The Washington herald., 1918-01-14
Jesus Is the Son Of God;
Heaven and He'll Certain;
The Bible Is Gods Word!
AFTERNOON SERMON
II Timothy 2:15


ed Spiritual truth.
Oh, want 20 tell you. no glitter
Ing generaliies will do today; no rhe-
torical nicetes today! The message
must ring out like a fire bell, il must
echo like watchman's whistle and a
orum beaten appeal when danger il
neari
That OId-tIme Religion.
tell you men and women and min
listers, the pressing demand OF our
tunes is revival Of the preaching OF
the old-time religion! Oh. we've got
TO get back TO Christ; we've got TO
get back TO the apostolic truth, ana
we've got TO get back 10 the courage
and bravery of our forefathers. or,
where the sword OF the spirit cuts its
I way through all opposition 10 wonder
ful victories, and tears mean repent
ance for their sins!
have no quarrel with any man
that makes IT easier for others. 1
| like the child labor movement the
mothers pension ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and everything that helps humai.ity.
but don't put Jesus Christ out OF the
running because of those things.
that's all my quarrel. Let him alone
where he belongs.
There is a threefoId tendency Of the
ministry today. So far as have sized
II up. First. we've got one crowd
who are breaking their fool necks try
ing to please the worldly bunch in the
church and out Of it. and they are
lowering the standard simply not 10
arouse their opposition.
Second. we've got another crowd
that ignore the cross and preach that
man is saved by character-philan-
thropy-and good deeds. Character.
philanthropy and good deeds are all
| right. but they can't save your soul
without Jesus Christ.
Third. we've got the preacher that
believes in Christ, believes in the
cross, believes in the blood atone
ment and breaches Jesus Christ.
By the eternal God, am dogmatic,
Jesus is the Son OF God. There is a
heaven: there is a hell. The Bible -
the word Of God. God is doEmatic,
his doctrine is dogmatic, sir,
The Bible says he needs a new heart.
He needs a new heart, You can go
to hell as quick with diamonds and
sealskins as you can with homespun.
You can 20 10 he'll Just as quick. nv
friends. in a Pierce ARROW as you can
in a Tin Lizzie.
tell you, We need a new article in
our 1eed-'T believe in hclI'-not
Gehenna or Hades. plain. old-fashion-
ed HE'LL hell. hell fire and brim-
stone.
81 believe in he'll. hell. heII."
! am warning you. | don't fear be-
| ing fllibersi half as much as ! fear
being untrue. l am not afraid OF be-
ling out-of-date. am the most up
to-date preacher you ever looked at.
! Why? l am up-to-date because Z
! preach salvation through faith in ~.
I shed blood OF Jesus Christ and that's
Z up-to-the-minute in every age OF the
worlds history.
4 So I tell you there are muItitudes
Of preachers in Washington that can
preach the gospel better than I can.
but YOU haven't got man in Wash
ington that can preach better gospc.
than 1 can preach. For there is none
other under heaven whereby man
must he saved. He can preach better
than ! can, but he can't preach bet
{ ter one-there is no Improvement on
what God does!
We have almost forgotten Jesus
NNNA EAAA any AllAllE dt0uA NEIL Is D.
! any wonder people are Indifferent 90
it? We need to be faithful in our dis
! cipline. 1 love the church-there's no
better institution on earth. and have
no sympathy-no sympathy and not q
! scintilla OF respect for the man OF the
/ woman who Sneors and mocks the
church, I nave no sympathy or re
spect for them. In my humble opln-
ion you have no right 10 be called an
! American citizen. You haven't any
right This is a Christian nation. 60
has been so settled by the Supreme
/ Court Of the United States nv
/ friends. by the late Justice Brewer
a Christian nation and a Christian
country.
Oh. whoever heard OF turning
I man out of the church worth so nbn'
! But IL man was working for two
. bones a day-"Get out OF here"
That's the great trouble with the
! church, my friends ''Oh. through tat
/ tered clothes small vices do appear.
robes and fur gowns hide all Plate
sin with gold and the strong hands OF
! Justice hurl bricks; armed in rags anu
a pigmy's straw Clout will pierce II 10
the heart"
So it makes all the difference m tho
/ world whether you've got your Mans
in Bradstreets or r. c. Dun or not.
Many a man is made to feel a beg
gar in the house Of God. You come
to the tabernacle and sit down. The
| richest duck in New York can't rn,,ve
you six inches, for you've got squat
ter sovereignty rights. And that's not
all. It's unscriptural. James said: "If
| a fellow comes in your midst with fine
irr1Gnf and 81, -
ring, you say. Aha, SIT down there"
But IL a man comes in with vile raj
! ment, sort OF a hobo, he goes into
a back seat"
No wonder it's so hard to reach the
masses! No wonder!
Religion! wake Up.
Then another thing. The church
needs 20 be democratic. What is that"
Get rid OF the idea that when you get
religion you've got 10 he pessimistic
and look like a funeral and embalm-
/ ing fluid all the time. No, No, Dem
ocratic, Many a fellow goes to church
longing for a kind world; he goes in
and goes out unnoticed. We need
something that will thaw out this fro
/ zen formality and smite and melt all
this false pretense.'
Then you need TO be aggressive
| Christianity is a battle. il is not
dream; it is a marching; IL is uot
holding your own behind theological
battlenents: 1t is out on the firing
! line. TO become bullet meat for Jesus
Christ and the cross. and the prince
Of the Son OF God, sir.
Oh, people, wait a minute. II
read the signs OF the times Alright,
~ hahnnygaa fkn Oh - 4
behooves this nation to arouse herself
as never hnfnre IN ali hnr hI.tr-rr.