The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-10

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blind and opened his eyes. many
said: We need no more proof Than
this that He IS the Christ and many
OF them believed on Him. bur some
Of the Pharisees who had been resist
ing all the evidence and the proof
OF His divinity. said: There Is no
doubt but what this is miracle. but
we believe the one who opened this
mans eyes has devil" When
Christ healed the man with the with
! cred hand. they went forth TO take
counsel TO kill Him. 1t IS recorded
that Christ was grieyed with them
beca use of the hardness OF their
hearts. In the face OF the miracles
he wrought. in the face of the most
conclusive proof Of His divinity, they
said, He doeth these things By thv
prince of devils" They attributed
Els power 10 the work of the devil.
They said, I'VE have seen His mira
cles and His works. bur we viii not
accent them" The more I study this
subject, the more l am convinced
thai il was not what they SAID
against the Christ. but it was their
state of mind 1t was their reeel!ions
condition of the heart. 1t vas their
willful, persistent. rejection OF Hlm
IN the face of facts The unpardon-
able sin as I see IL is not any par
ticuiar sin, and yet any sin that IS
keeping you away from Jesus Chrlse
may give you such ca'loused heart
unresponsive mind that i. may lea1
you beyond the path of hope
A student in one of the untversi-
ties with which l was connected was
asked TO take some part IN Fet ~.
ious service for the students
arose and said Il know what u
raeans 10 have conviction OF sim
know what it means TO have can !
TO give myself TO God. / know wnat
II means TO fight against the spirit
of Cod He said: was N TO-
ment over my sins. l felt II my outy
70 give myself W to the Christia al
life. but ] was not willing ! Went 10
my room, one night / tried to sleep:
bu- I was so wretched. arose ana
cursed God. ! cursed Jesus Christ,
cursed the Spirit of God: | cursed
tba, within me that made me
vrefched and miserable. l lay down
and went TO sleep. From that l..n :.
have not felt the slightest concern.
THAT is one way 10 settle the qGes.
80 brt Won would not do ii that
way But your quiet. Your deter
mined your persistent way OF say
inc No TO Jesus Christ Is Just -
fatal as the biasphemy OF that stu
dent.
was very much interested IN !
voI,nc man in one of our ineelih =,
in the West Night after nisns ne
showed a great deal OF concern a." ~,
interest in his salvation. Win d.
Ia ro;i,aness and sentiIity. he passed
through that meeting unsaSeo any an.
remained in his sins. Seversi
,,onths after the meeting was closed.
he was suddenI: taken down IN ms
iast illness. He said 10 the nurse,
They. came Te.y nearly set'iTs
IN fhe meetings last winter WIS.,
now that they had. re SANK NV .
stupor and when he came 70 la
scionsness for his last time. he salu
..I,i,ev came nearly getting me IN the
,,,aa,ire last winter. / wish now tnat
th.,- ma That meeting was ms
sasf osu 4 did NOT know thar !.
yon1d he. He had no thought ina ma.
4 would be But II was. No. %
cali has come TO thousands
re. men and women IN your Gig
- ae surely dammend as II tnes
=, ;, he4l tonight II IS not es
o,,,ea hoy have never heard the eau
=, ,.a,entauce. not becuse they naN
Icy heard the gospel OF Jes
t-t,r;s+. NOT because they nave saio
No, 70 Christ when the CAL cam
How the objectionable SIN SH>S
Itself.
II is very evident that some naSs
committed the unpardonapie SIN -
.pai, hitter. malicious opposition lo
me fh"ist Tfev desP.se Christ
Tbax despise The church. They mate
rho ministers of God They oppose
REVEALS and all efforts 10 save n,eh
.r,bsy would murder Christ me!
gronje ION a mob any time To put
Him 10 death When others co1nmi -
the unpardo nabie sin. they snow
Inv their Indifference 10 sp-F t 10.
- 1ner arr
NOT concerned They don care
whether II is life or death. heaven
Nv aaII whether they associate IN
s.o-nstv with the angels OF the devil.
when / was boy got the impres-
SION from the ministers that II man
were diving a Christless death. u
mad sinned away his day OF grace
that he would be filed With terror;
ne would moan and scream. but
80 saan many a person come down
20 \ ChristIess death bed without the
Toast apparent concern. They dio
NOT care 10 hear the Bible read theE
did NOT care to have anybody pray
FOR tbem. They seemed to face the
unseen world with no more fear than
fhe death OF a brute. Sam Jones
,,sad 10 toll of a friend OF his IN the
South who was a college pFesio Ill
His wife was not feeling very wen
and he sent servant TO drug
store TO get some auinine- The ser
INT returned and the wife took some
~ the medicine. Then said 10 her
husband. THAT was not ouinine-
The president ran 70 the, drug store
and asked. What was that you sent
my wife, Why. sir. ] have sent
enough morphine TO kill dozen
people" Physicians came and gave
her various remedies and death ike
stupor began 70 creep over her- ne
to,s and asked: lis there any hope
So, my wife, Yes" they replied.