Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-13
WALK AS JESUS wAIKEnp

! 'TeXt, john II, 6-'He that saith
he abideth in Him ought also to SO walk
even as He walked
II consider this most remarkable
verse 1t represents what real Christian-
/ ity is. We who are OF Him should do
think and walk as Christ does. When
| Peter. James and John started to follow
| Jesus, they did not expect to say good-by
to Him at the next town. They did not
expect to go In an opposite direction from
| Him. What would you think IL Peter,
James and John, His disciples would
have gone to Damascus when Jesus went
| 10 Jerusalem2 suppose they were to be
met by some who would ask them who
they were and they would say they were
Christs disciples, but that they were not
| Following Him because He was used TO
| their absence.
Just such scenes are being witnessed
all over the land today. This is just the
way many church people are acting. You
are supposedly of His people, but you
are not accompanying Him wherever He
goes Did you take Christ with you when
| You went to that card party? Was He
| with you at the dancer At the theatre?
II some one should ask you what you
were doing at those places, would you
say, I am following the LordT
"1f man claims TO be Christian he
ought to do as Christ did. Half the
people in churches today just say they are
| Christians. Something Is expected of
| Christian that is not expected of nom
| Christian or n man who does not attend
| church.
THAT WHICH is EXPECTED.
Something Is expected OF processing
| Christian that is different from the per-
son in the world. II there is no difference,
then you might with equal propriety tack
w. c. r. U. sign above a saloon and
Y. w. c. a. streamer above house of
i'll fame.
"'What do ye more than others?' You
say, j go to church.. So does the devil
he beats the sexton theresa does the
brewer. You say, L put money In the
collection box So does the brewer. But,
What do we more than others?'
"Over in Peoria, ILL.,, lived William Rey.
nolds A friend asked him: DO you think
/ am going to hell?
Yes answered Reynolds.
"'And you are going to heaven"
"T hope So
"'What / can't understand is why you
have known me for 10 years, known that
1 was going to he'll and never talked to
me about it
Reynolds was dumfounded.
"'Of all the people in Peoria, you are
the one man 1 thought was least inter-
ested. What made you think about it?'
"The man told about travelling on
train and sharing his seat with another
man, who asked him IL he was Chris
tian. They leaned forward against the
seat in front of them, while the stranger
prayed. And the stranger proved to be
| d. L. Moody. Reynolds decided there was
something wrong with his religion and
he went to Chicago to see Moody
HAD MOODY PLAYED CARDS.
"All the good that came out of the
latter life of William Reynolds would
have been lost had Moody been riding in
the smoking car playing cards. There's
something for you old half-baked elders,
deacons and other church officials.
what would Jesus do If He were
Sunday school teacher, as many of you
are? Would He put as little time in the
work as you? Your prayers, you will
find, are worth no more than the aid you
are willing to put forth to bring them to
pass.
"All of our work for the Master has
been done by the Holy Spirit working
through weak human beings like you and
me.
Before the meetings close I'm going to
invite all the preachers upon the plat
form to take a good look at you. You
are here for every meeting, but you are
too weak to go to the prayer meetings.
So your preacher won't see you out again
until the next revival sweeps around.
"There has to be a first step in order
to be a Christian, You had to decide to
get married. You reached decision be-
fore you became a lawyer, doctor or
preacher. You likewise can not be
Christian without first making decision.
it should not be done on mere impulse.
Jesus Christ did not come to the world
to drive men into the kingdom. You must
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| The reason we have so many milk, chalk
and vinegar people in the church is be-
| cause they never cut the shore lines
| They are still held to the old haunts on
| earth.
YOU MUST PROGRESS.
"Once decision is made there must be
| consistent going forward. The Christian
life is warfare. There can be no going
back If you cannot say good-by cards
good-by dancing, good-by theatre, then
| God does not want you. Do you think a
man can plow and still look back? What
| sort of furrow do you think he would
make? In this manner you will know
| just how much you weigh before the
gates OF heaven. These who look back
will surely go back. When you indulge
| yourself just once in these things 1t is a
challenge for the devil to get you. There
| is no use for you to sing: Jesus, Keep
| Me Near the Cross and you are looking
and going the other direction What is
the use for you to pray when the devil
is your daddy? If you really want to
keep near the cross you'll do what God
wants you to do.
when you have settled the question,
What does it mean TO be Christian ac-
cording to Jesus?' you will settle thou
sand others that will come up.
"If you are wiling to follow Christ
| nothing will interest you so much as a
revival or a prayer meeting. If any man
would come to Me let him deny himself
| and follow after Me- Every man has
two natures and there is constant war
| fare between them. If you love God