The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-06-23
Women WhiskeH
Greatest Blockade
to Heaven ---DudIeu
MAIN STREET REViVALiST Er
POSES DEVILS METHODS
AGAINST MEN.

tist Church last night was well at
tended despite the bad weather and
the fact that two wedding were cele.
brated in the city.
The preacher read the 9th chapter of
Galatians and took for his text 2 Cor.
11-14, For Satan himself is trans
ferred into an angel of light" Subject
THE Devils Blockade of the Road TO
Heaven"
Among other things, the preacher
said, at is an awful thing 10 be under
the control of the devil and have him
cheat you out of heaven. see a great
blockade when hea" men and women
say the Bible is too mysterious for me
to understand, and because | cannot
comprehend some parts. will not ac-
tI,i ai:y OF It's teachings Where is
- no Came. understand the 10
ner ,imcnt} and who cannot under
IA thai hc is cCnd -mned already and
los withc~+ he believes on the only
begotteI sen Cf GCd?
The devil puts the question, rs the
Bible inspired?" and to another he
causes stlre- question to arise, stfn Crie
of the elect?" Consequently these
questions become blockades to many.
The devil makes many young people
believe they will have to wear long
face and give up all pleasure to be-
come a christian. The truth is, there
is no Joy to be compared with the JOY
that comes to the believer.
The devil offers another blockade
when he tries to make you believe the
way of the christian is hard. The
truth is, the way of the transgressor
is hard. The devil is liar and the
father of all lies when he charges such.
The devil tells the unbeliever he is
an easy master, while God is a hard
one. The Bible says Take my yoke
on you and learn of me, for my yoke
is easy and my burden is light"
Somebody says you have too much
excitement in your evangelistic meet
ings. This is the DEVILS way of block
aiding the road to heaven to the man
who believes it. The devil prompts
the sinner to say, Il have not enough
feeling in the matter. | will wait till
feel more like accepting Christ and
uniting with church" These are on
ly blockades of the devil.
You have hypocrites in the church
and | do not care to associate with
them" is the excuse given by many.
The hypocrites in the church are lost
just the same as hypocrites out of the
church. The men and women who re-
fuse to accept Christ on these grounds
will spend all eternity in hell with
hypocrites.
Church members sometimes disap-
point some one by failure to eet an
point some one by failure to meet an
to censure such an one and to say Il
am better than he. | pay my debts.
I live more circumspectly than that
church member"
Public sentiment-the fear of man,
what will my associates say of me il I
surrender to Christ. l fear they will
scott at me. This is the DEVILS block
ade to the unconverted man.
A great blockade is procrastination
Yes. | know the bible is true. | expect
to accept Christ and live for him. But
I am not ready just at this time. | Will
have a good time for awhile longer,
and then | will attend to the matter
of my souls salvation.
The greatest blockade of all is whis-
KEY and women. These keep more
men out of heaven than all things else
combined
Greed for gain, strife for money,
these blockade the road to heaven for
many men.
You may offer all kinds of excuses
in this life, but when Jesus Christ ex-
cuses YOU, you are excused and lost
forever
Tonight the subject will be: Gods
Blockade of the Road to He'll