The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-29

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yourselves that We receive a full re-
ward.
In Timothy want this on my
tombstone-T have fought the good
fight / have finished my course.
have kept the faith" That Is all
want, that's enough.
Seeks To Do
Right.
And so. therefore, 81 have fought a
good fight. have finished my course,
l have kept the faith. Henceforth
there Is LAID up for me crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous judge, shall give me at that
day, and not to me only, but unto all
them also that love his appearing"
Il have fought good fight, have
finished my course, l have kept the
faith
You will agree that am not a
crank. told you when came here
the first afternoon, that my creed
Jesus you are saved, without Him you
are lost and have tried to answer
your questions In every sermon. Are
~ eShfe ~ hOaN0ni nv JS6 9SshS
to hell? Are you saVed7 Are you
lost7 And | have tried to build them
around those things.
But 1t is the inspiration of my life,
1t Is the secret of my vehemence that
some day Jesus Christ will come.
am not a crank on it, / don't keep
harping on them. Man is a sinner
with Jesus saved, without Him, lost
Never mind splitting hairs over a lot
of Emergencies OF opinion. It's the
inspiration of my life that some day
| He will burst upon this earth.
1t may be at morn when the day Is
awaking, when the darkness and
shadow is breaking, that Jesus will
come in the fullness of glory to re
ceive from the world His own. Oh
! joy and delight to go without dying
Caught up with the Lord in the cloud:
into glory when he comes to receive
from the world His own.
Now if John should come into this
tabernacle this morning I'd say, John
will you please preach to us or talk p
He'd talk about the love of God anC
he'd take 316, l think, for his text
And I'd say, james, will you tall
little?"
James would get up and say, "Faitl
without works isn't worth shuck," O
words to that effect. He'd say
Faith without works is dead" SHOW
me your faith by your works, | an
from Missouri 1t is all right, that
just exactly another way of saying tn,
same things. Deliver the goods, II
other words. Express charges pre-
paid. That's all sir"
What Peter Would
Say.
I'd say, Peter, will you preach
sermon" Peter would talk about tn
Holy Ghost.
Paul. will you preach ?" Paul woul
talk about the resurrection. He'd tai
about the return of Jesus. He'd sa
J if Jesus didn't rise from the deaC
your faith is in vain, your hopes i
J vain and there is nothing to it, forge
it.
So you are not saved by the lif
: and death of Jesus.
/ The death of Jesus Christ on tn
cross didn't save your soul. II Jesu
. Christ didn't rise from the deac
the death on the cross won't do tina
} much good in your life. So the resu
rection completed it. He was dlvin,
| died on the cross, but If He hadn
, arisen from the dead, then deaf
2 would have conquered Him instead {
Him conquerinq death But he aros
' from the dead and the resurrectio
completed it because Paul said, "lf r
3 didn't arise from the dead, then yot
faith Is in vain. There Is no use."
/ So you are not saved by the deaf
4 on the cross alone. The death on tn
4 cross and the resurrection, complete
it.
4 And in the last place( Revelation
+ "A: "And round about the throne wei
s four and 20 seats: and upon the sea-
f; l saw four and 20 elders sitting, clot
S ed in white raimant: and they had c
e their heads crowns of gold.''
l know some elders that won't {
course they all live in Chicago whel
live.
4 And they had on their heat
: crowns OF gold and they'd take II
I crowns from their heads and ca
It them at His feet and shout, Worth
is the lamb that was slain"
q OH That is a picture of the glol
n fled church, that is a picture of Il
n church militant. 1 sometimes thir
e it is the church somnolent, but v
e talk about it being the church mi
| ant, WuSu IL is Ill pdSS6u away, IlU
is ended and we receive our rewar
r Tells War
e Incident.
a At the close of the Crimean wa
n the soldiers returned to England (
$ an appointed day. They were Civ,
d medals, marks Of appreciation
o their deeds of bravery and their &C
g of prowess and the valor that broug
!? renown to England, when France al
n England united to fight against t
e aggressions of Russia in the Grimes
lie war.
is To one they gave medal that sa
t "Inkerman" upon it. To another "B
Ie aklava." To another "Alva" To a
Ie other "Sebastopol" Those were t
t names of the principle battles a,
g sieges in the Crimean war and in t
If battle of Inkerman, a soldier sto
IS fighting for his country, when ca
mon ball swept past and shattered I
re leg and he DIRE whis saber and on o
n remaining limb, arm grasping a trt
l he stood ready to fight, bleed and {
for old England, when second ca
re non ball swept past and shattered l
Id other leg and he fell and they CARR
re his wounded and bleeding and, as tn
or supposed, dying to the rear.
re Strange as it may seem, he s.
rs vived and returned to England a