Show PAULS PAUL'S RECEPTION BY THE Dr W. W M. M Paden Preaches Powerful Sermon at First Presbyterian MESSAGE IS WORD OF GOD Work of Emissaries Who Stole From the Galatians and Effect of This Dr W. W M. M Paden pastor pastol of or the First Firs Presbyterian church took for his hla text tex Sunday evening oninS c Galatians 5 5 7 Ye Yo did ld run well Who ho did hinder you yot ou that you OU that you should not obey tho truth 1 The Thc sermon was in part part us as follows Tho The Galatians had made a good be be- be ginning Paul gives them credit for that that They had received Paul as an un 1 Angel and md his hie hi message as 38 tho word of ot Go God In the tho exuberance of their first lovo 10 0 they lucy had been willing to dig out their lr eyes eye for him and to tomake tomake tomake tH make real sacrifices a as followers otO o of Christ The They had taken their stand as ns disciples disciple of Jesus Jelis the they had banded themselves together as nu nf a Christian church chueh they had enjoyed tho now new life and power which tho the now new Spirit the Spirit the Divine S tnt hail had given them and had bad made some progress In beauties and duties of Christian discipleship But Dut something had been going wron wrong much much had been going oln wrong or hanot hatnot hadnot hat had not been going going at all nn Many Ian hn had i turned aside and were ero wasting their ant energies In search of or an easier road road- Somo had turned back bace and still others had hat b been buen cn brou brought hl to a standstill by tills thin or that obstacle What was wron wrong wrong Who Wo did hinder you OU that you should not obe obey the tho truth T The o hinderer In Galatia were ere emissaries of ot division dl or reaction Unable Un Un- I I able ablo bl to got ot a foothold among amon the tho hc heathen Galatians these emissaries from Jerusalem sought to trail trai off ott the tho members of or the new Christian chur church h Not ot able to catch lish they stole them themi not nolo able ablo or 0 willing willing- willingto to quarry they sought to appropriate tho the material others hud had hc quarried and started to put putI it Into a building building- of God 1 I Of Ot course tho the Galatians sere not without blame They he w were re fickle tickle emotional and ready to go gadding alm almost st any ny new thing Moreover Moro More well grounded ground ground- over Ovel they had not b boon been cn wel ed o cr in tho the elements clements of ot the religion of ot Christ GhrIst The t feted ced ed had fallen fallon on soil noli Many Ian which was alike thin and ston stony ut tho the Galatians alko were evidently like lt Galatan the children of Ephraim Cakes not turned or 01 half hal baked The They know enough h about religion to make mako a mess messof of If f U. U It A little religion like a little I learning Is a dangerous thing It I raises more questions than It settles Th The same ame Is 13 true of at n tl little religious religious training training- ex ox a little JUle a R little knowledge of or tho the great verities of faith and practice Their Requirements What hat they boy needed was Wa implicit trust trustin teaching and saving power r of ot I IChrist IChrist Jn in tho th ta th Christ JI und readiness to put I Ills low Is teachIngs teachings teach teach- I work They Tacy got In ings and power to got p I away from essentials and n went vent woolgathering woolgathering wo l wool wool- I gathering after side Issues Had they thoy been obedient aCol to the thc truth n as they knew leen It Il and bad had the they thoy pushed right righton ou on in the tho way which was clear they I need seed not tle have havo 0 gotten astra astray They hindered turned goten back aside or hindered did not I Jad gone wrong wrong- because they keep one clone cloie to the teachings and power of ot Christ Christ- If they tho had done dono half hal us 08 well ChrIst as thoy they I knew how to do und arid I had bad wl power to do they would 0 have havo grown In grace ace These sen crl tures turcs are arc for us as for tor forthe the There Thieve Is a deal of ot tho the In the best of or u us Our dispositions dispo dispo- Galatan may be different and hindrance i u y V. i r t vy d dH our our our stumbling blocks find ou solves hampered or hindered or delayed do- do hayed es In our march Who ho or what huts has hindered our gro growth th or as or as aa a I Christian Christan church church churche We Christans e have havo all al seen ceen or experienced d the them Ill m effects o of retarded development development Wo have hav seen soon a beautiful childhood degenerate Into a willful wayward youth Something Something- or somebody has bas checked the normal growth Wo We havo have seen Heen an eager aspiring youth degenerate degen degen- orate erate Into H t l maturity which has been subject to low Ideals selfish unrest or equally selfish satisfactions Something Something Something