The Washington herald., 1918-01-17

He wants you to live right ] am
trying to teach you how.
II you can't find out why you fail.
you will never succeed. II you
haven't got sense enough TO know
what made you fail you will never
succeed. Find outI That is true
of every life in the world. The
doctor doesn't give the medicine
until he finds out what is the mat
ter. That is why he does f.
Steps 10 Success
The first step to success is TO
find out that you have failed. The
second step is TO find out why you
failed. Are you making a failure
Of your Christian life? Are you no
good?
Now listen! No failure is 90 sure
as the failure that is sure to come 10
the man or the woman who tries 20
do something for God without first
getting power from God TO do what
God wants done. You just try II and
see where you will come out Never
n the world, II would De as foolish
TO try and do what God wants done
without first getting power from Godf
10 do it as IL would be TO try AID
run trolley car when the ,rsiley
wasn't within ten feet Of the wire.
You couldn't do il. There nysy be
church pillars here this evening but
they may be only pillar shamF. And
your childen are going as Straight
to the devil as the bird can o.. Do
you know why? ] will tell you: No
altar. no place OF prayer. no time for
prayer. no devotional habits. no real
spiritual life.
A Real ChrIstianIty.
Christianity is not simply system
Of teaching. Christianity IS al system
| OF teaching life. Christianity is not
simply a creed, Christianity 10 a creed
plus Jesus Christ The creed without
Jesus won't save you. Not at all,
! No man rises higher thani hls mo-
! uves-the idea that moves. and no.
I body can 20 faster than the dynamo
that impels and drives MIN,
Some Of you have got a new mind
! and new affection in you. Bnd a new
will in you. and new motives; you
, are going TO do new things to please
God and displease the 6eSil.
Some Of you have got q new
/ heart, that is the reason you will
pray, that's the reason. You will do
what God wants you % do in this
old world. II anybody here today ia
RakiGg ma sn;g ., rsiiu 90 what, what Jesus did.
but on by .Rs Rs'Es ries IT,, ta't,Ss s.ssiov, me-,
and women. The kind that makes
unhappy homes. The kind that
breaks parents hearts. The kind
that sends men home brutal and
| drunk. The kind that makes men
untrue to their wives and wives un-
true to their husbands. The kind
| that wrecks virtue and send girls
out into lives OF shame. The kind
that makes men merciless and grind
/ ing to the poor. The kind that robs
the widows and orphans. The kind
that is merciless as hell and as
/ black as hate and as relentless as
1 despair. That kind in people comes
from the devil, and the power that
will cast that kind out OF the people
comes by prayer and fasting.
Revival KIIIerx.
Do you know what ninde-s a revi-
/ val? Do you know what SiIIs the
| church today? II isn't the whisk.
business. dirty, rotten. infamous, vile.
contemplate. sinking. degrading. in
Testing, injecting. polluting, mildew-
| ing, like pestlence with no decent
thing to be said about II Il isn't thd.
| curse. thai gang. vile as * is: II isu'r
| the wickedness in the siums and the
| submerged tenements: il isn't licen-
! tiousncss. my friends. or is il the quar-
relling. envy. strife, jealousy. dissen-
/ sion, Selhshness, that kills the spirit
/ Of prayer upon the souls OF men.
There are cases where wicked men
I and wicked women have PRAYED in
/ their extremity. not because they
/ were sorry they were sinners. not be-
/ cause they were longing in their hearts
/ TO know God. but because they hoped
/ they could bribe God by the prayeI
and that God wouldn't damn them al
though they had lived a life u sin.
I That is why they prayed. thinking
| they could bribe God and escape tho
| trouble they had brought on them
selves because they had lived in sIn
They didn't pray because they were
| sorry they were sinners and wanted
| to do right and serve the Lord. No.
because God won't hear a selfish
prayer.
o. God help us TO see that n our
ways please the Lord, and all our
ways acknowledge him. he WIN direct
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