Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-22

Christ God bless you. SISTER, th<fs
right" and before the pIe<dinx xords Il
the eysngeiist bad css<ed. fully loo had
come 10 God
The rainy weather made barely par
ceptible dlffepnos IN the size u TIE ooD-
gr-gation- Every eat sss Allied ~
ususl. but the crowd that throneed the
sisles was smaller than th,se of the pre-.
vious meetings.
After the usual song service the Rev.
Jsbez Snashsil made the opening prsyer
He thanked the Almighty Cor his resels-
tions. and for the gift q Christ tie
prayed that . special tiessing might
resi upon the meeting. and that the
grace Of God might be bestowed upon
those prceent The cher thea ssne.
Jesus. Savior. Pilot Mo- after which
Mr.. Hills sang a hymn. Ar. Mile vas
late and the regular evening service did
not bcgin until aimoet ! clock The
evangelist read the scripture lesson from
the Acts of the Apostles via. -; Thy
heart ls not right IN the fight q God >
This was selected a. the text
Mr.. Mills said Men Eili be Judged
by the condition Of the heart God Nill
not say 10 those on the left h2bd You
are a forger, YOU are an sdaiterefs you
are murderer. but he will say 'ie did IL
not--ye did 10 not You Withheld your in
iDence: you prevented your family froan
going 10 God; you refused 10 consecrsfe
your business 20 God fe,isd it not
You must get your heart Elght The
atheistical heart - not right. There H.
no atheistical head The men Who 20
not believe in God call ti1emsslys< az
nostics. They claim they don't knou-
that is. they ciaim they know enough
about God 10 know that man can q
knew anything about God.
Not Right With God
An idolsfrous heart is not right IN
the eight of God. The iirst command
ment Is the great commandment Thou
shalt have NO othes Gods before me
"A non believing heart is not right
Non believing is rot laenial state. II Il
a moral state. Belief b. not a con
dltion. n is an evidence ~
mans salvation. Jesus Christ was
the touchstone - character A trout
has 20 live IN clear water because be i
trout 4 founder has Co live IN the
mud because he h a flounder A man
might ss well look at the glorious sun.
rise and say there IL no glory in II. as Z,
say be cannot zee the glory u Jesus
Christ.
"A selfish heart IL not right In the
sight of God A heart that ls not right
with your fellow man IL not right in the
sight Of Cod a man who vii say that
he loves God whom be has DOT seen, yet
loves aot bis fellow man whom &c has
seen. il a liar. The heart that VAL not
forgive an injury il not right In tie
sight of God. This is 3ne of the great
est stumbling blocks 90 the chrisfiauit,
az many. They can't--von't-fi lind u an
their hearts toforgipe an enemy. There
is no trouble with anybody on earth er-
cept sin. Any person that - troubled
wiih unrest ~ a sinntr in some uay.
Hell and the spirit of the ioet uorid are
10 your hearts II you will not forgive.
"A proud and naughty heart ss not
right in the sight 81 t5oe. SOMETIMES
we say II IL very hard Tor a uan g. b.
come a christian. and 80 IL - Sour
times we say that II - cas-, for a maR 10
become a chrisgian. aud 80 n ia II de-
penis upon how you look AZ a. II your
heart IL right n is fhe easiest thing 80
the world 10 forsske sia. loo laosf
yield your wili 90 God. acqualut "a,
sell nov with God and be at peace.
"A divided. variable heart h not right
IN the sight o, God is 10 an awful "a.
decency 90 seek Tor anything a,th more
earnestness than you seek fof God. II
you try 10 tiDd God tonight. you eill 80
home filied with the ginFdona ol heaven.
Pride q. from the Devil
"A hard unpsniicnt heart 10 not right
In the eight of God. The devH makes
people proud ~ avsrice. proud ~ har,l
hearts; proud ~ their wealth: proud
that they are not PROUD In this hall
are men locking into ny fscs who are
proud that they can look INTO ms eyes.
and eay. \ am not moved ~ tboe.
words' They say they have DC super.
stitiop; that their intellect y above sech
things You have . wrong narae for THE
upconcerp. lite siu. Tss lack a eep
sation concerning sin. ehnf does ID
mean Death. spiritusl Cesfh'
"A careless. procfssfinsiing heart Il
not right 10 the sight q God. supposs
q man had robbed you a ff0o ard ssid
III pay you ~ some future time Sup.
pose he wsre &C. coutinne THE. would you
FtENfN NAtE - nf5fFtfF INN FfttLFu tfNti
~ your youth you Rave rchl,ed him a
your early manhood. pili you rob him
d your msture age
Parable of the Desss@
There 10 q parable that . revival sss
once IN progress spd the demons - hea
esre IN c0oorli 10 o. hos they cocii
bresk u up One dsvh raic let ne
GO III tell the people that this staf
about besven and t,od - al nensrbst
That there is DC besven. 30 bel. "a
Christ. no God sfDu stsf h~rs' a. 4
Satan. you conldnf hsd au,i,oif to -.
beye yon Let me g.. sad apothe'
imp ~ tell then there 70 tsad and
a hesren but that there is 10 beli anS
no devil NJ responded Sstan. '8or
might get q fee b heisess thst bat NED
many Let De 70. piesas~d the fhird
friend. Ia tell the peopie that there I,
q COD. and hsssen snd = he'll III tsl
tksm thei the reiigion "a jesas Christ 4
n grand thing a gisrsous tbihe bot -
ssy g. them. ~Thsrs - ne hurry nissill
thls msfter fon can lust ~ wsil put Il
81 snd s1log TIE tbiuEt a ne rofid 81
q time 1hen later soa ran repent
Co reriied Sstsn. fopr plan 10 10
right cne
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