The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28
wednesday Nights sermon.

Billy Sundays sermon Wednesday
night was on Repentance lie said
Text God commands men every.
where 10 repent Acts II 80.
The FIRST thing John the Baptist
preached was repentance. and the
first thing jesus and His disciples
preached was repentance. but We
very seldom hear sermon on r..
pentance today Plenty OF preachers
I'm long ministry never preached
one single. sermon on repentance.
They have preached on every.
thing else. but have given repentance
a wide berth. probably for the same
reason that the colored preacher ney.
or liked 10 preach against stealing
chickens. because II always ap-
peared 10 throw such GOODNESS over
the meeting and made so many OF his
members freeze up towards him ike.
No matter who breaches on re
pentance. he Is bound 20 stir up the
serpent OF opposition. II doesn't take
q preacher long 90 ilnd out that II Is
much easier to get along pleasantly
in his ministry and have the salary
raised now and then by making PEG
pie feel satisfied with themselves
"Of all things that We hate more
than anything else Is 90 see ourselves
as We really are We hate that which
shows UP our faults and blemishes
That "a one reason why SO many
people don't Ike ply plain preaching
No photographer could make "A
living taking pictures II he made a
correct likeness of every body who
a a
the negative and take out the ugly
spots. the woman with a squirt and
the man with wart on his nose
would 60 somewhere else Tor pic
lures
1T Is said that an elephant will not
drink out OF clear water, for when
he sees his ugly face reflected In II
he Is stirred 20 fury and lashes the
water into foam
There must be a good deal ~ hu-
man nature about an elephant
1T is for this very reason that so
many people DO not like the Bible II
makes them see their own wicked
hearts, and they cant bear that
People don't like preaching that
goes az them rough shod and finds
sore places on them. They want ser
mons OF the 'You-tickleme.a and !. l..
tickle-you kind preaching that pats
them on the head and makes them
feel like boy with his mouth full OF
butterscotch
Make man feel certain that the
Lord admires him and you will be "a
great preacher 10 him.
But John the Baptist was not that
kind ~ preacher and neither wax
Jesus Christ nor any ~ His diclplcs.
with the exception ~ Judas
That ia why John was thrown in
20 prison and had his head taken ofr
He opened his Bible right square
I'm the middle and cried, Repent We.
repent ye. for the Kingdom of God
Is az hand
Candid Preachers Unpopular
He preached plain and took "a
dead aim At the sinners on Tho front
seats No wonder he stirred up a
hornets nest a. once.
II YOU hear the preacher say that
he don't believe in devil. YOU can
Just bet your hat then that he does
not know there IS a devil. Amt that
right, brethren?
The men who DO any preaching on
repentance know there is a devil as
well a they know what kind OF a
dinner they like. for they have heard
him roar
There was no chance for apY sin
ner 20 feel comfortable under John
the Baptist's preaching. FOR no held
up the clear glass 81 Gods word and
made people look and see themselves
IN n.
John rHf burkturr- -t+-EI----
bigger than many mans whole
body and with mo- more finch than
you could ind In Quaker meeting
He said 10 old King Herod II is not
lawful for YOU 70 have your brother
Philips wife. put hcr away You in
cur tho wrath ~ cod every minute
you live with that woman
That's why tho wicked old king
laid violent hands on Gods chosen
messenger and landed him in prison
I-Wa4- -kAAn-FtEe OF Johns
preaching that took his own head of
Il know preachers, and 50 do YOU,
who could have been so non commit
tai I'm their preaching that the lcch-
erous old king would have been
shouting happy every time he heard
them preachers who would have
catered 20 his vanity in their very
prayers by thanking God that lie
placed over them such a wise and
virtuous king one who knew what
religion was and had a double por-
tion OF H.
"One step has been taken towards
Improving public morals and that is
20 sign sin by It's right name.
Most people take poison through
a Misunderstanding n you would
label tho bottle with great big black
words you would not take II because
you would be afraid you would die.
The devil can appear as an angel and
I'm that disguise he does his most
affective work
Commandment Needs Revision.
III a plain devil rose up In our
midst he would not accomplish
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