Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30

and there is no difference between do
ing what you are told not to do and
what you are told to do.
If you say to that child. don't do it,
and it does it, and if you say to this
child, do it, and it doesn't, in its case
it is disobedient. and so are you. You
don't do what God tells you to do when
you are a sinner, so don't hold your
head so high. ITO him that knOweth
to do good and doeth it not, to him it is
sin" "All unrighteousness is sim
Instant obedience. When Jesus con-
fessed his glory at the kingdom of Cali
lea, his mother turned around and said
to the crowd, Whatsoever ne saith I'M
to ye do it in instant obedience"
Wait a minute! I'd make that def
mite. I'd say, Lord, I will write that
letter of apology. Lord, L will pay
my debts. Lord. ! will read my Bible.
Lord, 1 will stop talking about my
neighbors. Lord 1 will confess Jesus.
Lord, 1 will pray in public. Lord, / will
ask for blessings. Lord, I will go to
nervous prostration when ne sees me
come in, for 1 have never been there.
will! I will. 1 will!
Give yourself up to God, wholly, full
ly. unreservedly, irrevocably. give your
self. That is what you promised to do
when you were married. You said,
Yes" and that fellow said. YES" All
right-give yourself to the Lord
Lay Your Sins at
Foot of the Cross
Give yourself. Say. Lord. here 1
am" That is the whole thing; bring
your sins and lay them at the foot
of the cross, and say, Lord nothing
in nv hand 1 bring. simply to Thy
cross L cling"
1 don't bring my culture. my money:
don't bring anything and plead that
I ought to have, salvation because of
that. In my hand no prize 1 bring, sim
ply to Thy cross 1 cling. Just as. L
am, without one plea l come. 1 come.
Just as l am. without one plea. And
do you know what He will do?
He will take out of your life that
which made you do the things he told
you not to do. and he will put in your
life that which will keep you from do
Ing that which he tells you not to do.
and will help you to do the things he
tells you to do
Say. Lord. 1 want to renounce these
things, but they seem to cling to me.
Lord, l don't want to lose my temper,
but sometimes l do get under a fifty
pound pressure. when L have a blow
out or my carbureter stops working and
L will just get an awful fit"
Say, Lord, I don't want to be stingy.
but I go to church with my purse filled
with gold and ! hunt around and find
a nickel and then 1 sing Jesus Paid
1t All"
Say. Lord. / don't want to neglect
my Bible, 1 take it and read 1T quietly
where nobody sees me-"
Tell God! And the grace of God will
go as deep as the roots of sin, and If
they have taken hold upon you the
grace of God will take it out of you. So
if the roots of sin have gone deeper, re-
member that the grace of God will go
down and unroot the roots of sin. He
said, "I will take away all thy alloy.
|. Remember that. Uncle Sam puts one
per cent copper in all gold money, ne
copper is alloy. Why? Gold is soft,
and it must be hardened with alloy. The
Lord said, Il will take away all thy
alloy"
The Bank of England never receives
gold for it's face value. The Bank of
England always weighs the gold; they
have scales so delicate that your breath
or hair from your head will turn the
scales, and If it is short, it is tipped
to one side, and if it is not, it is tipped