The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-23

ners have had wagon loads of SER
mons dumped into you and they have
done you about as much good as
nothing. Nine out of every ten men
that send for the preacher or The
priest on their death bed, and then
get well, will go back and serve the
devil when they get out. / know
this to be a fact from my own ex-
peience, and you preachers here know
it, too.
If 1t wasn't for repentance, I
wouldn't be here tonight. When / re-
pented I wasn't scared. My conscience
told me I was wrong and / got right.
have done lots of hard work in my
time, but the hardest work is to get
people to d. right.
Repentance is not conviction, Al
good many people think that it is.
Some men deeply convicted join
church, but he win go ON n cheat,
lie, commit adultery. He may be
convicted. bat he did not repent. You
know you r living wrong, and if
you know right from wrong why
don't you get right? There are men
and women coming to and from this
tabernacle, N yet they will harden
their heart to God. Repentance IL
not conviction. I don't believe there
is a man, woman or child that didn't
feel sorry when they did wrong. Es-
pectally when they got punished for
It. ! know when I did and ] saw nv
mother going out for a switch / was
very sorry. God Almighty has SO or
dained that no man or woman can do
wrong and find happiness in wrong
doing.
The Way of che -Transsrsssor
Is hard, but the end is harder. I
knew a maj to get drunk but
what he was sorry afterward.
If repentance was feeling sorry for
sin, the biggest reporters in vour
state would be found in the peniten-
uary u in Bismarck. Every man In
IT, II he were sorry before he did it.
he wouldn't be there.
Tn a fashionable church there was
TO be a big wedding, and the bride
came down the aisle dazzling with
diamonds and attired in a suit by
Redeem.
10 be married to a banker. At the
altar a woman heavily yelled stepped
between the prospective bride and
bridegroom and raising her veil
looked at the man and he gasped
What, are you here?' ard the woman
replied, Yes, and here is your how
I've kept him for four years, and now
that you are to be married you can
keep him. The people were shocked
n began filing out of the church.
the Dride-to-' tainted and was taken
away and finally no one was left in
the church but the man and his little
boy, who was sobbing for his mother.
Was this man sorry he had wronged
the woman? No, he was sorry She
came In just at that time.
II don't believe a wicked man or
woman ever lived that didn't promise
at some time to turn over q new. Leaf
and do better. You don't need to
come and listen to me to ind out it is
wrong to commit adultery.
Repentance is giving up the whole !
business and asking God to forgive |
your sins. It's the thing that's keep
Ing you from being a christian and
II o don't give it up you will lose |
your soul. The men high up in poli-
tics. society, etc, are too proud To
"A. - ~ II
come down. When you get UP for
God Q are up hill, and when Won
follow the devil you are going down.
Peter Cartwright, a plain spoken
evangelist, was preaching In the south
and a minister stepped up to him and
told him not to preach so plain. that
General Jackson had just come in and
was listening. Cartwright went for
ward and remarked that he had been
requested not to speak so plain be-
cause Of the presence of General
Jackson, and he said, Who is General
J~ackson2 If he is a sinner he'll 90
to hell the same al any chicken
stealing Niger After the sermon
General Jackson came up and shook
hands with Mr.. Cartwright and thank
ed him for his plain talk.
God is M ~respecter OF persons The
thing that God Is against is the thing
that you have to give ur Repentance
Is no half way business. I tell YOU
the trouble with yor fellows is that
You try to do business with God on
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