The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

VIII or God 1t will solve your doubts
and they will dissolve like ice in a
summer sea-
And we've got a lot of churches
that dfselieve in the Creator, God.
simply because they can't explain
the creation of the world. o, dear
me! You can't explain the coat on
your back. You can't explain the
shoes on your feet. The material
out of which 1t is made must come
to your hand already prepared. Man
can't account for first causes.
To try and solve the creation and
at the same time deny the creator
you are as big a fool as the fellow
who will try and explain a Iocomo-
tive and deny steam. Try and ex-
plain these electric lights and deny
electricity. The light explains the
electricity and the electricity ex-
plains the light. When you try and
explain the creation and deny the
creator you are a fool. When you
try to explain salvation and deny
Jesus Christ, you can't do 1t. He
explains salvation and salvation ex-
plains Jesus Christ. You can't get
around it. no matter who you are.
Skeptics-oh. they don't believe.
They didn't believe in the telephone
and all that sort Of thing. They
didn't know enough about It. They
won't will. Then If you do that IL
will remove the stumbling block.
A fellow said to me, bill. I would
do Gods will but there are hypo-
critics in the church"
o God,~ certainly there are hypo-
critics in, the lodge, there are men
that are living in sin and keeping
someody on the side but that doesn't
make you go out and live in sin.
Certainly not. What is the use of
that? II a hypocrite wants to go
to hell let him go, that Is no reason
why you should go. If you should
find someody that is a traitor to his
country that is no reason why you
should be a traitor. Just get your
eye off that bunch. If there Is any
thing I profess to be a past master
in, it is skinning hypocrites. Why,
can skin that crowd, rub salt in
their hide, tack it up on a barn
door to dry while your are pucker-
ing your mouth to spit on your whet
stone to sharpen your knife to be-
gin the operation-I am all through.
I don't believe that the hypocrisy
of any man or woman in the church
is keeping any man or woman out Of
the church that honestly wants to be
a Christian-I don't believe that.
When Moody was preaching, a wom-
an came to hear him. Something
made her mad and she went out say
ing she never would return. The next
night she was back. He said some
thing that made her madder than
ever. Out she went and her brown
dress swished around the door like
a foxes tail and she declared she never
would return.
A few nights later her anger be-
came nebulous and at last disap-
peared and at last she bobbed up Sc
renely in her spot. Somebody told
Moody what she said about him and
Moody said, SISTER, am glad to see
you here; what can / DOR
Convinced Her.
Brother Moody. I want to be a
Christian ..
you've come to the right person
and place"
So Mody talked to her and used all
the argument he could think Of He
was just getting. discouraged. Finally
he happened to think of that illustra-
ton Of the pendulum and the clock.
On the first day of January the PEN
dulum sat down and figured out how
many times it would have to tick in
a year. Getting up in the billions it
threw the pencil down and said, mo
use, nobobdy can hold out to tick
that long. won't try it"
But then it thought, But it's only
a tick at a time"
She looked at Moody and said,
Brother Moody, I will tick the first
tick now," and she fell on her knees.
Then she got up and said. Folks. 1
accept Jesus as my Savior"
She turned to Moody and said, 81
have licked two 4icks."
He said. Right. sister, go out and
tell Others"
She came back next night and said,
'T have licked eleven ticks since L
saw you last night"
She invited Moody home to dinner
She gave hin1 a beautiful clock, gold
hands and figures on the dial, deco
rated with jewels. She said, You
take this home and IL anybody asks
you the story you say it is only a
tick at time"
If you go to his late home in North
field you will see it on the mantle.
Tick your tick now. The Grape may
fiutter from your doorknob tomorrow.
Behold, now is the accepted time.
Now Is the day OF salvation"
And God will remove the stumbling
block out Of your way. then what?
He will give you the assurance OF
peace and Of salvation and when you
begin to live out your belief your be-
lief begins to grow and take form and
shape like Pygmalion's statue of CAL
atea.
When he started to carve he had
nothing but a piece of repulsive mar
BILE and at last there stood before
him the beautiful form of Galatea and
when you try to live out your belief
your belief takes form and shape.
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