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services will be held beginning Tues
day at $3.50.
Tuesday night the evangelist will
speak on "rhe Modern Dance"
The cottage prayer meetings for
Tuesday morning will be held in the
following homes:
Mrs. Delles, Ridgewood avenue.
Mrs. John Ward. North Catherine
street.
Mrs. Archie Carter, North Adams
Mrs. Ed Allspaugh, West Burgess
Mrs. William Lemley, North San.
dusky street
Mrs. Cora Elliott, East Burgess.
Mrs. Kittie Longaker, North San.
dusky street.
Mrs. Glen Ogg, West Vine.
Mrs. Henry Bowman, South Gay.
Mrs. Mary jackson, North Gay.
Mrs. w. d Cluxton, North Mulberry
street.
Mrs. Davis, South Vernon.
Probably the most inspiring of DR..
Lamphear's sermons yesterday was
that delivered to men on the subject.
"The Devils Dust" Text: Romans
6:2S. "For the wages of sin is DEATH"
During his discourse he said in part:
If there is one reason why man
should not be right with God-then I
will close my Bible and will never
preach again. If there was one argu.
INIT that disproved this old Book
then would throw it away.
If there was one argument to prove
that the church had no right in the
world-then | would be the first to
forsake her affairs.
If there was one reason why sin is
necessary and profitable then |
would say, Follow it,"
If there was one fact that proved
that heaven was dream, hell a myth,
Judgment lie, and immortality a de-
lusion- then I would say go in and
Nv lIl1S WOTlu.
But know of no reason why a man
should not be right with God.
j know of no argument that dis
proves the old Book. l know they
have tried it, but it lives on, and to-
day it is translated into every tongue
as no other book.
l know of no argument to disprove
the claims of Jesus Christ. He comes
as the Son of God to be our sin-bear-
er. The chief priests, the scribes and
pharisees tried to discount Him. But
every argument substantiates His
claim. The Bible affirms it. The
Spirit of God attests it. And after
1900 years countless billions point to
His cross as the pledge and power of
their redemption, and He rises out of
the gloom of human life as the bright
and morning star. -
V ] know, of no argument to disprove
the right of the church to exist. 1T IS
the visible expression of Gods eternal
kingdom. 1t has always given, forcible
leadership to moral reforms. and with
her hands full of blessing, and with a
benediction upon her brow, she moves
in the world as Gods ministering an
gel.
i know of no argument that proves
that sin is necessity, and that to live
without God is profitable. l read in
the Book that "the soul that sinneth,"
etc. That ''the way of the transgress-
or is hard" That the wicked shall
be turned loose into hell, with all the
nations that forgot God"
know of no argument that proves
that heaven is a dream, hell a myth,
Immortality a delusion. My deepest
longing is for Immortality. There are
times when my heart aches for heav-
en-; have loved ones there. He'll is
not a myth, for | can take you to men
who have a foretaste of it today. And
the Judgment is not lie, for consci-
ence never dies.
Now when you enter another's en-
ploy there are two questions that you
raise:
I. What is the wage? What do you
pay?
2. What is the work to be done?
These questions are natural and
logical. But, hear me, men, you serve
the devil and work the better part of
a lifetime for him, and never stop to
consider that the wages will be death.
What kind of work does the devil
want you to do? Listen! He wants
you to defy God, ignore the Bible, and
live in sin. He wants you to cast aside
moral restraint, and surrender your