Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-12

On FRIDAY morning d1IeI IHc Coh-
gregation had been uplifted by the
singing of "The Morning Will Break
Some Day." by Mr.. Hoffman, DR.. Full
Ter announced as his text for the
morning, Matthew 1928: Come
unto me, all We that labor and are
heavy laden and I will give you rest. !"
In part DR.. Fuller said: Since l
have been in your midst, have been
trying my best to get sinners to take
advantage of the bargains God is
placing daily on the counter before
them and to bring the Christian peo-
pie to see the higher life it is their
privilege to live. 1t is a beautiful
life a christian lives. There is a
beautiful legend in the Bible that al
ways attracts me. refer to the story
in John 2-9, where the sick man was
waiting at the pool of Bethesda for
the moving waters. believe Jesus
knew it to be legend for if it had
been a fact, Jesus would have seen
to it that the man was helped into the
pool, instead he cured him himself.
AS we study togethe rthese days the
real truths of Christianity, if the
Holy Spirit stirs the passages from
the word of God so that it is dis
turbed and moved, men who come in
may battle in the waters of God. l
want us to distinguish this morning
between a laborer and worker. A
laborer is a man to whom his daily
task is a burden or grind. God
doesn't want any man to labor. God
wants us to be workers. We are la
borers or workers, not according to
the work but the attitude of the
worker. A christian worker knows
the plan of God-he realizes what a
privilege he has in having a part in
the work-he is worker, not la
borer. A responsibility to which I
am chained is my God given oppor-
tunity. Jesus never proposes to lift
responsibility, for responsibility is
opportunity. No use to change your
job-just change your attitude.
Jesus said certain things / am, am
mercy, 1 am grace in its highest ex-
preston. l will give you rest for
your souls. When we are tired for
God, the soul is at rest-wehave come
unto him with the honest effort to
serve and he has blessed us. There is
beautiful story told of Jesus when
he was on earth-he saw from his
work shop one day a pair of oxen
trying to pull load-they struggled
but kept failing. Jesus went out and
found the harness did not fit-their
shoulders were rubbed to the bleed
ing point-he took the harness in his
shop and fitted it perfectly-put it
on the oxen and they pulled the same
load with ease. God knows your ca
pacity, your ability and he never puts
harness on, beloved, that isn't a
perfect fit. 1t takes a real strong
man to be a Christian real man
and even then we do not measure up
to God. Put your hand in Gods and
let his spirit direct you in all you do.
Realize no home is what it should be
without some observance of Christ in
that home. pity the father or moth
er who isn't putting the truth in the
hearts of their children in the home.
Take Him in your home today. It is
simple thing but it is courageous
thing.
At the closing service on Sunday
night the Senior class sang the
Awakening Chorus" showing the
result of Mr.. Hoffman's splendid two
weeks training. Mr.. Hoffman then
sang most beautifully, "There is a
land beyond the river"
AS a preface to his last sermon,
DR.. Fuller expressed his appreciation
| of all the courtesles that had been
shown them during their stay in
Fitzgerald, mentioning specially the
unusual kindness of the hotel people,
the splendid cooperation of the other
churches in the city, the attentions of
the children and the fine help of the
newspapers in giving wings to the
preachers words. Said he would not
preach a profound sermon, if that
were possible, but that he had just
a few simple things to say to the
hearts of the Fitzgerald people. He
was leaving with only one desire un-
gratified-that was to see the last one
saved. The need of the world today
is a keener knowledge of God. DR.
Fuller then took his text from John