The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Were World Jesus Shorn
It Would Not Be Worth
A Young Rummage Sale
THE EVENING SERMON.
Find No Fault in Him

chance to be redeemed. and II God
loves the world and IL this world has
gone into sin, God must do something
to win It back to prove that he does
love II.
II you will take the New Testament
and study what Jesus said about the
Father, you will say every word OF
that Is true
He said the time would come when
God would wipe up this world and
he'd separate the good from the bad,
like the shepherd does the sheep from
the goats. Well, we do that same
thing. We separate the sick from the
well; we separate the coal from the
Stag: we separate the wheat from the
chan: We separate the criminals from
those that will keep the law.
Cites Pathetic Incident.
I was going through a reformatory
out in Illinois. in Pontiac, and I saw
boys there-the laws of Illinois take
boys 10 years old. II a child is 10
years Of age, they will take him and
confine him in the reformatory!
I saw about 800 boys in there from
10 years up to "A and 10 years Of age,
and 1t seems to me as IL the State
OF Illinois, by exercising its sovereign
/, power in penning those boys up with
hardened criminals, was doing all in
its power to prevent those boys from
ever becoming decent or having a
decent thought.
l never wanted to be governor Of
Illinois so badly IN my life as I did
to turn the key and send those 200
back home to their mothers and out
Of that institution. for IL they stayed
with those hardened criminals, they
never would succeed when they get
out IN the world.
God, we all know, could not be God
and pen the good and bad I'D in the
same place. Heaven wouldn't remain
heeaven at all This earth would be
heaven IL there was no sin here, and
this earth would be hell IL there was
no Christianity here.
This old earth Is neither heaven nor
hell because 1t has some good and
some bad in It. II IL was ali good, il
would be heaven, and IL it was all
bad, 1t would be hell, so the only thing
that makes it decent to live in is due
to the religion Of Jesus Christ II
Jesus Christ had said that God
wouldn't or couldn't shut the good
ana bad in the same place. that would
nave been enough to convince me that
he was a fraud. that He wasn't the
son OF God Can you ind any fault
with his condition?
Can you find anything In anything
that Jesus did that was dIshonoring to
God, anything that he said or anything
that he did? Can you put your finger
on anything that was out Of place? I
challenge you to do II. What did Jesus
Christ ever do that wasn't for the
oeneft Of human beings?
What has Jesus ever asked YOU To
90 that wasn't for your good?' What
did you ever refuse 10 do that God
wanted you to do that you weren't a
fool for refusing? God don't want
you to do anything that isn't for your
betterment. So IL you want the best
there is God has It waiting for you.
Jesus Never Lied.
And did Jesus Christ ever injure
anybody In thought or deed? No!
Did Jesus ever lie7 Did he ever de-
ceive anybody? No! DID he ever
misrepresent? MOI Did he ever saw
That's all WOOL" when It was half
cotton? No! Did he ever say It was
imported when It was made in Chi
cago? MOI Did he ever raise a
nnger against anything that was
good7 No!
Do you think IL Jesus Christ lived
IN this city he would stay here for
nve weeks. and not poke his head
around this Tabernacle? No! DID
Jesus ever turn his back on anybody
that was in trouble? No! Did he
ever refuse to help anybody that
asked him? MOI No! And wherever
he went lives were made brighter.
homes were made happier. men and
women were made purer. Can YOU
hnd any fault with that, in the trans
forming power Of God?
over In the trenches of France.
was French soldier named Maurice
The z. N. c. A. was distributing Mt
de testaments OF John printed In
French. He got tt-somebody had
had 1t and threw It away. Maurice
found 1t one day in the mud under
his feet In the trenches. He picked
It up and he read II.
IN the back part Of II was a place
where II said II accept Jesus Christ
as my Savior" He read this gospel
Of John. 1t was the first time he
had ever seen II and he signed his
name in there.
Maurice had cousin in the trenches
named Jacques. an infidel. and on his
DAY on he came to visit Maurice, ana
when he came In he said, Maurice,
what's the matter with you? Your
face shines SOP
He said. II found Jesus Christ"
Maurice said. 'T found Christ ana
heres where I found him" He handed
Jacques this little testament. Here's
where found him"
And jacques read II and was con-
verted. He said. Z could answer ali