The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-05
Or. BURMA TALKS On
subject OF 'KICKING'
TELLS STUDENTS THERE ARE
THREE KINDS OF STUDENT
KICKERS.
His Talks ..rc becoming More and
More Appreciated as the Series
of Meetings Draw to Close.

AS the meetings being held at
Trinity University are drawing to a
close the interest and enthusiasm of
the student body is rapidly increas-
ing. Or. Burma delivered two spien-
did sermons yesterday. The subject
of the MONDAY talk was kicking.
DR.. Burma said there were three
classes OF kickers among the student
body. First, those who are kicking
or fighting against God: they are
kicking against an open confession
of God. Second, those who are kick
ing against giving their lives to
Christ for christian service. Third,
those who are kicking against life's
service.
God will not force one into life
he does not want TO lead. But If
| one does not heed Gods call, his life
will be tragedy. II is hopeless
and foolish to fight against God.
When we yield to Him we experience
a Joy we have never known before.
Why should we fight against chris
tian life? The life of a christian
| is not hard.
Dr. Burma made an appeal to the
christian students that Jesus needs
them in His service. He also needs
those who are not christians.
At night DR.. Burma announced
that he was not going TO preach q
sermon but was just going to talk
on Excuses" taking the text from
Luke: And they all with one ac-
cord began to make excuses
Dr. Burma said in part: There is
no reason that win hold water why
! one should not become a christian.
People go through life making ex-
cuses until the devil has got them.
A few of the stock excuses offered
for not becoming christians are as
follows.
The first common excuse is I'D
like to be christian but some how
just can't" Such an excuse is q
sacrilege and SANDER against God,
who gave His only son to save men.
If you want to be christian you
can
The second excuse is I'D like to
be christian and join the church,
but there are so many hypocritcs i'll
the church." Every intelligent per-
sons knows this is not real ex-
cuse, but is something to hide be-
hind
The next excuse is I'D like to be
a christian. but I'm afraid I'm not
| coed enough" But Jesus came into
the world to save the sinner. He
didn't say to come to Him when you
set good, but come just as you are
The fourth, excuse I'D like to
be christian. but somehow | don't
feel like it, Religion is not mat
ter of feeling. We are saved by
faith feeling is the result. Religion
is matter of doing. We shoyld be-
heve in God instead Of trusting to
our feelings
The fifth excuse; I'D like to be
christian. but | tried it once aud
couldn't hold out" No one ever
really tried and found out he could
not be christian. If you started
out and quit, you quit Just because
you wanted to.
The sixth excuse; I'D like to be
a christian. but | feel that l can't
live up to the ideal of the christian
| life" People with such an excuse
should nave cur sympathy. But
While we cannot hold out in our
own strength we can in the strength
OF the Lord
The seventh excuse; I'D like to
be christian. but there's just too
much that l don't want to give up"
This is an awful confession hut an
honest one. Like Esau, such people
have sold their birthright for mess
of pottage, Ii once such a person
got taste of real christian service,
the joy OF il would dwarf other
petty worldly Pleasures.
IN The last excuse: Il want 70 be n
christian some day, but not now. !"
That's where the devil is trickins
US. The only basis on which YOU
can put it is, there is something you
don't want to give up The whole
thing is, do you want to be a chris
tian, not can you.
The meeting tonight at 7:00 viii
close the series. which has continued
throughout the week.
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