Some Some- thing noble has hS gone out of or these l es lives or something Ignoble put Into them 01 Their moral growth growth has been checked or hindered So S we have havu seen men and wom women n whose home social and I church relations were weN active loyal and I beneficent become careless In Indifferent and Irresponsible Something or somebody somebody somebody some some- body has s a oiled their ther affections un- un their lo loyalties or destroyed their mess Iness What a a. nest of at modera modern modern mod mod- ern era Gala tuns n there are aro Offered It Is usual to plead pled tho the of ot circumstance 1 YOU might think that Providence had obstructed our om development develop develop- clop de ment by special Injunctions One Ono pleads adversity hard times hard lines We have had so 80 much sickness wo ao tO much trouble leuch ucb dogging hurd hard Many of ot tho Good Shepherds Shepherd's sheep are scattered on tho the stormy tormy and ald dark days daI And yet adversity may be beK M. M K ph lube sO eo of Gods God's providence As such Jhao drawn a trustful trustful trustful trust trust- it Jt has driven cn or many a ful and loyal soul closer to his hit friends un l God Others plead prosperity p They are arc areso so 20 Lus busy They must attend to their They arc aro UlO so much engrossed with th their new oxen new farms or ot new nc homes home that the they haven't time to think 5 cf f their neighbors or God d They must clotho and school chool their growing fam fam- am They hire are rc In home comforts Their Th lc special friendships ab absorb absorb ab- ab ab- ab orb them Their heir interest It In this or 01 that reform or this or that social nodal movement move move- ment mont or 01 club crowds out tho thu author thor a and source of or all al wholesome omo moral and social ouro progress prepress Thc They drop out of Christian ocal fellowship and ami neglect the theone theone one Institution which ne nest t to the family fam lam ily ly Is of first support and Is iy essential to the tho human soul and human humn hu hu- hu- hu maui man society mn And nd yet ct success Is also a phase of blessed la lu the theman theman thenan Gods God's Godt providence and man nan or woman who mal makes es his his success in teaching business home or social life an occasion of oC outspoken gratitude to t God God God- gratitude God gratitude shown In thanks thanks- living and thanksgiving I ln 1 Many lany tnt others other are Cro hindered by changes of lt You move mo Into Inlo a new quarter of oC the town or 01 to a strange city too city too often oCten tho the last thing adjusted is your church relations too often orten the thelast thelast last thin thine taken fn up Is your our Christian ChrIstan activities You make homes but hut not You seek seEk fellowship but not Christian fellowship You get got your r o Into Inlo Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- children Into school but not day school You become an active voting voting vot vot- ing ing- citizen but not a confessed and active active ac ac- ac tive the Christian Tho perils are much tho the same Christan whether your our move p mo Is IB from tho the material m standpoint fur tor better or i worse Any change chang ought to be bo foi tor your our moral and ani religious betterment Changes ot or residence or circumstance are phases of C Gods God providence and may be and should be marked by In Increase increase In- In crease Clease of grace and and usefulness Where Ii h the the hindrance Is IB per personal olal It lI lea Is-a who not a a what what that hinders hinders Who did hinder you you asked Paul U it i las its enough tp sober the most careless of or Il us to remember that the moral morl and ant life of or a church or community ebbs or flows Cows at the tho touch of ot persons persona Wo Ve may touch It I to our life Ufe or 01 ne neglect I It I till ti death Is Imminent Imminent We Christans Chris Chris- inns either cither help 01 ou hinder have w we not tans to ao hindered some who might have hav ho e been beon help helped Let us 9 make malte penitent confession of or f our shortcomings and ant d do works meet for cO repentance And nd yet et after atar all al wo we 0 cannot lay al altho all al tho the blame for our shortcomings On oUt ou neighbors or our om circumstance Everyne Every Ever ne ne of ot us must give an account o of himsel himself him him- sell self to God Though all al tho ho rest of or u ubo ubo Ue bo be sel or hindrances that need not keep you from 01 being true truo to Chrisand Christ Chris and the tho work Ho Ito I bus bits hut for or you to 10 do Tho best and bravest bravet of men mon and wo women women men inca have have grown In grace race and have ha e been true t t tn thou covenants ct as Christ Christians Chris Chris- I t mA it In spite of ot circumstances and In spite of ot fellow Christians Christans who were or something between a a. bin bin- and a help |