1930
Evangelist Deals With Universal Longing At Baptist Church
"It is our purpose at this hour to deal with a universal longing," declared the Rev. John W. Ham, evangelist, in opening his talk on "The City Foursquare" at the First Baptist Church, Monday evening. "The leaf in immortality antedates the Christian revelation of Heaven. The hope of Heaven is humanity wide. No race has been found that does not possess a basic idea of life beyond the grave. This hope often expressed in crude form is present in all dialects."
"The Old Testament conception of man and its revelation of God sets up in a pagan world the doctrine for immortality and Heaven. Man is set forth as made in the image of God. Sin marred that image.
"An unprejudiced study of the hopes and aspirations of the New Testament saints will convince that they held firmly to the hope of Heaven. They desired a better country. They were in search of perfection. Their lives were modeled according to that hope.
"The New Testament saint is seen wishing to go but willing to stay for the benefit of others. This marks a decided advance in the knowledge and hope of the one who stands in the full glare of a revelation, final and authoritative on the question of Heaven.
"There are three Heavens set forth in the Bible. We all live in the first Heaven. It extends up for fifty miles. The second Heaven is the area in which the constellations have their position. The vastness of space in this second sphere staggers the mind. The third Heaven is positioned beyond the second. Paul was caught up to this position. Stephen looked up and saw Jesus in the third Heaven, standing at the right hand of God. Jesus went up into the third Heaven while his disciples stood gazing.
"Materialistic science and philosophy has steadily denied the literal aspect of Heaven. Strange to say the majority of this group accept as literal a city called Babylon, described in the seventeenth chapter of Revelation, but reject the literal aspect of the new Jerusalem.
"It is interesting to study the characteristics of the City Foursquare. The external views of the city beautiful are set forth in language that is in thorough keeping with the spiritual ideals and hopes of the race.
"The streets of gold are transparent like the most perfect glass. The illumination staggers the imagination. The light will be of an uncertain character. It will need no material power to sustain it.
"The architectural harmony and beauty of the city will surpass the most exalted imagination of the artistic mind. There is neither symmetry, harmony or beauty in the lines of long rows of buildings. The perfect city will not assault the artistic sense of such a conglomeration of structures. Beauty and harmony will be written in every line of its streets.
"God loves the beautiful. He is the author of beauty. Nature witnesses to that fact. At certain seasons of the year, the earth is crammed with the beautiful that feeds the artistic sense lavishly.
"Sin marred the beauty of the first paradise. It was lost. The redemption on Calvary made possible its regaining. Heaven is a place of intellectual activity. Its internal characteristics are in keeping with its external beauty. We live in the prep school of eternity at the present.
"Social activity will characterize the citizens of the City Foursquare. Jesus in good-bye conference, pointed out that he was going away for the purpose of preparing mansions. That word suggests social activity.
The City Foursquare will be free from all trouble and sorrow; pain and crying will have passed away. Nerve wracking, fatiguing toil will be unknown. It will be a place of rest.
"John saw a city with twelve gates, three of these opened on the north, three on the east, three on the south, three on the west. These gates symbolize the various groups of earth, temperamentally and religiously.
"The New Testament closes with a call. The spirit and the bride utter the word 'Come.' The redeemed join in this invitation. Any who have tasted the water of life are in turn to issue the invitation to those that are thirsty. Six hundred and forty-two times the word 'come' is iterated and reiterated between Genesis and Revelation."
—Olean Times, Olean, NY, April 1, 1930, p. 3.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The Doctrine of the Trinity
1907
At Grace Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon Rev. Bowers, the rector, preached on "The Doctrine of the Trinity," taking his text from Revelation of St. John 4:6 — "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within; and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
"In the word of God," said Rev. Bowers, "two comings of Christ are recognized; his first coming when he came in deep humility, and his second and last coming, when he will come again to this earth in divine majesty. But also as Christ shall come, the Holy Ghost shall come; as Christ came to testify of God, the Holy Ghost shall come to testify of Christ. But God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, though different, are the same.
