The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-02-17
REV. E. S. BAKER
SUNDAY SPEAKER
Under the Auspices of the Christian
Endeavor Societies.

Endeavor Societies.
Jimmie's Playhouse was crowded
Sunday afternoon as usual Those
in charge had prepared pleasing
program and every one present en-.
joyed it.
The musical program consisted OF
vocal solos by Mrs. Thad Lee and
Mrs. Hays Mcclure and Miss Eliza
beth Lovelace favored the audience
with reading.
Rev. e. S. Baker, pastor Of the
First Christian Church, was the
speaker and delivered pleasing, en-
pertaining and instructive address.
He took for his subject the first ques-
tion in the Bible, "Adam, where art
thou?" Adam, before his sin was a
constant companion of God; he
walked and talked with God daily.
But after he sinned he seemed to try
to hide from God and avoid him in
every possible way.
God was calling him back to Him.
The speaker applied this question
to us. He said that if our hearts
were right, we would want to at
tend Sunday school and church serv-
ices on Sunday and become identified
with the people of God just as much
as possible. But when we sin, we do
not know where we are, but God
knows and he is. ealing us back to
him.
He applied this to the men of
Union City. Where art thou on Sun
day morning during Sunday school
and church service? Standing on
the streets and in the park chewing
and splitting tobacco, hiding behind
their sins. He said there were more
prominent men in Union City-doc-
tors, lawyers, bankers, mechanics,
merchants, wGo didn't attend the BIZ
BILE school or any of the church serv-
ices than any town he had ever la
bored in. Yet these men who spend
their Sunday mornings on the street
corner splitting enough tobacco
juice to drown a rabbit, when their
time comes to pass into the great be-
yond, expect the preacher to stand
up and preach them sailing right in
to heaven, but they were looking in
to the face of man who told facts
and that there were only two places,
either heaven or hell, and the man
who expected him to preach him into
heaven would be the fellow who said
come on, boys, let's go to Sunday
school. Oh, they make many ex-
cuses, such as one fellow who said
he didn't have good enough clothes
to wear to church, yet he can stand
)ut on the street corner where hun
1reds of people pass all the time,
/ much more conspicuous place than
he house of the Lord, yet that fellow
,ays he can't come to church on ac-
count of having no good clothes-a
iimsy excuse, and God Almighty
Won't accept it. Where art thou?
Hiding behind your sins. {
His talk was brim full of inspira- ,
ion, coming out of a heart of love :
or God and love for poor, suffering, ,
ying humanity in Union City. Those +
vho are fortunate enough to know G
1r. Baker since his four months stay ;
n our midst know him to be true q
IAN of God, loving the things of
Iod and his cause. He is completely i
ominated by a consuming desire to G
ct the people of Union City to seek v
ne kingdom of God and his right
BUSINESS. But, alas! The people
0 on in their Indifferent way with +,
le responsibility of the home, the II
lurch and decent society resting on a
lem. Where art thou, men? Why
)n't you wake up ana i've the de- Il
mt life-a christian husband, a
tristan father, and on Sunday
orning say to your whole family,
vt Mother and children, go on to
lnday school," but "Come on and
is all go on to Sunday school,"
e can't live without God in our w
mes or in our business; we need s.
m every hour ri