Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-01-13

sermon preached last
abstract o q to a great com I'M
Sunday a n.sn bv Pastor George w;
g.ns st Of Dallas, Texas rU''-9
li .sort revision). 4,.osroct and |
ibis IS q q time to consider our re-
vrospeet' . Christ We must, every
Etons TO J ~ ssnmething with Christ.
o1s 9 " either crown Him or NOR nor
Ne nns .;f Vii Him. 1t may be t fIa
slY eruc n has had at some time G5,. tne
gsg I aan To- to cast away the Chris
iqngtatlon Int ~ wise men are bound
ssn hope L. L. consequences. When
to eoon o. in the flesh multituIdes IGl7
Jesus vas 9;r u He turned and spoke
loved nm NJ az winnowed and sltted
sob W9 SsE;tndes. Only twelve remain
be multlsJLuSJ those searching cues
g =. HSWiIl We also go away ava! sboii we
tols, "Lord, to whom Sll l4n,., wi
D:FeTT1sSa or hast the words Of eternal
81 let let US make that our queS-
ton today ;r,es men went away from
2 oP y in the present time: Ihey ,
Cnst n ~ i His teachings, to the way
objected Il which He pointed out
of salys t h given pre-emiInenGe.
Be must " - seaTching demands, the
Un iatitudes fell away. AS 1t was 'nei'
na q Il is now. o-;,,o,,
sVS s. christ n saves, He must be gwen
i Cnl7' I would not commit my
npfs .lso 70 any man who would not
sslyaslon LING 4 Lord of all. He comes
iIs 81 Il heroic challenge. When I,7 men
WI mi dawdle they &c, down. W4 tfsn
pine AM AM and n sacrifice, they make the
hey w climb. His demands mean
us4s 5oa+b IF self-preference or self
VII a7,,, Al men 90 away from Christ?
WY ~, ~ away through power OF
Ihey Uni onri;nion! The fear Of men
Fl Dne IRE Is in evidence. The fear
eelywHiS : IN evidence in business, IN
q ~ n social circles; Plate was
po y tSs only man who betrayed y
". through the fear Of man. one
yLlls ..1 s,lsy the wrong step because an
n Ky. 'a toLes the wrong step. NO"
olsi .Lon NO are called to face the
al a,, .-, Of waste. The most tragic
EO4.'ii n the world rs the waste OF m
gas.s Not many years ago a cItl-
illsn.s ~ our church and gave his
zen eaLle CI;-4 ord took his place
"a bis brethren. Some months aIter
w NJ saw him, at the close OF the
". sobbing in his pew. AFTER
80 an had left he was stu
.ts5 with his head bowed IN MS
80 I wondered at first II |
.IogI5 leave. Then l felt that l
IisSiS helm him, if possible. ! went
\. 49,, n down BY his side, and then
I. ~ IA me The story-hOW just a lew
-.ntbs before, when nearly seventy,
v ~srs'' old. he had accepted Christ ana
i.d taken his place in the .ehurcn'
y ~ ss;d. aYour sermon on the text,
AZ N ma man liyeth to himself fits my
sssa / came this morning BY the
homes q nv three sons, forty-tWo,
Fortt.four and forty years old, and
MA Them TO come to church. Ihey
.sTnooed their shoulders and sad,
Not now. but perhaps when we get
4 IA as YOU are we will go TO
church, Not nowi I did my best
q eel their boys, my grandsons, but
@ey only made light of my invita-
Ho1 and said when they got to be
an they might consider the ques-
HonH He arose, trembling with deep
emotion. and turned away with I'M
utterable sorrow because Of wasted
influence. One man waits for an
ether One man passes Jesus by be
cause another passes Him by. They
eT Is that in the days of Charles
Fnney the great evangelist, that ne
preached for weeks in the capital OF
New York. The Chief Justice went
70 hear him, through curiosity FIN
ney's text that night was, mo man
liYeth unto himself" He made the
point that no man has the right to
occupy a position one minute that
pointed any man the wrong way.
Then he. asked, SIS there a man here
Who, on high principle for his own
nike, as well as for the sake of 9th
srs will step out and tell me that he
vii make the surrender of himself
q Christi" No sooner had he made
ne call than the Chief Justice came
#n and took the minister's hand.
he asked: May / speak a word to
aese people?" He said: 81 have the
Gsepest regret that did not surren-
aef 70 Christ years ago, when / was
young man. Now am an old man
aad Life is nearly spent. If / have
"a influence, / beseech you, without
10y, 70 take the supreme step to
saiiSt" 1t is said that seventy-five
asyeIs came down and stood around
e chief Justice and the minister