Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-09
CONVERSION"

"CONNERSION
"t am going 10 assume thaa every
man believes the Bible, that Jesus aotllal !
~ lived and walked on the earth. That
Jesus was the Son OF God, and tfat He
died on the cross that we might pe
saved. I believe that every man VINO is
not a Christian desires to be one.
What brings YOU here? What takes
you to the tabernacle night after fhght
Some of you may tell your friends tha'
I am n great entertainer, that you en-
Joy being entertained. That's all right
Tell them anything you please, any
apology for your unusual attendance,
make them think you are just being
entertained.
II know that you are thinking about
your soul and hoping that youll nave
the courage to take your stand Tor
Christ. You are going to the meetings
night after night, watching the con-
verts, looking up to see whom God has
caught, and all the time you are inward
ly hoping that Jesus will come into your
life. know your desire to be q Chris
tian You will be when you get little
stronger in the legs,
What you need to pray for are two
strong legs. Just about the time you
get notion to go to the front, the
devil deiuges you with excuses for not
doing so. and these excuses at the time
look good to you. Some ones excuse
meetings are over and then Join the
church quietly. You say, I'll be guided
by reason: I won't make a public con-
fesslon, Ill be guided by reason. not
sentiment My friend, you cannot rea-
son yourself into Christianity any more
than YOU can reason hair on bald
head, I have tried 1t. and l know.
WHAT A CHRISTIAN is.
you can join church. pay your shsrAaof
the preachers salary, attend the seAEtfes'
teach Sunday school, return thanksNand
do everything that would apparently
stamp you as a Christian even pray; but
you won't ever be Il Christian until you
do what God tells you to do
Every sinner prays when in danger.
1t won't do you any good unless you
pray with your soul; that's the only prayer
a sinner can pray that God hears. After
you become a child then you can pray
for the mercics that He will be glad to
send ycu and you'll get them. Prayer
without Christ is like climbing a greasy
pole on Fourth of July. Make all the mo-
tons and yet not raise an inch from the
ground.
mo, YOU cannot reason Christianity into
ne utdIl. lou Gail ItdSDll NOhiSCll illbO
wanting to be, YOU can reason yourself |
nto resolving to be, but that's as far as
'eason can take you. You ask what you
must do in order to understand well this |
question of Christianity I'll tell you what |
o do--hunt up the authority on the sub
ect. If am trying to determine a medi- |
lal question ] consult a physician and he |
'Onsults authorities upon the subject.
IF am trying to determine some legal |
Question, l consult some able lawyer who |
has read and studied and practiced law, |
md he looks UP the decisions recorded /
n the law books and gives me an opinion
can rely upon.
RELIGIOUS PROPOSITION.
"This is religious proposition Let's
20 to someone who makes a profession
long this line. Let us go TO some minis
er, ask him what we must do to be
aved. He takes down the highest au-
hority known in the civilized world-the
3ible-and he reads: Except you become
converted and become as little children ye
annot enter the kingdom of heaven.
That's the road, and that's the only
me mapped out for you and for me. God
reats all alike. He doesn't furnish one
'lan for the banker and another for the
antor who sweeps out the bank. He
oesn't have one plan for the millionaire
nd another for the hobo. He has the
anne plan for one that He has for an
ther. There is no exception to the rule.
Nowhere is it modified, or the contract
verruled. It's the law-you may not APP
rove OF 1t, but that doesn't make any
Inference; that won't change matters.
BUT ONE PLAN OF SALVATION.
II come to you gentlemen and can say
18th the utmost assurance that there is
ut one plan of salvation. Except ye
ecome converted and become as little
hildren we shall not enter the Kingdom