Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-27

70 The cross lust because he vouIdn',
WANT TO BE CHRISTIANS.
If He sees us coming to Him heart
foremost He don't care how much we
slip and slide with our feet He will
reach right out and take hold of us with
His life-giving hand and make us strong
and well. He always let's the virtue go
out of Him TO heal the folks who are
willing to do the right thing, no matter
how much they may tremblo and limp
In trying to do it.
There are any number of people who
honestly and eaynestly-yes, longingly-
want to be Christians for years, just as
this poor woman never wanted to be
sick at all, but she couldn't help 1t, on
account of her -oing so much to the
wrong doctors; but at last when every
body else failed her, she took her case
to Jesus the best she knew. SO ] say,
there are people who want to be Chris
tians just as much as she wanted to be
sound and well. They have felt that
they were losing life; that IL was going
from them drop by drop; and they
tried and tried first in one way and
then in another-going from doctor to
doctor-until at last in their helpiess-
ness they put out hand very timidly
and haltingly, for ey had been dis
appointed so much; but this time they
stretched out their hand toward Jesus,
and He saw 1t coming, md he knew
what 1t meant, and let virtue 60 out of
Him and saved them.
"Thank God, He did that with mo, and
He will do 1t with you. This may be
your last chance, just as 1t was the last
chance for that poor woman, so, make
your plan. and make 1t very quickly.
Do anything rather than not do any
thing at all Only be In earnest In your
seeking, and If you are only right in
your heart 1t won't make any differ
ence II you are 10 miles out of the way
in your theology. Jesus will understand
you, even If the doctors of divinity don't,
and you will have His blessing,
PROFESSION NOT ENOUGH.
"Some of you who profess to be Chris
tlans are just as bad off as was that
poor woman. You have been more dead
than alive in the church, just as she
was. You have had no strength to do
anything for anybody else. There has
been no joy in your religion, and no
You have been SO near dead
all the time that you haven't been any
account at anything. You have never
counted one In the prayer meeting. You
have done nothing in the Sunday school.
Your voice has never been heard in |
prayer Everybody who knows you says: |
Well if that woman has religion want |
else Or, If that man is on !
his way to heaven, 1 believe Ill take to |
the woods You have been SO dissats-
fed with yourself that you have prayed |
and you have tasted. and you have read |
the Bible. and you have made the chill
dren stay in the house and keep still on
Sunday, and you have gone to church |
through wet and dry; but you never got |
any benefit from anything, and now
you are so discouraged you don't know
what to do.
you don't want to give up, and you
don't see how you can go on. What .
shall you do2 You have nobody to .
advise you; there is no one to help you
make a plan No one to show you the
way Don't you see there Is only one
thing you can do? DO as the woman did.
Determine to get to Jesus somehow. Put
put your hand and resolve to touch Him
with 1t, If 1t withers and falls dead at
your side Earnestness Is a great thing
with God Make the best plan you can
'or getting to Christ and then act on
t without delay:
lust as l am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me.
} Lamb of God, l come, l come, l come,
Il I could but touch his garment would
become whole.