The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-19

pleaded with their friends to accept
Christ.
With tear stained eyes girl and
her sweetheart followed. Young men
and women. who as members of the
chorus had never been moved by the
Evangelist's appeal before, left their
places and took seats with those who
were processing Christianity
Mother and son, took their seats to-
gether Business men saw their asso-
ciates coming y the front and sped
them on their new pathway with
heartfelt words of encouragement and
cheer.
Asks r our Questions.
Four questions were raised and ans
wered by Rev. Honeywell in consider
ing the objectionable Sin"
He asked:
What is the objectionable Sin
Who can commit it? How does it show
itself? Why cannot God forgive it,
1T is not swearing. If swearing was
the objectionable sin, there are many
in heaven who would have to pack
their grips and go to hell 1t is not
Drunkenness. Some Of the brightest
lights that have shone for God have
been pulled from the gutter of drunk
enness 1t is not lying. 1t is not steal
ing or forgery; for many of the great
est Christian workers in the missions
and slums of our great cities have
hean redeemed from such live Of
crime.
1T is not RIGHTEOUSNESS. 1t is not
murder.
"What then is the objectionable sin
it is the constant persistent and final
rejection of Jesus. 1t is to continue &c
say no, no. no. to the offers OF mercy
and the striving of the Holy Spirit un-
til YOU are q sinner left alone or gwen
up by the Holy Spirit
Must Acknowledge Christ.
In answer to the question as to who
could commit the sin unto death, ne
said, you may be moral and respecta
BILE You may attend church, you may
support the services. you may be hon
est and pure but if you say no anc
continue 10 say no to all the strivlnes
CT the Spirit you will force him to de
part. Then hope is gone and the des
pair Of eternal night is yours.
"Generally it shows itself by bittel
malgnty of the heart against Chris
and His people. In this state nothln!
so tOrments them as tabernacle
meeting like this. You have heard me1
about town cursing me, damning me
hey HtPu SOul ~ iiipdllS. llV Nh''ii
ces are they have committed the I'm
pardOnahle sin.
But the most ordinary way il
which this sin shows itself is by shut
ting up the heart in utter indifference
SO that one who has committed it ha
no feeling on the subject, no fears, NJ
trouble, has no idea that he has com
mtted this sin, but is perfectly cain
and easy.
"Why can not God forgive the ur
pardOnable sin? He can not. There ar
some things God can not do becaus
you have driven him away and reject
ed his only representative the Hol
Spirit. Every time you reject hin
your chances become less"
Pleads With Youths.
Before opening the after meetin
the evangelist divided his audience [
show how many We're converted be
fore they were twenty-five years c
age. Upon the count shown he mad
observations
"YOu've got one chance out of THU
ty of being a Christian if you ar
twenty-five. If you are forty-five yo
have only one chance out of a thous
and.
eff you are forty-fve and not
Christian I would not take your plac
for deed to Indiana.
With this closing bomb he extend
ed the invitation and told the persona
workers to get to their work.