Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-11
THE EVENING MEETING.
The Evangelist Puts in Some Heavy Hi
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The Evangelist Puts in Some Heavy Hits
All 4Iong the Line.
asst evenings meeting at the Armory Hall
was even more largely attended than was the
afternoon service. Before the opening OF the
services the house was packed from top to bot
tom, not even standing room could be had at
7:So., The services were opened with prayer by
Rev. DR.. Wheeler, after which the choir. which
had increased to over le) members, rendered
several selections. Prof Excel sang a bass
solo written especially for his use. entitled
"'TIs DIVIDING THE WORLD"
And which was magnifcently rendered.
Mr.. Jones then proceeded to the discussion of
the text, Choose ye this day whom We will
serve, but as for me and my house, we will
serve the Lord" ''These" said the speaker.
were the words of Joshua, Gods faithful serv-
ant and this text is an exhortation to each one
present who might indorse the latter part of it
tonight. The eXhortation OF the text is
CHOOSE YE THIS DAY
Whom ye will serve. The declaration of Joshna
vas, as for me and my house, we will serve the
Lord Christianity is a matter of choice. Ey-
eryone desires to be good, but only the good
choose to be good. There are great many men
on this earth who have all their lives desired TO
be good men. really never saw man SO de-
praved that in his heart of hearts he did not de-
sire to be good man. Desire is very different
from choice. If you were to lay before me an
orange and banana, and tell me to choose
which would take might take the banana
and leave the orange, or leave the banana and
take the orange that is simply saying | will
take this and leave you that When a man
reaches the point where he says, I choose
rather 10 suffer afiietio1 with the people of God
than enjoy the pleasures of the devil for a sea,
SOD, then l know he is
THE HIGHEST TYPE or A CHRISTIAN.
God himself cannot make man good until
that man chooses to be good. l speak with ali
reverence for Him when say this. If He can
make q man good against his choice, do you not
think He would do it2 ! cannot make LAWYER
or farmer of my son until he chooses to be one.
Some of You will say, well Mr.. Jones, If Won
want to make lawyer or a farmer of your boy.
just
BUY 500 ACRES OF LAND,
Stock it, place him on it to work: that will
make farmer OF him. How can DO it If he
chooses TO be down town playing billiards all
day and won't go near the farm? You say buy
him library, and put him into a good practice
and that Will make lawyer of him; not unless
ne chooses 10 be one. If he spends sll his time
fishing and won't go near the Office, he won't
50 my efforts are an utter failure. You say,
Jones, God is omnipotent If He desires to make
a Chris ian out OF me He would do it.
TAKE RELIGION AND COMMON SENSE
My couutrymer at the same time 1t is very
seldom done, but 1t is possible. No wonder
settle this whole question. Look at it in the
past, the present and the future. Is it best to be
Christian, to do right and quit wrong doing !;
IS it better TO be sober than TO e drunk, to be
vicious, to be happy than to be miserable to 20
TO heaven than
TO co TO HELL?
If it is, settle the matter and choose whether
you viii be good OF bad, drunk or sooer, a Chris
tian or sinner God throws both heaven and
hell at your feet and tells you 10 take your
choice be says / VIII that all men should
come and be saved whosoeyer viii, let him
come. When you say you will be Christian,
God says you will; when you say You WON'T the
devil says you won't. and you make ND CO.
partnership with him that win last forever
have been puzzled at times how man can
DELIBERATELY CHOOSE TO BEA DRuNKARp,
A liar or an uDeean man do not believe there
is aGy such thing as necessitated sin. II YOU
aie sinner from necessity there is no sin
against you. Where you break down is at the
point where you do wrong and know il before
you do 1t, and know ii while YOU are doing il
and after you are through with it. There's
where you break down. One of the members
OF my church said to me one day. Brother
Jones, try to be good man, but when get
mad ! can't help cussiDg.' 1isaid, "Oh well, if
you can't help it, 90 on, Won't turn you oat of
the church for it, and God won't punish Won for
IT,. Well he said, maybe / could help it.
Then said, Il will turn you out of the chur, h
you yagabond, and
GOD WILL SEND YOU TO HELL FOR IT.
Every man in this audience is as goodies he
chooses. but very few are as good as they desire
believe there is less excuse for drinking than
overtaken by drurkardness for
DEaIJoHNs AND BOTTLES HAVE no LEGS
And so they can't oyertake you. Ifyou want to
be good man say so and pitch in and be one.
God promises TO help every man that chooses to
be good, and the devil helps all who want to be
bad Some of you don't need help at all /
guess you get all the help you need Soyne of
you say, Jones. don't know whether there is
a God or mol. Look here, it is getting mighty
late i'll the day for You to talk thzt way I hsye.
got less patience with this thing you call infidei-
lty than any man you ever looked at A little
middle, iufidel that's his name one OF these
little narrow-eyed fellows; fly can crawl over
him and
PAW HDI IN ONE EYE AND KICK HIM IN THE
OTHER,
He can look through a key-hole with both ewes
st the ssme time. and be isn't cross-eyed either.
! like man that lifts his head up and looks
around him and says, These mountains sre
Gods thoughts builded mp, ard these val eys
are his thoughts spread out; these rivers are
Cod thoughts IN motion, these flowers Coos S
thoughts in bloom. these dewdrops Coo, $
thoughts in pearl, and then say I don't know
whether there is & God or not Whenever yot,
see a man " ho doesn't want a God, he don't be-
wanted God that didn't have one. These
people that drink and lie and steal and run their
DEvIIsH MEAN POLITICS
In this country, don't want Goo: If there is
one, they are gene coons-that's sure. Because
man don't want a God, forsooth, there is no
amount OF patience with Bob IngeIsoIl Old
Bob can make 500 night out of his infidelity.
but
YOU LITTLE FOOLS
That will pay 81 to go and hear him. when YOU
make nothing out OF il, and board yourself res
Tou are the crriest crowd ever saw Bob was
recurring in Boston some time ago and in his
audience were two Yale boys. He was leetllr-
ing on the mistakes of Moses Now, am a
good deal like the old woman who said She
would not give anything TO hear Bob lecture
on izae mistakes OF Noses but would give a
hundred dollars
TO HEAz MOSES LEcJusE
on the mistakes of Ingersol. When the meet
ing WAS oyer one Of the boys, as they walked to
their rooGo- said By George didn't old Rob
wing Crrlsrianifv OF Tho earfl, -.