Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 93, Number 25, 29 January 1923 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND.. MONDAY, JAN. 29, 1923.

INSPIRING SERMONS PREACHED IN LOCAL , CHURCHES BY CITY MINISTERS SUNDAY

"Faith first and then conduct: these re the essentials of the fruitful life," declared the Rev. A. I. Nicklas. pastor of St. John's Lutheran church, in his sermon, Sunday. Using for his test. John 15:5, "I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing;," the Rev. Nicklas said in part: "I realize, my friends, more fully than do you that I am standing on holy ground. The words of the text are one of the most important sayings of the Christ, and have reference to a matter that must be of deepest concern to you all: The fruitful Christian life.' The question is not, what do men think, but what does Christ say on this vital subject? "First of all Jesus stresses the fact lhat the fruitful life of a Christian is life of faith, and that without faith in Him a fruitful life la not at all possible. 'I am the vine,' says Jesus; 'ye are the branches; he that abideth in me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without me ye can do nothing. Cling to Vine "We readily understand that in the kingdom of nature the branches must chide on the vine, if they would bring forth fruit, but we seem slow at times to grasp the same truth when applied to the kingdom of grace. However, Jesus declares that we must be Ingrafted in the Christ-vine and that we must continue in vital union with the vine if fruit is to result. It is by faith in Jesus, our blessed Savior, who came to redeem us from sin and death that we are ingrafted in Him and become living branches.

"Now faith is not so much a matter

of the head, but of the heart. Saving faith, always worked by the Holy Spirit throught the means of grace, presupposes a scriptural knowledge of the Savior and His redeeming work, for how shall we believe in Him of whom we have not heard? Saving faith in Jesus presupposes, too, that we- will treat tho divine Word with at least as . much respect as we show the historical productions of man and regard that divine message as truth, even as we do not doubt the truthfulness of historical statements. "But in addition to all this saving faith in Jesus is the confidence, the simple childlike trust of my heart that if Jesus came into the world to save sinners, then of very truth He came 1o save me, then he lived for me, suffered and died for me and won for me eternal salvation. Faith Connecting Link. "Thus by faith are we united unto Christ Jesus and appropriate unto ourselves all the blessings of His redeeming work. We are justified by faith in His atoning blood and righteousness, and not by any deeds of the law. It is l his faith in Jesu3 that sets us right with God and makes us acceptable in His sight. "The importance of faith as a fundamental requirement of Christian life 'an scarcely be overemphasized. The

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ready to forgive, that kind of love that can make every possible sacrifice for the good of others and for the glory of Christ. What then is the conclusion of the whole matter? This: 'In Christ Jesus neither . circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcission but faith which worked by love.' Galatians 5,6.; At the West Richmond Friends church Sunday morning. Charles M. Woodman preached on "The Christian as the Mirror Reflecting the Character of God." "The world is in desperate need of God," said Rev. Woodman. "It has tried everything else, and today there is little in the world situation beside despair, misery, famine, restlessness, fear and hate. A consciousness of God, His love. His mercy. His kindness, is the greatest need of humanity. "The chief business of the Christian is to reflect the character of the Heavenly Father all the time. We are like

mirrors. The mirror must be clean to reflect; it must have a substantial backing of quicksilver if what shines on it is to be reflected to others. I "When women spend their time in thinking about bridge and gambling and say that cards have lost interest unless there is an exchange of money; when they think and talk about little else except theatres, dancing and dress, how are the great interests and needs of humanity going to find expression in their lives? There is little else in some lives beside these things, which are of as little worthwhile use as sawdust in a rag doll. God cannot be reflected from a pile of sawdust. Many lives are too littered up with minor and trifling things to give a chance for the higher things to have their rightful place. Character Reflected "The character of God is made known to others as it is reflected in the lives of those who know Him. This is the divine method of telling the world about the nature of God. God rtflects Himself to the world through the individual life as the hand-mirror will reflect the sunbeam and compel a man to know that the sun is shining, even though he will not lift his face to see it. The life reflecting God compels attention. "Reflecting the character of God transforms the reflector. How the carbon is transformed into the diamond, how the worm becomes the butterfly, how the single cell of life becomes the being which aspires heavenward, are secrets which still baffle the mind of man. The manufacturer has learned the secret of transforming the pigiron into the hairspring of the watch, and the tree in the forest into the sheet of paper. We are greatly interested in the process of transforming character and making it God-like. We are transformed as we reflect. The child from the street, dirty and ragged on the outside and equally unclean on the inside, is brought to live in the- presence of a warm-hearted, open-minded, sincere.

