The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
Van Cared for Ny Soul, Billy Sundays Text

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Perhaps there may be In your own
home-perhaps you may have your
own husband whom you have never
spoken to, or your own children or
your friends, and they should use the
words of my text and say of that you
don't care for their souls.
You may think you are unworthy
and 1t may be true. and that Is the
first thought toward getting worthy
with God Almighty. to realize that
you are unworthy. You know people
estimate religion by what they see In
the lives of those who profess to be
Christians. Your life may be far from
what 1t should be. but your life, my
friend, Is what you want it to be, for
I believe II you want 1t to be different.
God Almighty gives you every incen-
tive In order to change 1t, to have IL
the way God wants 1t to be.
You know a sermon given to an au-
dience will do it's work. God says,
My words shall not return unto me
void"
No Truth Wasted.
Nobody ever preached a truth to
an audience, my friend, that was
wasted, God said, "It will not re.
turn to me void" but IL this world is
ever to be won to Jesus Christ, 1t will
not be done by an unaided clergy OF
ministry. and If any preacher or evan
gelist thinks that his preaching Is 60
ing to win the world, God Almighty
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start another reformation and bring
the old world on her knees In repen-
tance. And perhaps there are those
of you who will use in the present
tense what David used In the past
and say, "No man cares for my soul"
Let's not betray Jesus Christ with q
guilty silence another minute.
How do you influence the men and
women today that you rub elbows
with in the home, the office, the store
society, or the lodge or wherever yol
go for pleasure or in the pursuit OF
your calling to earn your bread by the
sweat of your brow? Would It bt
possible for them to stand before God
in the day OF Judgment and say, 'Oh,
1 worked for you in your store.
clerked with you in your factory.
went with you in your delegation to
the tabernacle. You paid me my
wages, worked for you in your
home, I drove your car, waited or
you when you were i'll, cooked your
food. 1 washed your clothes.
scrubbed your floor. We talked about
the war, we talked about business
we talked about society, we talked
about the evangelist, we talked abou
the tabernacle: but you never asked
me to be a Christian. You laughed a.
some eccentricity, you sneered Al
some idiosyncracy, but you didn't ask
me to get on my knees and give my
heart to Jesus Christ"
On Meeting God.
I wonder II it would be possible ir
the day OF judgment, n any of you
should ehufrle OF this mortal coil and
drift out with the tide right now
how God would stand before you.
tell you, the trouble is that we fail L
realize that without Jesus Christ, we
are lost. There il no other way un'
der heaven given among men where
by they can be saved. You fail to
realize that without Jesus Christ, you
are lost, lost
1 will never forget in a town ir
Iowa, there was one man they kept
talking to me about. He was the
mayor of the town, and asked II any
of them had ever been up to see him
Not a soul, so I said. II WILL" and
went down and walked into his Of
fee and 1 said:
Good morning. Mr.. Seeber." I
said. How do you do. Mr.. Seeber?
have come down to ask you to be q
Christian. Lots of people have been
talking about you"
You know every city has few men
that are leaning posts-flnanr'al lean
ing posts, political leaning posts, and
whatever they do. thousands OF
people in the community will do the
same. More particularly is 1t true in
a smaller community. where there is a
sort of community interst and people
are held in leash to do right, because
everybody knows what they are.
1 said, Il have come down to ask
you to be a Christian"
He said, Thank you. am glad to
see you. 1 have lived in this town
fourteen years and you are the first
man that ever asked me that ques-
tion." He said, "Do the people down
tnere DeneVe IndI L am edNeu|
He That BeIieveth Not.
said, "wen. 7 don't know"
said to him, well. what are you go
ing to do about it7" 1 quoted him
this verse: He that believeth not
is condemned already"
He said. do you know what I
would do If I believd that?"
I said, TT doesn't cut any ice
whether you believe it or not, it is
true"
The fellow says. 'T don't believe in
heaven"
1 said. We'll, there Is one.
whether you believe in it or not"
He said, II don't believe in Jesus
Christ"
I said, HE is the Son of God
whether You believ it or not; and
please remember. whether you believe
it or not, fact remains a fact wheth-
er you have got sense enough to be-
lieve it or not
He said, II don't believe the Bible
10 the Word of God"
said to him. Have you ever
read it?"