El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20

enness. There are thousands of people
who call themselves Christians, who
have absolutely no right to the title
The Know Sos Count.
There are three sorts of people In
your churches, the think sos the
hope Sos and the know sos The think
SOS come out to the ice cream suppers
at your churches. but what in the name
of humanity has an Ice cream supper
to do with religiOn2 The hope SOS, Wei
they are like the man who, when asked
by his wife if he loves her, timorously
replies, Why. Ter hope 80. It is the
know sos that make the strong Chris
tians those who have had the curtain
lifted and who see the light, who have
had the experience Of knowing Christ
as a personal savior. they are the pow
er for good; they are the children or
God. Y GU can be a Methodist, you can
be a Baptist, or a COngregat iOnal or
Presbyterian or Episcopalian, and still
not be a child of God.
You must empty your heart and
your hands of the worlds filth II you
want Jesus. / know a hand stretched
out to every one OF you, a hand with
the mark Of a nail wound, and you can
not take it because your hands are full
of your playthings You hold pack Of
cards IN your hand, so you cannot grasp
his, or you have a wine cup there. You
are staying in the pit because you love
the things Of the world
Listen to what Gods book says.
-Inou hast loved my soul out Of the pit
If you want to be loved out of the pit
give Jesus your hand. But you must
first empty ii OF this world
Breaking Gods Law.
Listen again to Gods word, He that
breaketh the law at one point. breaketh
u all" The evangelist then illustrated
MS meaning by telling OF young man
had won gambling The mother. who
was president OF her church aid society,
expressed her horror, and instantly or
dered the boy to return the money. The
that his mother had won at a whist
club, saying When you return that,
III return this money. II have no right
to the money, you have no right to that
prize, for you gambled for IL just as
much as I did for this"
DenOunces Gard Playing.
gypsy Smith then gave a strong
PRONUNCIATION Of card playing and gam
bling in all forms. "A pack Of cards is
the devils prayerbOOk,'' he said.
oh. it is time for some John the
Baptist to rise in America and risk his
head to call the church back TO Christ
What IS the good OF going through the
sham of pretending to bel Christian
when at heart you are not. why keep
your name on the church roll when
you're nothing but a fraud?
He that is born OF God. OvercOmeth
the world" Why2 Because he dosn't
want the devils playthings-
he that IS born OF God hath the wit
ness IN himself. -Ye are the temples OF
the holy spirit and Gods great spirit
OF love comes to the waiting heart and
teaches 1T to say Abba. Father"
Many Stand Up.
Gypsy Smith closed his address BY. an
earnest plea for all who would be will
ing 10 put the doubtful things out OF
their lives for the sure blessings of
500, 70 stand up IN token Of their abso-
lutte surrender to Gods viii ana serr-
ice The majority OF the assembled
crowd stood. and Joined in the clos
ING hymn. Where He Leads Ne, I VIII
The evangelist's address was pre-
cedec by a song service Most OF the
ministers Of the city were with him on
the platform.
After the reading OF the scripture
solos -Oh. Love Divine" was sung by
Mrs ". D. Howeus