The Detroit times., 1916-10-23
sunday Nights Sermon.

escape n We noglect so sreA sai'
walton ." He said
MY text tonight assumes tae
form % a question. and is IN
nusgprablo. II ] should 90 20 your
leading merchant, and he would de
scribe 70 me The principles neces-
srrv 20 pursue In order 20 carr q
business 20 succeaaful issue,
would thank him FOR The Informs.
tion. then ask him the question OF
my text end / would turn without
ar answer
"if / should go 20 your leading
lawyer, and although be might be
able 10 codify the laws OF the stsie
and interpret them for the supreme
court, then shoulC ask him the
question OF my text, / would turn
and leave him without Al answer.
Should I go 20 your leading PHI.
sician or physicians and they would
explain 70 me many things about
materia medica and medical juris-
prudence. and hen ! Would ask them
the question OF my text and would
turn and leave them without an
swer.
Should so 10 the lost world aud
II should stand before he cars a.
their eternal g. pnsOnment m H..
and look al their faces as they lssr
at me, and read upon their fore
heads
"No Hops!"
III should ask hem the question
of my text | would turn and leave
without an answer.
Should God commission 81 angel
to come srom glory, II It should hon
or you and me with its presence .
and would stand here long enough
for me TO ask the question u nv
text, it would turn and wing Us
flight back 70 the throne OF God.
fold it's wing Like a tired dove. and
| would stand gazing of into ill!mt-
able space without an answer.
How shall We escape. II ve neg (
iect SO great a salvation Heorews
IL Q.
"Our first thought about salvation
ia that We are saved from hell les.
that's true, but you only be gin 70
live
NO man begins 20 live until be is
a Christian. Religion was intended
90 produce and promote the highest
POSSIBLE degree OF human happiness
m the world. No man il At FOR hsav-
en- until he Is q Christian. Multi
tudes OF people looking ~ my face
and at my back Just exist They
don't live because they are not Chris
tians.
You cant determine anything
about hell by scientific investigation
"A man that steals doesn't believe
In brison. Whether or not there Is
a bell Is a question which the church
by virtue OF its existence, can SETTLE
in but one way.
"He that believeth shall not be
damned
Never mind how he viii be damn
ed. God Almighty didn't owe this
old world thing.
"ln preaching about hell ! am Al
ways confronted with this difficulty
but | always NEE, a class OF people ID
in every community that think hell
is fixed up like lot Of clubs in this
town. II that is hell they are not
afraid OF IT,
One Way 10 Heaven.
"The only way you can ever enter
heaven is to repent, and, accept Je-
sus Christ az your saviour,
"No, you can't eliminate from tle
Bible that which Is not pleasant for
you to receive.
You have 20 take It with the fact
that In every community there So a
class of people that seek 20 elm
nate fIom the Bible that which is
not pleasant for them 20 receive and
they seem 70 think that because
they don't believe thing, thai re-
leases them from any necessity OF
believing and makes them immune
from the punishment consequent ny
on the kind OF a life they 1--we 10 IN
belief
"If hell is not eternal, then heaven
Is not everlasting
God said eternal damneton
said eternal heaven
Whether or not there rs bell Is
a question which the church by yir
tue OF her existence, can answer Ia
but one way.
"He that believeth shall be saved
and he that believeth not is con-
demned already
"Never mind how YOU are going
TO be damned That doesn't enter
into IL a. all.
1T doesn't make any difference
whether hell FIRE s. eternal or wheth. 4
er IL is a figure OF speech used by .
God TO show how awfully We viii be /
punished You don't want TO 10 90 f
he'll 10 find out whether 81 IS htera B
or not. do your
''sod has set before this world AZ .
open door, blessing and a curse. .
II IL heaven or hell FOR every body /
God has done al lie can OF ever viii .
DO. The plan is hNed. the die is
oast. its up 20 YOU
"A man sayE 10 me Then you be .
lieve IN an eternal. literal heil?'
"Yes, cir. ! have never gotten 30
n a b.