The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-14

air. When. his family gathered TO his:
assistance he. vas gone. Four years
had passed before that bullet had
done It's deadly work But it did it
Your sin must be put away from YOU
You must be cle2nsed. You must be
forgiven The wages OF sin is death
Your unconfessed. sin is as fatal. 10
your soul as bullet would be fatal 10
your heart Christ said. Strive 10
enter in II the straight gate For
many / say unto you shall seek 10
enter IN and shall not be able why
shall they not be able? Because they
missed TIE door OF opportunity. Goa
shuts doors when you refuse TO enter
When God shuts your door Of oppor-
tunify you can never open 1t again
Georre whitfeId asas once preaching
ON the words. The door was shut.
Two young men back in the audience
were making sport of what he was
SAYING. A woman sitting by heard one
say to the other. Well, what OF II II
the door IS shut Another Will open.
And turned the whole matter into q
Joke. Mr. Whitfield had not spoken
long before he said, 1t is possible
there may be some careless trtnlnS
one here who is trying to ward on the
truth and the serious impression OF
l.
the door Is shut, another Will open.
The two young men seemed paralyzed
at what he had said. 1t was like an
echo from their own words. Yes
said he, that is true, another VIII
open. 1t will be the door Of the bot
tomless pit The door Of hell The
door which conceals the eyes OF the
angels from the horrors of damna-
tIon' l have seen people so resist
the pleadings OF friends and OF the
Spirit CT God so persistently and stub
bornly that / could almost hear them
slam Heavens door in their own
is a man of wealth, culture and q
power for God. He became greatly
distressed over his sins. He realized
he was lost sinner. His sin was
black 70 him. He tried TO get rid of
it but could not He began to travei
extensively. hoping his change. Of
scenes would help HIM to forget. His
health began to fail him. He couldn Z
sleep. On his return home ne went
20 a Christian physician for help The
physician asked my friend great
many questions. But he did not un-1
derstand the case He gave him some
medicine. but there was no improves
ment. He was going down. One day
he returned to the physician arc sa1d
Doctor, may as well be honest with
you. You can't do me any good. Your
medicine can't reach me. have
guilty heart. i have gone thousands
OF miles on oceans and lands trying to
relieve me of the thought that ! am
lost sinner When ] looked upon the
greatest scenery in the world some
thing was saving. You are under con-
deranation. because you are rejecting
Jesus Christ You are guilty before
God. You are without hope. realize
I viii have TO go to the great Physi-
sian who~can heal me and cleanse me
of guilty heart The Christian
physician kneIt by the side Of my
friend while he confessed his sins, If
thou seek Him He will be. found of
thee. but If thou forsake Him He will
cast you off forever God makes you
a fair proposition. II you seek Him
Re will be found Of YOU II you for
sake Him He will cast you off for
ever. Major White used to tell OF
an old Quaker by the name of Hart
man. whose SON had enlisted in the
civil war. A dreadful battle took