The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-23

that II | do | will be saved and
they tried II. and II worked, Just
as they believed II would. and they
didn't have To so under the water
at all
They made their own little plan
and God looked into their hearts,
and saw they were walking I'm all
the light they had. and He let II
go AT that.
Another said. III can only get
up out OF bed, and get down on my
knees and pray | believe | Will be
saved. and he tried II and II
worked.
And another said III can only
take the communion shall be-
saved. and he tried u and II work
ed. and some OF these who made
their own plans the best they could,
and tried them and found salvation
by doing II. we're our fathers and
our mothers. and they are in heav-
en- now. because Jesus knew what
they meant as lie looked into their
poor hungry hearts and He blessed
them because they did the best
they knew. and He will do II with
you. my brother. and with you. my
sister. IL you will only take the step
you believe I'm your souls you ought
TO take. and will take II now.
"Yes, all the little plans OF which
| have been telling you. and a great
manv more. worked. and yet every
theologian knows they were all
wrong: and you say 80 yourself
when YOU take them all 10 pieces
and look into them. like botan-
tFt -tuuts- tA-hew~FEbtii -thsak
God. He can and does save people.
and He does IL in hurry, In spite
OF wrong theology.
Find Salvation Despite Theology
Theology may stand up and tell
you until II Is black IN the face that
al the water In the world can't
save a sinner. by his being baptized
In e: for water has nothing To do
with II u IL tho blood OF Christ
that saves. and yet everybody who
has got into the kingdom In that
way knows that theology r. talk
ins through its hat. for they tried
It and II worked.
Theology will tell you that Join
ing the church won't IN you TO
ward heaven an inch--and | say II
too. IL there Ia no faith In Christ
behind it---and yot people join the
church because they know they
must do something or be lost. and
40 they blunder toward God the
best they know how. and In their
doing II they get touch from
Christ that saves them through
and through.
ct Is n thousand times better 20
blunder toward God in the worst
kind OF a way than Il is 10 do moth
Ing NJ all
Theology viii nlso tell you that
there Is nothing In a mouruers
bench. and that you may prsy 20
your dying day; FOR prayer alone
cannot save. and that you7may take
the communion without getting any
help. or whatever else you Will
and yet never get rid OF your sins,
because those things are all moth
Ing IN themselves. and IL is true
every word % II. Just as theology
says. but poor sinful souls have
tried them. some one. and some
another. and they worked with
them. and they were saved because
they JUST stopped ont and blum
dered toward God the bcst they
could. as the poor 'imid woman did
Thank God that Jesus want a
hair splitter. that He wasn't hide
bound. and dead set on having ey-
erythlng done IN m iron-clad and
/ legal way. a was the case with the
men with broad phyiacteries who
nailed Him 20 the cross. just be
cause lie wouldn' DO their way
81 thank Cod tonight Detroit has
the SAME kind ~ heart that a
mother has Hhen she sees her little
child TALL down fat when ~ Is do
ing it's best 10 come 70 her when
she calls n. ~ He9sees us coming
10 Him heart foremost lie dom,
care how much We slip and slide
Vith our feet