The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-05-01

serious, but more
likely there is some secret SIN
which the man Is unwilling to aban-
don. The real cause Is that the man
10 not willing to surrender nls VIII
to God. He wants his own way, ana
though he flatters himself that he Will
yield to God by and by, he Is not will
ling to do 1t now.
Whatever the cause, the cure 10
always the same-God's Word. ASK
the man by whom he expects TO oe
saved, If he is ever saved. He will
answer, God alone can save me.
Emphasize that thought by having
him read aloud John 6:44, mo man
can come to me, except the Father
which sent me, draw him" Call nus
attention to
Acts 1880, God now commandeth
all men everywhere to repent" After
he has read the verse ask him II Coo
has a right to make such a command.
Ask him If he, who Is dependent on
God for salvation, has the audaclty TO
refuse to obey this plain command.
Show him the consequences OF such
refusal. Proverbs 1:24, 25, 26, 2S, be
cause / have called, and ye refused.
l have stretched out my hand, and no
man regarded; / also will laugh at
your calamity; will mock when your
fear cometh; then shall they call upon
me. but I will not answer; they shall
seek me early, but they shall not nnd
me-"
II Cor. 6:2, Behold. now is the &C
cepted time; behold, now is the day
of salvation" Show him that Gods
time is the best time, and the only
sure time. There is no certainty that
he will be accepted tomorrow. Dut
there Is a positive promise for today.
Make him realize that the habit OF
putting off duty will grow constantly
stronger, and that ten years from now
he will be less disposed to repent than
he Is today. Show him that there
must be some moment OF definite sur
render to God, and that no lapse OF
time will make that surrender any
easier. Indeed, it will grow harder
as the years pass by. and II he puts
1t off, the chances are that he Will
never do it.
Proverbs 27:1, Boast not thysef OF
tomorrow, for thou knowest not what
a day may bring FORTH" Show him
that in putting off repentance he is
reckoning upon the continuance Of
life which Is entirely uncertain. Re-
member that Satan Is persuading him
in his subtle way to wait a little
longer. The old serpent does not dare
suggest that he never repent. or even
that he put it off long time. but he
cunningly says, "Not now
Occasionally a soul may be won by
taking the DEVILS side Of the argu-
ment, and pleading his cause 80 boldly :,
that the absurdity of his reasoning Is
apparent. A friend of mine at a North
field conference was ashed to speak
to a young man with whom many had
labored in vain. Meeting him alone
one day, he said to him, These people
in the hotel are bothering you good
deal on the subject of religion, are
they not?" The man blushed and adj
mitted that he had beeU somewhat
annoyed. Then followed q converse
ton something like this:
"You don't need to give any thought
to this matter for a long time yet.
You had better put it of for at least
a couple of years, don't you think so?"
81 am not sure it would be well to
put it of SO long as that" why
not?" Because might not live two
years." "That is true. Well. put 1t of
one year. That is safe enough, Is it
not" "No, 1 don't suppose 1t is en-
tirely safe, for might die In one
year." Sure. enough, you might.
Well. put 1t of six months. Are you
willing to do that?" The young man
hesitated. Call 1t three months VIII
YOU promise not to think of it for
three months?" II wouldn't like to
promise that" why not?" Because
might die in three months 'Will
you promise not to think of 1t for a
week? That is safe enough, isn't it?"
mo one can be sure Of week, sup
pose" "You are certainly sure of one
day, aren't your" mo, not positively
sure of even one day" Well" said
my friend, "if you are not sure of even
a single day, hadn't you better give
your heart to the Lord now?" And he
did, right then and there.
1t pays sometimes to interpret
Scripture with a watch, as in the fol-
lowing instance. A Christian worker
met a man one day with whom he had
often talked on the subject Of relig-
ion. Asking him when the question
was to be settled, he received the an
swer, Every soon, l think"
eff you wish to be saved, what have
you to do?" Accept Christ" "Just
so, but when?' Now, suppose"
EYES," said the worker, that Is just
what the Bible says, and now means
now" Taking out his watch, he said.
"It is just three o'clock. Will you at
three o'clock this afternoon accept
Christ as your Savior?" After a long
struggle he replied. Il will" Of went
their hats and there In the street they
praised God for the grace of decision
At meeting that night the convert
was the first to pray, and this is what
he said, Lord, thank thee for saw
ing me at three O'Clock this after
noon"