Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-19

feel in your heart Il ought to be
damned. II I got my just deserts
would be-" That's a hopeful sign.
Some people are saved from great sins.
The opposite is true in many lives.
There are lot of people who live
good, clean, upright moral lives, and
If they would take their stand for
Jesus Christ it would not mean much
of a change in their life. 1 know peo-
pie to whom salvation would not mean
much of change; there are many
things in their life that they would
have to quit, but they would have to
do one thing, and that is, publicly
avow themselves believers in and
accepters Of Jesus Christ and begin to
live for His glory and seek to do His
will.
Salvation to some men means as
dark room into light room-as much
Of change as crawling out Of snow
bank and going into a warm room.
But no matter who you are, you have
to do this-believe In the Lord Jesus
Christ. Believe in your heart and con-
fess with your mouth.
remember hearing John Mcneil,
the Scotch preacher, tell that he
imagined the blind men whose eyes
were opened at a convention and all
were giving their experience. One fell
low said: II was blind and Jesus came
along and said:
What wilt thou that I should do
unto thee?" And I said: Lord that
1 might receive my sight. Son Of
David have mercy on me"
And Jesus said: go thy way, thy
faith hath made thee whole"
Another fellow said: "Thats not the
way; you didn't get 1t like that; you
got in on the installment plan dixie we
buy furniture in Chicago.) was as
blind as a bat and Jesus came along
said to me: "Well, what do you
Want?"
II want to see."
YOU l ees aon ana 'esa,said: What do
Nothing
Look again."
I looked again and saw men, and
they looked like trees walking.
| Jesus said: Look again."
"And looked the third time and my
sight came" So you don't get it all
at once. So come down and get a
little religion tonight, more tomorrow
night, and by the time the meetings
are over you'll get thru.
! Another fellow said: "Look here
you've got it wrong. I was blind and
Jesus came along and said: Lord
that I might receive my sight," and
Jesus turned around and spat on the
ground and stopped down and mixed
clay with the spittle, put it on my
eyes and told me to go to the poo
OF Sloan and wash. CROPPED my way
to the pool with the help of fellow
and when I got there I washed and
my sight came, so if you are going to
see you have to go to a pool and
wash"
Another fellow said: 'Tll leave il
to the whole bunch if I can't see as
we'll as you and I haven't been near a
pool"
Jesus didn't tell all of them to go tt
the pool and wash. There was n,
efficacy nor medicinal power either il
the clay, the water or the pool but i
was faith in Jesus Christ that opened
the eyes of every one of them. Dom
you see? Faith in Christ did 1t. H
dealt with those fellows in as man,
different ways as there were differen
fellows. but He got their eyes ope1
just the same, and it was faith IL
Jesus Christ that did the business fol
them. Every man here is consciou.
of the fact that he has sinned and tn,
penalty Of the broken law is upon him
Some people have a deeper conviction
Of sin after they become a christian
than they had before. I have me
people both ways. Some people cam
tell you when they were converted. I
Mrs. Sunday was asked she couldn'
tell. She was born in a chris
tan home. Her mother laugh
her from her earliest recollection
You know what an old Scotch Presby
terrain home is, don't you? She can
tell you the day nor the hour she wa
converted. She can tell you when sh,
went into the church. She never knew
anything else but to pray, go to churcl
and feed on catechism and oatmea
porridge. She never knew anythin,
else. But I can tell you the day, tn,
hour and the very place I was con
verified. Would you say she is NOR
saved than I am? Not much!
Some people are emotional. Some
when they give their heart to God. or,
and get as stiff as poker Othe
people are cool and calculating. Som
give way to tears, others never shet
a tear. Would you say that a ma,
isn't converted if ne doesn't boo-hooo
You are fool if you do 1 saw
fellow come down here the other nigh
crying. All right. that's his make
up He is emotional. Another fellow
walked down just as cool as coul,
be, sat down and folded his arms
That's his makeup. Would you sa,
that this fellow that cried had deepe
conviction Of sin than the other fell
low? Not much!
Up in Elgin, ILL.,. a fellow came for
ward, dropped on the floor and role,
in the sawdust and shavings AM
groaned. 1 said to one of the Methods
preachers: whats the matter Will
him?" Hes getting religion, Bill
said: HE looks as tho he had tn
stomach ache" Pretty soon 1 say
a keen-looking, clean-cut fellow, nice
ly dressed, walk down the aisle. HI
walked up and took me by the han,
and said: "Mr. Sunday, accept Jesu.
Christ as my Savior" said: Go,
bless you, I'm proud OF you Sit down
He sat down and folded his arms
Would you say that the fellow 4lyin
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