The daily times., 1921-03-17
Bible Conference Being
. Conducted by Able Stuuent
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for me that is the white man
RibIe" Immediately the missionary
semi a prayer to God to give him
message, and he opened the pooh q
the passage describing the smoking
firebrand, and the brand plucheu
from the burning" and the cnlel salu
that is my name, it really does speak
of me. and so he won the chief OF the
tribe and the incursions were stop
ped.
At the latter part of his discourse
DR.. Evans came to subject or the
evening, the Book of Malachi. He
asked his hearers to read the book
before they retired for the night, for
he intended to discuss it this evening.
The book of only four chapters he
explained is a complete description
of the Christian and church goer OF
today.
The children Of Israel had returned
after bondage to Jerusalem lmbued
with the national spirit and feeling
that the day of their deliverance had
come and that the greatness OF their |
nationwith all of its past pride and
glory would be resumed.
But there were certain conditions
imposed by the prophet who was de-
livering a message from on high. He
was telling them OF their short
comings and the requirements OF the
Father before they could enter into
the fulness of the joys Of complete
forgiveness and reinstatement into
His graces.
The prophet proceeds to make ac-
cusations as to their failures and the
people ask where in have we failed?
The prophet explains that when they
came to make thir offerings instead
of bringing the firstlings of the flock
they brought their scrub cattle, and
those they wanted to save for eating
and breeding purposes. When they
offered of their fruits, they gave the
very poorest and that they had dis
carded and would not eat themselves
When they came to offer their bread
they brought the scraps and what
was left over from the meal.
DR.. Evans asked his hearers if
| there were any in Wilson who did
that way. He said that if man
| should out of his abundance place
dollar on the plate Sunday morning
and gave a quarter had he not taken
rs cents from the Lord? The matter
of tithes is just as essential as re-
| ,+xy
five hundred years ago. Not that the
Father needs it, for all tGat you have
belongs to him and comes from Him,
and that he does not stint us, and
why should we not be unstinted as
we hand it back to Him. The quality
of giving is the way we feel when
we give, and God who reads our
4 hearts, for we cannot keep anything
from him, knows, when you with
hold from selfish motives, or give
from the real pleasure of giving back
to Him of portion of those things
He has so freely given you.
Again the prophet tells them that
they have put away the wives of
their youth and have dealt deceit
fully with Him in this respect. The
decree is strong uterance against
divorce and infidelity and the asser-
, ton is made that nation or a peo-
| pie cannot be either righteous or
strong physically unless they are
moral.
An observance of the marital vows
is absolutely essential for a strong
race which the prophet refers to as
human seed.
DR.. Evans talked most interest
;ngly of the Jew and his future and
of the causes which brought on the
war. He said that they were going
back to Palestine, and that when
General Allenby entered Jerusalem
) the war ended. The Jew had been the
r pivot around which the nations had
: revolved and he must not be lost in
\ the reckoning of all great events
i They controlled the money of the
world, and they were by no means
I the tail of the situation but held {
I commanding position in world events
f He wanted the course of events to he
e followed with this idea in mind.
g DR.. Evans was introduced by DR.
Love and the opening prayer wa
o made by DR.. Nd rcer of the Firs
h Baptist church.