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

but could never get close enough to
pick it UP. He returned to his master,
disappointed of course, but with this
speech: "Massa, ! couldn't get dat
duck, but l been a%-thinkin'. You
member dat hard question you always
ak me bout de devil temptin' me. Now
l knows why he don't. You are dat
dead uck and he done got you, but
l am dat wounded duck and he chase
me all 'roun but he jes' never can
git me-" Then the evangelist leaned
over h edge of the platform and
shouted this searching sentence: Men,
it makes no difference in the end what
robs you of eternal life-whether it
is some awful sin or your boasted
morality" Then he went on: No.
just as Isaiah, when he got a vision
of God, saw also his own sin as God
saw it, so must you see your own sin
as God sees it. Then, like Isaiah. you
will cry, MY righteousness is as filthy
rags in Thy sight Suppose you were
to go to a bank and hand in a lot of
dirty rags n say you wanted to put
them on deposit. That is just what
some of 0 men are doing. You are
asking God to put your morality on
deposit, and in his sight it is but filthy
rags. So men did in Jesus day, and
this is what he said: 'Ye are they
which Justify yourselves in the sight
Of men; but God knoweth your hearts,
for that which is highly esteemed
among men is an abomination in the
sight of God Oh, men, men! which
of you can endure the God-look?'
Then in a most effective manner
Mr.. Smith showed the s%hallowness
and falsity of the moral mans claim
to his morality. He said there are
two ways If salvation. One is this
one: Il am the way, the truth and
the life. No man cometh unto the
Father but by me- The other a
is for a man to be able truthfully to
say: Il have sinned and l know
l never shall"
Let us test this thing further" the
speaker said. The ten commandments
are the moral law boiled down. Now
let us one by one walk up these COM
mandments and measure ourselves. Is
there a mar here ten commandments
high? No, no! Someone may be near
ly that high, but most OF us are not.
Nearly every man in this hall has
broken the first and last command
ments; Thou shalt ave no other
god before me- and Thou shalt not
covet.' Oh, men. everyone of you
knows that this Ole book tells the
truth when it says, "All nave sinned
and come short of the glory of God
And sin rooorS 1oofh aTnD saul Vh,%
sinneth'-not the man who gets drunk,
or steals, or commits adultery, but the
soul that sinneth, 1T shall die"
Then the speaker went on to tell
what the moral law is for. He said:
1T is to give us the knowledge of sin
Paul says it is our tutor. but there is
no life in 1t. If my face is dirty l look
into a mirror n see what and where
the dirt is and l go wash. But I don't
wash my face with the mirror. When
I ook into Gods law l am convicted
clean in it than I can wash my face
with a looking glass. Hear me men;
we are condemned by the moral law as
sinners, but Christ hath redeemed us
from the curse of the law
Nov since that Is true, we must
consider what we will do about it
Suppose I owed a debt for which / wa:
about to be thrown in prison an6
Brother Bond, learning of it, should &C
Iay it for me. And hen suppose some
of you men were to tell me Of Mr.
Bonds favor to me and instead Of
showing appreciation l should begin tt
discourse to you about my good life
What would you think Of me. / tel
you the blacklist sins are not adultery
CT thicvery, or drunkenness, but rejec
ton of Jesus Christ, to whom you ow,
everything that is worth having. Whe1
l speak of accepting Jesus l do no
mean believing certain things abou
Him; the devils do that. But I mea1
that belief that accepts him.
MI. Smith then dealt with member
ship in a fraternal order. He sait
some people think that living up to tn
teachings of their lodge is sufficient
We'll, why don't you do it then? NJ
nan here will dare to rise and say h
lives up to the teaching of his order
You may live up to those teachings
you may be a member of all tn
CHuFcleS OF tHlS loWu, YOU may hSel
the precepts Of the Bible and yet no
lie a Christian if you leave out IF you
life Jesus. No He that hath the Sol
hath life,' and nobody else has
Evening.
The crowd at the evening meetini
filled the Elite hall to its capacity. L
addition to hearing another splendi
sermon by the evangelist the musica
was to be much enjoyed
On the choir platform every seat wa
filled and Director Gilmore led tn
singers through a song service tina
was an inspiration. Among the mum
bers rendered were 1.-The Glory Song.
"The Kings Business" It's Just Lik
Jesus" and Like a Mighty Sea- tn
latter being a new but very popula
number. AS an anthem the choir san
"All Hail Emmanuel" and the NAL
quartet OF the afternoon n :
Want My Life to Tell for Jesus"
Tho Sermon.
MI. Smiths subject was. why. HOY
and When to BE a Christian" He sal