cheap things yet many want to go to heaven as easily as possibl. Suppose the poor will be provided for without your charity, suppose the church expenses will be met if you dodge them,

take the attitude that world, evangelization can get along without your contribution, still by withholding yourself and your gifts you play the shirker, stint your own soul's stature, and prove a shirker in the great neighborhood job of making this city, this state, this world a fit place for human habitation. "Grant God ungrudgingly your costliest. The thing that represents your personal privation alone counts. Business , and worldly enterprises may thrive on greed and competition. Religion fains by giving away. Its stability stands in sacrifce." The gospel of Jesus Christ preached by St. Paul has held good for 19 centuries and the same gospel preached

by men of God. filled with the Holyj Spirit will fiold preeminently until the end of time, declared the Rev. John H. Perry, pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist church, Sunday. He said in part: "Ministers who are the representatives of God must lay aside self and

all worldly knowledge, and must be

filled with the Holy Ghost if vice is to die and God's righteousness is to reign. We who are ministers of Jesus Christ must keep ourselves hidden behind the cross, or as St. Paul puts it, keep ourselves a 'castaway and let us preach by precept and example. "Jesus Christ and Him crucified let us preach until proud Caesar howls and Rome trembles; preach until theHoly Ghost is manifested in the church; preach Jesus until deacons, trustees, choir and all members get converted and filled with power from our Heavenly Father. Will Fill Churches "If this is obeyed, our churches will be filled with happy souls and the places of wordly attraction will be so

nearly empty the managers will be compelled to close the doors, suspend Sunday business, and no doubt do as did the business men when the old Baptist preached in the wilderness of Judea. "That preacher lifted up his voice against sin. He said there cometh one mightier than I. There cometh one that shall do what the law could not do, the law being our schoolmaster. That preacher, like all of the sent of Jesus Christ, preached Jesus Christ with his heart filled with the Holy Ghost and brotherly love. And men in those days heard him. They suspended business, closed their doors and came from Jerusalem, Judea and the region round about to hear this preacher who preached the preaching that God bids. And men were baptized, confessing their sins. We are saved by grace through faith. Cleanseth All Sin. "God so loved us that lie sent His son to take away the sin of the world. The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth from all sin. "It would be unwise for th(KGod of teaven to send out men to preach the gospel and cause men to turn from

In Richmond Churches

The Hospital Aid society will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Robert W. Randle. 1234 Main street All members are urged to be present. Announcement has been made, that

the' Webster Aid society will mee! on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mollie Banger, instead of Wednesday, with Mrs. Ida Plankenhorn. All members are urged to be present. Women's auxiliary of St. Paul's Episcopal church will meet at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Women are asked to bring their sewing material.

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removal of sirt and all Sunday desecration. It is He that said 'All things whatsoever ye shall ask. in prayer believing, ye shall receive.' "Let us all as brothers of one and the same Father unite in one accord and meet at the feasting table of God and ask him in prayer for the redemption of the world."

The regular meeting of the Woman's Aid society of the Whitewater Friends church will be held at the church on Thursday afternoon.

