I thought I would share something more along a devotional/inspirational line. I have been reading through the series The Search for the Ancient Order by Earl Irvin West. I am about 100 pages into Volume 4, sub-titled “A History of the Restoration Movement 1919 – 1950".
The second chapter focuses on the final years of T.B. Larimore (he was 85 years old when he died in 1929) . I was inspired by his humble, cheerful, attitude and his desire to serve God until the very end of his time on this earth. Here are three small portions from this chapter that I thought were worth sharing:
Concerning building a church building for the Church of Christ in Berkeley, CA, Larimore stated that it was “not a memorial for any man but simply to glorify God, honor Christ and bless humanity – only this and nothing more.”
Speaking on his 84th birthday: “I am working in my way, while watching and waiting for the final call that I know may come any hour or any hours. I deem it my duty, however, to Divinity, to humanity, and myself, to be cheerful and happy until Heaven calls me home.”
Spoken at Larimore’s funeral service: “I noticed one thing then, and have ever since, that the burden of his message at all times was Christ . . . Christ crucified, Christ raised, Christ exalted, Christ our tender, loving Savior, was the burden of his heart and the burden of his preaching. Christ’s simple plan of salvation, faith, repentance, confession, and baptism, ‘altogether for the remission of sins,’ was his doctrine, and none could preach it plainer or more powerfully.”
The second chapter focuses on the final years of T.B. Larimore (he was 85 years old when he died in 1929) . I was inspired by his humble, cheerful, attitude and his desire to serve God until the very end of his time on this earth. Here are three small portions from this chapter that I thought were worth sharing:
Concerning building a church building for the Church of Christ in Berkeley, CA, Larimore stated that it was “not a memorial for any man but simply to glorify God, honor Christ and bless humanity – only this and nothing more.”
Speaking on his 84th birthday: “I am working in my way, while watching and waiting for the final call that I know may come any hour or any hours. I deem it my duty, however, to Divinity, to humanity, and myself, to be cheerful and happy until Heaven calls me home.”
Spoken at Larimore’s funeral service: “I noticed one thing then, and have ever since, that the burden of his message at all times was Christ . . . Christ crucified, Christ raised, Christ exalted, Christ our tender, loving Savior, was the burden of his heart and the burden of his preaching. Christ’s simple plan of salvation, faith, repentance, confession, and baptism, ‘altogether for the remission of sins,’ was his doctrine, and none could preach it plainer or more powerfully.”
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