Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-19
"PoOer of Christ to SaUe" Extends
to Every Person in Every Walk of Life

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the tabernacle last evening. took for the
subject Of his sermon. The Power OF
Christ to Save" Mr. Sunday said:
After PLATE had given Jesus hear
ing he went again TO the Jews. Ac-
cording to the custom n prisoner could
be released at the passover PLATE asked
them which they would have, Jesus or
Barabbas. They shouted for Barabbas,
Plate went out again 60 the mob and
said:
Behold bring Him forth 20 you
that We may know that find no fault
in Him John is;4)
There are some things in this world
that to DO valuable must be faultiess
A diamond IL not valued according to
its size. but according to its purity and
quality. II must be pure or IL Is known
as off color OF imperfect. Only 10 per
cent are high-grade or first water In
90 per cent there IL flaw in cutting
or other parts. We have pure food
law which forbids the sale Of goods that
are poisonous adulterated. and seeks to
cause the selling OF goods without fault
| In order to sell we'll horse must be
faultless He must not be blind. he must
not balk. he must not he wind-broke. he
! must not have a bono SPAWN. These are
all flaws and they reduce his vaRue. Art
requires that a picture or a statue shall
be without flaw to become a master
piece.
One Perfect Man,
! II am glad that l can find one char
acter in whom you can find not one flaw.
, Il can find no flaw In Him.. This was
1 said Of Jesus Christ. and Il was said by
one of His bitterest enemies There is no
flaw In Him. He is absolutely flswless-
without blemish.
! Love is the greatest thing in the world
and character is the grandest. You can't
destroy character. You'll have character
when everything else is taken away. You
can't lose it and you can't bury it. Repu-
tation may be lost Character needs no
epitsph. You can bury the man, but
character beats the hearse back from the
graveyard, and It will travel up and down
the streets while you are under the sod
1t will bless or blight long after your
name is forgotten. Many o man who was
buried twenty years ago is living in
Omaha today in blasted lives. Many who
were buried as long ago are living here
today in good deeds that are done be-
cause OF influences they left behind
Jesus. Do you find any fault in Him?
He said He was the Son of God. Did
He speak as II He were indeed the Son
Of God. Did He ever utter one thing
that didn't sound as II He were? Not a
word that He ever uttered was false
He called men to repentance. He told
them that God believed them and was
ready to forgive. Can you find any
fott NIT TO
want to know you. No matter who you
know you.
Never BawIs Anybody out.
Some years ago a man came to my
room in @ town out west and raped on
my door in the middle Of the night. His
eyes were bloodshot, his hair dishev-
eled. his face drawn. I asked him II
he were sick. He said No: II 1 told
yol what is the matter with me you
would despise me- l said to him. IF
j you are in trouble. and II you want to
do what is right and arc sorry for
some wrong that you have done.
won't despise you. I'll help you IL
can. and I'll stand by you IL 1t takes
my last dollar Yes, II knew any
thing against any man that would
his family ashamed. that would bring
the blush to their cheeks-so help me
God. I'd die before I'd tell II. I've
never bawled anybody out in my life,
ana I never will. No sir. I'll preach
the gospel just as straight and just as
strongly as l know how, but I'll never
bawl anybody oEt.
God has no pleasure In the death OF
tho wicked. He isn't glad when a man
dies in his sims. But He has great pleas
ure in the death OF the righteous lie
isn't willing that any man should perish.
He didn't send His Son into the world
to condemn tit was condemned already
and He wanted to save It. Jesus came
to open to men the door OF salvation, and
/ IL we don't enter the fault is ours II
| God had simply said He loved the world,
and then had done nothing for Il, that
would have signifled nothing. II He
hadn't given us the plan OF salvation
and we should be lost, that would be
His fault. But God gives us the plan OF
salvation, and II we are lost It's our own
fault,
Why Men Go "a Hell.
Men do not go to hell because they
are sinners. but because they will not
repent You may be moral. but IL you
don't repent you will go TO hell II you
! do repent. no matter how great a sinner
you have been, you will be saved. There's
] only one way to be saved-that's God =
way. There are only two places to
which you can go-heaven or hell. II
wouldn't be right for God 10 put the
good and bad In the same place. II He
did. IL wouldn't be heaven. I went
through the state reformatory at Pom
/ tiac. Ill, and saw little fellows only 10
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