January Postal Receipts

Exceed Record of 1922 Postal receipts for the month of January will exceed the receipts for the same month in 1922, according to assistant Postmaster Henry Deuker

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Mission Study class of Reid Memorial church will hold its regular meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the church. Mrs. Work will be the leader. After the study hour the regular meeting of the Missionary society will be held at 2:30 o'clock.

Mrs. Ray Needham, 300 North Fifth street, will be hostess to the U. B. Hustler's at their regular meeting Tuesday night.

Miss Esther Hamilton will be hostess Wednesday evening to the Young Women's Missionary society of Grace M. E. church. All members are urged to attend.

A meeting of the chinch council of the East Main street Friends church will be held Friday night at the church

The Woman's Aid society of the Second English Lutheran church will hold an ail day meeting at the church Thursday. All members are urged to be present as comforts are to be knotted.

The regular meeting sei rices of the First Methodist church will be held Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock at 7:30 o'clock at the church.

The Young Women's Missionary society of Grace M. E. church will be entertained Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Esther Hamilton, 223 South Fifteenth street.

The Ladies' Aid society of East Main Street Friends church will hold an all-day quilting at the church on Thursday, Feb. 1. A full attendance is desired.

sin and vice without giving them power over sin, flesh and the devil. When we go to the power house of God and get filled "with divine power then we will realize the only Being

Him crucified the gospel ot service, of works. 'in spite of the fact that the scriptures constantly stress faith as the first and most essential thing, we are in danger of forgetting that without Jpsus we can do nothing. We see about us people who have no connection with Christ, who do not profess to have any connection with Him. but who are moral people outwardly kind, sympathetic, neighborly, honest, patriotic, benevolent, humanitarian and the like. And then we are apt to become confused and .are tenanted to concede to these socalled

good people a kind of unconscious i discipleship after all. But, my friends,!

Jesus assures us that as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in Me.' 'Without Me ye can do nothing.' "You might as well attempt, to gather grapes from the briar bush or the thistles as to expect God-pleasing fruit from such as are not in living connection with Christ." Way to Fullness "No. beloved, if a fruitless Christian life is to become a reality the first thing necessary is faith, faith to unite us to the Christ-vine and constancy of faith to draw from Christ's fullness Grace for grace, so that His life permeates our life, even as the life of the vine fills every branch with life and health. "Faith which unites us to Jesus will result in a life abounding in Christian service. Faith first and then the manifestation of that faith in our conduct. That is God's order of things in His Kingdom First be ingrafted as branches and then bear fruit, much fruit. "The keynote of that Christian service is love; love to God and our blessed Savior, love to the brethren, love to all mankind; that kind of love that is willing to give according , to necessity and opportunity, but also

person. He very soon begins to say what that person says, to do what he

does, and to think what he thinks. In this action on his part he is transformed into the character likeness of that person. He becomes transformed in the process of reflection into the likeness of that which he reflects. "We become like God as we attempt to reflect Him. This was the method of Jesus when he brought to the world the message of God. He brought it in his person. Men knew God as they saw Him rejected in the person of Jesus. Live in the presence of God, and you will reflect Him to the world, and in the process of reflecting Him vou will become like Him. This is

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come partners of God."

Preaching upon the subject. "Paying Your Way." and using the text "Neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doeth cost me nothing." the Rev. A. H. Backus, pastor of Grace M. E. chinch. Sunday said in .part: "Owner Araunah offers the threshing floor rock gratis to King David, with oxen, fuel and wheat for the sacrifice. David refuses the donation and pays out of his own purse ten thousand dollars protesting that he would not offer unto God that which'cost him nothing. "It is a picture of a man who was not willing to let other people pay his way. Araunah was one of those noble souls that was ready to take double his share, but David would not let him do son. Few Bear Burdens. "Did you ever see a church without a few noble hearts thai stood 'n the front and bore the brunt of sacrifice and responsibility while a lot of others stood back and said: "If they choose to give all they have away, let them do so. I am going to look out for No. 1." "A great many people want a cheap religion. They do not value other

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