Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
LECKLITER
ANXIOUS TO HAVE
YOUNG AT Church
WOULD GIVE THOUSAND ooL-
LAR FOR THEM TO BE
PRESENT TONIGHT
"THE DRAMA Of HUMAN LIFE"
SUBJECT OF EVANGELIST
THIS EVENING
TOPIC WHICH SHOULD GREATLY
INTEREST YOUNG PEOPLE
OF THE CITY.

q would give $1,000 IL had It., IL
! could get the young men and wom-
en- of M~artinsburg to be present to-
morrow night" Such was the word
OF the evangelist last night at the
First Baptist Church as ha ahnounc-
ed his subject for this evening, which
h.. "The Drama of Human Life in
Five Acts" He feels that the mes
sage is one that every young per-
son ought TO hear.
Last evening he preached to a full
house on "The Unanswerable Ques-
ton How Can We Escape II VII
Neglect SO Great a salvation
After reading appropriate seleG-
tons he said. EVERY one knows that
there Is no way OF escape for him
who rejects Gods way OF salvation
through Jesus Christ; no man in tho
world has to be a Christian. That
matter is optional. but for him that
Is to be savedit Is not optional but
necessary. The religion Of the Lord
Jesus Christ Is the most dignified
thing in all the world. we do not nave
to bring 1t down to the clap trap
methods OF e~motionalism in order to
catch the rough crowds.
The first point In my sermon r. this
there Is a place from which escape is
desired. That place Is he'll. He'll.
Old fashioned hell. | believe In hell
| am as sure that there IL a hell az
| am that there is a heaven, believe
az Is as eternal as heaven. | could not
believe In a God as being good and
loving and just who did not provide
a hell for those that reject His Son
Jesus Christ. II | were not sure that
there Is a hell | would never preach
again. Why talk about salvation IL
there Is no place from which TO save
men? If there Is no hell then the
churches are preaching "A lie and have
been for 1900 years. III there Is no
hell the Bible is untrue. IL there If
no he'll the church has no message.
II there Is no hell Jesus Christ was a
liar and a fool. He said there Ia q
he'll. He died to save men from hell.
Then IL you reject Jesus how can you
escape hell? If Jesus lied we could
not respect Him.
In our thinking hell 10 as consistent
as heaven. Have you any objection
to jails and policemen Would vol
live in a community where there were
no provision to arrest criminals and
ring the INTO Justice? Who are the
kickers against the police powers.2
The violators of law and order. Who
are they that object to the doctrine
OF a he'll? The yiolators OF Gods
laws, they that hate His Justice.
Hell and heaven are places prepar-
ed for people who are prepared for
them.
VI you get men into heaven yonder
you must first get heaven into them
here. II you would keep people out
of he'll yonder you must first get he'll
out OF people here. Jesus Christ came
not to keep people out Of hell but to
get he'll out OF the people, not to get
men into heaven but TO get heaven
into men. Hell Is a place inhabited by
folks who have bodies and who have
minds In their bodies and who have
core sense in hell than they had here.
You see that in the parable OF the
rich man and Lazarus. That rich man
showed more sense in the torments
of hell than he showed while on the
earth.
No body needs TO go TO hell. II
Jesus was divine. If He died for our
sins, if He has opened for us the way
OF repentance from our sins and then
If He wept over sinners because they
would not repent, how can you es-
cape if you neglect this great salye-
ton?
Three reasons why avery man
should be saved. Because Of gratitude.
because it is right, because without
Christ every one must perish"
The sermon was delivered with
great force Of conviction, illustrated
Continued on pa23e six.l