Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-20
Promises of God Are Great and
Precious" Text of Sunday Sermon

I can DO all things through Christ that
strengthens me-"
II you love Me keep my command
ments and IN pray that God shall send
you another comforter"
III you had faith even as a grain Of
mustard seed. you could say to this
mountain. be removed, and II would be
removed
God wants men 20 be mountain movers.
Nothing Is too hard to be moved I'm tho
name OF the Lord. You can move all
mountains OF difficulty. / would rather
a child OF mine would fall down repeat
eddy while trying than to grumble and
growl and never try. You can always
tell. when a man grumbles about others
mistakes, that he Is not doing anything
himself. All fools can criticize. but Il
takes brains and heart 10 do anything
Promise saves Many.
LET the wicked forsake his ways and
the unrighteous man his thoughts" How
many that promise has savedl How
many prostitutes and drunkards and
fallen women that has restored. why
should a church be less willing TO step
out on that promise than the sinner.
Every one that Is saved believes on the
promise or he wouldn't be a Christian
IL II had been as hard to get sinners to
got up and come down the aisle as Il has
been to get some church people to go out
after them, there wouldn't have been
more than 1900 converts now. This isn't
evidence OF your work and you know IT,
1t Is the power of the Lord Some have
hRRn yvOFzinp he ell s,tsr
Others have done nothing There are n
good many in the church who can't tell
whether they are saved or not. They
think they'll have to wait until after they
are dead before they can tell. know
right now my standing with God, better
than the captain Of a ship does his loca-
ton In mid-ocean. And good many OF
the promises in the New Testament were
placed in there to give the longitude and
latitude of a Christian life.
Everlasting Life.
He that believeth In Me hath ever
lasting life" Hath spells now, know
am saved. now.
A rifle is exceeding great and precious
to a soldier boy when his life is IN danger
so the promises OF God are to Chris
tian. There is nothing they cannot de-
liver us from. Take worry.
odd worry came and rang my bell.
And awakened me from slumber;
i yelled, see here, old guy, move on,
You've knocked at the wrong number"
The heaviest burdens of this world are
those OF tomorrow, which we take up
today An old man said. i've had many
troubles. but the worst were the ones
that never happened" An old woman
got up to give testimony one day and
said, Il feel bad when / feel good, be-
cause 1 know shall soon feel bad
again"
The Lord has an awful time with some
OF you.
A long face is the most dishonorable
thing you can offer to the Lord. Don't
you think the Lord knows your troubles
No Daniel ever went into a lions den
alone. SO don't throw your tickets away
when the train goes in a tunnel. II
will come out the other side. Plant
your feet on the promises of God. "Suf-
ficient unto the day is the evil thereof"
Take care of today and let the Lord
take care of tomorrow. Believe on his
promises.
Some people take more care OF their
cats and dogs and canaries than OF their
children, but God doesn't
best Kind of Protection.
II will instruct thee and teach thee
the way to go. I will guide thee with