The Washington herald., 1918-01-31

MONDAY luncheon meetings for
business women. direction Miss Fran
ces Miller, First Congregational
Church, II a. m. to D. M; supper,
5:S0 to $50 p. m; council meeting.
$50 to 5 p. m.
1 see Him face TO face in the days
when He makes up His jewels.
o. God. knock louder, knock longer
upon the hard. obtuse hearts of some
OF these old sinners.
! have looked this audience OVER.
and have made up my mind where
lot of folks stand here in this
community. Some have heard ana
have done many things. Some have
opened the door and let him in. and
some stand with their hand on the
latch, hesitating whether they will
or whether they will not. They
are counting the cost, but don't
forget, Heaven or He'll are at the
end Of your destination.
Some have let him in. but not
very far. not far enough. You
have not let him in far enough to
stop talking about your neighbors.
to tell the brewery wagon to stop
coming to your house, to pay your
debts. to give testimony in public.
He is in a little way. but not very
far.
Some have let him in. but they
have shut him up in a spare room.
Did you ever see a spare room? 1t
Is usually a northwest corner room.
where the frost gathers thick on
the window. I'd as soon crawl in
between two cakes of ice as be-
tween the sheets in the bed of a
spare room.
Give Jesus ParIor.
Some OF you have let Jesus in.
but you have got him locked up in
the spare room. Say, Go home
with us tonight"
come on, have the parlor. Sit with
us. dine with US. Go down town
in the car with my husband in the
morning. Go with me into soci-
ety."
Take Jesus Christ along as a COM
panion. Don't treat Him as some
thing to keep around the house as
you would an idol. Give Him a chance
10 Keep you out OF evil.
You keep Him out for one Of two
reasons, for the things that are in
your life that He will cast out when
He comes in. or the things that He
will bring with Him when He comes.
that you haven't got and never will
have until He comes. He takes these
things wherever He goes and He will
change you.
One OF those two reasons is that
you refuse to be Christian. 1t
doesn't make any difference who you
are or what you say to the world.
When Jesus Christ enters, out goes
that revengeful, malicious unforgiv-
ing spirit. Out go lying and drinking.
Out go these things that curse your
manhood and womanhood.
You say, Il don't see how 1 can
forgive"
Then Jesus Christ says. 'T don't
see how 1 can forgive you"
Tear. Enhanced Beauty.
I was preaching in another town in
Iowa. They came to me and said,
Mr.. Sunday, there is a girl down
here. Maybe you-can help her" .
There was a girl down on her knees
Oh. she was a peach of a girl. Her
hair was like ravens wing. She had
large lustrous brown eyes that SAT
far apart, straight Greciar nose,
finely nodded features, lips OF coral
neck like the swans, olive complex.
ion. Good night! Good night, nurse
She was crying and her tears only
enhanced her beauty. She was one
of these girls~you would voluntarily
look at. the second time, IL you saw
her on the street. said to her
What Is the matter with you, my
girl?"
She looked up and blubbered and
said, 81 don't know"
1 said. "oh, yes you do. Do yor
want to be a Christian?'
She said. Yes, 1 do"
I said. We'll, 1 am glad YOU do
The Lord wants you to be, too. AL
you have to do is to accept Jesu.
Christ Never mind your past. Tn,
Lord blots that out as with a cloud.
She said, "oh, I Just can't"
"oh, yes you can"
'T can't"
Yes. you can"
I said, Don't you believe God love.
your"
YES"
'Is there any sin you are commit
ting that you are not willing to give
up?"
NO"
Are you wondering il God will for
give you?"
mo. I believe God will forgive mt
anything. But I just can't"
1 said, You just won't. That 1.
your trouble"
! 1 said, rs there anybody you arr
not willing to forgiven
She looked at me. She brushed tn,
tears from her eyes. threw back hcl
shoulders. Mr.. Sunday. don't yot
ever ask me to forgive him."
I said to her, 81 don't, but Coo
does"
She said. II can't"
said, You won't?'
She jumped to her feet, she clench
! ed her fists, she gritted her teeth
she threw back her soulders ant
the muscles in her neck bulged ovel
her collar, and she looked at me il
the eye and said. Then / WON'T"
! Ilooked into her face and saw The
vision of a soul in the lost world
God says, But If We forgive not mel
their trespasses. neither will you
Father forgive your trespasses."
was preaching in a town in Iii
nois. There was a very prominen
family. Extremely so. They haC
separated over some trivial thing
About half or two-thirds of thes,
divorce cases can be adjusted 4
either of you'd give up. You rul
it into the divorce courts and max,
all night.
Rap Divorce.
Her husband had gone over G
the county seat to apply for a di