Evening star., 1918-01-27
|MR. SUNDAY WARNS
THOSE Who PUT Off
Evangelist Urges All to Take
Stand Now With Jesus
Christ.
BALTIMOREANS HEAR HIM

| People who put of taking their
tstand with Jesus Christ and becoming
| Christians were condemned by Billy
| Sunday in his sermon on THE Rea-
! sonableness of Christ" last evening at
| the Tabernacle. The evangelist an
swered objections raised against Chris
| tianity.
| One of the features of last nights
| meeting was the attendance of dele
cation from Baltimore, composed OF
| about 1000 residents of the Monu-
mental city. The delegation came in
shortly before o'clock. led by band.
| which played selections at the end of
the sermon.
| A number of trail hitters" shook
| the evangelist's hand when he appealed
| to them to come up and take their
| stand for Jesus Christ. Just before Mr.
| Sundays sermon an appeal was made
| for contributions to meet the expenses
| of the campaign.
! Other special delegations present last
night represented the National Geo
graphic Society. the Sunshine Home
and the Riggs National Bank.
Chorister Rodeheaver has become de-
cidedly popular with the men in uni
form. This was evidenced when he
sang his patriotic song. "Wen Be
Waiting When You Come Back Home"
Whenever the chorus leader sings this
song, which has become familiar to
those who attend the Tabernacle meet
ings, he is greeted with stormy ap-
plause.
Evangelist's Sermon.
MI los e~h
follows, in part:
I'm Isaiah, the first chapter and the
18th verse: Come now. and let US rea-
son together. saith the Lord
There is nothing which the average
man or woman receives with so much
reluctance as advice. We oftentimes
look upon the person giving it as Of
ferlng an anront to our understanding
or treating US as children, And We
consider the zeal which anybody shows
for our welfare as a piece of presump-
ton. thinking defective either in
our understanding or them superior in
theirs. There is nothing so difficult
as the art of giving advice.
"A great many who assume this at
titude toward God wouldn't think
of doing it if it was the advice of a
physician with medicine you must
take; neither would they do it if it was
a lawyer advising them regarding a
law, but they presume to trespass upon
the knowledge of God and what God
asks them to do.
Moody said man one time wanted
TO sell him book called the Book of
Wonders. What mistake. A book of
wonders and the most wonderful thing
in the universe left out of it. The won-
der1ul wonder is to me that God AL
mighty Will condescend to give human
ity advice. but the amazing wonder is
that mankind would resent that advice
as piece OF lnStruSion on the part of
God.
Those Most in Danger.
II believe that people most in daneer
OF being lost are those who think thew
are good enough people of the Phari-
see class who boast of their morals and
poast OF their good works. and you'd
large class, these are in every com
munlty. l never hold a meeting anv-
where that don't find that class m,Icb
IN evidence. and they are here. Not
through the audience speaking to peo-
PIE but they are confronted by man
after man who will say:
l am all right. l never did any harm
Am am dolng the best l can. 1 live about
rleht and that is good enough
Let's see what the Bible says about
IT. Here comes man who says. Well
lead moral life, that is enough
wen now, l will give him credit for
saying it frankly and believing that
where a man spends his eternity de-
pends not upon what he thinks himself
but upon what God says, and whether
he measures up to Gods standard, not
the opinion of his own.
IF you go to bank to borrow money
the bank states the conditions upon
which you may have that money If
you are not willing to meet the bankers
requirements, then you can't take
cent out of the bank. You can't go in
expect them to loan money upon your
say So No. sir. it isn't your money, it
belongs to the bank.
Salvation on Gods Terms.
salvation belongs to God, it doesn't
belong to you, and if you don't want
it on Gods terms you let it alone. 1t
isn't yours and you can't have it. God
Almighty's got the right to say what
you've got to do. So it belongs to the
Lord, and keep your mouth shut and let
it alone. but don't kick about it.
There was no flaw in the rich young
ruler. He kept all the commandments
that pertained to conduct from his
youth up and yet he refused to become
a follower of Jesus Christ. and il he
never repented because he refused. and
the Bible doesn't say that he did, then
it is fair to conclude that he Is lost.
"There is generation that are pure
in their own eyes. and yet is not
washed from their f1lthiness.
Like the boy who goes through the
motions of washing his face and yet
he never touched behind his neck or
behind his ears. Yes. there are people
who are pure in their own eyes but
have never seen themselves in the
light of God.
"when the arc lights were first in
vented women kept away from them.
because they said it made them look
hideous You've seen a woman going
down the street with black spot of
SCOT upon her face. with her head up.
There is many man or woman puffed
up with pride over their morality.
thinking they are good enough. and
they hang their heads in confusion
when they see themselves in the light
of God.
self-complacency when he spreads his
tail into three feet of splendor. but the
! instant he looks down at his black feet
! the parade is all over. So If you can
| Just get one glimpse at your heart,
| old man. I want to tell you it will
puncture you like bubble.
Case Of Nicodemus.
| There was Nicodemus. He stood
very high. Why, he was one of the
church dignitaries of his day; he stood
as high as any man in Jerusalem ex-
cept the high priest. and he belonged
| to the seventy rulers of the Jews. He
| was a, d. D. and he was taught in the
law and taught the law and there was
not word of suspicion in the Bible
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