The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-21
HARD HEARTS.
uo m.d. Those Who NEGLECT Gods
offer VIII be Cut OIL.

Tho interest in the gospel meetings /.
still continues; there readditions to
the church every service. Last night
the evangelist took as text neo. 3:
8. Harden not your hearts" Men :
harden their hearts by saying / did
not make sim" and therefore am 4:
not responsible. But are We not re-
sponsible for anything excep' "nat
we NAV make or cause to exist'
An engineer is running train at
high rate of speed; span In a or'oge
has been washed away; the company
has sent men to flag the tram; tne
first waves the signal to STOP out
the train thunders on; the secono
gives the sign of danger, but on soes
the engineer; he sees the spau ~
gone, but ssya Its no fault OF mine
and plunges into the river.
Those who are saying tonight tnaI
did not make sin, and rejecting al
warning, although you look aheao
and see the great span in the moran
universe that has been carried away
by the flood of sin, will soon plunge
into the river of death and go down
to the gulf of despair.
God did not make sin; 1t originates
in your heart. Mat 1919, "Out of the
heart proceed evil thoughts, murder,
adultery, foundations, thefts, bias
phemies."
"God takes away my friends" and
therefore 1 won't obey Him, is the
way some harden their hearts.
In a family when 1 had called and
asked the father and mother to be-
come christians, sickness came and
the little child whom they so dearly
loved, died. The mother said Il
think God took our child because We
would not obey Him." don't be-
lieve that, but 1 was glad it led her
to see she was neglecting Gods offer
of mercy.
God does not kill our friends in
order to make US love Him. That is
revolving to our sense of Justice. Sup
pose young man here tonight &C.
companies a young lady to her home
they 60 in the parlor and sit down
he says to her "Do you love me?'
She answers No" He takes up q
chair and strikes her to the floor an6
as she looks up, he says do yor
love me now?" She replies "Well
| I
Would he win her affections tina
way? No one would proceed on tina
principle. Do ycu, then, think God
the perfect being, would try to max
US love Him by doing that which i
contrary to the constitution of ou
whole being? Its sin that causes a.
the death and suffering in the world
Rom. SIP, "Sin entered the world
and death by sin,'
! NEGLECTING GODS OFFER.
y "An day long have l stretche
r forth my hands to disobedient an
gainsaying people,"
God desires the salvation of all an
offers every inducement for us to b
: saved. Many are convinced tha
they ought to be christians, but ar
. getting further away every day be
O cause they reject the gospel. 'Ho'
shall you escape, if you neglect 8
great salvation?" You may be los
without being SO wicked; you wi
be condemned as quick for what yo
do not do as for what you do, "H
d that believeth not shall be col
demned."
q "GOD's LAW TOO STRICT"
Do you say that about the law tht
- takes hold of the one who insult
virtue? Do you say the death pena
r ty is too severe for him that take
the life of your daughter? No. Yo
rejoice that the statute is enforced
Who, then, complains of the law?
Il is the law-breaker, not the keeper. {
e the law.
= The purpose of the law is for tn
: good of the governed. So of God
law; it is for our good and only tn
p transgressor complains that it
too strict This way of hardenin
the heart is a confession that you al
not obedient.
VIOLATED RESOLUTIONS.
How often you have resolved
y will live better. ] will become a chri
y tian," yet you are still serving satal
IS Many men promised their wive
V before marrying, that they woul
turn to Christ, but alas! that promi!
is still unfulfilled. If man shou
e promise you one hundred dollars thi
y he owed you, and had plenty of
S in the bank, and then did not pay
,r what would you say? You wou
say "he lied" Well, what does yol
wife think of you? More, what do'
'o God think of you?