"The mystery of the Trinity is so far above and beyond man's understanding that for him to attempt to comprehend it is preposterous. But as is the case with reference to numerous other things, both physical and spiritual, because with his limited intelligence he is unable to understand its origin, such is no reason for refusing belief in its existence. From the physical world I shall draw a comparison. God is the true, the eternal light of the world, of the universe. Everything is born of God. A single ray of pure white light in the physical world furnishes some idea of what God is in the spiritual world, but of course only in a very limited scale. This ray of white light may be separated into its three component colors, each of which possesses its own peculiar properties. God, though like the ray of white light a unity, is at the same time a Trinity, consisting of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Faith demands of us that we worship God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity. There is no doctrine in the Bible more plainly presented than that of the Trinity. Proofs of its truth are to be found in almost every chapter. Take, for example, the first verse of the first chapter of Genesis: 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Hebrew word for 'created' in this verse is of the plural number and agrees with Jesus Christ sitting upon his heavenly throne, and that he heard the angelic host crying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come!" This church demands belief in the doctrine of the Trinity as a condition of membership. Those joining are baptized into the church in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When I dismiss you this afternoon I will dismiss you in the name of the Trinity.
"The Holy Ghost dwells not only in the church, in the town, but in our hearts, our souls; not only in this world, but in the world to come.
"The church and the Bible require us to believe facts; they do not require us to understand the origin of all facts. We do not know the ultimate origin of light, of the world; but we believe in the existence of light and the world. We do not know the origin of the Trinity, but, as Christians, believe in its existence."
—Galveston Daily News, Galveston, TX, June 3, 1907, p. 10.
At Grace Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon Rev. Bowers, the rector, preached on "The Doctrine of the Trinity," taking his text from Revelation of St. John 4:6 — "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within; and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
"In the word of God," said Rev. Bowers, "two comings of Christ are recognized; his first coming when he came in deep humility, and his second and last coming, when he will come again to this earth in divine majesty. But also as Christ shall come, the Holy Ghost shall come; as Christ came to testify of God, the Holy Ghost shall come to testify of Christ. But God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, though different, are the same.
"The mystery of the Trinity is so far above and beyond man's understanding that for him to attempt to comprehend it is preposterous. But as is the case with reference to numerous other things, both physical and spiritual, because with his limited intelligence he is unable to understand its origin, such is no reason for refusing belief in its existence. From the physical world I shall draw a comparison. God is the true, the eternal light of the world, of the universe. Everything is born of God. A single ray of pure white light in the physical world furnishes some idea of what God is in the spiritual world, but of course only in a very limited scale. This ray of white light may be separated into its three component colors, each of which possesses its own peculiar properties. God, though like the ray of white light a unity, is at the same time a Trinity, consisting of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Faith demands of us that we worship God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity. There is no doctrine in the Bible more plainly presented than that of the Trinity. Proofs of its truth are to be found in almost every chapter. Take, for example, the first verse of the first chapter of Genesis: 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Hebrew word for 'created' in this verse is of the plural number and agrees with Jesus Christ sitting upon his heavenly throne, and that he heard the angelic host crying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come!" This church demands belief in the doctrine of the Trinity as a condition of membership. Those joining are baptized into the church in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When I dismiss you this afternoon I will dismiss you in the name of the Trinity.
"The Holy Ghost dwells not only in the church, in the town, but in our hearts, our souls; not only in this world, but in the world to come.
"The church and the Bible require us to believe facts; they do not require us to understand the origin of all facts. We do not know the ultimate origin of light, of the world; but we believe in the existence of light and the world. We do not know the origin of the Trinity, but, as Christians, believe in its existence."
—Galveston Daily News, Galveston, TX, June 3, 1907, p. 10.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Dr. Tucker Continues Teachings on Book of Revelation at Church
New York, 1925
Last evening, Dr. Tucker continued his teachings on the book of Revelation at the First Evangelical church, taking for his lesson the eight chapter.
