Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-14
DON'T let The. Devil ROB YOU
BIG CROWD LISTENS TO STRONG APPEAL
Audience Estimated at 5000 Present Last Night-Dee-
CATION From Leesburg and Members oil fratefna'
Organizations From The City Attend.

aLet me get close to you tonight.
I'm in earnest! I want you-l covet
Won for God!' exclaimed Evangelist
Smith, appealing to the big audience
Of 5000 or more people last night IN
one of the strongest sermons ne has
yet delivered.
The sermon was upon the doctrine
of the new birth,-based on the words
found in the third chapter of john
eye must be born again" said the
evangelist:
Have you been born again, you
church officials? And you church
members-you. people who tramp to
and from church on Sunday-have
you really been born again? It's
nv business to preach the necessity
of the new birth. People say the doc
trine is old fashioned-that it's out
of date, but let me tell you this
Jesus Christ hasn't recalled it yet and
he spoke it twenty centuries ago.
"John Wesley preached it. Cen
eral Booth preached it, George White
field preached from this text 300 times
but didn't exhaust the text. If one
Of your preachers here in Alexandra
should preach from the same text
twice he'd have every woman in the
church down on him and they'd want
another pastor.
:'Finney preached it, Moody preach
ed it: Cawley rocked the British Isles
with it; but none of them invented it.
It wasn't invented. The Son of God
commanded it. Somebody asked
George Whitefeld once why he used
this text so much and he turned and
replied, Because ye must.
at wouldn't be common sense to
take us as we are and set US down
in Heaven; We would be out of place.
Therefore we must be changed-be
born again-and have the spirit OF
Christ implanted within us, for if we
are without Christ you are bound for
a Christless eternity CAmen"
shouted a good brother down in the
audience).
owe must get right! And if you
church folks are not going to get
right, for Gods sake tell me, for |
can do nothing until you do get right.
If your pastor asks you to get up
church supper, how you can work!
But if he should ask you to go and
see a man who needed your help
spiritually you couldn't do it. Why?
You know. It's because you are not
right. Listen! Get right.
"The new birth doesn't come from
the colleges-Yale, Harvard or other
seats of learning-but from over the
old hill of Calvary! Don't blame God
if you haven't got it. You have sim
plv not claimed your privilege.
Eyes, it costs something to be born
again. If I could make it easy for
you I could make record getting
chulGh members here in old Alexan-
dria. But I won't!
"1And you people who are not chris
tians-lwhy pick out the worst
church members and hold them up as
a sample? That won't help your case.
You say when you become christian
you'll be real one-go the limit. l
hope so, that's the kind I want. And
when you do start I want you to
know and realize what you are doing.
Don't want you influenced by any
death-bed stories, or any crying--no
handkerchief religion. I want you
to take your stand because it's the
right thing to do-because it is your
duty to yourself, to your family and
to God.
Don't let the devil rob you! He'll
cheat you-roh you Of God-lf he can.
/ want you to make the start. I plead
IS with you. Let God put his hall mark
on you, for he that is born of God
overcometh the world! Have you got
your foot on the world, or is the world
throttling you? A man who has been
born again, if he falls will 90 back
and ask for forgiveness and if he
will make an honest attempt God W
help him.
Listen! don't know that this cap
will fit, but if it does. put it on. He
that is born again will love the breth.
ren. That means that You Episcopal
ians, you Methodists and Presbyter.
ians, and Baptists must love one an.
Co,o t,nuod IN papa