The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-01
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God forsaken people on earth are in
the legal profession. but this fellow
was n man. He was kind and cour-
teous. q gentleman all the way
through. I glance at his character and
ind him refined, pure minded. His
amiability his virtue. his morality
and all that didn't save him. IL they
had saved him Jesus would not have
said:
Thou art not far from the king
dom OF God
mo more viii your morality and
your virtue save. not Q particle. II
all these things would have brought
him into the kingdom then Jesus
would have said:
Thou art not far from the king
dom OF God
"And ! say to you that your man.
hood, your womanhood. your virtue.
your Kindness OF your wife, being true
to your marriage vows, your love for
young children, your sympathy, your
generosity. your philanthropy and all
that. I say to you:
what Jesus Said.
Jesus said to those fellows:
1.-The publicans and the hsrlots
Will 20 into the kingdom OF God be-
fore you
He didn't say that because He
wanted to place a premium on i'm
morality and vice. but It wouldn't be
SO hard 10 convince the publicans and
the hariots that they needed Jesus
Christ rs Il would the others. The
hardest people on Gods earth to con
vince that they are. lost and on the
road to hell are the kind, generous.
public-spirited, liberal. refined virtu-
u men and women Jesus couldn't
convince the publicans and harlots
that they needed TO repent quicker
than he could the others. but they all
had to repent, for God had a plan OF
Salvation the same for all.
God a the same plan for the
most virtuous woman In Wheeling
that he has for the harlot. What is
II? Repentance and faith in Jesus
Christ.
God has the same plan for the
richest man in Wheeling that He has
for the pool man.
i think II Is detestable that many
a time when a fellow has lived a cor
rupt. Ubiquitous life and has repented
and turns from his sins, he Is trotted
out on the public platform and point
ed to and h inference given that
everything else being equal God
would have a harlot quicker than He
would a virtuous woman-a booze
tighter quicker than He would a re-
spectacle man. That's not true. God
Will save anybody that will repent,
but b harlots and the %publicans will
come to God quicker than the others:
that's the reason they are saved FIRST.
Infiunce Of Preaching.
Preaching has brought you nearer.
Under the influence OF sermons you
have been brought nearer the king.
dom OF God. ScSe OF you sit here
tonight so moved you a hardly wait
until ] am through 10 give you an Cd
portunity to take your stand for
Christ.
1T is said OF Aaron Burr. when he
was n student at Princeton, that at
. great revival where three men were
converted who afterwards became
presidents OF Princeton, Aaron Burr
was so moved that he could not eat
or sleep. He went to DR.. wither-
spoon to talk with him about It. The
doctor said:
Mr.. Burr, I would wait until after
this is over. I would not yield TO this
excitement
at is said that Aaron Burr replied:
" Dr. Witherspoon. that IL what I
will do. I win take your advice
And Aaron Burr is In He'll tonight.
Look at him. a prematurely old man.
He walks down TO the seashore with
tears streaming down his cheeks, lifts
his hands 20 his eyes and peers across
the water looking for the snip upon
which his daughter was a passenger
and which ship has never yet reached
our shores. He stood there and cried:
or all he men and women that
live. there is not one into whose face
! can look and call them my friend
Think OF him, at one time vice
president, n time attorney gencrali
One time he came within four votes
OF being president Tonight he dips
his pen in infamy and writes his
name on the scroll Of disgrace. Think
OF III Think OF what n chance he
had! He was brought 80 that hs
trembled before God. and yet he
didn't lake h last step 20 land him
Into the Kingdom OF God.
"Puyerl There are multitudea OF
you who will come down these alsles
and who have come down these aislsa
and you didn't know what brought
you. Back Of you we're the prayers Of
friends. and n%eighbors and your old
mother gone 20 Glory.
Back Of you were the prayers %
your wife and the prayers OF th0us-
ands and thousands OF people who
have never walked the streets OF
wheeling. Thousands Of people have
been praying for his city anu little
win you know any OF them until you
meet them In Heaven.
When Oeath Calls.
Listen people. Listen 70 me, I
know OF fellows OF Wheeling. who
are sneering and railing at Gods
power has daEzed everybody and yet
they sheer a. H. Hear mel The time
viii come when that blatant inhdel
VIII have 20 die. The time viii come
throat. his fevered head viii toss
from side 20 side and his b~ioodshot
eyes viii roll In their honey sock
ets, and his swollen tongue will M
his black mouth. The Tina a. com,
ing when that blatant individual viii
have % die and death win claim its
own. He VII come on the door. In
his raspinE voice he win say:
VIVA o. there