Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-15
eff Any Man WILL" Sunday Says,
He May Haze His Sins Forgiven

" HNhtHs
would like to make this message to-
night 50 plain and simple that not n
man or woman can rise on the day OF
Judgment and say to God
Il went TO the Tabernacle an unbe-
Hover. I went with the full determine
ton to accept Jesus Christ and take my
stand publicly for Him. but / did not
do &c."
And I say TO you. II you have come
here in that honest receptive mood. there
will not be any one go out In the dark.
but II you have come simply b listen, IN
order that you might find fault. I can't
help YOU
Gcd has made II 30 plain that the way
farinE man. though a fool, need not err.
would like TO strip II Of its swaddling
clothes OF mysticism, and speculation
that human ingenuity has wrapped about
II, and let Il stand forth IN all It's naked
simplicity. so that any man or woman
here tonight. no matter how limited your
intelligence. may lay hold on eternal life.
One has very aptiy put II by saying
that God can reach any man or women
whether they live IN hovel or a palace,
no matter whether they are rich or y Dor.
learned or illiterate, white or black.
God asks. requires and demands Of
every man and every woman that has n
mind 10 know right from wrong. heat
from cold, black from white-God re-
quires and demands OF every man and
every woman that has a mind to know,
and conscience and ability % under
stand-He requires and demands OF you
three things
A ia % (FhWfnf
and determination to forsaKe every
known sin.
III there he first o willing mind II IL
adapted according to what man hath
and not according to what he hath not"
A sinner has no willing mind; Chris
tan has and has submitted II 20 God.
and although God lie infinite. God cannot
save you " you are not willing to forsske
your sins, and II you will not forsake
them. God Himself can't save you.
There are not angels enough in heaven,
my friend TO make a man do right II he
doesn't want 70 do right.
Follow the Light as You see II.
You have to adopt this principle that
as God gives you light you viii follow Il.
and MS He gives you more light YOU will
follow that, but so far as you know and
understand now you are ready to forsake
every sin. ana as God gives YOU more
light 10 show other things in your life
wrong you will forsake Thorn.
And wo will not be Judged according 10
comparisons between ourselves. but each
according to his faith That IL the first
thing.
Secondly A desire 20 know the truth
in order that you might obey the truth.
Tho condemnation which will fail upon
multitudes In the day Of Judgment will be
the knowledge that you knew what to do
but would not
One OF the most cursed emotions that
stirs a mans heart Is a selfish desire for
knowledge 10 show off but deFire for
knowledge in order that you might do, a
dtaiFe for knowledge IN order that you
might develop charaeter--a longing 20
knew in order that yon might do what
God wants you to do. hungering and
thitsting after tho knowledse Of what
God wants you to do In order that you
might do II IL commendabie.
l despise q man who waits to see what
God desires him 20 do and then does the
opposite and rails and sneers ut God and
says he docsn't believe the Bible IL the
word OF God. ! utterly dstert, abkor n
fellow like that.
fiut a desire for knowledge that by and
through the pomesaion and obedience to
u you can develop q Christian character
that's great Como up and give me your
hand like 10 zee man that wants to
knew IN order that by doing he might
please God.
Thlrd--An honest, open public confess
sion with your life and y~ur lips. that 20
far as you know Gods will. you are
going to do Il.
God will not nive you more light until
you use what you have. Lets OF people
do not do that They are waiting for
God 20 give them more light.
You'll rot In hell waiting.
Now, urtil God gives you more light,
use what you have and don't growi about
God not giyirg YOU more light when you
don't use what light you have.
You know YOU ought to be a Christian;
then use that knowledge and n you use l,
by doing what God wants you TO do He
will give you more knowledge. but II you
know you ought 60 be a Christian and
you sit there and don't be a Christian
you VIII Eever set another speek as Ions
as you live.
| II you want to know. that's knowl.
edge, Then live up 70 that Hight. DO Whist
God tells you TO do and by doing IL He
win give you more light.
Lantern Won't Light ~ You DOn'a
Take step.
A man might stand out In front OF
the Tabernacle with a lantern Some Que
might say to him
Where are you going?"
Home"
why don't you stRrt?'
'Tii not start until this lantern light,
my path from where stand right e
mv door"
say to him' You win rot in YOU
tracks"
That lantern will never penetrate IN,
darkness one inch beyond where go,
stand until you take step forward and
the rays OF light viii penetrate tho darn
ness Just as much farther az the dis
lance from where you stand 20 wher'
you step.
And ! take the next step and Il pene
+ tvotes, and the next, ana the next. ant
when at last SGT eve, hero. that Il
light bat as long as l stood there THU
place would be dark-every time.
And az long as you stand and do wha
you are doing you will never get
BIT Of light. hut II you start to do God'l
viii this darkness will disappear and a
you keep on going It keeps on Eettinl