The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27
"Watcb And Prey" Is Sunday
Theme For Reverend Rogers
Special Day Set
For Children In
Church School
At First Church

Parents and friends are invited
to visit the day Sci at the
First Pres -ian Church, White
at WaShingt n Street, Sunday
morning at ten o'clock. This will
be a special day for the children
since it is pally and Promotion
Day. Some fifty children will be
promoted from one department to
another and all the children will be
advanced acc, ding to their age.
Mr.. Archer has arranged to give
those promoted certificate Show
ing their advancement.
In additil 70 the special occa-
sion of entertaining parents, a set
of pictures will be shown to the
Primary and Adult Depart3 rnts
showing the advancement of Bible
translation to be available 30 Sep.
TENDER. This is one Sunday when
the children will want to be on time
to see this special feature.
The pastor, the Rev. Ralph Ro-
gers, will continue his series of
sermons on Prayer. His subject
will be the admonition of Jesus 10
his disciples when he urged them
to "Watch and Pray" that we en-
ter not into temptation. Satan is
subtle using cry device imagi-
nable to wedge into the work of the
Kingdom of God. Jesus knew the
weakness of the disciples, as he
knows the weakness of the flesh in
these latter days, and he warned
them against entering into tempta-
ton, that of denying their Master
and Friend.
Modern society is so complicated
that it makes life difficult to dis
Germ the real pitfalls and dangers
of daily temptations. The early
shepherds were ever ebert for any
threatening danger. Any unusual
stir among the flock a~~''~nd the
good shepherd who protected his
lambs from rowing wolves. In these
modern days there seems to be an
abundance of wolves in Sleeps
clothing and the patriot as we'll as
the Christian must exercise an
eternal vigilance to be on guard
against dangers which seem so in
nocent.
Words and actions are often con-
fusing and misleading. One can
think Of group of people who are
eternally crying peace while keep
ing the dagger poised to strike.
One reads most clearly of a group
ct religious people in Jesus day
who loved to pray in public places,
and had no scruples about devour-
ing vic IS houses, that is cheat
ing and stealing from the hc'-,ess.
Every church and every commu-
nifty is infested with its Judases and
so the Kingdom of God is retard-
ed immeaSurably. The Christian
must be on guard and watchful
lest he fall into such temptation.
There is only one sure way of
detecting danger, and that is by
prayer. Jesus thus urged his disci-
pies to watch and pray, that thru
the instrument of prayer they
might distinguish good from evil.
Prayer is the -olvent which re-
moves the haze and tarnish Of
shady dealing and actions.
BY watching and praying the
JudaSeS of our community can cas-
lily be dected, and the apathy and
indifference to spiritual dangers
and pitfalls can readily be appre-
hended and labeled, thus protect
ing the gullible and careless from
eternal destruction.
For the prelude the organiSt will
play Traumerei-Schumann and
the Offertory Bless This House"
by Brahe will be a violin solo BY
Mr.. Ben Sweeting. The Special mu-
sic by the choir is the anthem BE
hold, Praise We the Lord" by Prut
ting"