The Washington times., 1917-02-11

4 il we want to get right with God We
have got to let Him lift the plank
! t..c dark things of our lives have got
| to come out. They have got to bt
, exposed to the light.
.COme Out of the Shadows
There was a man walking through
| the shadows of forest OF trees that
had taken on their summer foliage
He remarked to himself that he was
a good sort of fellow and that he
didn't have anything wrong with him
| self. But he finally came to the END
of the shadows and the sunlight
| struck him. He found a spot on his
clothes; that his shoes were moi
shined and his hat was rumpled. The
sunlight had struck him, and had
shown his faults. Come out OF the
shadows into Gods sunlight.
when the plank had been turned in
the life of the Samaritan woman she
asked for the water of life. and CariSt
rave il to her. 1t is so with us. When
the light is turned on our faults we see
them as they are.
Others Should he Told.
THE next step to take after the plank
has been turned is to tell people about
it. Immediately after the Samaritan
woman had received the blessing OF
Christ she FASTENED to tell others Of it.
She spoke to the first man she saw. tell
ing him to come to the well, where
Christ was. God used this woman. al
though she was an adulteress. She had
had five husbands and was then living
with man who was not her husband.
With her He shook the whole Samaritan
town.
There are persons in this audience
who have been wondering why you pro-
Tossing Christians haven't come TO them.
You can't speak for God unless you have
spoken with Him. Is there a person in
this house who can\go TO the judgment
and placing his hand on the shoulder of
some person or persons she has led TO
Christ. say, There are my trophies for
Thee
You Must BE Humble"
There are one or two things you
must know and be to be true fol
lower of Christ. First, you. must
know that you are not the man or
woman you ought to be-you must
be humble; then, you must not be
selfish. You cannot plan your own
life. Remember in the Bible we are
told of two men who were possessed
of equal amount of the Holy Spirit.
One was Stephen and the other Peter.
Stephen was used as a marker for the
stones of the enemies of God. Peter
was used to give the invitation to
5000 people on the day of Pentecost.
Then you must give your all to
Christ. II you give ninety-nine parts
OF you to Christ, and withhold one,
that one stands in the way of a bless
ing. God wants you to break down
every barrier in your heart and let
Him in.
God Wants Your All.
Il wanted to rent house one time
from an old woman. She wanted to
keep one room for her old treasures
of memory. 1 didn't rent the house
because l had picked that room for
my study. She couldn't let me have
all the house. and l didn't take any OF
it, That's the way God is; He wants
all of your life.
'If some of you Washington people
would surrender your whole lives to
God there would be a revival in this
city that would shake the entire Ma
tional Capital. l beg with you and
plead with you to give your lives to
Him"
"You Don't Want Christi
Your mesnest fault tonight is that
you do not want Jesus Christ. Some
say you believe, but you turn Him
down. If you believe, you must wor-
ship Him and give your life to Him.
Some of you say you are not un-
der any obligation to Christ. Then
suppose you try to go to some other
planet and live as you would like.
Here on this earth you owe Him your
life and very existence. You are
Christ's man, and He bought you
with His life's blood. How can YOU
spurn His pleading? He asks you
to come to Him, and ne will take up
the battle with you against the devil
of lust and pride and gambling and
drink. that are spelling you.
"For Your ChIIdren's Sake,
You ought to be a Christian for
your children's sake. heard the
story OF a young fellow whose father
had given him a university education,
who had sent him around the world.
but on his dying bed, the boy looked
up at his father and said. You didn't
teach me 1 had soul
IF you are going to hit the devil
you've got to hit him with a cradle,
though, and not a crutch. You've got
to beat him ten minutes. You've got
to get the children. Our God is the
God of small things, as we'll as big
ones. He made the ocean, but lie
also made the dewdrop. He winged
the archangel, but He also winged the
sparrow.
.For Your Wife's Sake
Then. you ought to be a Christian
for your wife's sake. You stood up
and took your vows in a church of
Christ to love, honor, and cherish
her, and then you meant il. Some of
these days Christ will call you up
with a round turn. He is mans
Christ and a woman's Christ. too.
81 have not given you death-bed
stories here in these days to harrow
up your souls, but have preached
Christs gospel and tried to appeal
to your powers of reason, and your
wills.
An old aunt of mine who was
dying in England told my father that
the message she would give to those
he was ministering to in London was
this: that Christ is the Savior of all,
and to stand with Him as He is like a
shadow of a rock in weary land
Il Joined him at last, and ] tell
you that living or dying ] am for
Him and Jesus Christ is for mo.
owe all ] am to the Son of Man