Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-03

corrupt life. / do things today that
year ago I would have been ashamed
Of ] would have been ashamed for any
one TO know went into a saloon, but
now will even stagaer down the street
drunk and take whisky home. and I've
got a boy growing up there and he can
see mo drink II ana II may make a
drunkard Of him. Oh. I'm going to
hell"
And he paced up and down the car and
cried, God. save me-" and God did
save him then and there, and he con-
tinued on In a consistent Christian life
until his death. because he thought. He
took time to think
II could only get you TO think.
''Whatsoever L. true, think on these
things"
Bible is Gods Word.
I want YOU tonight to think OF some
things that are trus.
First, tho Bible IL the word OF God.
Nothing has ever been more clearly
established in the world today, and God
bieaSes every nation and people that
reverence IT,
II has stood the test Of time. No book
has % endured through the ages. No
hStA AANAH bIctA ~ nAtDus A4NNElInlnK InO
cunning OF man, philosophy. brutality.
could contrive has been done, but It has
withstood them all.
There Is no hook which has such a
circulation today. Bibles are dropping
from the pross like the leaves IA
autumn There are 2oo.ooo.oo0 copies. II
Is read by.all nations. II has been trans
lated into 800 languages and dialects.
Men have been thrown 10 beasts and
burned to death for having a Bible in
their possession. There have been wars
over the Bible; cities have been de-
stroyed. Nothing ever brought such per-
secution as the Bible.
Everything vile. dirty. rotten and ini-
quitous has been brought 70 bear against
II because II reveals mans oussedness.
But IT'S here. and It's power and In
fluence IL greater today than ever.
Saloons. bawdy houses. gambling bells,
every rake. every white SLAYER, every
panderer ana everything svil has been
against Il. and II against Il. but Il is
the word OF God and millions OF people
know IT,
This being true. II Is OF the highest i'm.
portance that you should think OF the
truth in it. IN bet my life that there
ara hundreds OF you out there that
haven't read ten pages OF the Bible IN
ton years. Some OF you never open Il
except for a birth. a marriage or a
death. and then just TO keep your family
records straight. It's a disgrace and an
insult. repeat It. It's a disgrace and
insult
Don't blame God n you wind up IN
hell after God warned you. because you
didn't take time to read II and think
about Il.
JadEe bible ny Those who Live IL,
II Is the only book that tells of
God that we can love. heaven 20 win. a
hell TO shun and a Savior that can saw.
Why did God give US the Bible1 so
that we might believe In Christ No other
book tells us this. IL tells us why the
Bible Sas written. that wo might believe
and be saved.
You don't read railroad guide 20 learn
TO raise buckwheat You don't read a
cook book to learn TO shoe horses. You
don't read an arithmetic 20 learn the his
tory OF the United states. geography
does not tell you about how TO make
buckwheat cakes
No. you read a railroad guide TO learn
about the trains. a cook book 20 lsatn
TO make buekwheat cakes, an arithmetic
Tor arithmetic and a geography for
geography. II you want 20 set out OF a
book what the author put in Il, find out
why Il was written. That's the way 10
set good out Of a book. Read Il.
The Bible was written that you might
read and believe that Jesus Is the son Of
God The Bible wasn't intended for a
history ~ a cook book Il was intends d
TO keep men from going TO hell.
The sreatest good can be had from any.
thing BY using Il for the purpose for