"The first angel blew his trumpet," said Dr. Tucker, "and with the blowing of the first trumpet, judgment is brought upon things agricultural. Judgment falls upon the fields, horticultural and agricultural, and reduces the yield about one-third. See how very near famine you are. My God knows how to send a famine when He is ready.
"The next angel now sounds the trumpet, and this time judgment falls upon the aquatic, and the sea is touched by this judgment. A great meteor falls into the sea and turns its waters into blood. One-third of the fish die. With one-third of the fish dead and the sea itself a stinking mass, the ships are imperiled. One-third of the ships went down the bottom of the sea.
"The third angel sounds. Judgment falls upon things astronomic. The sun is reduced one-third its heat; the moon is reduced one-third. I tell you this old earth is greatly controlled by those heavenly bodies, and when God reduces them one-third look at the condition that exists.
"Another angel sounds. There is heard screams of an eagle. He cries, 'Woe, Woe, Woe!' three times. How could an eagle's scream be heard over the whole earth? If you had asked me ten or twelve years ago, I could not have answered you. I can now. The whole world is joined together by ether air waves. if man's voice can be carried by means of ether air waves, then an eagle's voice can.
"The fifth angel sounds. There was a great cloud of smoke, and out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth. They had tails like unto scorpions and there were stings in their tails, and their power was to hurt men five months, when nobody can die. I am telling the truth, for this book says, 'In those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it.
"Someone says, 'I want a God of love.' You have had Him. Look to Calvary. 'God so loved the world.' This world is dying because it has rejected love. A greater love hath no man than to give his life.
Sunday will be the last day Dr. Tucker and his party will be in Olean, and it is expected that the church will be crowded at all services.
Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock Dr. Tucker will hold children's service. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Dr. Tucker will continue his lecture of last Sunday afternoon on the "World Map." Sunday evening the service will start at 7 o'clock instead of 7:30, as usual. The subject will be "The Greatest Question Ever Asked and Answered in This World."
—Olean Times, Olean, NY, April 4, 1925, p. 9.
Last evening, Dr. Tucker continued his teachings on the book of Revelation at the First Evangelical church, taking for his lesson the eight chapter.
"The first angel blew his trumpet," said Dr. Tucker, "and with the blowing of the first trumpet, judgment is brought upon things agricultural. Judgment falls upon the fields, horticultural and agricultural, and reduces the yield about one-third. See how very near famine you are. My God knows how to send a famine when He is ready.
"The next angel now sounds the trumpet, and this time judgment falls upon the aquatic, and the sea is touched by this judgment. A great meteor falls into the sea and turns its waters into blood. One-third of the fish die. With one-third of the fish dead and the sea itself a stinking mass, the ships are imperiled. One-third of the ships went down the bottom of the sea.
"The third angel sounds. Judgment falls upon things astronomic. The sun is reduced one-third its heat; the moon is reduced one-third. I tell you this old earth is greatly controlled by those heavenly bodies, and when God reduces them one-third look at the condition that exists.
"Another angel sounds. There is heard screams of an eagle. He cries, 'Woe, Woe, Woe!' three times. How could an eagle's scream be heard over the whole earth? If you had asked me ten or twelve years ago, I could not have answered you. I can now. The whole world is joined together by ether air waves. if man's voice can be carried by means of ether air waves, then an eagle's voice can.
"The fifth angel sounds. There was a great cloud of smoke, and out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth. They had tails like unto scorpions and there were stings in their tails, and their power was to hurt men five months, when nobody can die. I am telling the truth, for this book says, 'In those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it.
"Someone says, 'I want a God of love.' You have had Him. Look to Calvary. 'God so loved the world.' This world is dying because it has rejected love. A greater love hath no man than to give his life.
Sunday will be the last day Dr. Tucker and his party will be in Olean, and it is expected that the church will be crowded at all services.
Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock Dr. Tucker will hold children's service. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Dr. Tucker will continue his lecture of last Sunday afternoon on the "World Map." Sunday evening the service will start at 7 o'clock instead of 7:30, as usual. The subject will be "The Greatest Question Ever Asked and Answered in This World."
—Olean Times, Olean, NY, April 4, 1925, p. 9.
