The Washington herald., 1918-01-21

was a sort of Chautauqua performer
and could do stunts to entertain roy
atty. He asked him to do some leger-
demain-just a few little miracles by
way of amusement. Jesus did nothing
of the kind.
Herod sent Him back to Plate and
then He was condemned. That's it
you send Jesus away and He will
come back to you every time. You
never send Him away unless there is
something wrong with you. You hold
on to some sin, that woman on the
side. You can't have Jesus Christ and
not trot square.
when William Mckinley had been
shot and vas being given an anaes-
thetic previous to probing for the bull
let surgeon heard him whispering
and bent over to hear. What he heard
was Nearer, Ny God. to Thee
"Hallelujah to God! I'm with the
best men of my nation when I'm with
Jesus Christ. Were all these men
fools? What are you going to do with
the Christ of Christian experience?
What of the Jesus Christ OF
judgment? On the last day all the
graves and out of the coral of the
seas. and all shall stand before the
bar of judgement. The devil shall
stand forth and accuse US. And /
can hear God say: That man has
an advocate with the Father, even
Jesus Christ. the righteous and
the angel choir, rising tier on tier.
shall rise and cry. Loose Him. Let
Him Co. And then the devil will
take his final plunge into hell, and
up from the dark depths below shall
rise the cry: Lost, Lost! We have
no advocate in hell"
You may say that I am vulgar:
but say. old man, I've got you beat
to frazzle. Ha! Ha! Ha!
"Most Damnabie Doctrine"
What will you do with Jesus?
Not with me, is the question. The
vilest man or woman who repents
is instantly accepted. and the best
man or woman who rejects Jesus
Christ is lost. Your salvation de-
pends upon Jesus Christ and what
you do with Him.
You'll never be a child of God
until you are converted. brethren.
1 have no use for a damnable doc
trine that all men are children of
God. You have a physical birth. but
to be children of God you must be
born again spiritually. You are all
creatures of God, but you cannot
be His children unless you are a
Christian. I'm not the author of
the plan of redemption. fl don't
preach it, woe is me; IL you don't
accept it,. woe is you.
Does Jesus Christ lack any
thing in your estimation? A fam
Gus inf1del once said: Show me a
perfect character and I'll worship
him. I defy you to find one flaw
in Jesus Christ. Show me where
you can add a single thing to His
character. I challenge all the inf
dels on earth and in hell to find
anything against Him.
IF I were to preach against the
divinity OF Jesus. all the saloon
keepers, madames in red light and
libertines would say: Bill. you're all
right, go to it. That's enough to con-
vince me that He is the Son Of God.
There will be other Rafaels and
Murillos and Michael Angeles to
paint Madonpas and Annunciations
and Crufixions. There will be 9TH
er Sir Christopher Wrens to design
st. Paurs. other architects to build
St Peters Church of the Madeline
and Kremlins; but the name of Jes-
US will be written large in the
hearts and minds of men.
Even God the Father leaned
over the battlements of heaven and
said: This is My Beloved Son. In
whom I am well pleased and the
angels sang until they awakened
the sleeping shepherds."