The Washington herald., 1918-01-23


flash into your face, and death dew
Is on your brow. and the death rat
tie 10 in your throat, then you
yesrn for the comfort Of the old
time religion and you want some-
body near who knows God Almighty
and that God will hear when he
prays. In that. hour. you don't care
to have the dancing master around.
In that hour, you don't care to
have somebody around that may
have led you away from God and
turned your thoughts. You want
somebody that knows God.
He sent for my friend. Mt. Knox,
and as he came into the house, he
said to him. "Mr. Pelton, this is
God speaking to you and you can't
anord not to listen to Him, tell
YOU" -
Now, that man gave his heart to
Jesus Christ. gave up his paper on
inhdelity. his boy became a minister
In the Northwest Iowa Conference.
told that story years afterward
IN that same town in the tabernacle.
when reached a certain point, q
man In the choir jumped UP. i heard
him sob. He walked right up the
platform.
He said. MY name is PeIton. That
was my little girl. Everybody knows
me. God had to back q white hearse
up in front of my house before He
could ever get me to forsake my un-
belief and get into my heart"
Sees Gods Spirit.
Oh, in time OF trouble, time Of a
great awakening! You must be deaf
and dumb and blind and paralyzed.
you must have eyes in the back OF
your head If you can't see that Gods
spirit Is moving upon this city. What
would bring you here night after
night. great thongs OF men and wom-
en- turned from the implements and
the instruments Of your toll, and
hurrying UP here, only that you are
interested In the salvation Of souls,
knowing that this world isn't all?
And in time OF a great awakening.
oh, thousands upon thousands will
press into the Kingdom Of God. Per-
haps your own wife and children are
In there now. Your mother may be
In glory now; and the old Ship OF Zion
Will go careening its way down the
streets and they viii becken you to
come on deck. They will call at your
home. your office, your store, and the
Spirit Of God will speak to you in
the quiet OF your room and ask you
TO yield to Him. Go to Him when
God calls.
The world will give you money,
but world doesn't care for your
soul. II you want to go out and
sell your virtue. go. II you want
to stick a gun under a mans nose,
90. II you want to crack q safe,
go.
worldly wealth.
The world will give you money,
but please remember you have got
to pay. my friend. the penalty that
goes with your getting It in a
crooked or dishonest way.
Oh. the world will give you fame,
political fame, as a captain of in
dustry. fame as an artist, fame as
a lawyer. fame as q physician. fame
in the innumerable walks of life.
The world will give you money,
the world will give you fame. The
world will give you a chancS to
climb the ladder until you can dis
tance all competitors in the race
for fame and money and in the bat
tie for bread; but what about when
you are through
Many a man, when he goes out
on the railroad. when he goes down
to his store, to the bank: many q
girl goes TO the office to the fac
tory; and their minds are perplexed.
They know that few brief years
will wind up. their earthly career
and we will all go to'a place where
our business, our social and our
political ability. will be a super
fluffy.
They wonder II the Bible is true.
They wonder IL 1t is literal. they won
der if it is figurative. they wonder
il it is a metaphor. they wonder
If it is a simile. There are multi
tudes Of people that wonder about
those questions. I have no doubt
but that there are men in this city.
perhaps in this audience tonight.
that would pull out their check
books and write q check on the
bank for thousands Of dollars II you
could only have proven to your sat
istaction that there is a heaven for
the saved and a hell for the lost
and that heaven can only be reached
by faith in Jesus Christ.
1t won't cost you a cent. II is true.
whether you believe Il or not, but
your unbelief doesn't alter the fact
that is you don't repent, you will go
to hell whether you are a hobo or a
millionaire. Salvation Is by faith in
Christ, and God is no respecter Of
persons in the world.
For Your Trade.
The world don't care. the merchant
don't care for your soul, only your
trade. oh. the politician don't care
for your soul, only your vote. Vote
for him today and you can go to hell
tomorrow for all he cares. He is not
concerned. The libertine don't care
for your soul, only your virtue. Oh,
the saloon don't care for your soul.
only your money in their till and their
booze in your stomach, to make a hog
and brute and a beast out OF you as
you stagger and reel and vomit home.
They don't care for your SOUL
Oh, how melancholy have been the
latter days Of many that the world
crowned as great, Caesar. stabbed
while on his way to the Roman senate,
and as he fell at the base of Pompey's s
statue. muffling his face in his man
tie. he looked UP into the face Of
Brutus-Brutus was his protege.
Brutus owed to Caesar all that he was
and when he saw Brutus among his
enemies, 1t broke his heart and he
said, Thou too, Brutus" And yet he
was warned.
Did you ever read. did you ever
hear of the story told by the late
Count Tolstoy? He tells of the man
to whom the government gave as
much land as he could cover in q day.
starting at one point, going as far as
he could in one direction. and return
ing to the starting point before the
sun would set, and the land was to
be as long as the distance traversed
and retraversed and one mile In