The Detroit times., 1916-10-19

Ut h''lr ttlllhE lnaI'it Nl4tst O.. ioN'
I viii burst into the gates .u ih'
city. and / will see Him s LOT o'
YOU fellows have sat around end
waited for light You poor fools
you viii never Erf it until yuL rsr
What light YOU have.
knoW ensr about religion .nd
the plan Of %lomptIou now thr J
did year aEN want fo know
more I'm following tae lglt and
intend 20 live up 90 a. Things are
plain 20 me now They were dH.r
when was a sinner
We are an framed IN a great 0.s
network called society Is, rub el
bows with other people all fte t!m'
and so your neiRhbors and voIr
wife, and your children, and your
business l-sociate-, and tie men
under YOU, in The factory, and tL.
members OF your lodge, they all have
right to know from your lie, AND
from your Iius. by the l!.e you
lead and by tho words vou speak.
that ,o far az YOU know and IInde
stand Gods viii YOU are going 20
do Gods will You are going 10 do
a.
Now listen There are two way
10 learn abou' everything religion
or anything else one "a Theoretical
the other is practical
There are TWO ways 10 learn
about Jesus Christ about God or
about salvation To understand all
about God YOU would have to eX.
plore with the infinite mind all tim
and all space You would have tu
have the greatest mind and fh'
greatest development OF mind the
world has ever known You should
have 10 ur God Yourself and have
lust as mach sense and brain, as
God has 10 AaoR all about time and
history and space and mystery ana
proplecy Don't You -e" rha' YOU
would nave 10 be God, and tas 70
cant he two Gods That s. trI" 30
the eg!n0,ng OF the Christian |Nr.
but all YOU need 90 know about Gpd
Is 70 just give up 10 God and do His
will That is true IN the beginning
OF the Christian life and s. r. true
in every step O., lu- development OF
the Christian life "If any man viii
do His viii ho shall know % The
teaching. whether n 90 ~ God or
whether peak of myself
was in an Iowa town preaching.
and the people said 81 a certain man,
a Mr. Batclc,der. vas brought 10
Christ. many others would follow
Batcheldcr had a paper egg D,at,
factory. hc made The paper FOR The
crates. he invented tho machine
that made 'h" crates When 7 went
20 see him u- began talking about
tho machine
This machine made mi. crate %
hc said
81 don't heloy, 80
"But 10 did
"I n,sor saw g." said
The machine ls our OF order to
day. hIt YOU come again and TIL
how YOU
went again. and saw i' deliver
the goods
when you are shown that God Al
mighty rs delivering the goods you
are "a fool IL Won don't believe b.
Fools SIT and Wat
You're a fool II YOU intend 10 walt
until YOU know an about God before
you're Christian you'l 20 20 hell
All YOU need 20 DO i- 20 surrender
your will 10 God. n you want 20 tnow
about Him We've got a lot Of hutts
here who think they can ge' SO far
and thrrr D. nothing else 10 d9
might 1s well try 20 speak with
my feet. might as we'll TRY 20
think with my fingers this pulpit
might as we'll try 20 understand the
words I am talking over II now
this chair might just as wJ \ pmpt
10 walk down the aisle. as f0r you
to know anything about God or re-
ligion By any other method other
than the surrender OF your Will 70
God.
In your day or mine we hear them
say. Il take nothing on trust. ! find
ont everything myself" and they con
slider people OF faith weak Drained,
souls. that never use
the reason God gives them. But 10
the Reasonable. faith. belief, tho ac-
ceptance OF truth on the authority
of Others, Is the basis OF our Hdg
ments. our conclusions. our reason
ing. I hold that a man who Yields
10 Gods will uses his reason, and
that a man who does not yield does
not use his reason You can't con-
vict a man Of crime and you can't
liberate him on charge. except on
the testimony OF others. Our busi-
ness system, everything is built on
faith You can't plant a seed with
out faith You cant run a farm
without faith You can't do II.
have never been in Rome, but |
can tell you Of her streets. of the
Coliseum. of 81 Peters, on the tes-
timony OF others.
have never been IN Egypt, but
can tell YOU of her pyramids, OF the
river Nile. and OF the Sphinx on the
testimony OF others. | would be n
fool 10 stand UP here and say that
didn't believe In because ! have new
or seen Il You can't turn around
that YOU are not bound TO believe
the testimony OF others. You can't
do n. 7 didn't live In the days OF
Jesus and of the apostles. but 7 be.
lieve and ! accept the Gospel as
authentic history, on the testimony
Of others
read i'm the newspapers OF trou.
bic In Mexico How do | know I
haven't heard shot. 7 believe on
the testimony OF others Don't YOU
SEQ" The doctor tolls me: You
have pneumonia, bill, and believe
him The chemist tells mo that two
gascs combine In water and be
lieye him The Bible tells me Jesus