The Washington herald., 1918-02-03


that He has promised to do the same
for Us, all the way through. He has
pledged to do for US what He did for
others. That's the reason I am
preaching to you. II He had simply
done It for David I wouldn't have any
text, couldn't preach to you II there
wasn't any hope. but am telling you
what He did for him. Therefore.
that's an example OF what he will do
for US, because He is the same God
and we have the same promise after
David was taken out Of the pit and
put where he could travel In JOY.
The first thing that happens to a
forgiven sinner Is that he finds de-
light in doing the will of God. It Is a
God than II In to live to not please
God.
Get upi Ny Godl Get up intelligent
people, tell me why a man has got to
work his life out to get people to be
decent. Come on and tell me why.
When q man stands and breaches,
tells you what to do. and you refuse
to follow God. Tell me what right
you have to expect anybody to call
you decent! want to know. Come on!
Tell me why. q.
Ny friends, tell me why you can't
even be a decent American, for in my
opinion the very principles OF Ameri-
cahism were built on faith in God
and in the Bible.
Must Chose God. ...-
The poor man cried" oh my! and
so your feet are taken out of the
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running, leaping, with a song on his
lips, Joy in his heart, face lights up
as he thinks OF the city whose builder
and maker is God. There is no ques-
ton which Is best.
There is no question which Is best,
to be sick. or well, to be blind or have
good eyes, to be deaf or able to hear,
to be virtuous or to be impure, to be
drunk or to be sober. to be a liar or
to be honest; there Is no question
which is best.
Whether to go to Heaven or Hell,
or the devil say, "Ah, you're a dandy.
I'm stuck on you"
This poor man cried" Now there
Is one sure way to get out Of trou-
Bile. Do what the man in my text did.
thing he could do. And wherever a
man reaches the point where he will
cry to the Lord. then sir. he has
reached the place where he Is dead
sure he will get to heaven, and he has
stopped expecting help from your
morality. That can't take you out.
Your money-oh! wake up here and
show me your bank book and make
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me out. Give UP and present to me
the institution. That won't help you
out. No! Stop expecting your
morality and your culture and your
philanthropy and these things which
are god and which are commendab Bile
and which God Almighty appIauds
and loves, but they can't take you out.
No! No!
Go on! go on! Walk the streets,
trying to find a willing ear into
which to pour troubles, and they
will hurry on, bat wait, wait, call
to God. 1 say he will stop making
worlds. See? That's what the Lord
will do!
Oh, such sad faces. such yearning
faces. I look into them during the
rush hours.
Hundreds of girls, going to be the
mothers of the next generation.
"Oh. what are you doing for them
cry in your faces. 1 cry in your
faces. What are you doing for
those that toll? What are you do
ing. churches?
Hungry for Gospel.
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gotten God with your rich vest
ments and all that? Is that the
reason that people stop going to
church. and their preachers preach
to varnish and stained glass?
Is that the reason? Why are
they coming to this Tabernacle?
Why do you crowd down here COM
ing by thousands and ten thou
sands? I will tell you. The people
are hungry for the gospel of Jesus
Christ, the pure. unadulterated gos-
pei, without frills and fetters, caps
or bells. You have been giving
them ice cream puffs and mayon-
naise dressing too much. They
want the solid nourishing food of
the Word of God.
oh, / know what they want. l
know! / have been looking into the
faces of thousands upon thousands
that have pressed down to take me
by the hand. thousands upon thou
sands that have not. sir, and 1 will
tell you how / have sized this great
big beating, throbbing metropolis.
sir. They are dying for simply
this. hungry for better things, long
ing for times when they'd wake up
and find the way they have lived
has been a mirage and a dream and
they are hungry to have Jesus
Christ throw his arms around them
and kiss them.
So 1 am glad to say to you folks,
what He did for this poor fellow
three thousand years ago, He will
do for us tonight in the Tabernacle
here. II 1 didn't believe il, I'd quit
preaching, sir. He's promised to
help us long. ago. 1 can tell you, no
matter what your trouble, no mat
ter how black, no matter how you
have lived, sir, oh, He will come
quick, He will come sure, IL you will
do what the poor man did-cry.
Don't you remember how easy it
was to get your mother to come
and help you when you were a little
boy or when you were a little girl.
and if she was baking bread or trim
ming a hat or dress scrubbing the
floor. no matter what she was doing,
II she heard your cry. she stopped
and ran to see what the trouble
was. Like as a father pitieth his
children. so the Lord pitieth them
that fear him."
So the Lord will help us if we
will do his will
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