The Washington herald., 1918-03-01

A lot Of you women holo yours
death for fear you will be what the
ply and that you can describe and
solve and dissolve doubts and mys-
teries. Can you help met?
He says to you: young man, my
head and my beard have grown
longer and as white as snow, my
ewes are dim, my brow Is wrinkled,
my form bent with the weight OF
years, my bones are brittle. and
am Just as far from the solution OF
that mystery and problem as when
I started. I, too. sir, must soon die
and sleep beneath the sod"
go to the Millionaire and say:
20 millionaire, you will not die. you
can bribe death. You bribed. legis-
latures, city councils. you have
bribed the lawmakers and Con-
gressmen. Certainly you can bribe
death! Tell me, I want to live for
ever!'
Gods Final Call
II can hire the best doctors on both
sides of the Atlantic and can bring
to my bedside the skin Of the world.
but, ah, they can't prolong my life.
III my Imagination I have stood by
the bedside Of the dying Pullman
palace car magnate, George NJ. Pull
man, whose will was probated at
S20, ,000, 900, and have said:
"oh. Mr. Pullman. you will not die.
you can bribe death"
And 1 see the pupils Of his eyes
dilate, his breast heaves. he gasps
and Is no more. .
You want eternal life, and 50 do l,
and I want you to have 1t.
The next question I want to ask
is:
How can you get it?
You have seen some things that
won't give 1t to you.
How can you get it2
All you have tonight or ever VIII
, have you will come into possession
of in one of three ways-honesty,
dishonesty or as a gift
Honesty; you will work and sweat
and therefore give an honest eaulVa-
lent for what you GET
Dishonesty; you will steal.
Third, as q gift you VII inherit It.
And eternal life must come to you
in one Of those three ways.
A great many people believe In
high moral standard.
Can't Substitute In Religion.
They deal honestly in business end
are charitable, but II you think
that is going to save you, you are
the most mistaken man on God
earth, and you will be the biggest
disappointed man that ever lived.
You can't hire a substitute in re-
ligion.
You can't do some deed of kind
ness or act of philanthropy and
substitute that for the necessity of
repentance and faith in Jesus
Christ.
Lots of people will acknowledge
their sin in the world. struggle on
without Jesus Christ and do their
best to live honorable, upright
lives.
Your morality will make you a
better man or woman, but 1t Will
never save your soul, in the world.
That which is flesh is flesh, no
matter whether it Is white or black.
no matter whether ID is cultivated
fiosh or ignorant flesh, no matter
whether It is school teacher flesh
or hobo flesh, bank president flesh
/ OF mOIOT car COHouClOE hSShs
That which is flesh Is flesh. and
all your culture, all your literaries.
all your lodges, all your-money in
God Almighty's dirt can never
change your nature.
Repentance Necessary.
NeverI That's got to come by
and through repentance and faith
Il d.. Chrfaf Thafs0 fhA nnlu
way you will ever get 1t changed.
We haveS more people with fool
ways trying to get into heaven,
and there's only one way to do. and
that is by and through repentance
and faith in Jesus Christ.
Here are two men. One man
born with hereditary tendencies to-
ward bad, q bad father, a bad
mother and bad grandparents.
He has bad blood in his veins
and he turns as naturally to sin
\ as a duck to water.
There he Is, down and out, a
booze fighter and the offspring of
| the scum OF the earth.
go to him In his squalor, and
want and 'unhappiness, and I say
to him:
God hath included all that sin,
that he may have mercy upon all.
All have sinned and come short of
the glory of God. VIII you accept
Jesus Christ as your Savior?
"Whosoever cometh unto me I will
in no wise cast out"
God Rejected.
And that man says to me:
'rNo, don't want your Christ"
All right.
Here Is a man with hereditary ten
dencies toward good. q good father,
good mother, good grandparents,
lived in q good neighborhood, was
taught to go to Sunday school and
he has grown up to be q good, ear
nest, upright. virtuous, responsible
business man; his name Is synony-
nous with all that is pure and kind,
and true.
His name Is as good as a govern
ment bond at any bank for a reason
able amount
Everybody respects him. He 10 gem
erous, charitable and kind.
I go to your high-toned, respectable,
cultured man and say to him:
God hath included all under ain
that he might have mercy upon an
All have sinned and come short Of
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