The Washington times., 1917-02-07

every person in here to ask OF him
self, namely; Where did ! come
| fromT why am I hereT and Where
am 1 going to?' You may say that
six feet of earth and a coffin are the
end of this life, but II God can turn
a grub worm into a beautiful butter
| fly, then He has something better
than this life in store for man.
Mess of Life Easy.
cit is easy to do foul, to make
a mess of this life. The trouble with
si- Is that it doesn't take the lowest
of the earth, it takes the brightest;
sin is no respector OF persons. I Of
fer to you Jesus Christ to take the
helm of your life. He knows the
sandbars. He knows the currents.
He knows where the hidden wrecks
lie and he will guide you safely into
the port.
There are some Christians who
go about with long faces and think
they are serving God. God never
intended a man to go about life with
his face running north and south IN
stead OF east and west. II I were
dog. I wouldn't wag my tail at
some Christians"
Take Three Types.
The preacher then returned to his
story with the statement that he
would take three characters OF the
story to represent three types OF
people in this world.
First he stated "there is Paul,
the man of God. warning and plead
ing for the unregenerate to accept
Christ. 1t won't hurt my standing
If these meetings in Washington are
failure. l am standing here be-
cause God hates sin and has sent
me to preach the gospel. There has
never been a day in your life when
you haven't heard the voice of Christ.
Must Accept Some Things.
For the man of the world, the
man Of the material things, we take
the captain OF the ship. He was one
of those kind who didn't believe un-
less he could touch, taste, see, and
handle. II you are that kind, II you
don't believe until you understand
and II you don't accept until you
know the why and wherefore, turn
out the lights in this building, for
you don't know the first thing about
them. Nobody knows how God kissed
the mud puddle and threw II into the
clouds; nobody knows how the light
came through the gates of the morn
ing. Do not put your two by four
mind against that of Gods and be
confounded fool. There are some
things we cannot understand but
must accept.
"The centurion stands between
the two. He can listen to the warn
ing of Paul or he could command the
skipper to set sail. The centurion
ID every man here with a human will.
IL YOU want to be manly listen to the
warning of Christ. IL you want to be
a outcast, accept the temptations of
the devil. Are you going to listen to
the devil and play the fool?"
Modern Parable.
The preacher then told story Of
a lad who was induced to join the
army by flaring pictures and at
tractive uniforms OF the army ofh-
GERS. Enlisting he was given a pair
of overalls. a spade and told to dig
a trench. He had not bargained for
the trench digging when he Joined
the army.
That" said the preacher. "is the
same principle the devil works. The
devil does not show the ends Of sin,
he shows the beginning. There is
not a girl in the red light district
who, II she had been shown herself
as she now is, when she was about
to take the false step, would be there
tonight. The story says, THE mild
south wind blew That is the mild
south wind of temptation, but the
story says that the tempest came up
on them and they were caught
| Caught is the most tragic word in
the language. Caught gives pic
| ture OF a young man creeping up to
the bar for the sake OF a crowd; II
shows a young girl dancing in the
arms of a moral leper. and then hav-
ing an unholy. thought enter her head.
Running Into Sin.
Letting her drive is an express
sion used by sailors in speaking OF
turning the ship and running to the
gale. Letting her drive is the way
some OF US are doing. We are run
ming into sin
II offer you through the power OF
this book a title to mansions in the
sky. You can be saved though your
sins be as black as night"