Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-06

is ever near saying cat THIS. DRINK th.s.
do this" But viewed from tho standpoint
of Gods word mans prospects for salvation
are as bright as the Divine promises. The
sure word CT Heavens King has power to
save from every vile OF the devil, Like
still permanent force 1t takes hold upon
man when he is down in the mire OF sin,
and sometimes, slowly, sometimes swiftly,
but always surely raises him up and pants
his feet on the rock Christ Jesus Even
though the heart be as hard as adamant,
yet like the drop OF water sealed in tho
heart Of a stone which heats and bursts
the stone assunder so the milk OF the
word sealed by the holy spirit in a mans
heart breaks up and removes the heart OF
stone, and itnplants in its stead a tender
heart OF flesh.
Paul's own conversion attosts tho power
OF the words he spoke, II am not ashamed
of the gospel OK Christ, for it is the dyna-
mite of God unto salvation to every one
that believeth." This gospel had personally
appeared to him when he was en- mis-
sion OF severe persecution and had not
only revolutonized his nature, but had
changed the whole course Of his life. Tho
things he once hated, he now loved; and
the things he once loved, he now hated
Just so has the gospel OF Christ wrought
in the heart Of many a man since THAI
time. Moffat somehow, succeeded in press
ing the word OF God home TO the heart of
Africaner, the South African outlaw, and
from that very hour Africaner devoted his
life to furthering tho interests OF the COS
pei Lin Ching Ting, the Chinese opium
fiend, found all he needed in the word of
God to cure him OF the dreadful opium
habit and send him back among his former
associates with message from God burn
ing In his soul. There was a man in Eng
land who was so coarse, so vile, and so
profane, that he was terror to all who
knew him. Women screamed with fright
when they saw him approaching; children
fled from him as from devil; but the word
OF my God my King took hold upon his stony
heart, and gave us John Bunyan and Pill
grim's Progress There was a boy in Eng
land who worked day after day in the
damp cellars of a mercantile establishment.
His whole life seemed doomed to mental
toll and obscurity, but one day he heard q
still small voice calling him higher. He
obeyed and became the celebrated George
Whitefield.
! Other instances, innumerable from both
sacred and profane history, might be given,
all testifying to the power of Gods word
| to save man. In the language of Mr..
Moody. THE word found Jacob a mean
tricky Jew and left him with a sweet
: kingly nature; it found Moses an impetu-
Gus murderer and left him the meekest
man of all history; 1t found David ruddy
face shepherd boy and left him the sweet
singer of Israel; 1t found John an ambitious
politician and left him the beloved dis
ciple; 1t found Luther a narrow, selfish
monk and left him the apostle of liberty"
might add that 1t found John b. Cough
in the drunkards gutter, and left him the
worlds greatest temperance orator; it
found Colonel Hadley vicious outcast and
left him the apostle of love. All this has
been wrought by the word of our King
His word has power to take the vlest sin
ner you and l may ever meet and make
of him a polished Jewel in the kingdom
of our God.