The Detroit times., 1916-10-19

you fellows have sat around and
waited for light You poor fools,
you viii never get II until you use
what Hight you have.
know more about religion and
the plan Of redemption now than J
did a year ago want 20 know
more I'm following the light and
intend to live mp 10 H. Things are
plain 90 me now They were dark
when ! Was Il sinner.
We are all framed in "A great big
network called society. We rub ell
bows with other people all the time,
and so your neighbors. and your
wife. and your children, and your
business associates, and the men
under YOU, In the factory, and The
members OF your lodge, they all have
a right 10 know from your life. and
from your lips by The lie YOU
lead aud by the words YOU speak.
ihut 50 far as you know and under
stand Gods will you are going TO
do Gods will. You are going TO do
H.
Now listen There are two Ways
TO learn abou. everything, religion
or anything else one Is lh"OrejiC9i
the other Is practical
There are TWO ways 10 learn
about Jesus Christ, about God, OF
about salvation To understand all
about God you would have To- *.
plore with the infinite mind all tine
and all space You would have 20
have the greatest mind and tho
greatest development of mind The
world has ever known You should
have 20 be God yourself and have
Iust "a much sense and BRAN as
God has 20 know all about time and
history and space and my st,ry and
prophecy Don YOU see thai YOU
would nave 70 be- rod. and there
can't oe two Gods That is TRUE Iu
the beginning OF the Christian M"
but all YOU need 20 know about God
IS 20 just give up 10 God and do llls
will That ia true IN The beginning
of the Christian life and 10 T. true
In every step OF tho development of
the Christian life II any man Viii
do His viii he shall know OF The
teaching, whether 1t be Of God or
whether | speak OF myself
I was in an Iowa town preaching,
and the people said n a certain man,
A Mr Batchelder, Was brought to
Christ. many others would follow.
Batchelder had paper egg crate
factory, he made the paper for tn"
crates. hc invented the machine
that made the crates When ! went
20 gee him he began talking about
the machine
This machine made this crate"
he said
81 don't believe r.
But ~ did
"I mover saw g." said
"Tha machine e. out Of order to-
day. b4r ,oG come again and I'll
show yru
went again. and saw il deliver
the goods
When YOU are shown that God Al
mighty IS delivering the goods, You
are a fool n YOU don't believe II.
Fools ST. and Wait
You're a fool II YOU intend 10 wait
until YOU know all about God before
you're "a Christian you,l so 20 he'll
An YOU need 10 d. is 20 -urend""
your viii to God, Il YOU want 20 know
about Him We've got lot or NUTS
here who think they can get so far
and there is nothing elise 20 do
might as we'll try % speak with
my tect. might a- VOL try 20
think With my fingers this pulpit
might rs well try 20 undor-ttR The
words am talking over it%loT
this chair might just ae wg \ Fmpt
20 walk down tho aisle. as for You
10 know anything about God or re-
Nciou by any other method other
Than the surrender of your will 20
cod
In your day or mine We hear them
say. II take nothing ON trust lind
out cyrrvthinp mysolf.' and they con-
slider pcopl, of fath weak Drained.
over crtdg,.Js soul that never 1.c
Ilr l,a rr God gives them B"' To
the ,a.oral.. faith. b,Nc. o.. ..
captyuoe ul truth ON the authority
of others. the basis OF our udg-
monts. uUr conclusions oHr reason
INK I hold that man NHo yields
60 God NiIl uses his reason, and
that man Hho does not yield does
not use hls reason. You cant con
Wet man OF crime and YOU cant
liberate him ON charge, except on
the testimony Of others our bust
ness system everything. is built on
faith You cant plant a seed with
out faith You can't run farm
without faith You can't do II.
| have never been in Rome, but !
can tell YOU OF her streets. OF the
Coliseum. of - Peters, on the tes-
timony Of others.
! have ne,cr been in Egypt. but
can tell you OF Ler pyramids. OF tho
river Nile. and OF the Sphinx on the
testimony of others. ! would be a
fool ~ stand up here and say that |
didn't believe in because ! have nev-
or seen H. You can't turn around
that YOU are not bound 10 believe
the testimony OF others. You can't
do it didn't live In the days OF
Jesus and of the apostles, but | be-
lieve and | accept the Gospel as
authentic history, on the testimony
OF others
| read I'm the newspapers OF trou.
bile I'm Mexico. How do | knew? |
haven't heard a shot. believe on
the testimony OF others. Don't you
seeo The doctor tells me: "You
have pneumonia, Bill" and believe
him The chemist tells me that two
gases combine i'm water and I be
Ilevc him. The Biblc tells mo Jesus
Christ died ON the cross ! believe
a. Ie tolls mo lie was resurrccted