The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-22

the grace of God, and that one had to
have it to get into heaven. That one
must have religion to enter heaven,
for without oil there could be no light,
and that there must be light to find
the way.
There are persons and characters
in the Bible that were both fools and
foolish, but I am not going to preach
of those tonight. Today we have those
who are foolish about Dress style,
taste, fads and society: there are all
kinds of fools, big ones, little ones, old
and young ones-but that is not my
subject. For it matters not about your
spring hat, fall is coming and that
will be forgotten, but I am dealing
with the question of eternity.
SAvIOR'S WORDS PAINTED
1T is awfully foolish when you run
these foolish things right into eter-
nifty When the Savior spoke He al
ways spoke in terms that suited the
person He was talking to, He spoke
TO the farmer about good seed falling
in bad ground; to the fisherman about
the casting of the nets. the taking out
OF the fish that were no good, and to
the housewife about the leavening OF
the bread. This marriage ceremony
was recalled to His mind perhaps bv
drew that picture. He gave two les
sons in that beautiful story First
OIL Is necessary to light. and, second,
light IS necessary to get in. For when
they had reached the place of the we'd
ding, those who had oil in their lamps
and had light were admitted, but those
who did not have We're turned back at
the door, for they had no lights
Build your character on the right
thing. Every man or woman will ad-
NIT that not far away the Lord Jesus
Christ will call them, and that is tho
question for you to decide-are YOU
ready for that question?
MUST HAVE RELIGION
These foolish virgins were SO foolish
that it is hardly necessary to discuss
them. For they knew the customs. and
they were aware of the fact that they
mad to have oil in their lamps to have
light and they also knew that they
would not be allowed to get in unless
they had light. This oil is just simply
the grace of God, you have to have it to
get in; in other words. you have got
to have religion to get to heaven That
is the old-fashioned way of saying it
but 1 like it,
You know that it is exceedingly prob
lematical as to when, the time will ar
rive Tor you to be called The most inn
portant event in your life is when YOU
die. don't know when | will die and
l don't want to know I want to work
right on up to coffin time, and then
just fall in and rest. But I have pre-
pared for that. l have made UP my
mind to live so that when the hour comes
I Acan die right
I'm all things that affect us in life
all events, we are preparing and getting
ready for them. But, oh, my brothers
and sisters. have you ever thought OF
getting ready for eternity? OF pre-
pairing for your souls immortality?
IF you are going to die you had bet
ter get ready before disease hits you
for every pain is sign that you are
on your way. The folks who have the
lights are the only ones who are known
in the final hour. Knocking on the dool
won't do any good then You ask some
men if they are ready to go and they
will say that they don't know.
did you ever ask a fellow about build
ing home that he intended to live il
the rest of his life and have him tel
you that he had never seen the lot, nol
the plans: that he did not know how he
was going to furnish it? On the con-
trary, / have been with many couples
who had builded a home and the wife
would tell me all about the house, every
room, the pantry, the kitchen-all of it
while the husband strutted all over the
house and grinned. It's the best occu-
patton in the world, building a nest, ane
there is no better thing for a youns
couple to engage in than that. But how
about your future home. eternity? Have
you prepared for that?'