The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15

mere the CHRISTIANS were forced to |
live ostracized and prosecuted. There |
they lived, fought, married, worship |
ped and died.
"They were put away, maligned and
forced to fight for the privileges we
now enjoy. The apostles never made
it appear easy, as Christ had not
done so either.
30, give the best of your manhood
and your womanhood in this war
fare of souls. 1t is a struggle
pilgrimage, and the devil uses his
power and forces in fighting you
back.
"Hear me, people, you want to get
rid of wishy-washy preaching. Many
will have an enthusiasm for a thing
but they will dodge repentance. You
can get up money even for almost
anything. Jesus examined some men
who were good as this world goes,
but he saw into their very hearts and
one he told to go and sell all he had
and follow Him. He asked him to do
the very hardest thing a man or a
woman can ever do.
Zone came, a wishy washy enthus
last, who followed Jesus because of
his popularity. He said: Lord I'll
follow Thee wheresoever Thou goest.'
But He told him, 4 have no home, no
bed or place. 1t is hard to be true
follower of the Lord. There's a cross
to take up when you come right.
Take up thy cross and follow me-
was said by Jesus Himself. Some
hate to give up single pleasure for
Jesus. / stand by that old book, and
tell you it is blasphemy to take the
cup of the Lord and of devils at the
same time. st. Paul said that very
thing. There is no neutral position
in this following of the Lord"
What Repentance Is.
The preacher then gave the real
definition of repentance. He stated
that the churches of today are toe
eager to count heads instead OF
counting hearts, and that they have
let down the bars, that they have
lowered the standard.
! He closed his sermon with an ap-
peal to the people to place their foot
on those things which We're destroy
ing their youth, the roses, the home
and manhood, and to come out for
Christ.
~ remember once when I did some
!, thing that I shouldn't have, and my
father thrashed me, that every lick
: he hit, made me sorry-not sorry
that had done what | had, but that
/ had got caught.
at isn't promise. You may make
all the resolutions you can think OF
and never keep one of them. You
have promised, but you haven't kept
= them. You can promise right now
that you will do right the rest OF
! your life. But when you face Goo
: He is going to ask you How about
those years of sin?' 1t isn't enough
to give up sin; you've got to go bach
and right the wrong.
i ''It is one thing to be called a
{ 500 to go to your daily tasks, bu
u another to get up. You know 20,
!, = are sinner. 1t is my business t,
!: call you to God. One thing tina
i brings you here to these services, il
a wish for better life. God has pu
q a lamp to guide you and has callet
o you to better life.
u 30, it is one thing to know tn
II right and another thing to do it
q You must be sincere and four square
If God should go out tonight amongs
you there, the words of the boo
% would be found right.
&c mo, sir, sorrow is not repentance
le for if that were so, then every Jail
= bird would be fine repenter.
II "This crying also is not real re
lie pentance. People get the weeps a
the movies, from reading movi
ie stories or seeing plays. Just cryin
re about Jesus Christ is not true re
z pentance.
10 Repentance isn't tramping to an
e. from church. 1t is sorrow for 81
= and turning from sin toward CO.
You may go to church a million year
but you'll never know God until yo
are sorry for sin. It is not taking tn
wrong thing from my heart ths
keeps me from God. You can neve
know God until you take the thing
out of your life that are not right.
"Why not obey the call Of mar
hood and womanhood within you an
let God have right of way? The onl
thing God asks of US is to be decor
to live right-obey the dictates {
our conscience. =.
eff any man in the United State
ought to follow Christ, it's a Penss
colian. Your forefathers stood fl
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