The Washington herald., 1918-01-20

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Of the earth. All right. 30 faitn
changes the center Of gravity. In
stead Of swearing, he prays. Instead
OF being impure, he Is pure. Instead
Of being drunk. he Is sober. Instead
Of lying and cheating. he IL honest.
Instead OF going to the saloon, he
goes to church. Instead Of going to
hell, he Is going to heaven.
Faith changes the center. So when
the power Of Christ comes in. these
other things 90 out.
Now you do. these things, and now
you 60 here. That's the power that
pulls you there-faith in Jesus Christ.
So gravity pulls everything to the
center Of this old earth.
Can you ind any fault with what
He said about Himself? Can you put
your finger on any spot that He didn't
make good? He said. II am the light
Of the world" All right.
Now. listen. You take out Of this
world all that Jesus Christ has
done for It. and 1t wouldn't be
worth a rummage sale. II you take
out of this world all that Jesus has
done for II, you are taking down
every church and cathedral, Catho-
lie and Protestant. You tear down
every Y. n. C, A. and every Y. W.
c. A. You close up every Sunday
school. You disband the W. c. T.
u. and every charitable organiIa-
tion. every mothers pension and
child labor law.
Everything that is done for the
beneft of humanity. all charity, ii
all comes through the principles of
Jesus Christ You go to the library
and select every book which con-
tains a verse of poetry or prose ref
erence to Jesus Christ and take
them and turn them into ashes.
Then go to the galleries Of art and
slash and cut and daub the achieve
Michael Angelo. Raphael. de Vinci.
Rubens, Munkacsy's Christ Before
PLATE"
Then go to the hospitals and
throw the sick into the street. Tear
down the buildings, close up the
asylums for the poor. the MANNED.
the blind, the halt, the old men. and
old women, boys ana girls. Go to
the conservatories of music, tear
out all the songs. Jesus. Keep Me
Near the Cross" Jesus, Lover OF Ny
Soul" Pass Ne Not, o Gentle Saw
ior." until the world stands voice
less, and songless, and dumb.
Then 60 to the cemeteries. Go from
tombstone to tombstone, and chisel
out every verse that tells Of the
Wnrld n he Wo1tar haA
Old Mortality chasing around with
chisel and mallet to make more dis
tinct the partly obliterated epitaphs
on the tombstone. Cut OF every verse
that your mother pillowed her head
on when she swept out into glory
to meet Jesus Christ.
Barren World Revealed.
Take out of this world all that
Jesus Christ has ever done for it and
what have you got left?
'T find no fault in Him" A holy
Christ for my Saviour. a holy Bible
for my stan, a holy church for my
fellowship and the world for my field.
Il fnd no fault IN Him"
Can you find any law that He ever
broke? He said, II will send the
Holy Spirit to carry on the work. &"
Hasn't He made good. my friends
He said, "Ail who will believe, will be
saved"
You show me somebody that is
saved that didn't believe in Jesus
Christ or ever will be saved when he
didn't believe in him
We are always helped or hindered
by our belief. Wrong belief makes
everybody wrong. Right belief makes
everything right. because belief al
ways results in action which harmon
ICES with your belief.
If you believe wrong, YOU will act
wrong. and your actions will be in
harmony with your belief, and your
belief will be father to your act.
If you believe right you will act
right. Therefore. belief always re-
suits in actions in harmony with your
belief.
"oh," you say. ct doesn't make any
dinerence what . man believes 80
long as he is sincere"
You are Q fool A man may sin
cerely believe he can handle nitro
glycerin and It won't hurt him, but If
he monkeys with II. they will look for
him with u spyglass and take him
up with a whiskbroom and dustpan.
Oh, all the bloodhounds of he'll, my
friends, can bay on your track, but
II you have plunged beneath that
stream, drawn from Immanuels veins,
you needn't fear. That is what Jesus
Christ did.
Il find no fault in Him. Can YOU
md any fault with what His teaching
has done for the world? Wherever
His teaching has been acccpted and
believed, II has made the desert blos-
som as the rose. Homes have been
made happy. Drunkards have been
made sober. Tears have been dried
on the cheeks. Mothers have been
able to sleep.
Ola hoertfnes have been made pure.
Blasphemers have been made to pray.
Girls that sold their womanhood now
go nome with tears Of repentance
coursing down their cheeks. Men
have been made true to their wives,
and employers true to those that toll.
Before Jesus Christ came there
wasn't a hospital on earth. There
wasn't an asylum on earth. There
wasn't q home for the aged or the
infirm, or for the boys and girls. His
teachings have planted them, untfl to-
day they are as thick as the sands
on the seashere. That's what Jesus
Christ did and is doing for the world.
I fnd no fault in Him" Before
Jesus came. woman was a slave. She
was looked upon as a divine preroga-
tive, as something having no soul. To-
day the respect and honor that is paid
to womanhood Is due to the restrain
ing influence Of Jesus Christ.
Praise to womanhood.
1 think you are an ungrateful
wretch II you refuse to arise and put
the crown upon the brow of Him that
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