Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-21

| You are glad to be clean physically. | It is better to be clean morally. but better yet to be clean spiritually. It | is a splendid thing to know the blood of Christ eleanses from ali sin. We have a Savior come from God who makes it possible to have the Chris i tian life. To live q narrow. cramped, selfish life is awful. To die with out God and without hope is terri ble.
 Four Salient Things.
 There are four things which I want to say about this subject to- night. First, not to be Christian costs peace. To be a Christian is to have peace even as the WorG of God says. 'Acquaint myself with God and be at peace The wealth of a Rocke- teller is small compared to the wealth of peace. You gre longing for peace in your heart tonight You perhaps are disappointed and blue and do not qnoW what is the matter with YOU. The trouble is you need peace"
 At this point the evangelist took rom lis pocket a $10 bill and said
 Will give this $l0 bill to the man or woman who at the close of the service is able to say he is not a praying man, and does not believe in Christ has not use for Christianity and vet mas peace. There is no peace for the wicked. Just because your heart is tranquil is no reason why you can say you can have peace.
 That may be death. Death to all that is good. l want a peace that makes me happy amid all the turmoil of the world, like the bird which builds its nest over the bubbline. dashing wa tertall, and yet sits there in peace.
 Some people are never at peace be- cause they are always thinking about the things someone does against them. Don't try to chase down all the lies you' hear some one telling about you Re at peace. You will never be what you ought to be till you have the peace of Gcd. If you will surrender to Him now you can have this peace. Second not to be Christian is to sacrifice joy. Oh you may have the joy of wealth, society and other things, but that is not real joy The highest joy is the joy that only the Christian life can give. The Chris tian life is not hard but, 'The way of the trangressor is hard. How long does joy of money, friends, society and the like last? But the joy of Christian life last through all eter- nifty. Thus the deepest joy of life is the life lived in Christ. The Chris tian life is the happiest life in the world. Jesus Christ was the happi- est man that ever lived He did not wear a long face The children fol- lowed Him and thev do not follow a grouch. The Bible is full of passages that say 'Rejoice' Christianity does not consist in wearing somber clothes, Or eliminating the necl1tie and such things, but Christianity is joy. If you are journeying to eternity With God and without hope your life is devoid of joy.
 "Third, not to be a Christian is to sacrifice hope. 1 have hope. It came from God who cannot lie The saddest words in the; Bible are those tathat say, Having no hope, and without God in the world It is an awful thing ill the sick room to hear the phy- sician say, mo hope But what must it be to go into the Valley of the Shadow crying No hope! No hope!'
 Fourth. not to be Christian is to sacrifice the highest manhood, wo- manhood, fatherhood," motherhood. You cannot be what you oight to be as parent without God and Christ in your life. Mother, father, did your child ever hear you pray? He will remember his home by the things that are there, but will he remember it by your prayers?" It is a shame for fathers and mothers to live a prayer less life. To provide well for your boys and girls is not enough. You should develop their spiritual lives as well.
 "Fifth, not to be a Christian is to sacrifice eternal life. Do not sac rifice eternal life by turning away from Christ. Receive Him into your life. If you reject Christ you are lost. Hell is yours if you do not accept Christ. Do net wait, but sur render to Him now. Give yourself to the Christ before it is too late."
 Mrs. 'Powel sang at the close of the service, Sweet Peace, the Gift of Gods Love-"
 Tabernacle Calendar.
 At 9:3O this morning there will be union prayer meeting in the taber- nacle. MT. Stephens will lead.
 At the noon hour there will be shop meeting at the Cotton Belt shops.