New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-04-09
THRONG
Meeting OF {. N. c.
Delegation Of 81 From Springfield
Three From Scotland

ITO know the character OF a man,
you cannot take one days experience
out OF his life" says Rev. John L.
Davis yesterday morning when 600
men assembled at the session of
Everyman's Bible class.
There were more than 100 visitors
including a delegation Of OF from
Springfield, four from Wallingford, F.
A. Harris. OF Mantle: l.. Baker, Of
Glastonbury; r. A. Forester, A.
Westwood and James Il. Forsythc of
Scotland; Clarence b. Cooley, OF East
I.ongmeadow, Mass; A.. M. Bishop, of
New Haven and M. L. Jones OF Auro-
ra, Scotland. There were 81 members
of Phoenix Temple of Honor present.
Rev. Mr.. Davis took as his theme the
story Of David's sin, from the 51st
psalm. He said: I'VE do not Judge
any man by our standards who lived
in that day but we have a perfect
right to condemn anybody who did
not live up to the standards OF his
day. David fell far below the stand
ard by shining but he finally repented.
To know the character OF a man you
cannot take one days experience out
OF his life. You cannot take the
worst day OF mans existence and
say this Is a picture Of him. You
have to know the fights and struggles
of that man. When you know his
daily life, you know the man. No
body can do this but God. Judge
David by the same standard, This is
only one of the days Of his life. the
one that caused him great sorrow.
Three words describe sin. The
first is iniquity, second trangressions
and the third Is sin. They have diff
ferent meanings The first, iniquity
means that which is twisted or bent,
having tendency for things that are
wrong.
my nature is twisted in the maxi
ing. commit transgression or re-
hellion. Every one Of us left to our
selves would go wrong. bird will
fly without any preparations. A duck
will go into water and swim as soon
as it is Matched out. Give man all
he wants and everything he wants and
he will fall from the plane of man
to the plane of hog. We Just won't
60 right. There is something wrong
with US. Call it whatever you want.
Leave a boy to himself. He doesn't
want to get an education.
"Of that twisted nature David said:
Behold, was shapen in iniquity: and
in sin did my mother conceive me-
The word sin means to miss the mark.
Whoever rebels against God is cer-
tainly going to miss the mark. A
young man spends his time in sin
when he could be leading figure in
business. He may go down to
drunkard's grave if he misses the
mark. There's the fellow who spends
his Sunday racing and gambling when
he might be leading in society. He
misses the mark. David said: I have
twisted nature and when ! rebel
against God miss the mark. Go get
something and wash the stain out OF
my life. Blot 1t out said David. |
When he said wash me- he did not |
have in mind the modern devices
called washing machines. He had in
mind the women who beat the clothes
against the stones on the river bank
such as they do in India now. He
said, Take me and beat me on rock
and dash me until all the sin is out
OF me-"
There is not man in this town
who would look God In the face.
Where is the man who would say to
God, I am wrong, have sinne6.
God take me and beat me and dash
me until all the sin is out of me- Sup
posing you went bankrupt, something
went wrong in your home, how long
could you stand the beating. 1t Is
one thing to want purity, another I
thing to go through the process by
which 1t is obtained. There is only
one cure for sin and that is Gods
cure. You cannot cure by resolutions"