Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22
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10 valuable must be faultless.
~. ood ls not valued according 20 It's
~, according to It's purity and qual-
~ y n,,et be pure. or 1t is knowrfNfs
N ~, or imperfect only 10 per cent.
H-1s,en grade or first water. In 30 per
~ tbere Is a flaw In cutting or other
we have n pure food law whlch
~. ,be sale Of goods that are poison
.dulterated, and seeks to cause the
lrg OF goods without fault IN order
III ,veli. a horse must be faultless.
~ %s, not be blind he must not balk;
x w, not be wlnd-broke; he must not
. INC beaves; he must not have bone
w These arc all flaws and they re-
b,s value. Art requires that n plct-
statue shall be without flaw
.tscome masterpiece.
-, piad that / can find one charac-
& n,born YOU can find not one flaw
~. and no flaw I'm Him This was
y ~ Jesus Christ. and It was said by
n Ills bitterest enemies. There Is
osw IN Him. He is absolutely fault
ss-wthout blemish.
LOVE AND CHARACTER
ave is the greatest thing in the
"A and character Is the grandest.
IN rani destroy character You'll have
s.-srter when everything else is taken
You cant lose It and you can't
IN n Reputation may be lost Char
IN needs no epitaph. You can bury
!. man. but character will beat the
s,s,se back from the graveyard and 1t
~ travel up and down the streets while
"a are under the sod, 1t will bless or
.n,bt long after your name Is forgotten,
NV man who was buried 20 years ago
!. ,y,np in Scranton today in blasted
- MANY who were buried as long
~ arc living today in good deeds that
y. dnne because of influences they left
behind, ...,o 80 ro.,,,
Il. ,ou find any fault with Him? He
"a He was the Son of God Did He
'.esk as # He were indeed the Son of
aodg Did He ever utter one thing that
Ssr't sound as IL He were? Not n word
w, lie ever uttered was-false. lie called
ssen 10 repentance. He told them that
IA believed them and was ready to for
~ Can you find any fault with that?
r vou can don't want to know YOU
H natter who you are man or woman,
don't want to know you.
some years ago man came to my
,oom in q town out West and raped on
nv door in the middle of the night. His
svss were bloodsh0t, his hair disheveled
N face drawn. l asked him II he was
~ He said, mo, II told you what is
M matter with me you would despise
nj, said to him, If you are in trouble.
snd n you want to do what Is right, and
~ sorry for some wrong that you have
dcne. 1 won't despise you I'll help you
Il I can, and I'll stand by you If it takes
nv last dollar Yes, If 1 knew anything
sralnst any man that would break the
Mart of his wife and make his family
a,baued, that would bring the blush to
their cheeks-so help me God. ia die be-
FIRE ia tell it. I've never Dawled any
body out in my life, and I never will.
No. sir. I'll preach the gospel Just as
rIraight and Just as strongly as 1 know
how, but I'll never bawl anybody out.
WORLD CONDEMNED ALREADY.
eCiod has no pleasure in the death of
ne wicked He isn't glad when a man
d.es In his sins. But He has great pleas
ure in the death of the righteous. He
Int willing that any man should perish.
He didn't send His son into the world
% condemn tit was condemned already.
ana He wanted TO save 1t. Jesus came to
open to men the door of salvation, and II
We don't enter, the fault Is ours. If God
had simply said He loved the world, and
then had done nothing for 1t, that would
have sgnified nothing. If He hadn't
u9en US the plan of salvation and we
fh6uld be lost, that would be His fault.
But God gives us the plan OF salvation,
and II we are lost 1t is our fault.
Men do not go to hell because they
ere sinners, but because they will not
repent. You may be moral, but II you
don't repent you Will go to hell. IL you
DO repent you will be saved. There's
only one way to be saved-that's Gods
way. There are only two places to which
you can go-heaven or hell. 1t wouldn't
oe right for God TO put the good and the
nad In the same place. If He did 1t
Wouldn't be heaven. I went through the
slate reformatory at Pontiac, ILL.,, and
nE little fellows only 10 years OF age
penned up with hardened criminals.
Ihe laws age limit in Illinois Is 10
!safs. don't know what 1t is in Indiana.
ei In Illinois the law holds that when
lel are 10 years old you are old enough
Know right from wrong. Some fool
motqers and preachers say that a child
81 That age Is 90 young to be a Chris
uan. IL you say that you're big idiot. A
ehld who knows right from wrong Is
va enough to be a Christian, no matter
now young it may be. have heard said
llat God loves everybody ana everything
tnd that He proved 1t. Can you find any
lanlt In that? If you can. take down
your sign as a man.
!, Jesus Christ never went TO funeral.
ne never followed a hearse or a dead
sody TO the grave. He never preached a
auheral sermon. That was out of His
nheA He came that we might have life
ma nat more abundantly. Moody once