The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-28
PATRIOTIC. NIGHT II
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come a follower Of Jesu Christ :-ou
could fill a whole sheet Of oaDssr With
arguments for becoming a CHRISTIAN
You can approach a 81 oitsa u su1l !.
saved people and urge upon them tbs
acceptance Of Christ and one after.
another Will say i know it is right and
just the thing ! ought to do. Won
der4that n have not done ii. Any one
R,llo IS capable Of measuring the is
sues Of life, death and eternity, will
heart.
Every faculty of your being IS say
ing let Jesus conc IN. 'ts Youf. con-
science 55is sa Sing Let Him in. How
thankful we ought to be that God
mas given us these might: minds and
reasoning faculties to know what is.
THE will of God for us and what Is
hest for us. Every power of our be-
ing and everything in earth and sky
and sea. are saying, Let Jesus come
into your heart"
2. To accept Jesus Christ as Your
Saviour is the most manly and wom-
anIy thing you can do. We are His.
WORKMANSHIP created in Christ Jesus
unto good works The noblest thing
any one can do is to do the will Of
God. The will Of God is That you
might be saved To be a Christian
ought to appeal to. the finest sense Of.
manhood and the purest passions in
womanhood. The greatest men AMI
women Of the past have been followers.
of Jesus Christ The worlds greatest
minds of all ages have taken Christ
as their guide IN business, politics
land social life Mr.. Gladstone said,
.sOut of sixty-four of the worlds
greatest statesmen whom he knew.
they are all Christians but four. !.
The intellect of the world is on the
side of Jesus Christ. Charles Fin
Itney was invited by a great many law-
yers in the city of Rochester to
preach a series Of sermons especially
tended in great numbers One might
1.-THE chief Justice Of the court Of APP
peals was standing in the gallery H q
attended all the services, and was
convinced by the arg unents OF Mr..
Finney that he ought to be a Chris
ton. He came down from the gal
lery Went down stairs and came UP
stairs where Mr. Finnev was preach
ing Mr. Finney felt some one pull.
on the skirt OF his coat He stopped, !.
looked around and saw the Chief JUS.
tice The chief justice said, A1r. Fin
ney ] want you to pray for me by.
name and will take the anxious
sea MIR, Nnney called for any
Others who we're WI ling to gives their
lives to ] esus Christie come forward
at once. The lawyers arose and fill
ed aisles and seats in front.
20. Let me urge You to accept
Christ as your Saviour because He
has provided a great pardon for you.
The Son of Man. came to- seek and
friend Of sinners. Jesus Christ is
willing and longing to 20 home with.
the v:lest and Yickedest man OF your.
city. He is longing to go with the.
#vilest woman of the street, her ways
may be dark, her doorway may be
the doorway to hell. but Christ iss
willing to go home with her and II
she would give herself to Him, He
would say Peace be unto this house.
thy faith hath saved thee. Go in
peace. Though your heart is black,
SIM Scared. Sustained and polluted
he offers you fsiveness that ~ you
Will accept 1t; He will treat you as
though you had never sinned.
Let me urge upon you ito accept
Jesus Christ as Your Saviour be-
cause il is the only safe thing you
can do. Christ has the . words Of
eternal life There is no plan, no.
word, no scheme. no name that has
salvation in it, but q esus..'' HI know
some who have said, Il have no need;
for Jesus. can get along w ithout
Him." 4 is true you can bic a bril- liant
lawyer, a sllllful physician, good
mechanic. ouacanS be nresid cnt OF 81
Bank or financial corporation. YOU can
be millionaire without Christ. You
can be prestd emit Of the United States.
without lin. have seen some who
have Knocked at Christ when health
was good and b tsiness was prosper
Gus. hut when death bulted into their
homes and said Come along with
me; you re done With time 4 will
take you into the presence az God,
have heard them beg God to he merci-
ful when their falls 8 hopes were blast
led and they realized that Heaven ia.
as real as the stars, that Christ is as
real as their heart. that he II is as real
as the sea and that their conscience
was more pitilegs than acid. have
heard them cry when they have seen
Sthemselves as hel less as a babe on
q mad and tossing ocean, God be
ITasEciful tq me g! e Sim there 4s