Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-06

healed was there. when get to Heaven
I'm going to hunt UP that blind man OF
John 2 and shake him by the hand. fol
he's been an inspiration 70 me the way
he laid out those old Pharisees.
The paralytlo that they let dowr
through the roof so he could reach Jesus
was there He's the best authority there
is In the Bible for doing things out OF
the ordinary They didn't get him Ia
Jesus In the conventional way / don't
care whether they have n Prince Albert
coat or whether their collars buttoned I'm
the back or not, Just so they get to
Him. And there's no doubt that the man
with the withered hand was there, and
Jairus and his daughter. the centurion
| and his daughter. the woman with the
issue of blood, the man who laid by the
| pool, the disciples, Mary, Martha and
Lazarus, and Mary Magdalene-all earn
estly praying. oh. yesl Everybody had
an up-to-date experience with Jesus. 1t
| didn't take five minutes to get them on
their feet and pry their mouths OPEN
They all wanted to speak at once. The
| Lord knows how many got UP and how
long they talked.
There are lots of preachers who don't
know Jesus. They know about him, but
they don't know him. Experience will
do more than 100000 theories. / can
experiment with religion Just the same
as ! can with water. No two knew Him
have something to say.
THE best way you can get revival is
to get rid of the friction, the fuses,
feuds nirts, and the best way to get rid
of them is to get the people to know
Jesus Tho people outside will want to
know the Jesus you know. The man
outside Will not be there five minutes
before he wants to know your Jesus If
you've got such n spirit as there was at
that Pentecost
what you need to produce the revival
in the church Is to get the people to
know Jesus. He said, j will send the
Holy Comforter to YOU The last thought
of Jesus on the cross was for power.
What the church needs today is more
power and the people getting right with
God. There is too much playing hide
and-seek and tag with the devil in the
churches. If the church of Jesus Christ
withdrew her patronage from the theatres
of the country they'd go out of business.
"He gave His disciples power to per.
form miracles. That same power can be
delegated to you and me today. Jesus
always was not there. He didn't have to
be. They had Jesus, but the church
needs Him today 1t needs a baptism of
the Holy Ghost There are no substi-
tutes. You can organize, prepare, hire
the best singers and preacher in the uni
verse but you'll get no power No mat
ter what scriptural knowledge he may
reaches the stars. no matter IL his SER
mons sway the congregation with their
word pictures, no matter II the singers
warble faultlessly and to beat the band
the preacher and the singers will produce |
no more effect than the beating of a drum |
or the running of a music box. The |
preacher who murders the Kings Eng |
lish four times to every sentence and |
has the Holy Ghost will get the revival.
FOLLOW DISCIPLES EXAMPLE.
do as the disciples did, believe and |
receive the Holy Spirit by waiting. The |
Holy Spirit is ours, 1t is the promise |
of Jesus from the Father as a gift to |
the prayers of the Son. God can no |
more fill you with the spirit If you are
not right, willing and waiting to re- |
ceive II than he can send the sunshine |
into your house IL you have the blinds
and shutters all closed. You can pray |
till you are black in the face and bald
headed, but you're wasting your time un-
less you agree with God. There can be
no wedding unless two parties are agreed
If the girl says No, that ends it.
Don't think you are walking with God
Just because your name is on a church
record. Walk in the path of righteous
ness even IL 1t leads to coffin and the
graveyard.
Lots of you women have not religion
enough to go home and burn that pack
OI CdIuSI TAKE 'tllhI DttT OuI Ol your GelidT
and dump 1t in the sewer or take that
dish YOU won at the card party, you
blacklegged gambler, and bust 1t. Get rid +
Of what's standing between you and God.
It'll be your privilege If you give up
every known sin to say The Comforter
has come Feeling has part in it, but
only after YOU are saved. Feeling is mem
toned only once in the Bible, and that
was when Isaac reached out and touched
Jacob and he got fooled by it. Believe in
Christ and he saved-not feel on Him.
You must give up everything God for
bids. Lots of you haven't religion enough
to burn up that pack of cards. take that
beer out of your ice box and dump 1t
In the gutter, or break that cut glass dish
you won at the card party, and you were
a blacklegged gambler in winning 1t.
IF the right eye offends, pluck It out.
Give up things as valuable as an eye. It
Is better to so to heaven with one eye
than to hell with both eyes. You re-
ceive the Holy Ghost by faith, not by
feeling. Feeling has a place in saliva
tion, but it comes after you have faith.
I'm one accord, in one place, walk
with God"