The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-10
/ large congregation was pre


EvfvaI had the old time ring. Many
asked for prayer, 4 number Were con-
iverted, and they gave their names
tor church membership. The PASTOR
the Rev. w. HI Eoglesongs said this
1 morning that he has never seen con-
6ittons more favorable tor great re-
vfyal and the local church Is doing
splendid work in the meeting.
Evangelist u. acEldowney
i preached from the text found IN the
i First Epistls of John, drst chapter,
and ninth verse. His subject ass
/ confession and FORGIVENESS and
he said In part:
All men have sinneds and SOME IN
diVfduals continue to sin, and am
I not cease to commit sin as long 81
I life Lasts. There is q remedy NghetlI-
er you accept it or not.
Confession makes the penalty
light. The man who in the court OF
justice ccnfesses. and pleads form err
cy from the court has some ehapce
! of having the sentence to be pro-
nounced made lighter, but he who de-
fes, and refuses to ask mercy gets
the fun benefit of the penalty to be
I imposed.
I want you to notice the if'' of the
text, and I want you to know that
! each and every promise OF God IS con-
tditionaI. He VIII, but You must. God
I is willing to meet each individual
more than half way. But you must
ask Him. IL we confess our sins he
will forgive 7, and why cannotlI read.
the textssaying 'If we do not confess
He will not forgive. =
individuals are willing to confess
their virtues, they say am not SO
very bad. I tel you, said the preach
er you do not ueed to be a murderer
to be lost, nor thief, nor an aduIter
| er. You break law of nature, g
! physical law, and you suffer, and u
you break Gods law you Will have to
! pay the penalty, and that penalty IS
death.
The condemnation of the penalty
/ for sin has passed upon every man an
4 Jesus Christ almost revoked the law.
! Of death, and sd a Hen who VIII con-,
Tess their wrong doing and believe
! on me shall live, = and it ID a well esz
i tablished fact that God the Father,
! gave the Son to die that men might
live.
/ want to ask you when the time is
/ opportune to confess unto Him your
| sins, how long would you wait to pull
| of deal that would net you q few
Thousand? II some OF you men
i Thought you could arrange q deal for
1 some money tonight you would hold.
I your handkerchief to your nuse, ana
assume a faIsehood and go out Of this
church now. and pull financial wires.
and some are not present tonight on
/ the account OF the possibility Of turn-
I ing a deal for few dollars.
Are your plans to wait until your
I last sickness to make the contesstong
/ Mighty poor policy to wait until then.
! There is not a conservative careful
/ physician who wants or will permit
| the preacher or any other to talk
feIT
sick. The trained nurse will not all
4 low 1t. I know what / am talking
about They have said to be You
may slip in for a minute but do not
speak" said to one few days ago.
Wen what is the use Of my going
in"
+! The policy of this nurse, and the
attending physician is right have
mo fault to find with their rules. I
do not talk to sick folks about DEATH
4 / talk to them about life. But will
talk to you about the former tonight.
God wants to save each man, not to
4 take him to heaven, but he saves for
4 service. A man who cared not fop
i the church and repents on his death
bed, and goes up to heaven would he
mot be disappointed If the whole OF
heaven was a prayer meeting?
You have said God would not make
a man, and then destroy him. Well
IA broken law or nature forces Sumer-
ing upon the victim. You say God is
love, and you have been preached
love until some of you are love sick
Well you had better be on the look
out for Gods wrath.
If we confess our sins he Will
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
!. One application OF the blood Of Jesus
Christ cleansess You VIII not have
to be concerned about the second
blessing. If you will get the first
blessing you are fully equipped for
8 service, and service is the thing that
counts
Mr.. McEldowney gave some very
impressive examples OF how the lives
OF men had been transformed by the
! confessfon of their wrongs especially
OF the drunkard and his ungodly wife
who had been saved in one Of his
! meetings, and how that man became
the superintendent OF a Sunday
school, and how the lives Of his en-
tire family had been transformed,
and OF his visit back to the home
where he had gone when sin was of
the viIest, and OF the revolution that
had been wrought In their lives Of
each, and all. He contrRsted those
lives with what God might do with
the man Of influence, and the woman
of culture, and talent, Il they would
lconfess their wrong, and cease to COW
er the evil OF their lives, and permit
II God to see what he could do with
them III his service.
The subject tonight at $50, VIII
: be Not saved.
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