The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-04-10

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God untfI now God has continued to
cali arfer man. lie has called thru
al me prophets OF the old Tesla
mont on down through the apos-
ties OF the New TsztameHt and
/ Through the Revelations. In the
Revelations. he said. We hear the
splrit and the Bride saying Come. "
ITO my mind he declared. the
wonder Of wonders Is that al men
have not responded to this invita-
ton. II is strange thing, and
there Is only one answer II Is be-
cause Of tho deception Of sin and
the blindness Of the heart that men
do net come"
We said that God is calling
through the voice Of tho Bible You
may not be reading it, he said, II
.oay not be in your home or If 1t is
you may have il stuck away some
Fhere on a dusty shelf, but there
* no. one person who viii so down
to eternity and perish and say that
he didn't know the way, for the voice
is calling through the Bible"
lie described a man who is lost
in a wilderness and cannot find his
way out because he does not fol-
low instructions Of the guide. THAT
is the man who sits here tonight.
ne said, and refuses to follow the
Instructions God has given in this
cid guide book the Bible"
lie said Cod is not only calling
through the Voice OF the Bible, but
ne is calling through the direct
preaching of the word. II am not
surprised" he declared. that some
people laugh. and sheer, and seorn
The book because their hearts are
so far set in sin and their eyes 50
blinded BY iniquity that they can
not conceive Of the truths OF the
word. Any time yoa listen 20
GOSPEL sermon you are listening 10
the cali OF God to you
The evangelist declared that not
only is Cod calling men through the
voice Of the Bible and the preaching
q the gospel, but he is calling
through the direct influence Of the
holy ghost. you may not hear the
voice Of man" he said, "but there
comes a still small voice whispering
10 you which you hear. That Is
che voice OF God coming to You
thrugh tie influence of the holy
ghost"
He said that not only is God cali
ing. but he has manifested his
strength to bring back the back
slider. reclaim the drunkard and
save the vileat sinner. he gave a
number Of instances where men who
had sunk to the very lowest depths
Of sin had been saved and had be-
come power for good.
Tho evangelist then gave number
Of reasons, as found in the book
why men do not respond to the IN
vitation. One reason assigned was
because they hate knowledge lie
said people ought t. be as anxious
to know the truths of the bible as
they are to know about the things
Of the world.
Another reason given ,~.s tha'
men are afraid they can't hold ont
and don't want to make failure
lie declared that this kind Of a man
/ Vas nonenity. Just cipher with
the rim knocked off, just jelly
fish ana has to run a cotton strine
up his spinal column to pull it SO
he can stand straight. He declared
that the man who says he can't
/ i've a christian life charges God with
being unjust
| Another reason given was that
men despise counsel. He said there
is nothing that gets deeper under g
mans skin than 10 be reproved BY
tie word
He said there were other men who
we're just waiting for feeling. He
declared chat he found nowhere ia
tne bible where a man must wait
for feeling He said some people