Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-16
Evangelist Declares that Each One
Should Make It His Business to
Speak to Friend Of Christ.
BUSINESS TO BE A CHRISTIAN

BUSINESS TO BE A CHRISTIAN
Billy" Sundays sermon yesterday aft
ernoon was as follows:
Text: "He That winneth Souls Ia
Wise"
Christ said; Follow Me. and will
make you a fisNs'' II men" The medical
school teaches to be a doctor. the Law
school teaches YOU to be an attorney, and
the church should teach people TO save
souls.
II you do not, then you arc not fishers
Of men, or you are trying to make Christ
out a liar.
Any church that does not believe in the
divinity of Jesus Christ, heaven or hell
isn't authorized by God. and II a church
isn't authorized It degenerates into
third rate amusement bureau
The majority of the Christian people
never speak about Christ to others
want to urge everybody to engage in per-
sonal work. Each of you write down five
names OF members of your own family
and ask how many OF them belong to the
church. Some of you may find one or two
OF that number are church members.
Why are so many people outside the
church? The church IL at fault Each OF
you should be a fisher of men.
That is why we have Christian Science,
the holy rollers and so forth The preach
ers are chasing fads instead OF souls.
like to see people afraid I'll talk religion.
That's my business. That's your bust
ness. The trouble Is the last thing people
give to Christ is their tongues
It's your business to be a Christian. II
you are a lawyer you are a lawyer TO pay
expenses, and your bushes is TO be a
Christian. II you are a doctor. you are
doctor to pay expenses, and your bust
ness is to be q Christian. You work for
living to pay expenses, but your busi-
ness is to be q Christian.
Opportunity 20 DO Good.
Regard life as an opportunity to do
good and bring somebody from sin Your
business lie to find the lost. It's not the
church's business to educate people. IT'S
their business to save people.
Thousands OF college graduates are
going as fast as they can straight to
hell. If J had ti.oOoooo 1 would give
$685. 800 to the church and 81 20 education
Not that I belittle education. but be-
lieve that it's not intellect. but religion
that will save mon.
The church's business u TO save from
he'll thousands who would be caught nap
ping by the devil II they weren't put
wise to his dirty trickA The sooner
you get the importance Of an evangelical
movement through your heads. the better
you'h be off.
Not that have anything against edu-
cation. but education without prayer Il
the biggest farce. think the best edu-
cation Is the knowledge of the Bible.
I'll bet there are a bunch OF people
hero today who only read the Bible when
they're sick. I'll bet there are a lot OF
people here who only pray when they
are in need OF a doctor.
The church Is wrong today when II
breaches fifty weeks In the year 60 the
church members and two weeks to those
outside. II should be two weeks 70 the
church and fifty weeks 10 the outsiders.
Aud one person can set a church on fire
for God.
Church of the Future.
/ tell you the church of the future
must have personal work and prayer. The
trouble with some churches 10 that they
think the preacher is a sort OF ecc;es-
iastical locomotive. who viii snort and
puff and pull the whole bunch through
To Elorg.
The poorest stick in the word 70 DO
personal work is the young preacher just
out Of the seminary Why? Because
they minimize and even laugh at personal
work In the seminary.
Two-thirds OF the theological teachers
never had any experience In soul saving
We are preaching people to death. At
the prayer meeting the preacher gets up
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