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False Witnesses In Sunday4SchooL
Lesson. Clues Text for Sermon
Rev. CHM Cites Congregation to Re-
cent Local Event

One of the strongest tsermons of
the season was delivered Sunday
night by Rev. C. A. CHM at the Ken
needy Memorial Baptist church.
Using the Sunday School lesson for
his text he referred to the covetous
spirit of Ahab, trying to obtain the
possession of Naboth, he explained
how Ahab seemingly made an honest
offer, however, he referred to the law
covering inherited possessions and
spoke of the disposition of Naboth to
obey the law. and how babyish Ahab
was by going to bed and pouting when
he could not get an honest man to dis
obey the law and when he could not
obtain the property of Naboth to sat
isfyAhis own greed and beautify his
own possessions
He sthen took up the undermining
plans of the Kings wife, Jezibel and
explained how she sent out letters and
made great feast and had Naboth
set on high and had the two false wit
nesses ready to swear against him
which resulted in the death of an inno-
cent man. Then he pictured Ahab in
Naboth's vineyard (after Jezibel had
told him of Naboth's death) how he
was planning to beautify his possess
sions, but the planning was broken up
by the appearance of the Man of God
who came upon the Scene and pronoun-
ced Gods Judgements upon Ahab and
Jezibel and for Ailab:s seeming hum
bleness God stayed the hand of judge
ment in order that the haunts of a
guilty conscience might the more in
crease the miseries of his life and then
how the sin of Ahab was visited on
his son and the horrible death of Jez-
ibel as she was thrown from the win
dow and trampled under foot and the
dogs ate her flesh.
Then the preacher paused moment
and asked the question have you seen
a similar occurrence lately he said that
in more than one instance lately had
innocent persons been made to suffer
on account of curiningly devised plans
and the testimony of persons who
cared nothing for their oath and that
while he did not hear the trial recent
ly conducted in our court room he
had been reliably informed that at
least two OF the witnesses had made
contradictory statements which rend-
cred their evidence worthless.
Then the speaker said that under
all these conditions that men need to
live right and trust God and leave the
result with Him. Vengeance is mine
sayeth the Lord and will repay. You
will live to see the Hand of God deal
ing out judgement upon some of the
recent acts of men in Fitzgerald.
Men cannot sin and get by with it;
Mems sins will find them out. He
said the Church of today needed clean
ing up everywhere, that there were
persons in Kennedy Memorial Church
who had disgraced it and their sins
had found them out and would soon
find them on the outside of the Church
and that there were men in the Union
who were a disgrace to it and that
the Union could do a great good in
making the world bteter by cleaning
up and getting rid of men who could
not be depended upon.
A strong appeal was made for men
to live SO as to Honor their God, their
country and the town in which they
live and thus bring about better con-
ditions.
A number came forward and gave
their hand in request for prayer.