El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-11

or one2 VIII YOUR staving away get
him 10 decide 10 come. Come. now. let's
he reasonable. Many a faithful wife has
won her husband by her untiring work
in the church and her prayers
Il would 20 10 chucrh but my friends
would laugh at me Ny, are YOU that
weak An honest confession Is good for
the soul. Are YOU so weak-willed as to
be laughed into hell by those who pre-
tend TO be your friends Be sure they
cant laugh YOU out, once YOU get there.
but then they viii curse and scott at
YOU more than ever for being such
TOOL as TO allow them 20 keep YOU out
of heaven
Not Good Enough"
There are also a few people in this
world who according TO their own word
are spiritually unable to attend. One
class saws. I'm not good enough to 20.
You re exactly right; and YOU are the
very fellow who needs to come most be-
cause You confess your need of salvation.
When the guests refused TO come To the
marriage feast in the parable, the mas
ter of the occasion had his servants 90
out into the hedges and highways and
bring the halt. the lame and blind.
Christ came not to call the righteous
but sinners 70 repentance. And how
are vOU ever going to get right with
and learn about the plan and way of
salvation.
Another class Of these unspiritual be-
ings say, well. every time I 90 the
preacher seems 10 have it in for me. I
get hit always Brother. there's hope
for you. That shows your conscience
has not entirely left YOU. Keep on
coming you'll get under the deep con
victiOn some day and You'll flee to God
for mercy.
ON the Other hand there is a class OF
people who are content to 90 on living
without the church and without any ac-
quaintance with God. Their conscience !
never worries them on any subject. (
therefore they feel as though thew are !
all right and need no salvation. They I
are the most hopeless and dangerous (
case Of all: they know not. and know 1
not that they know not. They are like /
the sleeping man IN the boat nearing 7
the falls and who wakes up too late TO 7
save himself. but Is lost They. too. win !
drift on until they viii wake IN in he'll. /
but too late to do any good for them |
selves or others. If YOU are in this !
class. my friend. bestir yourself and take |
the warning. begin attending church 1
regularly and see If YOU do not lack the I
greatest essential in life-a personal I
Savior.
Times innumerable have we heard the /,
old excuse, There are so many hvpO- !
critics in the church" Yes. that's true. !
but there's a great many more outside /
Of the church and more still in the bot
tom OF 4 seething, horrible hell And it !
occurs to me that the fellow who puts 4
up such a pretense as a reason for not 4
going to church Is about as big a hypO-
-rIte as ever lived. Another thing a I
hypOcrite cannot stand in anybodvs !
way, TO heaven for If You are a sinner.
so Is the hypocrite and YOU are both
going in the same direction toward the |.
same goal: and If YOU are Christian
YOU are going 20 heaven. and he is not.
The Real Thing.
The real thing that keeps most peo-
pie out OF the church though is their |
business. WHAT'S n man business forf
| hat he may lay up treasures on earth?
No Primarily that he NAV use It as a
means to an end And that end Is to
glorify God with his substance Then Z
what business has man TO put his bust
ness. the means" ahead OF the "endz7
None IN the world. And when he does
I he Is first Of all disloyal to God. then
dishonest to himself and unkind to his
ellowman.
With all due regard and charity to
he nOnchurchgoer. let me say that if
VI elAN a ~ " AANt Tie ANIl1lldN lie
outside OF the church YOU are not living
~ to YOUR full privileges in Christ for
Christi loved the church and gave Him
elf for II. that He might present to
Himself glorious church. not having
Dot or wrinkle or any such thing"
Eph 5:25, 81 Nor are Won doing
our duty as 2 Christian for Gods word |
avs. Let Us hold fast the profession |
+ our faith not forsaking the ! |
ssembling OF ourselves together. as the
manner OF some Is; but exhortine one
mother: and so much the more as We
&c the dav approaching" Heb. 1923
nd 25.i Nor vet are Won doing right
o yourself as man for YOU are neglect
NJ your salvation and therefore how
hill Won escape If yor neglect so great
salvation ," Heb. 2:3.l