. The Southern Baptist pulpit . resurrection and the life; he u 230 THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST PULPIT that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shallhe live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in meshall never die. Believest thou this? God grantthat this blessed truth may turn many to his dearSon and heal the homesickness of many in thethought of death. WILLIAM LOWNDES Pickard was born in Upson County, Ga.,October 19, 1861. He took his degree at Mercer University,1884. Full graduate of seminary in 1887. Ordained at Macon,Ga., 1883. Pastor at Thomaston, Ga., March to October, [884;at Elk Creek a
. The Southern Baptist pulpit . resurrection and the life; he u 230 THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST PULPIT that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shallhe live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in meshall never die. Believest thou this? God grantthat this blessed truth may turn many to his dearSon and heal the homesickness of many in thethought of death. WILLIAM LOWNDES Pickard was born in Upson County, Ga.,October 19, 1861. He took his degree at Mercer University,1884. Full graduate of seminary in 1887. Ordained at Macon,Ga., 1883. Pastor at Thomaston, Ga., March to October, [884;at Elk Creek and Fisherville, Ky., while in seminary. Called toFirstChurch, Eufaula, Ala., September 1, 1887. After two yearsthere, called to First Church, Birmingham, Ala. After nearlyfour years there, called to Broadway Baptist Church, Louisville, his present pastorate. June, 1889, received decree of d the University of Alabama. In 1886 he was married toMi-- Florence May Willingham, of Albany, (.a., who is truly apastors D. I • I XXI Tin. EFFECTUAL CROSS1 BY W. PICKARD, D. D. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not inIs, lest the croii of Christ should be made void. i Cor. I :l7. MANY places that were once filled with ma-laria have been transformed into beauty; butt ie transformati mendous sacrifices. The greatest change in all history is that whichhas taken place in the estimate of the cross. Whatcould Paul have meant when he spoke of the cross asnething to be guarded with conscientious scruplelest it should b void? Paul was once accu of b side himself because of much learning; is lie beside himself wh< n he speaks to the Corinthians of the effectti s] aks of preaching, and of preaching t: 1 as the central then An I he calls it the irist H that preaching must in son: - he made void. He implies the hing so a- to render this cro the as some-thing th a can be used for the greatest of ^ood to the world, or a taat ean be made ineffec
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