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ten in they will answer. Yes And II
you turn to Job II, Q you will find these
words: Curse God and die
JOB A PERFECT MAN.
JOB is a great Illustration Of the fact
that a man can be rich and yet be good
not only rich. but possessed OF great
riches 1t is an illustration OF the fact
that God can look upon rich man and
say good things. Mar. Gods testimony
about Job-'Behold the perfect man. 1t
is an illustration of the fact that man
may be good, yet sorely tempted Tempta-
ton is not sln--it is yielding to temptation
that is sin. Temptation is the devil look
ing in the key-hole-yieldlng Is opening
the door and bidding him to enter Job
is an illustration of man burdened with
great trials and yet emerging with great
victory. Notice what he said when his
children were dead, his camels slain and
all his property gone-'Though He slay
me, yet will trust Him
"If had time I would speak of two
classes The first one says, Good-by,
God for seaon, but because of His in
finite mercy he later returns. The other
one says 'Good-by, God and forever
closes the door of hope. Some of you
have been saying it, and one of these
days God is going to take you at your
word.
Look at Lot. II ever a man had an
opportunity to 40 great good 1t was Lot.
lie had the right ancestry the right en-
vlronmcnt, the right influence. fellow
ship.
when you find man growing world
ly. forgetting his Bible and forsaklng
the church, he is pitching his tent toward
Sodom
Look at Jacob. He deceived his
father; came stealing in and said. I am
Esau. But he paid the penalty. See
how his own sons deceived MIN about
Joseph. He deceived Esau-he deceived
Laban and Laban deceived him. for he
substituted Leah for Rachel. He tried
to deceive God with the streaked cattle
he was party to the deception his
wife practiced on his father. We learn
that one sin follows another. Grace
comes to us with linked hands-so do
sins. Every grace Is link In the chain
that binds us to God-every sin Is n
link in the chain that binds us to hell.
Jacob parted company with God at
Bethel. He said. IF God will, l will
God would, but he wouldn't. When you
were sick you said i viii; when your
wife or your child died you said I VIII.
When you entered the church you said
4 will l am looking today into the
races OF those VINO nave DTOktH tItli
vows TO God. But you have paid for
every vow that you have broken. Man
never sins without paying for it.
zone thing more. Did these men re-
turn to God? Not sure about Lot Jacob
came back became the priest of Israel.
II you have parted company with the
peace and the experience you once mad
come back to God"
FOUR SERMONS TOMORROW.
Tomorrow, when for the last time the
strains of Brighten the Corner Where
You Are and III Your Heart Keeps
Right" will rouse the thousands in the
tabernacle. BILLY" plans to preach four
times Even with four services, 1t is an
tlcipated, that many thousands will be
unable to hear him.
Sunday plans to repeat mis- first sermon
tomorrow, which he will deliver at $3.50
O'Clock in the morning. before a second
audience of 'men only" Following this,
he expects to preach to ''women-only'
audience, and in the evening to "men
only"
The subjects of the sermons are in
definite, but Billy" expects to preach
on Look to Yourselves That We Lose
Not Those Things Which We Have
wrought, But That We Receive Full
Reward" in the forenoon and in the aft
ernoon and evening. he will speak on the
topic, "And He Said Tomorrow"