Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-05-16


how it strengthened me, but it did.
When Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, those who were bitz
ten by the fiery serpent and looked
at the one Moses had lifted up were
healed. There was mystery in that.
but they were healed all the same.
Some say their surroundings won't
fit if they join the church. Well,
there is a great deal in that A
man bought ticket once to go to a
horse race, but got on the wrong
boat, and after it started he found
that it was loaded with ministers
and church members going to a
great meeting. He went to the
captain of the boat and told him he
was nearer hell that he had ever
been in all his life, and would give
him ten dollars if he would put him
off at the first landing. And it has
been said, but | won't vouch for it,
that the circumstance has been re-
4 versed and the preacher thought he
was nearer hell than he had ever
been before and told the captain of
the boat that he would give him ten
dollars to put him off at the first
landing.
What is needed is faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ. A man won't deposit
/ his money in a bank without he has
faith in the honesty of the officials
of the bank. A man won't get on a
car without he has confidence in the
engine and engineer to carry him to
the place he wants to go. Some men
give as their reason that there are
so many hypocrits in the church.
That is so; but know Of but one
other place in all the world where
there are more hypocrits than in the
church, and that is outside of it. So
that is an excuse, but no reason. /
don't like hypocrits any more than
you do. But in the face Of all this.
you will go to hell if you don't take
my dose before you die. There are
plenty of hypocrits and you need not
make any more. And they all
with one accord began to make ex-
cuse." Sinners have plenty of ex-
cuses for not accepting Christ, but
no reason for it.
The whole truth is that you have
some secret sin that keeps you away
from God, and you won't give it up
or tell what it is. Be man, have
the grit and backbone to stand up
before this large audience and con-
fess Christ. Throw away the mys-
terry of the new birth and everything
! else that has mystery about it and
come to Christ. 1t is better for an
! old man to accept Him than to die
without him. 1t is a dangerous
thing for parents to keep their chill
dren from uniting with the church
while they are small. DR.. Burrows,
who we know as one of the best Of
men, had no sympathy, for long
time, with children who wanted to
unite with the church. and dis
couraged little girl in her effort of
three or four times. Finally the
child got desperate and told DR..
Burrows and the deacons that if
thew would not accept her, Jesus
would.
Men can sin away the day of grace.
1t is an awful fact sad, but true.
Then do not put it off. 1t is one of
the saddest things in the world for a
man to put off serving God until he
is old, but it is better even then than
never. You have some sin that you
don't want to give up. The sin has
got hold of you and wont let you
loose like the fish hawk that fasten-
ed its talons in a fish too large to
carry away and by its weight was
borne down into the East River and
drowned because its talons were
buried in the fish and couldn't be
drawn out. But with your ex-
cuses can you stand the test of the
judgment?