Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-20


God win call for the laet time.
II is no special form OF sin II might
be swearing. II might be drunkenness. II
might be adultery or theft
Any one becomes unpardonable ~ God
keeps on calling on you 10 forsake that
sin and you keep on refusing 70 sorsake
Il for the last time. and n you don't. then
He will withdraw and let you alone and
that sin Will become objectionable. for
God don't AJAX you again to forsake g.
Some people are too proud to be Chris
tians.
know people in Omaha too proud 70
walk down these aisles and acknowledge
themselves sinners. Gods spirit keeps
calling on you TO stand up before the peo-
pie and acknowledge your sins. and you
keep refusing
God viii keep on asking. you keep on
saying No" and God viii ask YOU for
the last time and then let you alone.
God has been asking some Of ) on men
for ten or fifteen years TO give up whisky.
and over every sermon and better nature
or your life you keep saying no"
God will ask you for the last time. end
II you say No" God will say. IAN right
II you think more Of your whisky bottle
than you DO OF me, take It AMI CO." He
Will never ask you again.
II may be your adultery. You viii keep
refusing and God will say: Very we'll;
II you think more OF that than Me and
MY salvation, take II and 60"
II is no one glaring act. but the constant
repetition of the same thing.
I believe there are men IN Omaha who
have Just as truly sealed their dooms az
II they were In hell tonight. believe that
through every sermon that is preached. II
II be true sermon. God calls men and
women for the last time, and I believe
God IL giving some in Omaha, by ana
through this revival meeting. the last
opportunity TO forsake their sins and &C
cept Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
/ believe II these meetings close and
II you people are stili outside the pale of
Gods mercy, / believe you have forever
sealed your doom.
Truth Resisted Weakena Truth,
BY every known law OF the mind, con-
version must be effected by the influence
OF the truth on the mind.
IL Ia also known law OF the mind that
truth resisted loses It's power on the mind
that resists and each resistance weakens
the truth. Every time you resist the truth
the next time you hear Il Il loses its force
on your mind. And every time YOU hear
truth and resist the truth, then YOU be-
come stronger in your power to resist the
truth.
We ali know this, that each reslstanco
strengthens you against the truth. When
man hears the truth and resists II, the
truth grows weaker and no grows
stronger.
No matter what sermon You hear ~
what evidence you see. a great many
men and women and any man or wornan
that can look upon the movements of
Gods spirit in Omaha In these days and
steel their hearts against >rod must be
like adamant.
There is no hope that God can reach
you IL, after manifestation of His
power such az this. you say mo"
You haven't had to use your hand
kerchlefs very much since I've been
here. / don't picture deathbed scenes;
try TO appeal to your reason. to show
you that you are only reasonable whes
you are righteous. and are a fool when
you are not. and the only reasonable
person on earth Is Christian.
| You never did more reasonable thIns
In. your life than TO DO Christian, nor
more unreasonable thing than to re-
fuse to serve God and keep His COM
mandments.
Who Can Commit This simf
1 Who can commit Il?
| used to think. when first started 10
read and to study. that only a vile man,
only n prostitute. only libertine, only
the offscouring scum OF the earth could
commit II.
Whom did Jesus warm The Phar.
isees.
And who were they7 The best man
morally. IN Jerusalem.
There 10 not man or a woman n
this audience that could live up TO a
higher standard of morality than the
Pharisees attained In the days OF Jesus
Christ.
Who can commit Il?
Any man or woman that says Mo- "a
Gods offer OF mercy. You may be q
man down In sin. OF. like the Pharisees
you may be the best man. morally n
the community. You may even defend
the Bible. the church. you may even be
my friend you may even stand on tbs
street and speak well OF this great
campaign: but l say let Jesus try to gel
you to walk out publicly before the
people and you say mo" to every ap-
peal. and He win keep on asking yot
and there viii come u time when II,
will ask you for the last time and ther
He win let you alone. He will pass yor
by. God pity you'll
What Is the work OF the Holy spiritp
To save your soul2 No. sir. The Hof
Spirit hasn't drop Of blood. not q
drop.
The Holy Spirit does not save you
He hasn't q drop OF blood. Jesus die
on the cross for your sins God par
dons you on the grounds that you accep
Jesus. but the Holy Spirit convicts yo
that you are sinner and He takes tn
sermons, the messages. the prayers OF IN
people. the memory OF your mother. an
calls you TO be a Christian.
The Holy Spirit brings that conviction
now and God keeps bringing the eonvic
ton and you keep resisting Il until tn
time win come when the Spirit will no
come any more.
I am looking into the faces OF men 1
this audience who for twenty year
haven't had . conviction OF sin. Ava
back yonder twenty years ago. YOU
wife. your baby. died. The same Prov
denee saved your life and you said 20
would. But you haven't yielded 10 Cos
God called you and He hasn't called 70
since. You haven't had conviction Of sir