The Washington herald., 1918-02-08
In Ringing Tones Evangelist Declares
Firm Belief in Future Punishment of
Sinners, and Quotes Words of Bible
to Show That Christ Preached Eter-
nal Punishment Coming to Offenders
Against His Word.
EVENING SERMON
Think of These Things

go. The Lord isn't to blame-not at
ALL
1t is the only book in the world that
tells of a God that it Is possible to
love, OF a heaven to win and a hell to
shun and a Saviour that Is able to
save.
Why Bible Was Written.
Do you think that will admit that
anybody that doesn't believe the Bible
is the Word Of God knows more than
know and that he is more bright?
Not on your tintype! I will never dip
my colors to that guy-no, sirl
Never!
"And these things are written" the
Bible says, that ye might believe
that Jesus Is the Christ. the Son Of
God, and by believing ye might have
life through His name"
Now. that tells why the Bible was
written. The question Is often raised.
why was 1t written?" Here 1t Is:
These things are written that ye
might believe" That is why God
told men to write the Bible. in order
that 1 might believe that Jesus was
the Christ and I'd be saved. And 1t
was written that dead men might
live, and 1t is true that for all prac-
tical purposes those that are with
out God are dead in trespasses and in
sin. Life Is the realistic thing in
this world. or any other world. When
people are alive. they know it; and
when they are dead, other people
know 1t. Therefore. a man Is dead
to a thing that is nothing to him.
You have got to begin at the be-
ginning of anything. whether 1T is
a trade, knowledge or religion, and
see how you will come out. The BIZ
BILE is written, 1t says, that men
might believe. You can put that to
the test. but God isn't something to
try-we know what He is.
You can put strychnine to the
test, and If you don't believe it will
kill you, try it and see. You say,
1 don't believe that fire will burn,
but il you put it to the test, you
will see that it will. You say, 1
don't believe that Jesus Christ is
the Son OF God. All right, I chal-
lenge you to put that to a test.
My friends. South Africa is rich
in diamonds, the richest diamond
mines in the world. The Kimberley
mines are there. 1t has been pub
lished to the world, but it is only
those that go there and dig that
over find any diamonds or the gold.
Go to the Bible and dig. and you
will find out, my friends. that it is
of God and you will get the gold
and the diamonds the Lord has hid
there for you.
BE Superior to Beasts.
Always hire the best there is in
the world. That Is what we want,
and there is only one Book that can
tell you the truth about eternity. Down
yonder, in the records of that Book,
If it says that your title is good,
go to bed and go to sleep. and you
don't need to listen to the sneers
Of anybody else. That is final, and
when the Bible tells you you are on
the road to heaven. then don't worry
about 1T.
Here is the only Book in the uni
verse. my friends, that can tell you
whether you will be saved or lost.
Every man believes he is going to
live forever somewhere, and the Bible
tells him where.
Now, L meet a good many folks,
old and young. who think it is an
evidence of intellectual freedom and
superiority to question the Bible and
the existence of God and the divinity
of Jesus Christ 1 dispute the right
Of no man or no woman to their
opinion, but why be a fool and be-
lieve that you have no pre-eminence
or prominence over a beast?
All Nations Know II.
Whatsoever things are true,
think on these things" 1t is true
that the Bible is the Word of God.
1t Is true that man is a sinner by
nature. Leave the Bible out of the
question, cross 1t right out, and ev-
erybody who thinks knows this is
true anyway. All nations know 1t
is true that man is a sinner by ma
ture, and they have all tried to
make some kind of a religion for
themselves to save themselves. They
know ii in China. They know 1t in
Africa. They know it in India. They
know 1t in the islands of the sea
where the black-skinned mother
rocks her baby to sleep by the lull-
aby of the oceans waves, as well
as they know It in the cathedral. No
matter where, man is a sinner by
nature.
You can't save yourself. Wealth,
culture, these things that are COM
nendable, don't save you. am not
fool enough to preach against them.
No, that isn't 1t. am saying that
these things without Jesus won't save
you. So. Whatsoever things are
true, think on these things"
am dead sure that there wouldn't
be an unrepentant man in this au-
dience or city that would continue to
live twenty-four hours longer in sin.
Indifferent to his souls salvation. ~
he'd stop to think that every time
the sun rises and sets, you are
brought Just that much nearer the
Judgment.
But. wait a minutel Death doesn't
end all. We are going to live on
forever somewhere, every one of us,
and the way you live here will de-
termine your veal and woe when you
leave this world. There isn't the
slightest hope, my friends, of a
chance after death. As we are GO
ing when we leave the world, we will
Keep on going forever. You will
never have chance to change IL you
don't change this side Of the coffin,
never in the world. 1t Is true that
there Is a heaven, the heaven where
the redeemed go, q place that is
SSPcStoiAy PEepdreu 1or IhoSe
that love him. and God can make
mighty nice things when he starts
out to do II. That is as sure as you
live.
Believes In He'll
1t is true there Is a hell. The b.
BILE teaches that there Is a hell ana
that IT Is eternal. Jesus said more
about hell than he did about heaven.
Jesus gave US no description Of heav-
en- at all. but he gave us a graphic
description Of hell, and IL there had
been no endless daunnaffon fo,. tha