Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23

make a special effort to go to church
when it rains or when it happens to
be a little cold. Don't look as though
religion hurt you. and when you get re-
ligion don't look as If you had No.
shoe on a No. foot; don't look as If
you had on a No. % r. G. or Princess
when you ought to have on a No. S.
Let your light shine Put something
in the collection plate when it goes by;
there is where lots OF people drop their
candy Let your light shine, shine for
God, and if the church, my friends, If
you go there with burning heart, you
can thaw them out if they are cold. and
if you can't thaw them out as fast as
that bunch can freeze out, then you
MUST we wrong. Do the best you can
for Jesus.
God won't judge me by what 1 ought
to have done or what you should have
done. If you do nothing. we rob God and
wrong the world. One reason why some
churches are in the dark, is because the
people and the preachers try to shun
it. They'd rather be comets than stars
of Bethlehem for the Lord. Instead of
pointing to the lamb of God to take
away the sin of the world. they point
to the fact that they are rich or Gull
tured or leaders of society.
Some are proud that they are proud,
and some are proud that they are not
proud, so there you are! They put a
capital 1 in front of the cross so sin
ner can't see Jesus. Let 1t be fixed
habit that you will do something for
Jesus christ every day. If you are
mother you'd be a better mother than
the one that is not a Christian. No
matter what you are in this world, you'd
be better one than the other fellow.
Don't be discouraged, IL you fail to see
Immediate results. The farmer does not
see results. He plows the ground and
plants the seed. Build yourself castle
out of the promises OF God and move
into it and live there and when the devil
comes around trying to make you be-
lieve that your life is useless and you
are accomplishing no good. just invite
him in and show him the verses of
scriptural promises that are hanging on
the wall and see how quickly he will
leave you.
When the devil comes around trying
to make you think you are a failure,
invite him in and give him a few of
the scriptural promises that light. your
wall. Determine you are going to make
a success out of Christianity If you fail
in everything else. The greatest sue
cess in the world is the fellow who
is a success in Christianity. Count on
victory In the name of Jesus Christ.
Resolve each morning that you will
do nothing today that will bring dis
grace upon the cause of Jesus Christ.
Resolve each day that you will do moth
ing to make wour wife ashamed that
she ever married you. Resolve that you
will do nothing. Keep in touch with
Jesus and He will help you touch other
people. Make a prayerful effort, Try to
win somebody for Christ and His truth.
Be a prayer meeting Christian. Be a
church-going Christian. Be Christian
Christian. Don't join a meeting house,
join the prayer meeting. Be something
for the Lord, instead of a stumbling
block. Be a light
Like a fellow out in a town in Iowa
where L was preaching. He was con-
verified at the meeting and he tried to win
some sinner for Christ. He got his eye
on the worst sinner. Finally he argued
and talked with that old fellow for an
hour When he got through that old
fellow smiled blandly and said, tive
been a member of the Methodist church
for fourteen years"
He was the worst old reprobate in
town. You could stand and listen to
his conversation with a group of men.
and you wouldn't know that he ever
took a step toward Jesus Christ.
We have a right to know by the way
you live whether you are in touch with
Jesus Christ. 1t ought not to be neces-
sary to dig up a church record to find
out if a man is a member of the church.
Upon the shores of Lake Erie. some
years ago, there was a fellow who was
insane, but his Authorization was that
he ought to put out the lighthouses on
Lake Erie, that he had commission from
God to put them all out. OF course they
watched 1t day and night, and he'd gone
in and saw a fellow rowing out, and
the fellow came to the lighthouse, and
he asked to let him in. And this fellow