Show AT THf METHODST CHURCH REV A R HRY ON TnT EEC OGNTION DEITY The Story of the Tve iLost I th n mTe BTBattl f Lie I Not a Sham J f 7f Rev henrys dlsuouratthto Method 1st church last evenIng was on the recognition ognton of Deity the see taking his text from the Seventh Psalm Let who beJeye in the Lord say so In beginning Rev Henry spoke of the god to be derived from a perusal of the Bible and the blessings to be obtained ob-tained thecfrom The book he said causes a ray of light to food the dark eat path man Her trod Thee are many times of trial and many battles to bl fought In thIs life and In none of them is man certaIn of victory In the Bible God ha given us what has proved t be Invaluable as a guIde to our liver arid yet we refuse to hear and accept it Many pictur symbolIcal symbol-Ical of life are drawn in the good book and not the lest striking o all is the story of the lost traveler A caravan is crossing the desert theo Is the wide plain overhead Is the hot sun the die tatce is unmarred by any landmark and natures own gUide is obscured in the heves The tavelel is lost and does not know which way to g Is i not typical of our fives Do we not poss the characteristics of the lost traveler He knew nothing of the future fu-ture he knew not wha his fate might be and we know but ltte mpre than he Men boast bf their ability to tel I of and trace the course of stars fo thousands of ycars I is true Te do so after Inrs 05 matematc their tools but the wisest mat is unable to tel when disease will mae him aid whe position will cease to be his sport sp-ort or when the gIha messenger o death will approach gm the wldener of life the lost traveler and o lfe weare a te lot trveler God alope ca guIde us safely The bate of life is not a sham bat te Lools around and s the wreks see how many have returned shattered from the fry BUt wherever there Is dlssb there Is one remedy You may not find It among your associations I God bas with mon but there help not abandoned the world and h Is reaching frth his land wit reedy promises of aid How much life is ennoble by the frank recognition o besin asked for and received I Is not uncommon In tee days for the soldier to recognize recog-nize Gods hand In hIs victory And why should not we to whom God nS gIve d much of hIs tie and labor give a fraction of tai time to his sv ice As the Lord la said lh pe pie do not stop to think He endowed us with all we have He has promIse hIs forgvenes and all we who have received re-ceIved God ought to say sowe should forever bear our testimony for we have received a lasting benefit |