Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-05
BILLY SUNDAYS SERMONS

and ue wiling TO TO get out and hustle
ana ,S, DO things for God
ro,,,..u, nen may revival be expectedq
neonia may be expected when Christian
pSeopie tSS confess and ask forgiveness for
Ssui Sleir SINS When you are winning ttot
- shall promote and use whatever
shs OF Instruments or individYais nv
,t,o,. Vus ne is pleased to use to pronote
@sael'' @ Yes. The trouble js He cannot
uIoIlote revival IL you are sitting ON
tho e Ipugment Of the methods and means
vi,'o, iS,e Sou ls employing to promote a re-
nah, me GOD Almighty may use any
nieesou VI means or Individual that He
i,, lou are not running H. Let God have
li's way. You can tell whether Won need
LNiVah you can tell whether Won
D rssse one and why you have got one ~
Sou should ask you sisters and nreacbers
~ an audible voice, are Won willing that
suouiu promote n revival by using on,,
.r,,I ,'ious OF means or individual language
yyI,o. Vose TO use to promote it?'
nat would be your answer Yss9 rbnr
don't growl IL l use some tbing. thO.
yvu doht like. You have no buslness 10
,,,S NV can you promote a revival? Break
w your fallow ground-the ground that
PIOuuces nothing but weeds, briers. Tin
cans and brick bats. Fallow ground 4,
GROUND that never had n glow in n NJ
trolt mad Mayor, Pingree. when tho oit,,
nad thousands and thousands of acres of
,si,ow ~ Ground. This was taken over by
me municipal government and nlenteS
with potatoes with which thev faS ,su
poor of the city.
FALLow GROUND HERE
Ihere are individuals who have never
done anything for Jesus Christ. and 7
have no doubt there are preachers as
weu' VINO have never done anything for
the COD Almighty. r. ere are acres and
acres of fallow ground here in PhiIadeI-
phia that have never been touched r,ool,
over your past life, look over your pres-
s@nt @ me and future and take UP the In
olviuuai sins and pencil and paper and
write them down. a general confession
VIII never do. You have committed vour
SINS, SINS, one by one, you will have to confess
tnem one by one. This thing of saving
God | am a sinner won't do
God l am a gossper in my neighbor-
mood God L have been in my ice box
WINE am mere listening to Mr.. Sunday.
you are devil. Confess your sins.
How can you promote a revival? You
women, II you found that your husband
was giving his love and attention TO
some other woman and IL you saw that
some other woman was encroaching on
his mind and heart. and was usurping
your place and was pushing you out of
the place, wouldn't you grieve? Don't
you think that God grieves when Won
push him out of your lifeP You don't
treat God square. You business men
don't treat God fair. You let a thou
sand things come in and take the place
that God Almighty had No wonder YOU
are careless. You blame God for things
that God Almighty has-for what you
have no right to blame Him for. He Is
not to blame for anything. You Judge
COD. The spirit loves the Bible; the
devil loves the flesh.
If you don't do your part, don't blame
God. How many times have you blamed
God when you are the liar yourself? You
are wont to blame him for the instances
of unbellef that have come into your life.
When should We promote a revival?
When there is neglect of prayer? When
your prayers affect God? You never
think of going out on the street without
dressing. You would be pinched before
you went a block. You never think of
going without breakfast, do you? 1 bet
there are multitudes that have come here
without reading the Bible or praying for
this meeting.
you can measure your desire for sal
walton by means of the amount of self
denial you are willing to practice for
Jesus Christ. You have sinned before
the church. before the world, before God
Don't the Lord have a hard time? /?
Own up, now.
PERSECUTION GoDSEND
"There are lot OF people in church,
doubtless, who have denied themselves
self-denial for comfort and convenience.
There are lot of people here who
never make any sacrifices for Jesus
Christ. They will not suffer any re-
proaches for Jesus Christ. Paul sayE, I
love to suffer reproaches for Christ The
Bible says, Woe unto thee when all
mankind speaks well of you Blessed
are you when your enemies persecute
YOU That is one trouble in the churches
of God today. They are not willing to
suffer reproach for Gods sake. 1t would
be Godsend II the church would suffer
persecution today; she hasn't suffered
it for hundreds of years She is growing
rich and tagging behind. Going back.
"Prlde2 How many times have you
found yourself exercising pride? How
many times have you attempted pride of
wealth? Proud because you were related
to some of the old families that settled
in the Colonies in 1776. That don't get
you anything. Not at ALL have got as
much to be proud of as to lineage as any
one; my great-grandfather was In the
Revolutionary war; lOSt q leB Ut bTdluy-
wine, and my father was soldier In the
Civil War.
ENVY! Envy of those that have more
talent than you. Envious because some
one can own a limousine Packard and
you have to ride a Brush runabout; en-
vlous because some women can wear a
sealslSin coat and you near-seal.
"Then there is your grumbling and
faultfindlng. When speaking of people
behind their backs, telling their faults
whether real or imaginary, and that is
slander. When you sit aroundNand rip
people up behind their backs at your old
sewing societies, where you make mos
quito nets for the Eskimos and blankets
for the Hottentots; when you rip and
tear and discuss your neighbors and turn
the affair into a sort of great big gos-
siping society, with your fault-hnding'
grumbling and growing. There is big
difference between levity and happiness
ana pleasure, and all that sort OF thing
make up your mind. sissy that COD
has given himself up for you. would
like 10 see something some numbering
along that would have more interest IN