Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19

come? You've got excuses, no DOUBT. II
give some of the popular excuses OF the
nineteenth century. One of them is the
Bible. Men say that there are mary things
there which they can't understand. Sc
there is, and l am glad of it, | AN glad
that there is something in il which ] Cant
understand. What of it? Are you going to
reject because you can't understand il,
Why. they say that the Constitution Of the
United States is a plain document and Vel
not two of these Senators will agree upon
il. They say free trade and the tariff Is
plain. yet these Congressman don't uoder-
stand it from the way things look. Peorle
criticise the Bible who have not r.alu
Have you got questions to ask about sin
Break away from your sin and your ques.
tons will be answered. Give up your adul-
terry, stop drinking, leave your SINS and The
questions will be answered. Don't stumbl
about doctrines. These doctrines of predes-
tination and Denomination are not for the
outsiders. There is nothing in the Bible
about the elect. 1t says whatsoever will
that's the word whatsoever You are a
whatsoever Let him that is athirst come
and whatsoever will let him drink the water
OF life There are about 800 young men
here who say it is a hard thing to be a
Christian. They think that Christians wear
That's not true. The Christian need not
wear a long face and wait until he gets to
heaven to be happy.
The Devils Yoke Hard.
1.-The way of the transgressor is hard
You know that. The drunkard has a hard
time; the dishonorable man, the libertine
don't have a good time. The burden of the
Christian is easy. The yoke of the devil is
hard. No man will know liberty until his
letters have been broken and he has turned
from sin. l would like to have every man
here tell me If his service of the devil has
been easy, and If his service of God has been
hard. How many men here have found God
a hard master?" There was no reply. How
many of you have found him an easy mas
ter?" There was loud and sincere chorus
of ''Yes!'
Yet if 1 should stop at the door here and
take every man by the hand and ask him
to stop and talk it over he would give an
excuse. The excuse Is you haven't time
You spend five years learning a trade or a
profession. Yet you can't take five minutes
to attend to your soul. You'd better take
time.
Another excuse is that there are SO
many hypocrites among Christians. Just
carry that principle into your business and
see where you will land! Are you a lawyer;
are there no hypocrites there? Are you a
doctor, and are there no hypocrites among
doctors? Why don't you leave your profes-
sion and get away from hypocrites? When
you hear a man bowling about hypocrites
you may be sure he does not live far from a
hypocrite himself. Why don't you get away
from hypocriteS i'm business? Let me tell
you that where you will find one hypocrite
among Christians l VIII show you one hun
dred in the world. We are not perfect bl,f
we teach a perfect religion. There is no
flaw in Jesus Christ. We don't ask you to
believe in us, but do ask you to believe
in the Son of God.
Not Question of Feeling.
You are invited to a feast tonight You
say you don't feel like it; what OF that
Come anyhow and your feelings Will be all
right. You say you can't believe: Beneve
who? Why, believe yourself. It's not God
that you don't believe. but yourself. 1 can't
believe my own heart; 1t has deceived me a
thousand times. You can't believe your
self, but you can all put your belief in the
God of heaven.
There are two other excuses that keep
more people away than any other. one OF
them is that darling sin of yours You
don't want to give IT up. know a man IN
this house tonight who wants to become a
Christian, but he can't give up that woman