OF what use would the American sol
dier's craftsmanship have been to
him on the front linerif he had not
been able to endure gthe hardships
OF the trenches with mud and water
knee deep and the blood Of their
companions coloring the mire, There
was the real test of the metal of the
American boy
"lt was not when the multitude
thronged him. nor waen they paved
his path with palms that Jesus won
salvation for us 1t was yonder
when his disciples had forsaken him
and fled, when God turned away his
face. and the burden of the sins OF
the world was rolled upon him that
he endured the cross and despised
the shame and bought salvation by
his own precious blood
you wait until Judas betrays your
Innocence. Wait until Peter denies
you for fear he will not be popular,
and swears he never had known you.
wait until Stepaen has been stoned
and YOU think perhaps you will lie
the next then see them put James
Confined on page 60