The Robesonian., 1918-12-13

death certain because they are afraid
it will cause strife. Better have al
little strife than for all to go to hell
In rocking chair. A preacher should
be a cross between a billy goat and
and mule so he can kick at one end
and butt at the other.
The lukewarm crowd will be weigh
ed in the balances and found wanting.
No man can be neutral in religion. He
must be for God or agaist Him. Does
your religion suit God?
You cannot love God and hate your
brother. If you don't think it is hard
to love your enemies, just try it.
Who is Wise?
"He that winneth souls is wise."-
Prov. 11:30.
People will give widely different
answers if you ask them who is the
wise man, said Mr.. McLendon, preach
| ing from the text given above Tues
day evening. A banker perhaps will
tell you he is wise who accumulates
vast wealth; the mill man may tell
you he is wise who learns all processes
of manufacturing and works himself
up to good position; the politician,
the military man, and so on down the
list, each will give you an answer ac-
cording to his particular ambition.
But God says that he that wins
souls Is wise Every follower of
Jesus should make the winning of
souls the principal business of life.
/ Jesus commanded, "Go ye into all the
world and make disciples of all peo-
pie" To be follower of Christ is
to have the same purpose He had, and
He 'came to seek and to save that
which was lost" If that is not your
purpose, what right have you to call
yourself a Christian?
No matter who you are nor what
your environment, God can use you
Cod ean use anything-and here the
preacher made it plain that he was
not putting a premium on ignorance
But God takes the weak and foolish
things of this world to confound the
wise and prudent and the strong. II
picturesque language he told, illustrat
ing Gods way of doing things, how
David slew Goliath, how the walls Of
Jericho were brought down.
Incidental Expenses Too High.
: The preacher told of Christ casting
, out the devils and suffering them te
j, enter into the swine, which ran into
!; the sea and were drowned. The folk:
l gathered around, he said, and looked
l at the two fellows who had been con
2 verted and said, Eyes, there's been ;
revival, these two fellows have got re
ligion, but, thinking of the 1000 hog
n that had been drowned, they said
'but the Incidental expenses were to-
: j. high; and they asked Jesus to depar
I from their coasts. They preferre'
I drunkards and convicts and devils t.
Jesus.
cat the rate we are going as
church people," said the preacher
$ well never get very far down tn
road"
= Whiting Nothing to Point.
Il Mr.. McLendon paid his respects t
e church people who are busy fightin
It sham theological battles, "whittlin
o nothing off to point" jealous Of eac
e other, divided over small things. II
i lustrating the point that church pee
y pie united could accomplish some
o thing, he told of guards over thou
l. sand inmates Of an insane asylum
e and when some one remarked ho'
II easy it would be for the thousand
overcome the seven if they would &c
/ together, the reply was that If the
i. had sense enough to get together the
e would not be there.
i. "a lot of folks" said the preache
n "think religion is going down tn
If road hitched to hearse, with coffl
1T under one arm and tombstone III
n der the other, with face long enoug
to eat oatmeal out of a stovepipe."
He closed with graphic pictul
of souls being swept on to perditio
lr in a black tide, while some earne
n. men and women are pulling as mar
o1 out to safety as they can.