Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-20

I are YOU going to do2 First, confess your
sin. Lay hold on this that the spirit re-
veals to you wrong In your life, be more
| pliable to hands OF the spirit. The trou-
! BILE with the church OF God today is a lot
/ Of you stand convicted of your sins, but
| you won't throw them out. Name Il.
| Say, God, I've been worldly. I've been
proud. I've neglected your gifts. I've
! sat In judgment on your servants Ad-
NIT that you've got "A miserable grouchy
disposition. We don't have to answer to
God for others sins. / don't say I'm
perfect, but when I'm through and we're
In heaven, God won't ask you whether
! you like me or not, or whether I like you
or not. Every man shall give answer
for himself. Confess. BE humble and
receive a blessing Second renounce
your sin, get rid of 1t, throw 1t out. Con-
fession without renuncation doesn't
amount to that (snaps his ingers)
CONFESS GOD OPENLY.
Solomon said, 'whosoever Is convicted
of his sin shall not prosper, but who CON
fesses and forsakes his sin shall find
mercy You shall say: God, 1 won't
read that literary trash You may call
me narrow, but I've made up my mind
never to read any book that sneers at
Jesus Christ. Say, God, l won't go with
that crowd The man or woman in
earnest will begin by taking the spirit
into his life or her life. Youll tell Cod
your troubles. Not the public. It's none
of the public's business. You don't have
to tell the public your sins, for it's none
of the publics business
You say you can receive Him in pri-
Vate, live better lives, but God says you
must confess Him openly. Third, do what
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what He tells you not to do, but do what
lie tells you to do. These are the two
pillars that support the gospel. Say
Lord, | will write that letter of apology,
] will ask pardon; I will give to the
church; I will have family prayer; will
do what you say Fourth and last, give
yourself up wholly. freely. mind soul, per
sonally, influence, irrevocably to God. Lay
yourself on the altar and take your hands
off. You have been bought with a price.
You belong to Him.
This is my coat. can take a pair OF
scissors and cut it up, IL I want to- 1t
belongs to me. / can take this watch
and throw 1t away and smash It up, If
] want to. It belongs to me. I belong to
God, and He has a right to do what He
pleascs with me, and also with you. Lay
all of your sins at the foot Of the cross
and say. Nothing in my hand I bring,
simply to Thy cross | cling And hear
Him say. Thy sins. which are many,
arc all forgiven thee: 20 in peace ana
sin no more
REMOVING THE ALLOY.
Tell God you're beat. Say the devil II
too much for you; tell Him that you
have been negligent, criticisIng the
church, disappearing cursing, committing
adultery. and tell Him you don't want to
do these things. Then He'll take away all
the alloy. What is alloy? See this watch;
ii isn't pure gold, it's lS-karat gold Onr
per cent. is copper. Pure gold would wear
away by friction with your hands y
friend Of mine out in Iowa had $4,000 in
gold. and he took 1t TO the bank, but
they wouldn't take it at face value, and
they weighed ii, and it had lost $500 by
wear. SO alloy is to prevent the gold
wearing away.
God will take away from you all in
your life that makes you do what He
says not to do and won't let you do
what He tells you to do, and He'll put |
into your life that which will make you
do what lie tells you to do and keep
you from doing that which He tells you
not to do
Sec what the gospel does.
POWER TO RESIST.
"Why do | want to pray? Because OF |
the spirit Of God. Why docs that man
cuss? He's filed with the devil. Here is |
n man who Is a booze fighter; he hits the |
booze. Sure. lie is OF the devil. But re-
ceve God and lie will give you the power
to resist all of these things.
Receive the spirit of God. Let the
church do this and then will be fulfilled
what is said in Malachi, Iii, 10, Bring ye |
all the tithes into the storehouse. The
church Is stngy. Under the old Mosaic
law the Jews were ordered to give one
tenth to the Lord, and that's what you
ought to do today. Bring ye all the
Lithes into the storehouse, that there may
be meat in mine house and prove to me
now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts,
Il | will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing. that
there shall not be room enough to re-
2eive it,
my God! how can any sane man or
woman refuse TO receive such a blessing
as this? How can he push it away? And
yo1I will receive this blessing If you be-
ieve, and If YOU don't God says ii We're
better for you if you had never been born
)r that YOU take a milestone and tie it
around your neck and cast yourself into
he Ohio. Now you know what was
meant when jeremiah said they kept on
n the things they knew they should not
md Jeremiah said, Your iniquities have
urned away these things, and your sins
nave withholden good things from you"