Sabbath Day, Sermon Topic
Utah, 1932
Willmonte D. Frazee delivered his third address, on "The Temple of God," last night at the America Legion chateau before a large, attentive audience. The fact that God is the creator of all things through His Son, was presented as a reason why the angel of Revelation 14:6,7 should be heeded. It says, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment is come, and worship Him that made heaven and earth . . ."
The memorial of creation was studied quite thoroughly and its relation to "God's eternal law," as Frazee calls it. The statement in the heart of the law declared the seventh day Sabbath to be the memorial of creation. The commandment says, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work . . . For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."
Mr. Frazee reminded his audience that since time eternal the seventh day had been God's holy day, and that Saturday is the seventh day according to any calendar, dictionary, or encyclopedia. He referred again to the ark in the temple in heaven that contains the law of God as the standard of judgment.
The institution of the Sabbath in Eden was read from the record in Genesis 2:1-3, and in Mark 2:27-28 was found as follows: "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; wherefore the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day."
The speaker invited his listeners to join him today to getting the blessing out of the day that God has put in it for man. He announced the services to be held in the chateau this morning, Sabbath school at nine-thirty and preaching service at eleven.
For tomorrow night was announced, "The United States in Prophecy." In the preliminary, the nurses will again demonstrate another simple home treatment, and Mr. Frazee will give a short talk on the prohibition issue, "Wet or Dry."
—The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden City, UT, June 11, 1932, p. 2.
Willmonte D. Frazee delivered his third address, on "The Temple of God," last night at the America Legion chateau before a large, attentive audience. The fact that God is the creator of all things through His Son, was presented as a reason why the angel of Revelation 14:6,7 should be heeded. It says, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment is come, and worship Him that made heaven and earth . . ."
The memorial of creation was studied quite thoroughly and its relation to "God's eternal law," as Frazee calls it. The statement in the heart of the law declared the seventh day Sabbath to be the memorial of creation. The commandment says, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work . . . For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."
Mr. Frazee reminded his audience that since time eternal the seventh day had been God's holy day, and that Saturday is the seventh day according to any calendar, dictionary, or encyclopedia. He referred again to the ark in the temple in heaven that contains the law of God as the standard of judgment.
The institution of the Sabbath in Eden was read from the record in Genesis 2:1-3, and in Mark 2:27-28 was found as follows: "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; wherefore the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day."
The speaker invited his listeners to join him today to getting the blessing out of the day that God has put in it for man. He announced the services to be held in the chateau this morning, Sabbath school at nine-thirty and preaching service at eleven.
For tomorrow night was announced, "The United States in Prophecy." In the preliminary, the nurses will again demonstrate another simple home treatment, and Mr. Frazee will give a short talk on the prohibition issue, "Wet or Dry."
—The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden City, UT, June 11, 1932, p. 2.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Special Service at Holiness Church Sunday Afternoon
1934
The Pilgrim Holiness church of East Davis and Johnson streets is very thankful for the way the Lord is blessing in the revival meeting.
The messages Tuesday and yesterday evenings provoked thought on lines of right thinking. Surely the heavenly bread was cast upon the water.
Last evening Rev. P. F. Elliott preached from Revelation 6:17: For the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
He spoke of different great days in history, and majored on the great day of God's wrath. This was a message of God, that will never be forgotten by those who heard it.
Some who came forward for prayer were blessed.
—The Daily Times-News, Burlington, NC, April 19, 1934, p. 8.
The Pilgrim Holiness church of East Davis and Johnson streets is very thankful for the way the Lord is blessing in the revival meeting.
The messages Tuesday and yesterday evenings provoked thought on lines of right thinking. Surely the heavenly bread was cast upon the water.
Last evening Rev. P. F. Elliott preached from Revelation 6:17: For the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
He spoke of different great days in history, and majored on the great day of God's wrath. This was a message of God, that will never be forgotten by those who heard it.
Some who came forward for prayer were blessed.
—The Daily Times-News, Burlington, NC, April 19, 1934, p. 8.
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