The Washington herald., 1918-01-27

time In Chicago and I saw q great
throng in front of the Illinois Trust
and Savings Bank, years ago. ] said.
what is all that crowd?"
why" someone said, "there Is o
run on the bank"
So you know they were entitled
to have thirty days notice for saw
ings deposit. The bank says. I'VE
VIII withdraw our right and you
can have your money" The bank
, says We will keep open all night
The bank dumped millions of
dollars to stand that run. People
saw the money there and stopped.
He said. "A run on the bank"
Isn't IL q great thing? What do
you say, let's all start a run on tile
bank OF heaven, keep the angels
handing out salvation to old sim
ners; wouldn't IL be great?
I've been trying from that day 70
this TO start runs on the bank of
heaven.
Sick Need Medicine.
Another says. We'll. ! am going %
wait until get to be a little better"
Well, that is just about as sensible
Il
take the medicine until / am we'll"
It's the man who is sick that needs
the medicine. and it's the man who
is lost that needs a Savior and IL you
are not lost then you don't need %
be saved and IL you are, then there
is no other way TO be saved. You
Christ than right now.
kAR
mysteries in the Bible that can't
understand"
/ will agree with you there, that
Is one point. Neither do I. Well,
am not .a-going TO hell because there
are some things I can't understand
There are multitudes Of things that
I don't know beans about in the Bible
and / never expect to. either. but
God isn't going to be foolish enough
to send me to hell because there are
things in the Bible that / don't un.
derstand.
And SO. don't complain about the
things you can't understand II yoU
are not obeying the things you car
understand. Thou shalt not com.
NIT adultery"
Thou shalt not bear false witnes,
against thy neighbor."
Thou shalt not steal or Iie," these
are not hard to understand. Their
don't worry about the others. Sup
posing I should send my boy tc
school and when he came home
said:
Have you learned to read and
write and understand figures and al,
gebra?"
'rNoI
You haven't learned anything. you
can't go back to school"
Lack of UnderstandIng.
II l talked like that I'd use as much
sense as you do when you say yor
don't understand all about the Bible
] know a great deal about the Bibl,
that never knew beans about ono
! year ago, but started out with what
knowledge / had and used that anC
got more. When I started TO play
baseball I used what knowledge
had and got so that could do q
! all right.
Another said, Yes, mysteries in thu
Bible"
Another says. Well. I'll wait until
I am sure can hold out
That's about as much sense as say
| ing. Il am going to keep out of tn,
water until learn TO swim
About as much sense in that a,
| there would be trying to heat an over
with snowballs. There's just as mucf
sense in that as there would be iT
trying TO cross the Atlantic on q
Erindstone drawn by cockrosches.
Why. such excuses are foolish
They show you are trifiing with God
How can you help holding out wher
, you've got a promise like this: "CntC
. Him that is able to keep you from
| falling and to preserve you"
The Lord will hold thy right hand
saying unto thee, Fear not, will
never leave thee nor forsake thee d"
! Another says. well. l hope an
, saved. but don't know whether
am or not"
Well, do you know whether you arr
! alive or not? Do you have 10 sit
down on tack 10 find out? Do yoJ
know whether you are a citizen ol
/ the United States or not? Do yoJ
/ know your namec Do you know
whether you are married or not? Do
4 YOU know whether you've got any
| children or not? Don't you see what
would be thought of you IL you mad,
such foolish answers to questions lik,
/ that? Just as foolish. Il don't know
whether I am saved"
Another says, We'll. there is moth,
ing reasonable about religion"
Is that so?
I've tried 10 believe the Bible, bu
can't"
Principle of Life.
Foolish. My goodness, Life is ius'
chuck fun of things that are beyond
reason and II you only accepted and
acted what you fully understand
| there wouldn't be very much progress,
In science or in inventions. The life
principle in a grain Of wheat is be.
yond the comprehension of the great
est scientists in the world. Scientists
all know II is there, but they can't
find II, they can't explain it, II has