Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-24

Christian. whether he's Of your de-
Nomination OF not Now what are you
going 20 doY That means the Christian.
Not the Haioonkeeper OF the brewer.
They're no brethren until they are born
again. They are children OF the devil
now. It's Gods nature TO love and you
should love each other. DO you Presby-
terians love the Baptists and do the Bap-
lists the Christians, and the Christians
the Methodists. and the Methodists the
u. Per DO youf
Do you love meI
Sect 10 puts It square up 20 you. II
you don't I'll tell God when I get TO
heaven about some Of the mean things
you said about me down here
whatsoever r. born of God does not
commit SIN. Whosoever IL born OF God
ioveth the brethren whosoever r. born
Of God doeth righteousness.
friend OF mine was In q Baptist
church in Brooklyn, where they were ex-
tending tho right hand Of fellowship and
they voted In one woman. and ell but
one woman arose to give her right hand
OF Fellowship. She said she wouldn't be-
cause the woman came from little mis-
sion section. And she had the audAcity
to call herself . Christian and yet re-
fused TO extend the hand of fellowship
because q woman came from the sub
merged tenth.
whosoever is born again believeth that
Jesus IL the Christ That puts a lot OF
preachers out Of business. WHO'S a liar?
Anybody that denieth God Is a liar. The
Unitarfans are not even In the kingdom.
First John. SO, "whosDvver 10 born Of
God overcometh the world" There are
! two classes In the church today Those
who are overcoming the world are Chris
tians. Those who are letting the world
overcome them are not. Would you rather
go To a theater party, card party or
Dutch lunch than a prayer meeting? Then
You are not OF God. This thing OF Just
hanging on 70 a church membership Is
going too Tar.
Every one on earth has a body and
soul. but a Christian has more than q
sinner, and you'll never be saved until
YOU have II, l had physical birth. but I
have a spiritual birth. A sinner has no
spiritual existence. God looks on him
as dead.
Life Like n Desert.
It's great forgiveness I want you
to read the thirty-second Psalm when
you so home. It starts out, Blessed Is
he whose transgression is forgiven, whose
sin is covered" a great forgiveness
People try to cover their sins Don't do
IL. Como TO Christ as you are and He'll
forgive you.
had friend who was n brilliant
young fellow. He covered the Japanese
and Chinese wars for a New York paper
He was on his way home when he was
shipwrecked and the captain and he were
the only ones saved. They stayed on an
Island. living on roots for a week. and
then they signaled n steamer and got
started home. He got word from his
paper, and they told him TO go to Frisco.
30 he went and they told him to come
across tho arid country and write UP the
prospects OF irrigation. And as he
walked across those plains. he thought
OF how they would blossom IL they were
only irrigated.
Life Like = Desert.
Then no thought OF how his life was
like that desert with nothing In Il but
waste. He finished his work and went
70 Chicago, where he got q job and lost
II on account Of drunkenness and couldn't
get another on account OF having no
recommendation. So he walked out one
winter night and took his reporters book.
addressed Il to his father. and wrote
something like this, i've made a miser-
able failure OF this life. I've disgraced
you and sent mother 10 a premature
grave II you care 20 look for me you'll
find my body In the Chicago river" He
tossed aside the book and II fell on the
snow. He leaped to the rail of the
bridge, but a policeman. who had been
watching him, sprang and caught him.
lilo begged him TO let him leap. but the
policeman wouldn't do It. and got his
story from him Then the policeman
said: well. don't know whether
you're stringinS me or not. but II half
what you say = true you can make a
big thing out OF life. I'm not much on
religion. but I'll show you a place where
they win keep you" and he took him to
the Pacific Garden mission at 100 East
Van Buren, street. which for 1900 nights
had had its doors open every night.
He went In and sat down by q hobo.
He read some OF the notices like: when
did you write to your mother last3'' and
they began 20 work on him and be asked
the hobo what graft they set out OF this.
The hobo fiared right up and said there
was no graft. that Mrs. Clark had just
mortgaged her homo for 5000 to pay back
rent Then he told him he could sleep
right there ana so down In the morning
and get something to eat free. and n he
couldn't land bed by next night he could
come back 20 one OF the benches. Then
my friend got up and went down and ac-
cepted Christ He was s6 fun OF gold
bromide cures that he tinsIed when he
talked and Jingiod when he walked.
lie started out 20 give MS testimony
and he wss q marvellous power. I met
him some time later IN the elevator In
Chicago and he was dressed 10 kill With
silk lid and q big diamond and the
latest cut Prince Albert. and he said;
"Bill, that was q great day for me. ]
started out with not enough clothes to
make q pair OF leggings for a humming
bird and now look at me-" He was sec
rotary in the new firm OF Morgan q
Wright. and was drawing t75 q month.
lie IL an expert stenographer. A news
paper In New York had written him 10
take associate editorship. but told him
not to 40 Il. 10 stay where he was and
tell his story.
What did he dot Tie told God he was
a miserable sinner and God forgavs him
as lie will you. There's one verse OF
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