The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-27
Sunday School
Lesson

I sunday School Lesson Tor August ,
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me SUBJECT: RecelVlhg inc l'ofa
/ Jesus (hIist as savior ..
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pu' our D!esSeu Ioru mas "l"d!S H''.
4 Z way OF making ms ueSlreS KNOW
unto MS own. III Aus 90 reSho'
ne Saiu 70 tIilip Nv" 70 'ou'h' no"
20 east anu 80 oii'
think | tod you OF Him saving ms
from death by speaking right out OF
the air.
Myself and crew we're unloading
coal upon a big coal dock OF two
racks. about six feet apart. We pu.
up eight cars in each drag. We had
to have eight emptics Letwecn the en-
zine and the cCal so as to keep our
eagne OH the deck. We had to back
~ about 60 car lengths to get them
going fast enought to get them III.
There were no atoppng posts at the
rear end ard the engineer had to
smash all the air he had so as nol
&c put a ear of. | Was standing upon
one of the cas- that had already been
rut on the first dock, so as to give
the signal when he d get the other
eight uDon The second dock. Well. he
was canning with his engine wide
omen and right out of the air in the
| heavens off TO the north west came in
Plain words. stop that man | was
facing the west. | looked up and said
Lord | don't see anything to stop for
Ard say. III never he able to tell you
how quickly and anxious came the
words "Stop that man Then | gave
y big washout with both hands and
he shot the whole thing. The ell
gineer couldn't see me because OF d
curve One of the brakemen was
lack in the cabocse lighting his lamp.
the other was at the cut between the
empties and the coal. but the fire boy
took my signal. When he stopped /
could see what he was to stop for
They had forgotten to throw the
switch from the dock where | was
standing. up about 16 feet high. ana
they were coming right into me.
Well. some of the crew would get
mad and swear sometimes. but no
loud or cross word said there. Later,
| saw them standing and looking at
ME and talking about me. One said
afterward that | must be some sort
of a supernatural man. No that isn't
i. but blessed lie His precious name
for ever. we have a supernatural Goa.
supernatural Savior, supernatural
HOLY Spirit. and He has mouth when
He wants. Again He sends and him
iGcrs so often bv circumstances.
There is another way of saying this
same thing Paul had no plans Of his
own. which he was praying his Lord
to bless. but his Lord had so blessedly
saved him and now keeping in the
way. that he could do no better thing
than to submit all to Him. A real
lasting revival can only come of our
Lord. Did YOU ever see or hear a
man cry out as if he'd seen something
awful in his sleep and there was no
STOP until he was soundly converted.
That was from heaven.
The Lord opened the heart of Lydia
and showed that He made a good job
OF il. When a fellow gets the right
thing. then they have peace. then they
have rest. "Her household sure
when the mother and wife get the
real thing it is catching and so with
the husband and father. A true Chris
tian will ask no greater reward than
the chance to serve and be of real
help, be it ever so small.
Sure she'd start at home. Luke s.
80. The little child will pray, God
bless papa and mama, God bless
grandma and grandpa and me. So the
Christian babe, so Lydia, first her
own home and then Paul and his com
panions, then the whole Christian
church Come out of her. and he
came out l knew man who'd act
like mad man, yes, and he was mad.
He'd take, oh, the worst fits of ours
ing. He was converted, not word.
People said it was habit, but you see
it was an evil spirit and he had come
ont Of aim How h1accn1 that IVbnp