Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-14
SUNDAYS SERMON TODAY

hell to the last ditch.
mo matter what your lot. Christ will
have compassion. The father was help
less himself, so he said. Have compass
sion Can you imagine Jesus Christ turn
ing a deaf ear to such plea? l can't.
The devil defed the disciples, but Jesus
said, Il charge you to come out of him
CHe not only drove him out, but barred
the door against his retrrning) and enter
no more into him So He did two things,
He drove the devil out of him and then
told him to stay out No more would that
devil bother him. He might bear the
scars caused by the devil being in him
before. but it was now 'goodby demon
So 1t Ia with drunkard He may bear
the scars he received before he was re-
deemed, but the Lord can make him stay
away from the booze.
THE Lord cannot only drive the devil
out but He can keep him from coming
back. Salvation is doube-barreled
proposition. The Lord can save you and
make you stay saved.
The deepest sorrow comes through our
own flesh and blood. The highest joy
also comes through the successes and
high achievements of our own flesh and
blood, of our friends. Think Of that
father, with his boy Just delivered from
the power of the devil, paying 25 cents
per year for missions. Think of him
sitting in the pew. and when the plate
was passed digging down deep in his
pocket to look for a nickel or a cent.
JESUS KNOWS REASON.
"'The while the mother and father were
rejoicing over the devil being cast out,
the disciples came 20 Him and asked:
why could we not cast him out?" They
didn't go anywhere else. They went right
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mighty poor place to go to find out why
you have failed Go to Jesus
Jesus said to the disciples that kind
can come forth by nothing but by prayer
and fasting
''The disciples hadn't been praying and
fasting. They had been quarreling
among themselves as to who should be
the greatest in the kingdom of God
Jesus said to them. What was It that
ye disputed among yourselves by the
way2'
I'm glad this lesson was not left out
of the Bible If it had been left out
would never have known that the
disciples could fail. Just think, men who
had lived with Jesus, had talked with
Him for years; heard Him preach We
are apt to think that they were of a per-
lt'llbl lul pOHhlDlc lOT uHs but IL Is
possible for us to be as perfect as the
disciples or as Paul, The disciples were
just common flesh and blood the same
as we are. We can get a good lesson
from this and can learn from the mis-
takes OF other people. The trouble with
the disciples was that they were not
getting the power from God to do the
things He wanted, It's as impossible
to pray right when your life is wrong
as II is TO run an automobile with dish
water.
NEARING CHRISTIANITY.
christianity is not mere system of
teaching. Christianity is a system OF
teaching, plus living. Be not hearers of
the word only but doers of the word.
Christianity is not a Scripture and creed,
but Scripture and creed. plus Jesus. See?
christianity is a new mind What we
see of evil we despse when We have a
new mind
christianity is a new will You will
do the good and hate the wrong
Christ is a new attraction, | love what
] hated and l hate what | loved Don't
tell me that you are a Christian when
you loved lewd show more than YOU do
a prayer meeting.
christianity is a new motive power.
Man will never rise higher than his
ideals. Man will never go farther than
his dynamic force. There was an old
steamer on the Mississippi which always
brought up the rear when the boats came
in and the people used 10 come down
and watch her behind all of the others.
One day she failed to appear and they
waited and waited and the next time
| the boats came in she was leading them
all She was under full steam ana had a
brand-new coat Of paint. Hey. cap
tain some one yelled does that new
coat OF paint make you lead them alp
| Not on your life.' was the answer,
| She's got a new boiler and a new engine.
| That's what makes her co." So with
| Christianity. Christianity Is a new mo-
| tive power II gives a man power TO pass
booze and say, Not on your life
THE CHURCH SCRAP.
Il think that the worst thing that ever
wriggied out Of the pit OF hell is a church
scrap What hlnders reyivalsq 1t isn't
the saloonkespsrs alone it isn't the iieen-
tiousnsss. II Isn't the red-lisht district,
it's the quarrsls and selhshness OF Gods
/ people. o. God. pity you. If / didn't
\ have enough religion In me 10 stop quar-
rsling and stay stopped. I'd get Il or
/ ia quit the church. What could the
disciples think of preaching. Each wanted
/ TO have the best chance, each wanted to
bo the AgEest duck In the puddle, each
wanted b get IN the spotlight
why could We not east him ont7 Be
cause they we're scrapping With each
otheF-in theif selfish arbitration they
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