Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-17

of MOSinee was Qe0lcaLeQ last SUNDAY
when three services were held and
sermons were preached by tn Rev T.
ID. Williams, district superintendent, OF
Appleton and the Rev. Richard Evans
of this city, pastor of the First M. Z.
church The auditorium was filled to
capacity at each of these services, the
seating capacity beng about $50, and
splendid trained choir of twenty
voices rendered music under the di
rection of Mrs. Walter A. Won Berg,
organiSt.
Room for Sunday School
The Mosinee church is up to date
in every respect The exterior is an
attractive dark brown brick, an Ohio
product, and tower rises at one cor
ner. The windows are semi-Gothic
in shape and stained glass has been
used in all of them. Inadequate Sun
day school facilities prompted the
members of, the congregation to build,
it is reported, and now the congrega-
ton can boast of splendid equipment
for this department A large base
ment contains parlors, a dining room
and kitchen, extraordinary facilities
for church work in cities the size of
aMosinee. The pews used in the. old
church are installed in the new audi
forum and additional ones of the same
kind are being obtained to fill it. Dur
ing the period of building the Lutheran
church at Mosinee offered the Meth
odist congregation the use of its audi
forum, accepting no rent, and the
Methodists expressed their apprecia-
ton of this Christian fraternalism on
Sunday.
The cost of the Mosinee church is
estimated to be $4,000.
Sunday evening, Rev. Evans selected
as his subject a verse from Isaiah, SIS:
IL, as follows: my word***shall not
return unto me void but it shall ac-
complish that which | please and it
sent it, portion of Rev. Evans
sermon follows:
Proof Against Pesslmism
ITO believe the statement of the
text is to be proof against pessimism.
What is Gods word? 1t is the ex-
preston of himself through every
channel of communication that he has
used. 1t is truth fundamental and
vital wherever and whenever it is
found And that truth is spoken by
numerous. voices, many of which do
not speak with human tongue. and is
heard by the ears and hearts that
understand various languages.
Mature speaks that word The loft
lest and most dignifed tributes to the
voice of nature as the word of God
are found in such Psalms as the Sth-
When | consider the heavens, the
work of thy fingers, the moon and
stars which thou hast ordained, what
is man that thou art mindful of him.
and the 29th-'The voice of the Lord
is upon the waters: the God of glory
thundereth. The voice of the Lord is
powerful: the voice of the Lord is full
of majesty. ""$The voice of the Lord
shaketh the wilderness*%% and strip
peth the forests bare: and in his
temple everything saith, Glory Bry-
ant gives modern expression to this
sentiment in his well-known lines:
TO him who, in the love of Nature, |
holds
Communion with her visible forms, |
she speaks
A various language
History speaks the word of God. |
Every page of it is eloquent with his |
voice. There is no profane history; |
it is all sacred. Follow the course of |
all the great nations that have been |
and are not. Their rise and fall en-
dorse W tn convincing and startling |
force the scriptural assertion, Right |
eousness exalteth nation: but sin 7
is reproach to any people Note |
the careers of the most conspicuous |!
military geniuses. or the royal mad |
man who aspired to world dominion. |
To them, and through their lamentable |
failures the word of God in history |
said again and again, Hitherto shalt /
thou come and no further; and here |
shall thy proud waves be stayed
Power Of Word
Men speak the word of God What |
a power the word of prophets and |
preachers of righteousness has exer- |
cised in all ages. Whether they were |
rebuking oppressors for. their tyranny /
and cruelty, or rebuking the multi
tudes for their sordidness. sensuality /
and injustice. or trying to inspire |
them with visions of nobler aspira- |
ton and hopes of brighter future |
here and hereaf err, their message rang |
our mighty, and has exercised a per-
manent effect on the life of the world. /
Scientists delving for and delivering |
the truth. statesmen leading their peo- |
pie to the larger naiioualism. which /
is the golden rule OF nations. have /
done the same thing. The mere mem |
ton of names such as Paul. Luther. |
Wesley. Copernicus. Isaac Newton. w. /
L. Gladstone, Abraham Lincoln is suf-
ficient.
Common men. obscuFe and I'M
known men. speak IL, have always !
spoken II. And in these lies the hope |
of the world. The leaders could do /
nothing II their word did not win the |
hearts of humble followers. II is our
privilege and duty. as ordinary folks. !
by speaking things that are true and /
pure with our lips, by living trrth |
and justice in the office. or mill, or |
field. to speak the word of God.
"The church speaks the word of Col |
While the man in the pulpit is human.
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