The Detroit times., 1916-10-27
rhundsy Evenings Sermon.

4 lNlnh 0I All AAl' WI 10 Na''+f
fell from the lips OF Jesus ~ "hleL
We have record. 20 my MIND the7e
are among the saddest
God came 90 you and onered sal
yation. and you spurned II, and az
ter YOU have run the earthly career
md gone into the grave. then YOU
will iust think over your life and
remember the things that kept you
from taking your stand for christ
and you will think what iuh Jou
were 20 do n.
Nobody r. lost because ne needs
10 be lost, because the salvation OF
Jesus CkEist covers all the sins oi
All tbs people. lie tasted death ioF
every man.
MAN Is not lost because OF any
purpose or decree on the part OF
God
I'VE all deserve bell ~ we got our
iust deserts. for salvation does mol
come as a reward OF merit. Ever
i. body Is weak. but coos strength is
made perfect In weakness Don
look al your weakness. but az TIE
Saviour that you have. Well, then,
( why don't you come 10 Christ?
well, I hope tonight, with the
help OF God 20 answer a few iou
excuses people offer don't know
, whether God himself would sns0N
, them all or would try. but ! Wll tf.
10 answer a few OF them.
In the frst place, because 81 sin
: Sin has kept multitudes away from
Christ
Moody preached one night and pc
( tured sin In all rs black repulsiye
ness. and when he gave the invita-
ton man lifted his hand. and
worker went and talked with him
and said
"'win you give Mr.. Moody your
hand?
"'No, I won't. I'm held n thr
meshes OF an awful sin. and as
I, result OF indulgence In Il. maxi
money out OF II. and 10 take NJ
Moody by the hand means that ]
would have TO give il up, and !
won't do It.
"And be turned his back on je-
) sus. Sin Is keeping many a mar
4 from Jesus Christ
Won't Sacrifice Crooked Money
with others Il Ia the love o.
money. Many krpw that II they os
I come Christian they would lose
money by the deal, and there ar
. certain things In your business that
: you would have TO give up II you
/ became a Christian and took your
stand for Jesus Christ.
MANY a man will not sacrifice
the crooked business or ne crooked
There lie many man chooses
larger income and turns Jesus
Christ down. Many a man wplid
have TO give up his situation.
Suppose that you get $1,000 a
year and live for twenty years. that
would be $4,000. and you would sell
your soul to the devil foy $4,000.
III should tell you you are not
worth that, you would be offended.
yet you sell your soul for less than
that
"That Is what Is the matter with
the whisky business. know OF
brewery employees that have taken
their stand for Jesus Christ and
they have gone back TO work only
10 be discharged because they chose
TO be decent Better men IN the
town have given them Jobs that are
paying them far better salaries
81 will tell you: would rather
walk to heaven over a rough and
stony road with bare and b.eedug
feet than to ride 10 hell on dirty
money.
81 said 10 two girls one & ght in
West Pullman:
"'why don't you give up your
hearts 10 Christi
"They said: Mr.. Sunday. we clerk
In a department store. and on spe
cial days we are compelled 10 stand
behind the counter and misrepre-
sent goods, and we cannot do that
and be Christians
God Will Damn Dishonest Merchant
"Say. God will damn In the hot
test way any merchant that will
make his clerks lie 10 sell a few
dirty goods from his shelves in or
der TO put money In his I'LL lie
will damn you, whoever you are.
There Is many a man grown rich
by oyerTeaching bis nelghbor tie
robs the widow and the orphan. tie
does It by legal means. he II too
sleek TO get caught In the meshes
Of the law. He lives In a maguia-
cent home. and he rolls down the
street in a faultless ECU page. and
some old fellow with child stands
on the street and says:
"'Tbere goes Mr. So-and-So And .
his name Is known and honored. and
It's only necessary TO attach his
name TO any project 10 insure sac-
cess. ! wish you TO do nothing .
more than TO grow up TO emulate hls
example
"By and by he dies. and there is /
an uproaI and fuss and poT WOW !.
over his old carcass at the funeral. T.
and they pass resolutions az long AZ
from here TO the back door. and
send copy TO his wife and mem
bers OF the club = . the lodge and
all the other things he was a mem
Der OF, stating whereas and where
as and resolves. etc. while The
bones OF his victims lie rottlng D.
der In the potter's Geld
''Tell me that there is no bell for
scoundrel like that1
"Man will live with no thought
about God in business. home. soci.
ETY. or the company that be keeps.
II had rather undertake 10 save
ton drunkards than one old nnan
cial Shylock---it would be easier.
"A friend OF mine went back 70
his home town in Ohio. and there
was n rich man fhpro who ytag ,,~,.