Show CALL GIVEN ABRAM IS SUBJECT OF SERMON R Rev Ransom P P. P Nichols Tells of Th Three ree Elements of ofF F Famous Message Addressing the usual large congregation tion Hon at JUff Methodist church yesterday yesterday yester yester- dl day th the pastor Rev Re Ransom P p. p NI Nichols Nichols Nich Nich- h- h took an as his text Genesis Now Xo the Lord said unto Abram get et theo thee out omit of or th thy countr country and from tl thy kindred and n from th thy fathers father's house unto a si land that I will show thee He lie said Under the thc form torm of ot history I want wantI I to bring to you ou this morning some truths which are 10 personal and applicable applicable cable to you OU and me A stud study o ot of the call of ot Abram shows sho three elements deserving attention First there was wag th the call of ot the tho Immediate second the call of or tho the future and third It was tho call of or God The speaker pointed out the appeal which a associations tie ties of ot friendship and the ram familiar II Iu and the dear must have hn made It was as also shown hown that In his Imis homo home were those best heritages of or the past and the highest degree sree of or civilization c But the future had its claims and Abram had fore foresight ight enough to see that he lie was not able ablo to do hi his best bent service under the conditions conditions conditions con con- In which he was placed But the striking thing in iii Abrams Abram's abandonment of ut t present re ent certainties for fur forthe the time sake salce of ot a future and unseen good goodIs Is Ig that It was prompted b by a faith in inGo Go God said the minister He lie recognized recognized the call of God III His real motive was religious In Babylonia there was little opportunity for this earliest arll t mon mon- to give I e expression of ot his leis truest truest tru tru- e est t life Abram was one of ot those clear- clear men who have ha a vivid sense of at God To him God was a per personality personality person person- on- on It was something more definite And intimate than a 1 power that makes for righteousness righteousness' that spoke to that man of or strong personality In the olden days One thing this age lacks It lacks l a lively sense of or God Wo We 0 have ha Widened widened widened wid wid- ened and extended our thou thought ht of ot Him with good right I believe He Ho fills all infinity But If It Ho lie does He lie no less can talk to us I wonder how ho much tho rho modern da day lack of or response c to Gods God's claims is due to tho the divestment of ot His personality on tho time part of cat the time thinking of or to today a How much of ot time the lack of or the sense of ot sin is due to the process of ot mind which argues that tine the soul of man will not indeed be held r re responsible responsible re- re to a personal God I am en entirely entirely en- en In sympathy with all truth which will shed shed light upon Him and my relation elation to Him But Hut I never ne shall sh surrender surender m my lively sense of or Go God Because Because Because Be Be- cause experience has shown me in th the thelast last lart t resort lie He Is the time only reality upon which I can absolutely and always de do- pend If It If you have not heard Gods God's call in inI I your OU life lire you OU have havo not nol yet ct discovered rl th the real meaning nor viewed the high purposes of oC your our being When a man manoe I does oe hear that voice and I Is obedient to toI that thi call there comes a power that thit I takes him him consciously wron wrong ant and I makes maks him consciously right with ith God an and I d men t Inferior men amen arc are endowed with power Men len bitterly unhappy I have p been heen lifted Into permanent states sates of JO Joy Their lives are the story tor of every church of ot Jesus Christ |