Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-02-02
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the week and over next Sunday. New
members will be received tonight. All
Christians are requested to continue to
pray and work for the salvation of
souls here
DR.. Williams delivered one of his
most searching sermons last night on
the vital topic of "The Most banning
Sin of the Age" He said in part:
want to speak to you tonight about
the most damning sin of the age 1t
is the sin of old and young, rich and
poor, high and low, moral and immor-
al, bond and free-NEGLECT To
all such Hebrews second chapter and
third verse comes laundering down
the ages-"How shall we escape if
we neglect so great salvation This
forms question. but there is no ans
wer to it, You might go to your
wisest citizens, your doctors and law
yers. and eminent judges and pro
pound TO them this question, but they
would shake their heads and say
Earth contains no answer If wear
led OF the ignorance OF earth you
should go to the abode of all inteli-
gence--God himself-and ask the
question. God would say-There is no
answer in Heaven. How shall we
escape if we neglect so great saliva
ton " The philosophy of this text
is indisputable Progress or degen-
eracy IS the law of life 1t is either
evolution or devilolution Neglect your
health, there will be no apology when
the law administers its rebuke-you
become an invalid Neglect your
mind, and you become an ignoramous,
neglect your spiritual life and you be
come a moral degenerate.
Confirmed in Sin Neglect is to be-
come confirmed in sin. and sin is He'll
in embryo Neglect salvation from
sin. and there is no escape. You are
better or worse today than you were
yesterday. you will be either better
or worse when you leave this build
ing tonight Better If you grasp your
opportunity and accept Christ as your
Savior. Worse il you murder your
crnor+Hnitv ard PASS up Jesus Christ.
This text is true from the very nature
of the case. The salvation of Jesus
Christ is the only salvation that is
open to men, therefore if you neglect
the one and only salvation. there is
no escape
Escape. There Is something to es-
cape from. There is one verse OF
Scripture that | would write indelblv
Oh your mind; what shall the end
be of them that obey not the COS
pei" My friend you should look to
the end OF the journey Of which you
are travelling. | was once asked to
locate hell, the location of which is
not hard to determine It is at the
end of q sinful life. lust as at the
end of q christian life is Heaven
Matthew asks another question: GLOW
can we escape the damnation Of Hello
The damnation spoken Of is charac-
tarised by three things-The unGuench-
able fire, the worm that never dies
and outer darkness. God Almighty is
dbing His utmost to keep men from
He'll while the Devil is racking his
brain to get men to He'll and keep
them cut of Heaven. One of his most
successful methods is neglect.
Do Nothing. To miss salvation all
one needs to do. is simply do nothing.
You need not be an outbreaking sin
ner, commit some dastardy crime.
All you need to do to be lost is simply
to go right on as some of you are.
neglecting Jesus Christ You may
be as moral as Nicodemus and as per
feet in the sight of the law as the
young scribe, who had kept all the
commandments; you may be as pure
as virtue itself and neglect salvation
and "How shall you eseape?" | am
persuaded that nine-tenths of the lost
spirits in He'll are there through neg
lect. No because God has not made
ample provision for their salvation,
for the salvation OF Christ is great
salvation. Great in its cost-the blood
Of Gods son. great in its possibility
it saves from the uttermost depths OF
sin to the uttermost heights Of pur-
ity; great in its achievement it not
only attempts, but actually saves.
even the chief of sinners. A great sal
vation-listen! Though your sins be
as Scarlet. they shall be as white as
snow, though they be red like Grim