Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-01-25
Two Annexes Made With
Capacity for 400 More
Worshipers
GREAT THEME TONIGHT
Rev. Johnson to Give
Sermon on Second
Coming of Christ


to the Bob johnson Tabernacle COM
pleted the big building is larAe
enough to house the greatest audi
ence of worshippers ever assembled
in Palatka, the capacity now being
approximately 1,500 persons. Even
with this addition it is believed that
with better weather conditions the
place will be filled to capacity.
Although the weather last night
twas threatening splendid audience
assembled to hear Rev. Johnson
when he again electrified those pres
ent with his splendid discourse. He
announced his theme for tonight as
"The Second Coming of Christ" and
special invitation is issued to the
Jewish people of the city, as it is be-
lieved they will be very much inter-
ested in this sermon.
In his sermon last night the evan
gelist took his text from Hezekiah
22:1-9. He said, in substance that it
is horrible not to be a Christian but
it is worse to die unsaved. Christians
are ambassadors for Christ. A man
is sent by the United States to Eng
land to represent this country and
transact business for our govern
ment. So Christians are to repre-
sent Gods government and transact
business for him. God did not tell
ministers to do all the work of evan
gelism.
The church of Jesus Christ is to
evangelize the world. The church is
composed of believers in Christ. The
building is not the church but the
place where the people meet to wor-
ship. Christians are the temple of
the Holy Ghost. "Your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost which is in
you. II Cor. 6:19. Why then does
not the church go out and warn men?
Because so few read the Scripture
They do not realize the terrible con-
dition of the unsaved. The Jail has
no terror for the law abiding. So
hell has no terror for the Christian.
The doctrine of hell is terrible but it
is clear doctrine of the Scripture.
A faithful doctor does not give pleas
ant pellets for every disease. So
Scripture, through the Apostle Paul
says, knowing therefore the terror
of the Lord, we persuade men,
y Cor. 5:11. Jesus said it is better
'to enter into life manned than hav-
ing two hands to go into hell, into
the fire that never shall be quench-
ed."-Mark 9:43.
"Pastor RUSSELL" said hell was the
grave. He swore in the court in
Canada that he was Greek scholar
but when handed a Greek book he
could not read the Greek alphabet.
John tells us, "If any man shall take
away from the words of the book of
this prophecy, God shall take away
his part out of the book of life"
Rev. 22:19. If any man shall add
unto these things, God shall add un-
to him the plaques that are written
in this book."-Rev. 22:1S.
Men must not touch Gods word to
mar the truth. 1t is like touching
an electric wire with a thousand
volts of electricity. You can not
expunge hell from the Scripture. The
man who turns a switch and bitches
a train is not as bad as the man who
tries to take hell out of the Bible.
The preacher gave an incident
where a Sunday School teacher and
others had impressions to speak to-
an unsaved young lady about her
soul. She died unsaved then. these
Christian church members regretted
their neglect.
The evangelist was once requested
by a young lady to speak to her hus-
band. Soon afterwards the man was
killed by the machinery in the mill
without a word of warning. Once
another man whose shop he often
passed wanted the preacher to talk
to him. Mr.. Johnson had similar
impression but the devil said "No."