The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-10

not had since n last meetings like
these. And there are people who, as
long as l am preaching to church.
members. will sit in and enjoy it, but:
when l reverse guns, and turn them.
their way they leave.
But others steel themselves to the
truth. They become trained, expert.
professional Christ rejectors until par
alysis creeps over them and they can
have no interest of any kin in these
appeals.
Il knew of a prominent judge in
Iowa whose wife prayed constantly
for many years. She died broken
hearted, but the judge would not yield
| Once my brother went to have a talk
| with him. The judge said he believed
in Jesus Christ. That he is the
worlds savior and that he Is the only
| way of salvation. Fred Smith began
to rebuke him for his hardness of
heart when the judge stopped him and
said he had had a history in these
matters. And this is the story: He
! said, When l was a youth in New
York state I went through evangelistic
meetings that stirred everybody. I
| succeeded in not yielding. Later I
came to Ohio and heard Mr.. Finney-
l saw people actually climb over the
seats to go forward to confess Christ
and was much wrought up over 1t.
| But. l succeeded in not yielding. Later
l went to Chicago and sat under the
great Moody. Many times l thought
/ could not hold out longer, but 1
succeeded Succeeded in what! He
succeeded in damning his soul.
Now the prodigal, when he got as
| far as coming to himself, rose and
came to his Father He was honest.
He was not joking or merely toying
with sin, as we do today. He saw
himself for what he was, a miserable
sinner. He was sorry enough for his
sin to forsake it. l read an article in
a paper some time ago that ~purportcd
to explain conversion The writer
| seemed to think 1t Is Just turning
around. Well, it is that all right, but
a lot Of people think it is Just turning
about and then sitting down again in
the same place. Some people are
| willing to turn around if they don't
have to turn away from their sin. a
man must forsake his sin. l want no
man in these meetings to sign a card.
or stand up to say he will accept
| Christ unless he Is willing to leave his
sin behind him.
Then the Evangelist took up the las,
! point of his sermon. Il asked you n
you believed the Bible and you voted
Yes l asked If you believed YOU
ought to be Christians, and you voted
yes Now If I were to ask you
whether you do not think now is the
time, you would vote yes again. But
you keep putting it off. You think
you can become a Christian when you
please. My friend, that is the 1e-
fusion of the devil. Oh you say.
Now YOU are trying to scare me and
I refuse to be scared Listen 70 the
word Of God on that point: He that
being often reproved h%ardeneth his
neck, shall suddenly be destroyed. and,
that without remedy
IF you ever go to Chicago 60 to
the Pacific Garden Mission. There on
the platform you will see a fraii little
woman. That is Mrs. Clark, the wife
of Colonel Clark, the founder of the
Mission. l have heard her tell TINS
story several times: MY husband was
pleading one night with a young mar
to accept Christ. He was deeply
moved, but said, not tonight. Ny
husband followed him to the door
pleading with him to say yes to Jesn!
but instead he promised to return thu
next night. The next day he fe'
from the scaffolding of the Board 81
Trade building. His dying reques
was that the boys at the Pacific Gar
den be given this message: 'Tomor'
row Is the devils lie.
At the close Of the sermon Mr
klingler sang, Wont You CONF
Homer" The impression was yer!
profound.