The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-28

neal every HAL, WO1A6A dALu NAli4d Az
this city, in the world. If King
George were to grant me an audience
/ would read him the story of David.
If Queen Mary were to give me of her
time, would read her the story of
Queen Esther, if cabinets and counsel
ors would listen l would tell them
the story of Paul, the lawyer; to the
policemen and jailors, I would read of
the Phillippi jailor; to the men who
are passing inspection tonight on
these streets, would tell the story of
Naaman; to the men in the trenches
of war tonight, would tell the story
of Christ sitting the tempest; to ev-
cry boy and girl who is slipping away
from home, l would tell the story of
the Prodigal; to every girl who hands
out goods over the counter, I would
tell the story of Lydia, who sold fine
puppies; to the botanist, would say
dissect the rose of Sharon; to the
geologist, ] would say Sound the
rock of ages And if you tell me
that doesn't cover your case, / would
read you the story of Mary Magda-
lene. God has power over the devil,
death and disease.
"Turn the picture around tonight
and let it scintillate in the light of
calvary.
"The thief on the cross had saliva
ton promised him, when he turned to
Chris at that eleventh hour. Yes,
Christ is the Healer of all, the Savior
of the world. He is the Savior of
men, as shown in the healing of the
man possessed with the legion of
devils; of women afflicted with the
issue of blood at the mere touch Of
his garments, and of little children,
| shown in his healing of the dead
daughter of her bereaved father
Jarius.
Calling Men to Christ.
''The most despicable thing a man
can do is to turn down the Son of
God, yet some of you have got the
nerve to sit under ministry after
ministry and fail to catch His warn
ing. I've got more respect for Charles
Bradlaw, the English infidel, or Bob
Ingersoll, than have for you who sit
here night after night and fail to heed
Gods call. How can you turn Him
down?
'rYour meanest 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 you life to Him
"Some of you say you are not I'M
der any obligation to Christ. Their
suppose you try to go to some other
planet and live as you would like
Here on this earth you owe Him youl
life and very existence. You are
Christ's man, and He bought you with
His life's blood. How can you spur
His pleading? He asks you to come
to Him, and he will take up the bat
tie with you against the devil of lus+
and pride and gambling and drink
that are spelling you.
For the Little Ones.
"You ought to be a Christian fol
your children's sake. heard the story
of young fellow whose father ha;
given him university education, wht
had sent him around the world, bu
on his dying bed, the boy looked up a
his father and said, You didn't teacl
, me I had SOUL
eff Christ doesn't take those tear
from your eyes, He will kiss then
! into things of beauty; those wrinkle
He'll make pleasurable to bear. Yol
and the devil can damn Pensacola
you and Christ can shake it for tn
kingdom of God.
eff you are going to hit the dew
. you've got to hit him with a cradle
though, and not a crutch. You've go
to beat him ten minutes. You've go
to get the children. Our God is tn
God of small things, as we'll as BIZ
! ones. He made the ocean, but He ais
made the dewdrop. He winged tn
archangel, but He also feathered tn
: sparrow.
: "Then you ought to be ChristiaI
for your wife's sake. You stood u,
2 and took your vows in a church o
, Christ to love, honor and cherish
/ her, and then you meant it. Some o
these days Christ will call you u
p with round turn. He is man
Christ and woman's Christ, too.
e at seems strange to me that her
it is so hard to reach your women.
f "Christ alone gave woman he
rightful place in the world, as in hea
then lands she is degraded and mis-
). used and set aside.
d Final Appeal.
:; 81 have not given you death-be
d stories here in these days to harro,
: up your souls, but have preache
d Christ's gospel and tried to appe;
: to your powers of reason, and you
r wills. An old aunt of mine who wa
r dying in England told my father ths
o the message she would give to thos
he was ministering to in London wa