Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
The new BIRTH
SUNDAYS THEME
Continued From First Page.)

said. in hell he lifted up his eyes, be-
ing in torment There was cross in
the religion of those days and it was
cruel. Today we are putting the cross
out of our religion. We used to have
Good Friday, but now people want to
have an Easter without a Good Fri
day.
When I came into the church it
meant to be hated and ostracised by
friends and acquaintance when you
took your stand for God. When l came
into the church it meant to be SLAM
dered and lied about when you stood
| up for God.
Present Day Religion.
1T means that today if You take a
real stand for Jesus Christ l am try
ing to tell you what it means to take
your stand for God.
Religion today means to join the
church. Be an Epworth Lacquer of
Christian Endeavorer There's too much
joining the church and too little join
ing Christ.
You can not improve on Calvary's
method of saving souls. l would rather
lose my soul in an honest attempt to
keep up the high standard that Jesus
Christ has established than to lower
the standard to please and satisfy my
critics. My chances on the high level
would be better than success on the
low level
You Do Not Need a Tag.
$50 when you are child of God
you do not need to be tagged. You do
not need to wear different coat, or
collar, or bonnet The world will know
it if you are right with God You have
at little need of tag to show you are
christian as / have to paint a sign
out in the country now which would
read it is spring or one in the VIM
ter, it is winter
I'VE have a lot of people who are
trying to improve on Gods way Of
keeping men and women out of hell.
SO when God comes into me and floods
my soul with glory l do not have to
have some one tell me that l have been
saved.
Il am no theologian. know no more
about theology than a jack rabbit does
about ping pong or golf 1 know my
doctrine is all right, and when I know
that l do not need to have some doctor
to doctor my doctrine.
The Difference.
There's a difference between a child
: Of God and child of the devil. a child
of God hates sin. A child of the devil
loves 10 sin. A child of God resists sin.
. a child of the devil asks the devil,
master give me a job A child of God
, goes home sober. A child of the devil
r -oes home drunk A child of God is
honest. A child of the devil steals.
steals
I'm these things are manifested the
children of God and the devil. You &c
to man and ask, why do you not be
goodo' How can he be when the devil
is in him? He has got to get the devil
j out of him first before he can be good
What I am preaching is not a new no.
\ ton. 1t is not the outburst of some
e crazed, self deluded fanatic. 1t is as ole
g as the hills. Don't You depise the new
. birth. It's the property of no one de-
: nomination. 1t was taught by Wesley
S Whitfield. Peter, James, John, Finney
e Sturgeon and Campbell.
: IF God thought we'll enough of i
n to provide plan of redemption, 20,
h only show how big fool YOU are b!
u defying it.
h Jesus Said Those Words.
e ITO whom did Jesus say, 'Ye must bt
g born again? He said it to Nicodemus
Il a member of the church and of tn.
sanhedrin. If Jesus came here h
would go down the aisles Of tn
churches and say to half of the mem
bers, from the janitor to the vestry
!, men and deacons and elders. 'Ye mus
- be born again But you say, i hav
Ia been baptized That does not hel
~ you any. You must be born again i
is the spirit. 1t is one thing to be mem
; Der of social club, but it is anothe
~ thing to be in unbroken FELLOWSHIP
ne with God. 1t is one thing to be asso
ciated with relgiously inclined people
If but it is another thing to walk in ste
lie with Jesus Christ and be saved.
Sc Three Kinds of Answers.
es There are three kinds of answer
IT people will give you when you as
tie them if they have been born again On
y, class will say, i hope So j beliey
n that no man can go thru the new brit
Sc and not know it. All this talk that
man can be christian and not kno
$ it is the devils prattle.
81 Il am not going to stay in Marshal
70 town and cry peace, peace, when thel
" is no peace. It is my business to dri,
" you out of your corner and to tee
70 down the barrier you are hidden bt
- hind, and back you up and look you
the face and ask you, Have you bee
: born again.
=. you go to another crowd and the
-. will say. think So If that is all We
II can say. get on your knees, al
he know SO.
re Those Who Know.
We you go to another crowd and thu
of will look you in the face and say,
or know; yes, I have been born agail
tic They go to prayer meeting. They a
I'd, the ones who keep the church alive
n God.
n eff you know you have been bo
IL again, do not let the devil cheat Y,
he out of it. Do not call yourself ne
of creature in Jesus, do not call yourst
ty a child of God unless you are his
he repentance. There are scores in t
ty church who will go to church picni
ce and socials, but you can not muster
no dozen at prayer meeting.
en- The Marks of New Birth.
no Here are some of the birthmar
Oh by which you may know that you ha
been born again and are child of &C
If you have been born again, look 4
them. If not, come to Jesus. Jes