The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-01-22
came to reject Christianity, / do not

oI WncIucf IL was InfONSn some SkcptlC
in the store or factory. Or il may be
probably is the casc-that you were dis
gusted with Religion and ,lisgustcd with
Christianity because some man who
proicsscd to be Il Christian dciraudcd
you, and he being member Of the
church, and you taking him us Il repre-
sentative Of the Christian religion, you
said, "Well, if that's religion, don't
want any of it,"
do not know how you came TO reject
Christianity, but you frankly tell me
you do reject il: you do not think the
Bible is the word Of God, although there
arc many things in ii you admire; you
do not think that Christ was 81 divine
being, although you think he was very
good man. You say, "lt the Bible is
truc--thc most Of the Bible be truc-I
nevertheless think the earlier part Of
the Bible is an allcgorY." And there
are fifty things that | believe you do
not believe. Nevertheless they tell me
III regard to YOU that you arc an accom-
mOdatrl|, you arc an ObliginG person.
II should come to YOU and ask Of YOU
Il favor you would grant it il; 1t were
possible. 1t would be a JOY for you to
grant me Il favor. Ii any Of your friends
came to you and wanted an accommO-
datloh ami YOU could accommodate
them, how glad YOU would be!
Now | am going to ask YOU Il favor. J
want you to obligc me. The acvomoda-
ton will cost YOU nothing, and you will
give me great happiness. OF course YOU
will not deny me. | want you as az
experiment to try the Christian religion
/! II docs moi stand tic test. discard! 4
IL IL docs, receive II.
If YOU were very Slrk, and YOU iaC
been Given up OF Inc doctors. auu
tool; a bottle OF medicine from my },u,li-
ct and said, "IIcrc is mct;rinc am
sure Will help YOU: it has cured li}tl
people, - YOU would say. ''Dh. havcM''
any confidence in if: they tell me All
these medicines viii fail NO." "WcN,'
| say, "will Nuu not nS Il mltIcr of ar-
rommuLlliun to myself lust try ii.N
"Wcll." vou say. II have no objection
10 trying II: il il will be any satisfaction
to you will try it, You take il.
Now YOU are sick in disuuictudc. sick
in sin. You are not happy. You
laugh sometimes when YOU are miser-
able. There come SuruCS of unhappi-
ness over your soul that almost swamp
you. You arc unhappy. struck through
with unrest. Now, will YOU not try
this solacc. this febriturc, this auodvnc,
this Gospel medicine?
"Oh,O YOU say, 81 haven't any faith
In it," AS a matter Of accommodation.
let nc introduce YOU to the Lord Jesus
Christ. the Great Physician. "Why."
you say, ~ haven't any faith in him."
Well, now, will you not Just let him
come and try his power on your soul :
just lot nc Introduce him to you. do
not ask You TO take my word for II. |
do not ask you to take the advice OF
clergymen. Perhaps the clcr&ymen
may be prciudiccd; perhaps We may be
speaking. professionally; perhaps VIC
may give YOU wrong advice; perhaps |
we may give YOU wrong advice; perhaps
VIC are morbid on that subject; so do
not ask You TO take the advice Of clergy
men. | ask you to take tho advice Of
very respectable laymcn, such as Will
liam Shakespeare, the dramatlst; as
William WilbcriOrcc, the statesman: as
lsaaCc Newton. the astronomer; as Rob-
crt Boyle. tho philosopher; rs Locke. the
mctaphysiclan; as Morse. the clcctrI-
clan.
These men never prcachcd-thcy
never pretended to prcach-but they
come out, and putting down, one his
telescope, and another the elcctrician's
wire. and another the parliamentary
Scr"l!-thcy come out, and they COM
mend CHRIST as a comfort to all the 'co-
pie, Christ that the world needs.
Now | 40 not ask YOU to take the adj
wee OF clcrsymcn. rake the ADVICE OF
thcSe laymcn. IL does not make any
difference to me at this luncturc what
you nave Sald AGAINST the l5iplc; II does
not make amy difference I" me at tins
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arc pr"mlhchl III secular aliairS' as thcSc
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