The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-07-11
ALMOST 4 CHRISTIAN



'erian church. preached To good
congregation. using as text the
words contained In Acts. 26ss.
| Then Agrippa said unto Paul.
Almost thou persuadest me TO be a
christian. Or. Clyce said in part;
Ny subject is Almost Chris
tian.' and Is 1t my purpose 10 treat
1t little different from the usual
manner Of treating the subject The
apostle lays bare his life before Ag-
rippa; tells OF the wonderful change
which has come over his life: be-
gins to reason with him and says to
him. II know thou bclievest the
prophets and then 1t Is Agrippa
says Almost thou persauadest me To
be christian" l believe II condi-
t!ons had been different Agrippa
would have accepted Christ; but he
was in the company OF royalty and
did not like to yield. Many man
! refuses to obey the dictates of his
conscience simply on account OF the
company he is in. I want to notice
tonight some We think OF as almost
christians.
DR.. Clyce here spoke first OF the
children OF pious parents who have
been taught the scriptures and
brought up in the fear Of God. There
are many men and women almost
Christians and yet they lack the
one thing needful, surrender to Je-
sus Christ The rich young man who
came to Christ was model young
man, but Christ told him to sell his
goods and give to the poor and he
was not willing to obey. and hence
we find he never entered the king
dom OF Christ Christ himself said
he was very near the kingdom; only
lacked one thing and that was obed-
ience to Christ
! Dr. Clyce here related the case OF
an old man who had been a regular
attendant at church all his life; and
when the revival seasons came he
would weep over his sins and ex
press a desire to have Gods people
to pray for him. and yet ne was
never able to commit his life to
Christ. He died as he had lived. He
erected a church before he died and
/ from that church he was buried, ana
vet he was never willing to take his
place as achristian; never yielded
| his heart to Jesus Christ as far as
wa know A man is condemned be-
cause he does not believe in the only
hegotten Son of God. The sin that
condemns man is his refusal 10
obey Christ and accept HIM man
is not saved by works but by the
shed blood of Jesus Christ.
Continuing DR.. Clyce said: We
have in every community parents
whose children have come into the
kingdom of God and the parents
themselves not willing TO take their
stand with the children and assist
in leading them 10 better life
Then there are those who have
heen aroused TO religious interest
and vet have not accepted CHRIST
There are men who passed through
tho stuart meeting a few weeks age
who were serious and promised
their friends that they would setu'
the question OF their souls salNatioi
ana / believe MIR. Stuart said, tha
before another series OF meetins'
some of those standing out agains
IN. claims of Jesus Christ would d.
cold In death And has not tn
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touched during those services soh
ont "a meet God. and have not ON
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