George Washington Carver:
"There are only two ways: one is Right and the other is Wrong, ‘About’ is always wrong. Don’t tell me it’s ‘about’ right. If it’s only ‘about’ right, then it’s wrong."
William Penn:
"Right is right even if everyone is against it; and Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it."
-Reprinted from TEMPLE TIMES-Pastor Bob McCurry, Editor
SPURGEON: A CIRCUS PERFORMER?
Mr. P. T. Barnum, then head of the Barnum Circus Association, once invited Spurgeon to come to America to preach in a large tent at his traveling circus. Every concession was made to make the offer attractive to Mr. Spurgeon. Musical talent would be provided, unless the preacher wished to provide his own. He would have provided any equipment and manpower he desired to make the meetings a success. Mr. Spurgeon could preach as long as he wished.
There was but one stipulation: the Barnum Circus Association would take the gate receipts and would pay the preacher $1,000 per sermon. This was a very handsome offer in the day in which Spurgeon lived.
How much like the attitude of those today who feel the choir is too narrow because it refuses to be tolerant to the discordant! Or the church that refuses to include the unregenerate in its membership!
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Mr. Spurgeon replied by letter:
"Dear Mr. Barnum:
Thank you for your kind invitation to lecture in your circus tents in America. You will find my answer in Acts 13:10.
Very Sincerely yours,
Charles Spurgeon."
[WANTED: an IBM electric Typewriter]
ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY
-James Montgomery-
Angels, from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story,
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth:
Come and worship, Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching o’er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing,
Yonder shines the infant light:
Come and worship, Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations;
Ye have seen his natal star:
Come and worship, Come and worship,
Worship Christ the newborn King.
Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear,
Suddenly, the Lord descending
In His temple shall appear:
Come and Worship, Come and Worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
SINNERS, WRUNG WITH TRUE REPENTANCE,
DOOMED FOR GUILT TO ENDLESS PAINS,
JUSTICE NOW REVOKES THE SENTENCE,
MERCY CALLS YOU, --BREAK YOUR CHAINS:
Come and Worship, Come and Worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
"God which will have all men to be saved" –I Timothy 2:4 --"That is," said Tyndale, "some of all nations and all degrees, and not the Jews only."
"And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." -- I John 2:2 --"Christ died not only for our sins, who are Jews," he declared, "but for the whole world, that is, all who should believe unto the world’s end, of whatsoever nation or degree they be."
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"Art thou all sin? ’Behold the Lamb of God Who taketh away the sin of the world!’
"Art thou all unholy? See thy Advocate with the Father, ’Jesus Christ, the Righteous!’
"Art thou unable to atone for the least of thy sins? ‘He is the Propitiation for our sins.’
"Art thou totally unclean in soul and body? Here is the ‘Fountain for sin and uncleanness!’ Arise, and Wash away thy sins!"