Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-29
Today Sermon
.prRsoNA1 WORK NO. 2

,s,o,ic. but that he is foolishly negligent
! bis best interests.
ayou must have wisdom to win money,
or anything in life, to none of which
IA gives his approval, but he says. He
n,inneth souls is wise The wise man
s.u.ves in God. the fool does not; the
man says he believes the Lord
,.ated the earth and the fool believes in
..oiu,lon; the wise man believes in SAL
Zion through faith and the fool believes
will be saved through character; the
~ man believes in heaven and hell, the
II does not: the wise man built his house
.0on the rock and the fool built his house
mon the sand; the wise man discovers
.hat God wants him to do and does 1t.
m requires an effort to win souls to
] fhrist. There is no harder work and none
Adnrs greater results han winning souls.
aYou'Il need courage. 1t is hard to do
/ s.rsonal work and the devil will try to OPP
,ose YOU. You'll seek excuses to try to
81 out of 1t. Many people who attend the
Seetings regularly nov will begin to stay
\ home when asked to do personal work.
II will surprise you to see them lie to get
eut Of doing personal work.
aTbis world is like an aquarium full
a fish. A lot of people busy them
..iyes classifying the bullheads and
Al, but they don't try to catch any
body for Christ. Every soul won for
Christ becomes a soul winner. An army
m an arid desert spreads out to find
zater. When one finds a spring he
passes the word to the others. What
sould you think of the man who, hav-
inr found water, slaked his own thirst
ana allowed the others to die? If re-
lglon is a good thing. pass it along: II
not, bury ii.
'The two keynotes of the Gospel are
Come unto Me- and GO ye unto all the
world, preaching
'Don't be afraid and go around with
your head hanging like a bulrush. 1t
lakes courage. Noah labored for 100
years, never seeing rain or hearing
thunder, but pounding away at the ark.
When he finished he could only induce
lis wife, his sons and their wives to en-
ter. Jesus Christ worked thirty-three
years preaching and at the end of that
time had only 1870 faithful followers.
Some followed Him as long as He fed
the lazy louis by performing miracles,
but when they were asked to do some
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ENTHUSIASM NEEDED.
w need enthusiasm for God. If there
Is any place on Gods earth that needs a
baptism of enthusiasm it is the church
and the prayer meetings, 1t is not popu-
lar in some communities and in some
churches to be enthusiastic for God.
You'll never accomplish anything with
out pure enthusiasm, and don't be afraid
Of being n religious enthusiast. Religion
Is too cold. Formally is choking 1t in
the pews.
when a man knocks a base hit n
drives home a winning run and breaks
The tie you yell like a Comanche Indian
and carry the hero from the field on your
shoulders. But when a prodigal son
makes n base hit and a home run from
the hogpen of hell to heaven we put him
In the iceboX.
"Thcre Is nothing accomplished in war,
politics or religion without enthusiasm.
Admiral Decatur once gave this toast:
Ny country: May she always be right;
but right or wrong, my country That's
enthusiasm.
Perseverance is needed to conquer in
this old life. Perseverance is contagious,
not an Epidemic. Religion is contagious.
Roman soldiers shortened their swords
and added to their kingdom. You shorten
the distance between you and the sinner
and you'll add to the kingdom of God.
The trouble is you ave been trying to
reach them with a 1O-foot pole. Drop
Jour dignity and formality and walk up
10 them, take them by the hand. You
are too dignitied. You sit in your fine
bones and see the town going to hell.
CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY.
W need c%arefulness to win souls.
The way to win souls is to be careful
What you say. Study the disposition of
ne person with whom you talk.
You need tact. Personal work is the
apartment of the church efficient to deal
With the individual and not the masses.
Il is analogous to the sharpshooter in
me army SO dreaded by the opposing
forees, The sharpshooter picks out the
PIVOT Individual instead of shooting at
ne mass. The preacher shoots with a
Aege gun at long ans You can go to
ue Individual and dispose of his difficult
nes. Multitudes go out from the taber-
aaele every night troubled. But 1t doesn't
as when they get among their friends
shu laugh and forget about ii. II some
s1e would reach them at the right time
last before they get out, they might be
-aFed right there. l shoot out there two
Y three hundred feet and you sit right
psslae them. If / was a physician and
,on were sick I'd not prescribe en- masse;
70 go down and see you individually. I'd
~ TO ind out what is the matter and
YFeseribe what you need. All medicine is
10 for something, but not for every
sfMPATHY A REQUIREMENT.
You need sympathy. One OF the no.
aest traits of the human character is
ampathy. 1t levels mountains, warns
ae broken heart and melts the iceberg.
aase sympathy with the sinner. Not
me- sin. but the fact that he is one.
aod hates sin and the devil. He viii not
1apromise, Have sympathy with the
~ who sins, but not with the sin that
.siaed her. Get down on the ground
sasfe the others are. You are away up
4sfe saved, but you must get down and
aelp the sinner.
y Is a great privilege. Not that God
Us US, but that we need Him. Jesus
aalAt worked. L must do the works Of
~ maj sent Me- So must you. He
- send me to work and you to loaf.
eshof the God hat gives you he privi-
- 70 DO what He wants. Jesus worked.
itease God and see how 1t will delight
- soul. IL you'll win a soul you will
I 4 blessing that the average church
apsr knows nothing about. They are
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