The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-23
NEVER SAW CHRISTIAN THAT
WASAHOBO~~BILLY SUNDAY
And | Never Saw One Hitting the Cross lies q; or p Pan-
handling" Says Unique Evangells' III oei"oh IL l ""'"
5elnhia9Shun Worry, He Urges.

mon Yesterday morning III oho"HS
ne blessings which hae
Gods promise He will shower COWS "a
his Commands are obeyed. His text
+ras taken from II Peter, /, q:
Whereby are given unto US exceed
ing great and precious promises: INA.
nv these We might be p~artakers OF
the divine nature" His sermon lol-
lows: :.
The largest diamond ever mined IN
the world was found a Few years ago
IN South Africa. in the kimperiy
mines. The diamond was as large as
rour fist. and weighed one ana one
half pounds. 1t was perfect III cpiol
and without a flaw. 1t was in a class
bv itself. and it was presented 10
King Edward. He was having 1t u
for him when he died. 1t was worth
millions OF dollars. IT was worth SO
much more than all other amondS
that there was no 70 judge
the value or the basis OF
son.
That diamond was exceeding great
and precious, but you could not get
an idea OF its real value by that. There
is no meaning to these words unless
you take the most valuable OF all
things for a standard of comparison.
Exceeding great and precious means
beyond comparison.
The words were not put in the
Bible for effect. No words are put
In the Bible for effect. The Bible talks
to us so We can understand. God
could use language that no one could
understand. But We cannot under
stand all by simply hearing and
reading. When We see we will know
Robert Moffat showed the natives
In Africa "a teakettle and an eXcart.
Then lie told them there We're tea
kettles in England that could draw
fifty oxcarts. OF curse, they didn't
believe it. but years later. when he
took one of them back with him and
ne saw a locomotive pull out a train
he said, Heap big teakettle n very
many oxcarts." When God says tx.
ceeding great and precious, we cam
go too far in estimating His meaning
A preacher visited ar old woman once
and. In looking over her volumes. h
found verse after verse marked "T
p" He asked her what that mean
when h came down. and she said i
stood for tried and proven'-that ST.,
had tried out and had had prove t
her personally the truth in thos
verses.
So we cannot understand what ex
ceeding great and precious reall
means. The best God saws is only
hint at the real glory Of His promises
So the strongest expressions fall IA
short Of realization.
Promise Should Be Sacred.
The promises are great becaus
they are from God to His children
The promise Of the father to hi
child should he the most sacred prom
ise known. You can make promise
and forget them, but God can't fol
get: if He did, He wouldn't be God.
All OF the promises are based o
the four great pillars OF religion, n,
II OF which could fall. Justice, +
which all must be treated alike
they all fulfill the condition. Grac
by which God cannot forget. &C
never forgets. Truth. which new,
changes. God is the same yesterda
TO-DAY ami forever. Power. whic
makes Him able to perform q
things. The promises have back
them the throne Of God, and they ca
not fall.
The Bible has promises running
through It and God wants you to a
propriate them for your use. They a
unless you use them. A man mig
starve to death If he had money
his pockets but was too stingy
spend II. So the promises may not
any good because you will not u
them.
A preacher went to call on a woY
an who was in poverty. He ask
her if she didn't have any childre
She said she had q son. He ask
her il the son didn't write to her,
he never sent her anything, and s
!, said he did. a lot OF picture paper. ]
asked to see them, and she show
him a vase stuffed full Of banknot,
o laugh, but You have been il
As big a fool with Gods promises. Y
go along picking up a few crum
here and there, when God Is ready
shake a bakeshOp at you.
They did her no good because &
didn't use them. It's like that tod,
People sit down and won't give Cod
chance. II you have never used t
Bible promises as they were meant
be used. they have never done Y
n good.
Don't Know They're In Bible.
General Booth heard of a man
great want, and he sent him a che
The man was astonished and said
would have hat framed and HI
on the wall. He was foolish. 1t wo1
never do him any good unless he IL.
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