The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-17

spiritual growth. Too many Sunday
school teachers take more time III
teaching the road from jerusalem TO
GaIlilee than they do in teaching the
road from earth TO Heaven. You can
grow into grace, but you cannot grow
in grace.
There are many things important
hat are not essential. Money is an
important thing, but it is rot a ne?es'
sity. it is harder for rich man to
BE Christian than poor man. on
he other hand II a rich man is a
Christian he can do more with his
money than poor man. Education ID
important, yet many ignorant people
have done much for the world. fel
ven education is not an essential
You may have money, you may have
ducaticn, and you may have friends,
nut If you haven't Spiritual Life you
Oily tllIt1
salvation Is not 4 matter Of good
or bad or good or better 1t Is 4
matter OF life or death. II is not a
matter nj losing Salvation, but it is d
matter OF getting something you did
not before possess. Friends, ! want
yOu 10 grip this truth.
BY Nature We are Not Saved.
by nature we are not saved, but
BY nature we are lost. When you
wilfully sin against God YOU cut
curself of from God. Thai which
is horn of the flesh is flesh. That
vlich is born OF the Spirit is spirit.
1t is a strange thing that many PEG,
lie VII celebrate their physical birth
lay that never think of celebrating
heir spiritual birthday.
February 10 is my physical birthday
while May 30 is my spiritual birth
lay, which is OF infinitely more i'm
2ortance to ne SINCE became Chris
ian. II You are torn but once, YOU
will die twice. But il you are bort
,wicc you die but once. You will new
die spiritually. Death will be- only
If the body, not OF the soul.
Spiritual birth is essential before
Il for salvation. To the first life you
IRE born without your consent, while
OIL are EOFn into the spiritual life
only with your consent Why is it
We have so many church people who
say they don't believe in revivals?
Have you any better plan to offer? IT
you have, let US have it. Or is II you
are simply against the government?
How can you expect a person TO be
deeply interested in something he
knows nothing about?
"Some people say, Way don't you
preach more about card.playing. thea
ter.going and dancing, and leave
these other things go?' Those are
,only things in the lives Of the unre.
generated. II person becomes Il
Christian there is no trouble about
him INDUCING in these things. II you
will let Jesus Christ get hold on
your heart, ! will not fear about yo&
spending mu.h time on the dance
floor.
TOO many p"orl" join "bnrch siGr
ply ry answering all CT he QUESTION"
w, ara rSN.G of them, jus; Ike N
cichth grade pupil answering Quos'
tons for promotion :nio the high
school. Salvation is 8 matter merely
b: the head and not o! tha heart, Such
people as these may AaNr ch"rc&.ie
l;fy. but thrY have no Chri';antv "
ycL i,ar" cot a,e spirit Of Jesus "iris;
in your CAT you Will be interested in
soul winning.
iov.t ant Explain
some people ask, What is reeen-
oration? 1t is something you cant
explain. 1t is like the wind. You can
aot see it; you. know not from whence
it comes or whittier 1t gees, Waffle
it cannot be explained, Il Is plainly
! visible IN ths, liyssi, a, tbSse who ex.
Derienee III 3As drayman @ho.had been
converted recently said 70 me Even