The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-31
christ tho sooner you viii have that

Christ the sooner you Will escape the
lwretchedness and misery that There
Is away from Christ.
First of all there Is the misery of
an accusing conscience. No one lin
this building out of Christ has peace
of conscience.
One night I was preaching in Chi
cago and ] asked everybody in the
building who had found rest and per-
feet satisfaction through the accep-
lance OF Christ to stand up, and
hundreds of men and women, more
than a thousand, rose to their feet,
and then / asked them to sit down,
and then ] said. IF there is an in
fdel in this house that can say he
has found rest, and peace, and per-
feet satisfaction of heart in infidel-
ity. will he please stand?" There
were lot of inhdels there. One
man got up in the gallery. and
said, 81 see there is a gentleman up
there. | am glad that he has the
Courage of His Convictions.
| would like to speak with him in
the after meeting. He came to the
after-meeting | said, "Mr. s.,
you stood up in the meeting tonight
to say that you had perfect rest and
peace of heart without Christ, and
that your soul was satisfied in inf
deity Was that true?" ooh" he
said "Mr. Torrey. that will have to
be qualified" | guess will. There
lis no peace. saith my God, to the
wicked.
Then there is the slavery of sin
away frem Christ. Whose COM
mitteth sin is the bound-servant OF
sin" (John viii. SD. Away from
Christ is apprehension of what may
happen, apprehension of disaster, ap-
prehension of what man may do, APP
prehension of what may lie beyond
the grave. Men and women, when
you really come to Christ you
Get Rid of Fear of Man;
you have no fear of misfortune, for
for you are able to say. "All things
work together for good to those who
love Cod" you have no fear of
death, for what men call death is
simply to depart and be with Christ
BY coming to Christ you get rid OF
all this wrechedness, you get rid of
the accusations Of conscience. you
get rid OF the slavery of sin you get
rid Of all apprehensions of disaster.
you get rid Of the dread of death.
tne moment you really accept Christ.
Why not get rid of IL all tonight
suppose you were on the shore, and
saw In the distance a wreck and a
man clinging to the wreck. and ev-
cry once In a while the cold waters
sweeping over him, and 1t was
cold wintry night, and you and 9TH
ere should go out in a iifeboat and
should say to him, 1--WE have come
TO take you of,
Drop Into the Lifeboats
and the man should say. mo
mink can hold on until morning:
come out again in the morning and
VIII get into the boat and come
ashore:" you would say. MAN are
you mad? Stay out here tonight
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when YOU can come ashore now7,
On, men and women, out on the
wreck, every little while the cold
waves are breaking over you. all the
"retchedness of an accusing con-
science, all the wrechedness OF
The bondage of Sin,
all the wretchedness of the fear OF
possible death, all the multiplied
wretchedness of the soul away from
God-why cling to the wreck another
night, when you can come ashore
10 safety and Joy now If Won will
drop right into the lifeboat?
Ihird; The sooner you come to
Christ the more you can do for
Christ. ~
me moment person is saved bs
wants 10 do something for the Mas
ter II You are saved a year from
tonight you will go to work for
Christ, but there will be one vaar
gone that will never come back he
tween tonight and year from to-
nisnt cf you come a year from to-
-'SHei iOu
Can Never Go Back
over this year. You are associated i.
win friends that you can lead TO
Onrlst between now and year from
no" VINO may be past your reach
'hen' Before | was converted I had
friend and we were often together
We hVed in the same building
we went pleasuring together. II
mad been Christian I could bav.
.eu MIN to Christ. Three wears
later' after / had accepted Christ
mat young man had passed bevond
my reaen' The day went back to the
university to study for my second
legree, my father picked up the New
York Herald and began to read
ABOUT young man who was ont