The Washington times., 1917-10-07
by WILSON HOLDER.

BY WILSON HOLnER-
why I am a Christian and what
1t means to me."-Psalms S4:IO.
am a Christian because / was
longing for righteousness and be-
cause 1 wanted to know Jesus whom
1 had learned to love, and / longed
to be like Him; so to whom else
should 1 &C but to Jesus. No. one
else could forgive my sins and
cleanse me and make me pure
There is no other name given un-
der Heaven whereby we must be
saved
No one else could shed His blood
to make me clean, and no one else
was righteous enCugh to set me a
perfect example, so 1 had to look to
Christ and become His humble fol-
lower.
There have been many times when
I have had something important to
do and l did not know how to go
about 1t. 1 realized that 1 needed
some one with more wisdom than /
had, and when l became a Christian 1
found that / could go to God in
prayer and ask for wisdom and
the way to do this thing would come
to me and appear to be the best way.
When take that way it always
comes out right.
Only One To Go To.
And did you ever realize that there
is no one to go to but Jesus?
You may think you can be satisfied
with the comforts OF your friends,
but they will fail you when you most
need a friend, and they cannot save
you. Jesus will never fail you and
He is always ready and willing to
save. You cannot climb into Heaven
anyway but over the crucified body
of Jesus. Your good moral life will
all be wasted unless you follow
Jesus.
1 went through a time OF awful
temptation when l was seven years
old when I first started to school. Sa-
tan seemed determined to get me, but
God kept calling me and calling me
and drawing me away from sin until
His love just made me give up COM
pleteIy and be the thing l wanted to
be-a Christian.
/ am a Christian for all there is in
1t and because to know God is the
only thing worth while. No half way
for me- ] want to be real Christian
and not have anyone stumble over
me.
A little ragged boy was standing
one day in front of a big store and
was looking longingly at the clothes
and shoes in the window when
beautifully dressed woman stepped
out of an automobile. She noticed the
poor little boy and watched him a
moment as he gazcd in the window,
and her heart ached as she saw his
cold, red feet, for it was winter time.
Rich and Kind, Too.
Although she was rich she had a
kind heart, and. going to the boy, she
asked him If he would like to have a
pair of shoes. In great surprise he
looked up to her and said: Yes,
ma'am."
When the salesman had fitted the
boy with shoes and stockings and he
was about to go, he looked up into
the lady's face and said:
please, ma'am, is you Gods wife?"
Although he was only n little rag
ged boy, he recognized the spirit of
Jesus in the woman who was kind to
him.
There are more people won to God |
in the heather lands by seeing Jesus |
in the missionaries than are won by
the preaching Of the gospel. To live I
Jesus is better than preaching Jesus. |
often you hear some one say: II |
am not responsible for being in this !
world and the world owes me a good |
time" For selfishness isn't that the /
real thing. This world was not made /
for us to have a good time. 1t was |
made for us to serve God and to wor-
ship him. The world does not owe |
you anything unless 1t is n hole in \
the ground to bury your old bones in |
when you die.
Realizes Sin Is Real.
am a Christian because sin is real |
and because hell is real. and as we
have said only the blood OF Jesus can
cleanse my life from sin, and only
His sacrifice when He was punished
for my sin, can save my soul from
hell.
When someone asked a woman at
our camp meeting in Virginia how
she managed without Jesus to help
ner. she said:
"It is n pretty hard 60"
And II you have "a pretty hard
60" sinner. it is your own fault. foI
Jesus is waiting to cleanse your
guilty heart and make you pure. The
Heavenly Father is waiting to for