The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-02

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You may tell a drunkard all of the
horrible truths which have been caused
by drink. but he will never be regener.
ated until his soul has been saved and
ne can see the error OF his ways after
salvation.
l do not preach reformation and
never will. l don't believe in paste
board Christians who make good reso
buttons. What | preach is regenera
ton. and regeneration Is the only
thing that will assure you OF saliva
tion.
The need today is to get the spiri,
INTO the heart. When we make II
easy TO join the church that does no,
Clean out sin. The label over your
lie Will not save you, as the label or
the bottle OF poison will not save Won
III you drink the contents. IL we con
sent to clean out the sin from this
heart our lives will be right. PeopIe
are trying to.mop up their sins when
tney do not try to turn on the faucet
wnere the sin pours in. as the Cir
tried TO mop the water that was run
ning ont OF the bath tub and forgot 10
turn or the faucet.
Eliminate the Aaeravation.
when your well is foul and the wa.
Ter tuil or germs. do you paint the
pump, or when your watch won't run
90 you get a new gold case? Will
new clothing cure Ieper? MOI
We've got to get to the inside and
eliminate the aggravation. Society
and sin has such a gilded and polished
exterior that we do not recognize the
sin until we have scraped OF the
enamel, but when this is done all the
sin and degradation caused by the
sneaters. cards and the dance are laid
bare IN all their awful decay.
When the world and the church
lock arms the union is damaging "a
life and hurtful to spirituality, When
mother neglects her children for the
club. or the father neglects going 70
church for the lodge or business. can
they expect their offspring to grow
up Christians and God-fearing men
and women?
Deception Is as bad in the world as
II Is In the church. The moral law
Is as binding on one as on the other
Can lie, cheat and sin II | am in The
world? No more Is Il right out OF the
church as II is in the church. God
1 never said that you could stay out OF
the church II some one was in tho
church who was a hypocrite. You are
as bad as he is. Both OF you will be
lost. for being a church member will
not save anyone. Do not look at some
! poor. starved. shriveled soul and say
that is the Christian. Why don't you
get some live. honest Christian who
is living the Christ life and then
make the contrast between the world
and the church?
Olh-Tfrae R.lf1fa. A..
You might join all the churches
in this town and be lost. believe
] in the old time religion. in the old
! time salvation. IL is the old. Ole
story. but every time we preach II
is ever new as the dew drops that
refresh the flowers each morning.
Calvary is the center OF attraction
for the whole world. The master
paintings of the world all portray tn,
great events that surround the lii,
of Christ. Let trouble come. what
ever 1t may be. Jesus Christ can com
fort. can satisfy the hungry and the
troubled heart. Twice as much is
spoken about the heart in the Bibl,
az about heaven. more spoken about
what we are TO be than where We
are TO be.
Men say they will not come into
The church because there are hypo
critics in the church. But there arr
also hypocrites in business. do yoS
stay out OF business because OF tina
| fact? Why. no. Do you stay on
I OF the other organizations because
OF that fact? Why. MOI Do you sta,
out OF politics because there are hypo
critics there? Why. no, Do you sta,
out OF the other organizations be
cause there are hypocrites in them
II seems TO me that you are Just a,
bad as the man you are condemning
You say they do not do what they
ought Well. you ought TO give you
heart to Christ and live a clean life
And you do not do this which 20,
ought. In how far are you bettel
than the hypocrite whom you ar,
condemning
baptism. confession or churcl
membership will do you no good 1
you do not forsake sin and make re-
paratiOn. but earth has no sorrow
that heaven can not cure n this Il
done n your heart Is wrong. YOU
life f. wrong. and no amount o
good work will make you right will
God when your heart r. wrong. Nv
cry man Is master OF his own sal
walton. and the step once taken vii
mean the peace. the Joy. the tran
guilty. which can be found In ever,
christian heart and every christian
home
That man IL a fool who would "a,
that he did not believe In n cure wher
he knows that he has been cured from
n disease that was eating hls lie GU
and now is we'll So tho man n
fool who says he does not believe ii
salvation when he can see what con
version does for the sinner and nj
change that has come In 90 man,
lives.