The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-12
ISSUES Warning
. TO CHRISTIANS
Names Neglect the Growing
Sin Of the World
Today

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don't take this text because l want
to bring grave charges to the
church, but to remind you of those
things necessary" said the Rev.
E. NJ, Moser at the beginning Of
his sermon at the First Presby-
terrain Church last night. His
subject was THE Sin OF Neglect"
The text used last night was
originally addressed to the He
brew Christians. he said, and Is
as applicable today Us 1t was then.
"a nan doesn't have to be a
horse thief or a liar or a repro
bate 10 be lost he declared. "All
a man or woman has to do to be
lost is to neglect the way to Gods
salvation"
Speaking of the greatness OF the
salvation mentioned, the Reverend
Mr.. Moser said that the object OF
this salvation is a lost world. 1t
is great. he said, because OF the
price paid for it-the life of
Christ. 1t is because 1t is the
only salvation. too, he declared
ITO miss eternal life and salvation
Is to miss everything worth while
In this life and the one to come.
To miss 1t is merely to neglect
It."
Neglect. he said, isn't merely
the staying away from the church
though 1t may be that--it is
Just not doing anything. "And IL
We do neglect" he asked, "how
shall We escape? That Is the
question God put to the Hebrews,
and when God asks a question it
means something. This text APP
peals to reason. II you neglect
salvation, how do you expect to
be saved? What are you going to
say TO God when you come face to
face with Him at the Judgment"
Neglect, he asserted. is not con-
fined to one class of people. All
classes arc guilty OF this sin.
There is the liar. the gambler. tho
in6del, and thousands OF good,
moral, upright men and women,
he said, who simply neglect, and
you can't get them away from
their Indifference.
Neglect your body, and you
have Ill health, he declared. Nc
elect your work, your business,
your children, your church, your
school, your salvation, and the
result Is certain. mo matter in
what walk Of life. neglect means
disaster"
Neglect is the browning sin of
the world today. declared the Kew
erend MIR. Moser. because a man
will neglect salvation even In the
face Of death; q woman will pro-
crastinate to the very end.
Speaking of the benefit derived
from attending church, the speak
er said that he never knew a man
or woman who knew the Bible to
so after any cult or ism" or
cite" From this he made 1t clear
that there was safety In the inau-
ence Of tho church for, said he,
God says faith comes from hear
ing, and hearing from the word OF
God. How" he asked, ARE VIC to
hear the word OF God unless we
hear it from the church,"
Over and over he declared that
there Is no substitute for this sal
walton. TO illustrate, he mention
cd how, when Noah had gone into
the ark and the flood came, there
was no substitute salvation for
those who had refused that offered
by Noah. 1t was the same, he
declared, when the poisonous SER
pents stunG the Israelites in the
wilderness. God had Moses hold
up a brazen serpent, saying that
all who looked upon 1t. would be
saved. Those who did rot, said
the speaker, were killed.
III n man loses his soul he loses
1t willingly" declared the Rever-
end MI. Moser. "And, by the way,
hell wasn't made for many, any
way. 1t was made for Satan and
his imps."
"How shall we be saved?" he
asked in conclusion. "Josus is the
only way. To be lost, just do
nothing; never turn your hand for
God.
Tho Mems Bible Glass was we'll
represented last night. and 1t was
announced as probable that the
hig school students would attend
In a body some time this week.
An invitation was extended to the
Women's Glasses to attend.
Possibly the most pleasing fea.
ture OF the service last night was
a quartet, Have You Forgotten
God?" sung by the Misses Eugenia
Vance, Helen Hammil, Helen Sey-
bert, and Mary Joe Matthews.
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