South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-28
FEW MEN LIKELY
To REACH HEAVEN
Must Pay More Attention to
Religion or Widows Will
be in Majority.

F Jesus Christ said Rev. Guy III.
Black az Lower heights chapel
/ last night Twelve converts have
/ beef made as the result - the
! meetings. We have had % convcl5ls
! during tho past month said the
minister and Of this numb Der %
were men and 81 members OF the
/ fairer sex The twelve converts
/ during the past three days have
all been heads OF families and the
minister ls confident that this num-
ber viii be greatly increased. one
convert came forward last night
! and received the sacrament of Dap
I tism.
: The minister took as his text.
"AH Unrigheousness is sim" The
speaker said i'm part, All sin BE-
gins with evil thinking. and DO finds
/ its expression in our words and
I deeds Some people do NOT confess
I their sins. for they say. ] ann lust
as good as some of the others who
are not practicing their religion.
! certainly would pity YOU IL YOU were
not. for the comparison is made
with those who are among The
lowest i'm our church.
We Are All Sinners.
we are all sinners-au have
sinned and come short OF the glory
/ Of God. AS sinners we are divided
| into two general classes. first those
who are forgiven and lastly those
sinners who are not forgiven. II YOU
are not a sinner il is because YOU
/ -,
venly father But ask YOU 90 open
! the dark secret chamber Of your
heart. look end YOU VIII see that
you have Sinned against the heayene
/ " father many times.
Take as an Illustration a man
! who looks under "a board. he sees
sleek. Shiny. crawling THINGS Look
under yourself and see a righteous
spirit in the darkness Are YOU 80
good that YOU don't need forsive-
I ness? Some people try hard 20 cover
/ up their sins with whitewash but b.
! is sin anyhow and Chris, sees the
/ innermost part Of your soul and
I YOU cannot cover it up. The man
who thinks that he can hide his
/ faults is ignorant. Apply the white
wash brush if YOU like uo man viii
/ know what is underneath il but
God does know
Hearts set ON Evil.
There are hearts fully set 20 do
evil. There are many men every
/ where. some here tonight. who
I know their duty as Christians but
( know that they are doing the direct
| opposite. Yet YOU are careless with
/ the heavenly father. and still YOU
/ understand that there can De no hope
: Of salvation only through Jesus
/ Christ You viii neglect % become
/ Christian when YOU know it 90 be
| your duty is sin 40 man is worthy
! OF salvation and no man can earn d..
and if YOU attempt 10 try YOU are
l sure 10 make "A dismal failure or
your efforts God has seen fIt 90
! create as and has offered us sal
walton. i'm order To- gain this end lie
! has taught as how 90 live in order
that we might have the glories OF
everlasting life.
Does any man think ne ought 10
/ live a worldly life? No. but still
some men do not see their inner
/ lives I have known men. fathers OF
I families who have said. Il have
sowed wild oats and d. did not
| leave me any the worse But some
/ one felt the sting Of sin. Some one
reaped part OF the harvest You do
not sin unto yourself only for the
reap ping may not be over yet. some
innocent babe even 10 the third gen
Grafton may feel the sting 81 some
un-Godly man or woman.
Perhaps a man never intended
20 90 so far. There are men Hvins
right on this hill who are commit
| ting sin and are curse 90 them
/ selves and everyone around them
Sin properly speaking Is a dis
ease. contagious. destroying. poi
sCning and results in death or eter-
nal hell Sin again is a load crushing
! burden. Third. sin is slavery. zalliue.
| int0llerab'e slavery and it drives a
man TO crime and neglect. Fourth.
sin is binding and Dc is grear.
{ black fact. Cod hates il and Furnishes
/ it
Why viii men continue so sin.
not because OF Ignorance of ats ma
/ ture not because Of ignorant OF its
! penalties for they arc terrible.
There can De no doubt OF the GER
] tainty OF the penalty for Tho pen
atty is not slight ard NOT because
they wish o escape but because Of
Gods long Suffering for1earauce.
Confess your sins tonight for 10
may Doe your last opportunity
Il is said that since the War broke
out the French have had difficulty
7 keeping up the supply Of good Iish
wines. Of which formerly they par
took so freely. and that TIE alleged
French addiction 20 al ohoI is belnE
disproved by the unRiilngne-s "a
the people 70 use wines o. Interior
quality
Two bird sanctuaries are sooe 90
Be established in evory Utah county
except three. and iu each o. these
there viii be one more. the main
object being protection OF migratory
birds OF which tile state mas large
population during the .aFopo- sea-