Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-27
BUSINESS GIRLS
 LUNCHEON AT 6 P. M.
Urgent Appeal to People 10 Get the Sin Out of Bheir Lives by Sur
 rendering Themselves tO God,
 Business Mems Lunch Today.
(By A. Homer Jordan. )

and 1t seems that every night Is more interesting than the one preceding. Last night the tabernacle was filled with people eager to hear the mes sage of Evangelist Geo. Stephens. After the rousing song service Mrs. Powell sang Some Other Day"
 Mr. Stephens had for his subject, Why People Do Not Become Christ ians." This was kindred subject to the one of the night before. The text for the sermon was And ye will not come to Me that ye might have life" John 5:4. "This," said the evangelist, lis the real reason why men do not come to God. This is one of the greatest sentences in the Bible. God seeks you like He sought Adam in the garden and is saying "Where art thou?" This was a sad occasion and it is one of the saddest scenes in the Bible. Another sad statement is where Moses pleaded for the children of Israel and said, If thou wilt not pardon them then blot out my name Another sad place in the Bible is son, my son, would God I had died for thee Still another is when Jesus wept over Jerusalem. But the saddest passage of Scripture is where He says in this text, 'Ye will not come to Me that ye might have life.'
 Jesus went about doing good He came that we might have the abundant life. He says, Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out He was pouring out His life for men one day, and He turned on the crowd and made the statement in the text. It is not Gods will that any should per- ish but He desires all to be saved.
 You may say salvation is free and you may think there is to be no effort to take it. The water company furnishes water, but ie is not yours unless you pay the price. The price of salvation is the surrender of your stubborn will. Salvation is a definite act of the will. You may talk about salvation all your life, but unless you surrender your will you will go down to hell and be lost. If you are too stubborn to yield then into hell you go.
 ''No one need be lost because he has gone deep into sin. Paul says he was the chief of sinners' Christ can cleanse every stain on your life. He can cure your disease of sin. Some of the greatest sinners in the world have accepted Christ. If you think your life is too stained with sin for you to be saved, then you are the man am after, and the man God is after. The blood of Christ can cleanse you. Give Him chance.
 There is no excuse keeping you away. You simply will not surren- der your will. I do not care about your feelings. They are like a thermometer, up and down. I want you to break your wills before God night, that you have conviction of sin. The will chooses. No man can force your will. Even God Himself can- not save you against your will. You are not a Christian simply because you have not surrendered your will. Exercise your will and you will be healed of your sin.
 There are men in Pine Bluff liv- ing in dungeons of sin simply be- cause they will not give up. It is an awful thing to be stubborn. It is terrible for a man to be a mule Some of you people, if you had the right kind of ears and ate hay, could not be told from mules. Surrender your will to Christ and your wife will think she has been married over again. Be honest with yourself. Don't try to hide behind anything. Be a tman.
 Perhaps your sin keeps you away from God, you think. This is true and this is why you will not come to Him. Some morsel of sin is sweet Ito you. Don't sell your soul to the 1 devil for sin Get the sin out of your life by surrendering yourself to God.
 Some pleasure may keep you from saying, T will Pluck 1t out Don't
 sell your soul for a ball dress or some other little pleasure of the day
 Don't sell your soul for anything.
 Perhaps you are thinking too much
 about what the crowd says. Why
 don't you consider what wife and
 children will say? You will trample
 everything under foot because of the
 crowd. Surrender your will and you Twill help the crowd"
 MT. Stephens made a most master
 full appeal for those who are not
 right with God to get right witt
 Him. About fifty responded to this
 appeal at first, and they kept or
 coming in twos and threes. The an
 mex was filled with men and wome1
 tn the after-meeting.
 TOday's Calendar.
 | Noon, Christian Business Mem
 luncheon at Y. M. c. A.
 i sEep meeting at Arkansas Gal 1Tlooring company.