Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-15


he Is dead wrcns and there are mu titudes
like that,
Fourth. those who can so to chur. n
and those who do go to church and are
/ moved by the preaching and convictc
| but not converted Every man that
/ hears the truth Is convicted. That
saloon keeper is convicted he knows what
| preach Is tho truth and he knows he
cannot do that and bo a Christian. Talk
to those men about Jesus Christ. Get
them to take their stand for righteous
/ ness
Fifth, those who can and do 20 TO
church and are convicted by the preach
ing and converted. They need strength
ening They are converted now, but they
need the benefit OF your experience, You
say, where will l find these people TO
talk 20 them?" Where won't you find
thom7 Where can you find place
where they are not9 You win only find
one place whore they are not and that is
in tho cemetery Right In your neigh
borhood. right I'm your block, how many
are Christians9 Is your husband a
Christian Are your children Chris
tions7 II they are let them alone and
get after somebody else's husband and
children. Don't sit down and thank God
that your husband and children are
Christians. Suppose were to say to my
family, my George. my Nell, my Paul.
my Helen are Christians. We are all
Christians. let the rest OF tho world 10
to the devil, There Is too much OF that
spirit In the church today.
work All the TIme.
Go from house TO house. 90 to tho
people in your block. In your place of
business Have you said anything 10 tho
telephone girl when you called hor up9
You are quick enough to Jump on her
when she gives you the wrong number.
Have you said anything to the delivery
boy--to the butcher2 Have YOU asked tho
milkman7 Have you said anything TO tho
newsboy that throws your paper on the
door step? Havc you called them up at
tho newspaper Officer Have YOU said
anything TO the girl that waits on you
at the store to the servant who brings
your dinner in at home TO the woman
who scrubs your floors7 Where win you
find them-where won't you find them?
Notice these facts; First, out OF Jesus
Christ there Is no salvation; second, that
all have sinned; and that all who came
to repent shall not be cast out. None
are saved unless they are born again. Re-
member faith and not feeling saves the
people. ! never talk to any man. How
do you feel?" No sir. Feeling In the
result Faith Is required God requires
us TO believe TO he saved. Obedience and
blessing always walk arm In arm. They
never trail. The Bible Is the only guide.
There is no salvation in hell The man
that breaches future probation lies, II
the man don't settle It before he dies,
he never has chance. IL Is all over
with II. What is the use of me running
my throat II these old sinners have a
chance to be converted In the other
world2 Let them go. When you look
around and see young men and women
with their character forming, and realize
that they are forming for life. II astounds
and distresses us how so many men and
women can be so indifferent. People
come to me and say: "Mr. Sunday, you
work so hard, I worry about you" Great
Godl You are so lazy l worry about you
The indifference OF a lot of people as
tounds me 40,0Oo,O0O time more than my
energy astounds you. How you can sec
people go to hall and doing nothing TO
save themselves ] cannot understand.
iHey Won I Wblt upon the Loru TO renew
their strength.
20 home many afternoon SO tired that
/ think that won't come back at night,
but l come back by night just as fresh
as daisy. Why? Because the Lord re-
freshes me. And no man or woman does
any harder or works any harder than
do. This Ia not egotism but the truth.
BE natural l try to be- have no
more pulpit manners than some others
have on the street. Just try to he folks
all the time. II there is anything that
God loves 1t is folks; and not the cod
fishy, doggy aristocracy. don't have
one tone of voice here and another when
/ so to the grocery.
Here is something you can all do. In
vite the unsaved to come, and talk with
them in private, Speak with them at
home. Write them n letter. / wouldn't
send anybody a postcard, / would spend
two cents instead and send him "A letter
With all the means we have in this city,
It should not be hard to reach the un-
saved.