Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-03

house with brick. but you can't eat u
The purpose Of a time table r. 20 give
The time Of trains. the functions the dit
'erent railroads a man That has been
over the road knows more about II than
a man who has never been over H. \
man who has made the Journey Of ne
guided by the Bible knows more about II
than any hiEh-browed lobster who has
never lived a word Of H.
Then whom are you going 20 believe
the man who has tried Il or the man
who knows nothing about it,
The Bible was not intended for a
science any more than crowbar IL in
tended for toothpick The bible was
written 70 tell men that they might live
and It's true today.
Man who Doesn't Read Bible f.
Dead TO God.
Life IL the realest thing In the world
or any other place. II you're alive you
know II. A man IL alive to God n he Vs.
doing what God wants him 20 do. A man
il as dead to Gods word as an Egyptian
mummy IL TO the ringing Of the dinner
bell II he isn't reading the Bible and
isn't turned from sin.
When the dead in battle are gathered
N0hNNhNA HDAAt Hihukita hAItotA W.
yond recognition and some are almost I'M
marked, but those that are unmarked Ars
as dead as those that are mangied. All
OF them are dead. They no longer live.
Many a man, alive physically, but dead
spiritually, is dead 10 God and the power
OF the Spirit A lot OF you out there tn.
night are dead to God.
Some men are dead to God more than
others. Some are drunken, dirty sots.
while others have led a moral life. nut
both are dead TO God II IL az necessary
for a man TO believe in Jesus 70 have
spiritual life, as II II 10 have eyes to sec
and ears to hear.
I've seen men who were really In
earnest when they said they had tried
and couldn't believe In Jesus Christ
couldn't once, but got right and nov
] can.
The trouble with them IL they want Il
hold on to some sin That's why I knock
30 hard against sin. never .1ew any
one who would not believe In Christ who
hadn't some sin he was holding on To-
That's the reason 1 go 30 hard against
sin and try TO get YOU to abandon II
ana not try to persuade you through
your intelligence.
There is only one way to have the
doubts destroyed. Read the Bible and
obey It.
You say you can't understand f.
There's an A ID G In religion iust as IN
everything else. When you 20 to school
you learn the A b C's ana then YOU re
on ana pretty soon can understand some.
thing you thought you never could wher
you started out.
| SO In religion. Begin with the simple
things and go on and you'll understand
That's what It was written for that YOU
might read and believe and bo saved.
Mast Dig to Find Truth.
I'm wiling TO stand here and take the
nand OF any man or woman II You ara
willing TO come and begin with the knowI.
edge you have. He don't live, but he will
be saved II he does this.
IN South Africa there are diamond mines
and the fact has been heralded to every
corner or the world. But only thoae that
dig for them get the diamondA So n "a
with the Bible. Dig, you'll find gold
and salvation. You have to dig out the
truths. '''o
Years ago In Sing Sing prison thero was
convict BY the name Of Jerry McCaulev
ana one day an old pal of his came barl,
TO the prison and told him how he had
been saved and quoted verse OF sor,n-
ture.
McCauley didn't know where 10 find tho
verse In the Bible. 80 he started IN M
the first and read through until he came
TO II. 1t was away over In the ninth chan.
ter of Hebrews
But he found Jesus Christ while he was
reading II. He lived Eodly life un,Il
the day he died
surprising a man should come To vou
ana say: The title 20 your property "a no
good and IL some one contests II Won viii
lose" ''N VI"
Would you laugh and go on about YOUR
pusineasf No, sirl You would GO IN tbs
court house and you would find II IN o,,Iv
one book there, the book in the recorder
OFFICE, and you'd search and find n ara
u tho recorder said the deed was ali r,vb,
you could laugh az whatever any one
else said. 'No
There u only one book in the world
That tells me about my soul ana N sa,,s
" you believe you're saved; n YOU don't
you're damned. God said Il and IFS Ali
true. AT
Every man who believes In the Bible
shaIi live forever. The Bible says heaven
OF helis 30 why do you resist?
=, Mast Have a savior.
IL you had diamond worth x1Oo ooo
you wouldn't carry Il around In ,,n,,,
pocket. You wouldn't be showing II No
YOU'D act safety deposit vault
but your soul N worth COCOON sucb
diamonds ana YOU trifle with n
Whatsoever things are true. think an
these things" va
religion was the first need Of the world
ana VIII be your last hope In your dv,n.
hour' When you lie down to die YOU Wont
care about your money or the things VOL,
have. You'll want the assurance thot
you are saved. '""'
Don't be hoodwinked. Believe ana yo,
VIII never say you are an alien 10 God
second, II Is true that a man "A A ssp-
her by nature. Leave the Bible on. ~
the question. Every man who th,rt =
KNOWS this 10 be true. ~ every country
mas tried TO make religion OF it's own
20 save itself from its sins. They know
II IN China. Africa. india, lust as tbey
90 In the most intellectual community,
Man sins as naturally as the sharks NV
UPWARD and man everywhere knows n
us true. Man Is a sinner by nature.
ana that being true. man must have n
supernatural saviour n he IL ever going
to be saved. SWING
a man can no more save himaelf than
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