CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-04-20

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the acceptance of the truth as you
hear it preached.
Who can commit it? / used to
think only the drunkards and dregs
of society. But to whom was Jesus
talking when he uttered the language
read at the beginning of the sermon
To the Pharisees, the best moral peo-
pie in Jerusalem. They were very
punctilious in everything they said.
but their exactness of life WAS not
always predicated on sincerity. That
was the gang that crucified Jesus
Christ That was the crowd he was
warning. You may help the poor,
give literally to the church, help
pay for this Tabernacle and be high
ly moral and respectable. but if you
say no to Jesus Christ and repeat it
you are in danger of committing the
objectionable sin.
/ believe these meetings are the
bell of God tolling out your destiny.
Some Of you old sinners here tonight
might as well be in hell as in this
building. You have frittered away
your opportunities to become Chris
tian, and. like Ephriam, are Joined to
Gods call in these days of religious
zeal and interes st are blind to their
eternal welfare. There are thous-
ands. aye, millions. of people that
come under my sermon tonight. There
are scores Of people in Canon City
that are committing the objectionable
sin. probably many Of them within
the sound of my voice.
I'll venture the assertion that there
are sinners in this building tonight
that have not had 3 conviction Of sin
for twenty. thirty and even forty
years do not believe there is
man on earth that has not at some
time in his life felt q conviction of
his sintulness and iniquity. Christ
will cease calling for your redemption
after awhile and God will let you
alone in your wickedness- / know,
and you know, that Jesus Christ is.
divine and only through Him can we
hope for eternal life.
The tonchstone Of your character
IL whether you yield to Christ or not.
Your attitude toward Him is the base
line of your manhood or womAnhood.
Does the Holy Spirit make stonement
for sin' No. Does He forgive sin
No. 1t takes the whole Trinity to
ssve you from hell The Holy Spirit
is here to convict you Of sin. Christ
has made atonement for your sins and
God stands ready to forgive your
sins.
The Holy Spirit is Gods last call.
He spakc TO men of old by prophets.
He then spoke by Christ. Now we
are in the last dispensation. It's Gods
last effort TO save this old world.
How does it show itself, this sin
against the Holy Spirit; Two ways;
one way is by bitter malignity; the
other way is more oommon-utter.
absolute indifference.
Right here l want to say I don t
believe much in this death bed re-
pentance. You can't spend your life
in sin and then throw the remnant Of
n broken. wasted life in the face of
God. Usually a man dies as he lives.
You don't give the preacher a fair
chaucc at you. When you eat your
three meals day and prosper
he is the last man you want to see.
Bu, the dsy coines when you don't 20
down to the store; the doctor comes.
he shakes his head and then you send
in haste for the preacher l won't say
you can't be saved, but / don't be
lieve in death bed repentance I'll
not preach funeral sermon full of lies
for any man Ii puts us preseh hers in
an awfully hard Place, but honesty
and morality and philanthropy are
not salvation.
One of Ineersoll's fsvorite argu
mcnts was: III God cannot forgive
He is not divine. II He will not He
is not loving" say God cannot for
give unless you submit TO his plan.
Some people ask how does it happen
that so few aged men and women are
converted? The way into the king
dom is not head first, IL is heart first
To Cure a Cold In Oae Day.