The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-27

lmay apply 10 people who come to
your own church Every church has
standard There are certain men
iu this town. when they go 90 church
they 60 because their mother went
there, or because their wife is "a
member. or because their children
are in The sabbath school Every
church has standard. And yet
how few are saved from Bat con-
-tituepCy'
You may think YOU src unworthy.
People estimate religion By what
they see in the lives Of the people
who profess 10 be Christians Your
life may be- far from what YOU desire
10 10 be- and vet | believe your life
rs Just what YOU want n 90 be.
you are what YOU are because YOU
would rather be that than anything
else II YOU are not Christian, II
b. because YOU would rather be that
way than 10 be- a Christian You can
ho what YOU want 10 be, and II YOU
are not Christian, II Is because YOU
don't want 10 be. because 10 be a
Christian yol would have 10 change
lot OF things I'm your life and YOU
are not man enough 10 do A. You
mas feel No man cared for my soul.
"A sermon IL n is SCriptural. drop
ped ja AN audience. viii DO IFS work
cod saws My word shall not re
turn unto me- void and 10 won't \
sermon dropped In an audience Will
DO IT'S work, but IL this world Will
ever be won 10 Jesus Christ, II Will
not be by an unaidcd clergy and
when preacher OF an evangelist
thinks his sermons are going 20 save
the wfrld. cod Almighty VIII have
To- call ln another Martin Luther and
have another reformation
There may be those who viii use
The words David did in the past tense
and say No man cares for my soul.
Let VS. not betray Jesus Christ with
guilty silence How have YOU in
huenced people today in your home
on the street. or wherever YOU have
met them Viu II bee possible for
anybody 10 say IN the day OF judg
ment i brought groceries to your
home, YOU came 10 the store and
sold you dr. goods Yes. We talked
about religion. we talked about poll
| tics, we TALKED about the meetings
YOU raid mo m wages | worked for
| YOU in your home, or In your store
or your office, or your shop, cor on
your farm, but you never talked tc
me about Jesus Christ You never
asked mo 10 be a Christian | won
+rttr-tf- witt he puysfhir- NJ tte day
OF judgment for anybody 20 say that
to you? What is the trouble? I'll
tell YOU You fail 20 realize that
without Jesus Christ they are lost
All Tied Together Like Cars.
There is a man by your side, you
are his wife, you bear his name; he
is a good man. he pays his debts
ana YOU are satisfied as long as he
viii buy YOU a new hat, provide the
money for you 10 get new dress
pay the house rent or the install
mcut on the house, or the tuxes you
are perfectly satisfied; but when you
| begin 20 awaken 10 the fact that that
man Is lost and II he would die to
night YOU would never see him again
YOU would begin 10 pray and work
| for his salvation Neither Is there
salvation in any other way but by
accepting Jesus Christ.
Il can name YOU % men In Detroit
who. II they would take their stand
/ for Jesus Christ, 10000 men would
follow them into the kingdom inside
OF a week Every city has its men
who are sort OF leaning posts We
are all tied together like cars in a
train, anyway.
You fail 20 realize that without
! Jesus Christ they are lost Every
where they are waiting for some
| body 10 come
Sometimes YOU might think peo-
| pie don't care 10 talk about religion
Now you listen Where YOU will
find one man or one woman that will