The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-05

oftentimes 1t is a motley crowd that
gathers together-Christian and Jew,
Roman Catholic and Protestant, be-
levers, skeptics, inhdels, agnostlcs
and atheists.
At the close of this lecture the wife
Of the late DR.. A. j. Gordon. of Bos-
ton, came to me and said: "Did you
see the man sitting near me as you
spoke?" l had noticed the man, be-
cause / had had some little CONVEX
sation with him before.
WELL" she added, "while you
were speaking l heard him say. i
wish he would try 1t upon me- d." 81
would be glad to-"
"Well, there he is over in the
corner" / did not need TO so to
him, for when the others had gone
out he came TO me and said:
"Mr. Torrey. l do not wish to say
anything discourteous, but really
my experience oontradicts everything
that you have said to these students
this morning" replied: Have you
done what / told these students TO get
the infidel or skeptic TO do. and guar
anteed II they would do II they
would come out OF their doubt and
unbelief into a clear faith in the b.
BILE as the word OF God and Jesus as
the Son of God?"
Eyes. have done It all" "Now,"
said. "let's be definite about this"
So / called my secretary and die
tated something like this: Il be-
lieve that there Is an absolute differ
ence between right and wrong q
did not say. believe that there II
a God. for this man was an agnostic.
and neither affirmed nor denied the
existence OF God. and you have TO
begin where a man Isl and | hereby
take my stand upon the right TO
follow Il wherever II carries me. ]
promise TO make an honest search 60
find II Jesus Christ Is the Son OF
God. and II / find that He is. prom
ise 10 accept Him as my Savior, and
confess Him publicly before the
world"
My secretary brought two copies
OF this. and handed them TO him
and said: "Are you willing to sign
this
He replied: "Certanly." and sign
ed them both He folded one and
put II In his pocket folded the
other and put It In my pocket.
Then he added: There IL nothing
in Il. Ny case Is very peculiar. "
CHS case was peculiar. He had been
through Unitarianism. spirituallsm.
Philosophy. and pretty much all 9TH
er lsms. aud was now an out-and-out
lagnostic.)
Another thing" added, "do
you know that there Is not Godg'
'No," he said, Il don't know that
there Is not a God. Any man Is a
fool to say he knows that there IL
not a God. am an agnostic; !
neither affirm nor deny"
I said: well. know that there
is God. but that won't do you any
good. Do you know that God does
not answer prayer?"
''No. do not know that God does
not answer prayer. do not believe
that He answers prayer, but / do not
know that He does not answer
prayer"
"well." | said. Il know that He
does answer prayer, but that will not
DO you any good: but here Is a poe
sible clue to knowledge.
You are a graduate OF a British
university" eyes" you know
the method OF modern science7 The
method OF modern science ~ this. n
one finds a possible clue 60 knowl-
edge. 10 follow that possible clue to
see what there may be IN A. Here
Is a possible clue. VIII you adopt
the methods OF modern science In
religious investigation? VIII you
follow out this possible clue to see
what there may be in Il?
VIII you offer this prayer, 'oh God.
IN there be any God, show me II Jesus
Christ is Thy Son or not, and II Thou
showest me that He is Thy Son.
promise to accept Him as my Savior
and confess His as such before the
world?'"
Eyes" he said. 81 win do that,
too but there Is nothing In Il. Ny
case Is very peculiar" zone more
thing" / said. "Jchn Gays in John
| Xxx 81: These are written that ye
might believe that Jesus 10 the Christ
the Son OF God. and that believing
We might have life through His
name Now John tells us here that
the Gospel of John is written to
show men the proof that Jesus IL the
Christ, the Son OF God VIII you
read the proof? VIII you read the
Gospel OF john"
81 have read Il again and again, "
he replied; 81 can quote parts OF II
to you II you wish TO hear them"
NO" said. "but | wish you 20
read It this time in a new way. Each
time before you read offer this pray
er. oh. God. II there be any God,
show me what Of truth there is in the
verses / am about to read, and what
you show me to be true, promise to
accept and take my stand upon
| Now don't read too many verses at a