The Washington times., 1918-01-09

nation that do the same. know Bap-
list preachers that preach anything
under heaven but the truth.
Must Have holy Spirit.
Now, you never will succeed with
] out the Holy Spirit. Never! There
/ can be no substitute. There is no
substitute for the sun: there is no
substitute for blood: there is no SUBJ
stitute for life: there is no substi-
tute for gospel; God will damn any
preacher that's trying 20 inject lot
OF social service and other stuff as
a substitute for the gospel of Jesus
Christ. ] am not opposed to your
social service; / am opposed to any
thing that is trying to take away the
gospel OF Jesus Christ. People are
not saved by words; they are saved
by faith in the Son of God.
All these things are all right in
! their place, but the trouble IS, we
are trying to put them out OF place,
and put the gospel out OF its place.
There is no substitute for salvation.
We must all come the same way or
we are forever lost. And you may
organize, you may prepare, and you
may have the best singing and the
best preaching. but you never will
have power without the Holy Ghost.
Never VIII Have Power.
aye shall receive power after the
Holy Ghost has come upon you"
Now, then. you will all agree that no
mattel. what gifts a man or woman
may possess; no matter what Scrip
1 tural knowledge he or she may have:
they never will have power without
the Spirit OF God. Never, You have
all heard people pray, and / have
Oh. they could touch the stars in their
prayers. And I have heard people
preach. Oh, they were preachers and
they were orators. and they would
have the intonations Of voice, and
they could wo-Oo-oo-murder: But 1t
made no more impression on the
audience than the beating OF a bass
| drum. Why? Oh. IL was all in the
head and not in the heart
| And ! have heard people sing who
could sing perfectly from an artistic
standpoint, and they'd run the chro-
matte scale like a squirrel climbing a
tree. Everything was perfect, but it
was all done simply TO show off the
| tone production. That is ALL 1t made
Z
| other day about a woman. This is
another woman OF the same type
always begging to sing. l never like
I to ask anybody that wants to sing.
| ! like to go to folks that don't ask
/ to sing.
showed n Good Voice.
This woman finally came down with
roll OF manuscript and she was
going to sing where Is My Wander
/ ing Boy Tonight" She walked upon
the platform and stood there and said,
Where is my wandering boy tonight?
| The che-ild" / nudged another fell
! low next 10 me and ! said: Its dol
lars TO doughnuts she hasn't got a
kid walking down the white way"
All she did was to show the bunch
! that she had a good voice. That's
all She didn't want to help a poor
devil who was going to hell so fast
| he couldn't see his own dust II you
/ ever tried to do anything, you know
| IL can never be done without the
/ Spirit OF God. Never in the world.
! The great need Of the church today
isn't more men; II isn't more women.
/ We've got men and women enough to
win the world for Christ. We don't
need new members half as much as
VIC need the old bunch made over.
| We have men enough and we have
women enough. We have money
enough. If every preacher in Wash
! iEgton and every church member was
| good, earnest Christian. ] want to
| tell you you would rewrite religious
histOry-if you are just energetic and
jealous for Gods truth. So what the
church needs isn't more men, women
/ and money, but more people right
with God Then when his will is done
! see what will happen to the world.
/ Somebody says: We'll. what am |
going to do Do. what the disciples
| did to receive the Spirit, They be-
Iieved and then they received Him
| by prayerful waiting and by faith.
That is all.
No Ray OF Sunlight.
You can pray until you are black
In the face and baIdhcaded and you
will not have ray OF sunlight. Re
move the obstacle. I might stand up
here and put my book between your
| faces and my face and then pray to
| God and complain that / couldn't
see We'll. ! might pray until | was
I a thousand years old and God would
never answer that prayer. Remove
| the obstruction. II ! remove that
book can see. God says II regard
| iniquity the Lord won't hear me. so
| there is no use to pray God To bless
sinner. lie won't bless a sinner.
The sinner has got to pray God be
merciful TO me, a sinner" He must