Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-18

preached on After Death. Judgment"
His sermon follows.
have chosen text Of which every
man here this afternoon will believe
az least a part. Some may say that this
can't be. Some may say. Il can't be-
lieve In Jesus Christ can't believe
In tho Bible can't believe In eternal
life." Yet. there l. not one among you
who will not agree with at least the
first part OF my text
1T is appointed TO all mon once 10
die" You believe that, don't your oYu
all agree that 1t IL appointed TO all men
once to die" You'll ali Accept that.
But my text adds. And after death.
the judgment"
IL you admit the flrst proposition OF
the text. how can you have the audacity
to reject the last part2 BY every rule
Of reason and logic. when you admit one
part you must admit all
Some men have been startled when the
judgment was mentioned. Some OF you
men here have been set 20 thinking in
these SIX weeks. You have heard many
srmons. but you are still outside the
pale OF Gods mercy. II I could say TO
you that quarter after O'Clock to
morrow you would be In the coffin. you
wouldn't sleep tonight. You wouldn't be
worrying about whether the democrats
put wool on the free list or not. You'd
be getting ready TO meet the God you
have forgotten. spurned and rcpardiated.
You would send for the preacher and
you would try 10 prepare yourself 10
face God In Judgment. II / could tell
you that this is the last week OF your
life. and that on next Sunday you would
be a corpse, you would not think about
business. you wouldn't worry whistler
bonds or stocks went up or down. you
wouldn't care about politics. btx you'd
think about your soul and you'd Eet
ready 20 meet the God you have domned
and defied. You can't prove that this
isn't your last day on earth.
Up In Canada there IL a railroad which
hangs red lights on one side OF the track
when all is safe. and one the other side
when all N not safe. For some Of you
the light IL stfll on the side OF danger.
l hope can say something that will
show you the peril in which you stand.
What a change there would be In your
life n you only accepted all of this textl
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We have tho words OF Jesus that all
those who believe in Him shall come into
everlasting life with Him I'd that for
them there shall be no Judgment. We
have this assurance OF Paul that there
| is no Judgment for those who are follow
ers OF Christ.
Never IN my life has my heart gone
out TO men as II has gone out to them
in Allegheny valley. Never. more than
this afternoon, have prayed for them.
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ahail come down these aislos and give me
the honor of taking them by the hand
IN the name OF Jesus Christ. am not
concerned for myself but for you. have
worked here a. my own salvation de-
pended upon II. couldn't have worked
harder II II had. am tired, 20 tired
sometimes feel that I'll fall into bed
and not get up.
Special Reasons.
! have special reasons for choosing this
text this afternoon. It's a personal ques-
ton. II raises a question for you You
must settle II for yourself. You must eat
for yourself and you must settle the
question OF accepting Jesus Christ for
yourself. II II were left TO me TO settle
II. every man here would Instantly take
his stand on the side OF God. But can't
settle II for Npu. Even God Almighty
can't save a soul against the individuals
will.
But I suppose that some OF you men
have people IN this world who love you
well enough to die for you. I have-two.
anyway. I know that Mrs. Sunday and
my mother would. But no matter how
dearly those near to you may love you.
they cannot help you In the judgment.
You must stand alone. You may have
plenty OF congenial associates In the club
or the lodge or the church. but In Judg-
mcnt they can do nothing for you. You
must stand alone.
When a man advises you 20 refuse 10
be a Christian look the miserable cur IN
the face and say: III ! do will you stand
in my place In judgmentg'
l pray God that the words OF my text
will ring in your ears long after you've
forgotten my face and long after this
tabernacle has been torn down; when !
have gone 10 other states to preach the
word OF God. pray that you'n hear
them above the clash OF hammers In your
shops. above the din of eapsoding powder
IN the mines. I pray that when you walk
the streets the echo OF your steps will
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tudgmentl"
have every respect for an homes;
doubter. Some men are 30 constituted
they are naturally skepticai. Such a man
can Sc the reasonableness OF righteous
ness. But have no respect for the man
who isn't honest about n. When waa
assistant secretary Of tho Young Men,s
Christian association In chicago I had
X. l.. Hastings, who edited an anti-in-
ficei paper. send M $500 copies Of Il.
Bob IngersolI wag delivering three lee
tures In Movieker's theAtsr. and l had
these copies distributed TO the people on
the sidewalk AZ they went IN or out The
first night Ingersoll had big audsence.
This next night a was smaller and on
the third night Il had dwindled almost 70
nothing.
Every day AZ noon while Ingsrsoll was
iecturing Hastings would go 10 old Far
well hall and answer Ingersoll'a state
ments OF the night before One night In
gersoll painted one OF those wonderful
word pictures for which he was justly
famous. He was a master OF the use OF
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