Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-25
Always Danger in Delay


Not only you, but others. Maybe some
act of your own could have saved all of
YOU"
Always Danger in Delay
There is always danger in the decis-
ion to delay, when it comes to accept
ing Christ, said the evangelist. As the
sinner continues his old method of life,
his heart grows hard and there is less
chance of his eventually adopting Chris
tianity before it is too late.
MANY a man says he is not afraid to
die, but God cares nothing for such a
spirit of bravado if a man is unfit to
die" he declared.
My friends, if l were you here to-
night, standing or seated, and had made
up my mind that l never would be a
Christian, 1 would get up and so now.
And if a man ever spoke to me about
Jesus Christ, 1 would stop my ears. II
L ever heard a church bell toll funer-
al, I'd close my ears. Oh, L never would
darken a church door. I never would
go within the sound of a preachers
voice If / saw a crepe fiuttering from
the doOrknob, l would put my hands
over my eyes. If l saw a hearse going
down the street, l would shut my eyes
1 wouldn't look at it,
81 wouldn't wait for a moment to come
to Jesus Christ Every moment you
wait your guilt grows greater.
Think of the ministers, think of the
evangelists that have pleaded and patsed
and fondled and yet written on your
poor soul are the words. Not saved
Lack of comprehension of the plan
of salvation is no excuse for delay. said
Mr.. Sunday as he urged his hearers to
accept Jesus Christ Internationally even
though they were ignorant of the vari-
Gus intricacies of dOctrinal creeds.
"All that is necessary for you to do
is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved" asserted Billy.
Life is too uncertain to put off accept
ing Christ. the evangelist told his hear
ers Rich men die and leave their
worldly goods behind them, departing
from this sphere exactly on par with
the poorest pauper that inhabits ar
almshouse. Riches or lack of riches
make no difference as far as Gods estt-
mate of a man is concerned he de-
clared, and if the rich man is unsaved,
he goes to eternal damnation along with
the poor man in the same unholy condi-
ton.
TT is too easy for the heart to stop
too easy for the lungs to quit work
for us to get vainslOrious and selt-sat's-
fed with our condition and fail to act
NOW on the momentous question of sal
vation," said Billy.
when the sun rises you come out
here, you look at the tabernacle, and
you will say: There's where they heId
the meetings"
Every Man in He'll Was Warned
1--WE are still in your presence, we
are holding the meetings, but it won't
be long until these ventilators will be
closed and locked, the key turned over
to the executive committee and the
doors locked and this great campaign
will be history. 1t won't be long.
Every man in hell was warned, bur
he didn't heed. And for weeks l have
been going the limit of my strength try
ing to help you. You have not got
money in your bank vaults to hire me
to work as hard as l have,-not on your
life! And when l think that this is
the last service in this great effort on
the part of God to win you, don't know,
| can't explain how l feel. Think of the
sermons-not simply the ones I have
preached; they don't amount to much
think of the songs, think of the plead
ings of your wife, of- your sister, of
your mother, of the entreaties of your
children and the beseechings of your
friends-to all of which you have turned
a deaf ear and said, mol" BY your
act you have used the words of my text,
and you have said, Tomorrow"
yet some of you don't care a rap
about Him. You have more thoughts
for your stocks and your bonds or your
home or your business than for Jesus
Christ, and you will giggle in the pres
ence of Christ and the SALVATION of your
soul SO you are doing over what
the soldiers did that nailed Him on the
cross; and your opportunity is passing.
81 look out through this audience,
some of you are wearing mourning. That
tens me you have been to the cemetery,