The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
EVENING SERMON
What Must Do to Be Saved?

Billy Sunday last night delivered
this sermon:
The sixteenth chapter OF Acts. the
thirtieth verse-"What must I do to
be saved?'
The apostle Paul seemed to live in
a perpetual state of revival He had
only to come into Philippi, the chief
city Of Macedonia. and sit by the river
bank and we are told that Lydia, the
seller of purple, believed and was bap-
tized.
There was so much power and con-
viction about him that he had only
to walk the street and a girl pos
sessed with the spirit of divination,
or as We say. had the devil in her."
walked after Paul and with derision
said, These are the servants of the
Most High God. that show unto US
the way OF salvation"
Paul was grieved because of evil
dences of the devil within her and
he said. Il command you in the
name of Jesus. come out OF herr
BanIshes Devil
And when her masters saw that
the hope OF their gain was gone
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keeping of the devil in that girl
and as long as the devil was with
in her they would feed and fatten
and gormandiZe off the money she
earned-as long as the devil was
in her she was nothing but a mere
pawn on the chess board to be NOV
ed by that hcentious crowd that
had her under their grip like a
wandaF fn1av-anA ryhan hnr
ters saw that the hope of their
gain was gone. and when the devil
went out. their gain went with him,
and when Jesus Christ came in the
girl was no longer under their
power-when her masters saw that
the hope of their gain was gone,
that they could no longer feed and
fatten and gormandize on her sin,
they seized the men that God had
used to drive the devil out of her
and rushed them over to the magis-
trate and they said: These men
teach doctrines contrary for US to
receive"
And old Demetrius used to make
silver shrines for Diana of the
Ephesians. and Paul had gone over
there and preached. and the people
had been converted into heathen-
ism so they wouldn't buy his little
silver shrines any more. He saw
that the effect of Paurs preaching
hurt his business. so he called to-
gether everybody of like craft and
said:
See here, our profits are being
affected by these men. If that fell
low stays here and breaches that
little silver gods we're making for
Diana of the Ephesians. II they
remain, we are ruined"
Silas to the jailer and he thrust
them in the inner prison and locked
their hands and feet in the stocks.
This Roman officer knew how in
exorable was the Roman law, so he
thought he'd take the matter into
his own hands and kill himself, for
he supposed, of course, that the
whole gang had beat it when the
doors had swung open. So he jump
ed in with drawn sword and was
about to kill himself when Paul
said:
What Is saIvatIeas
Hold onl Hold on! Hold on, Do
yourself no harm, we are all here.
We're all here"
The jailer came with a light and
said. I'm from Missouri. Show me-"
He couldn't imagine why anybody
would be there when he had a chance
to escape. and when he discovered
that Paul was right he cried out in
the words Of my text, sirs, What
must ! do to be saved?'
You've got something I haven't got.
How did you get 1t? 1 want it. Tell
me what you did and 1 am willing
to do whatever you tell me to do.
Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
And Paul replied. Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved"
Now. what does it mean to be saved?
The New Testament speaks of saliva
ton from sickness. Go thy way.
thy faith hath made thee whole" and
it speaks OF the prodigaI son and his
return from his prodigality. 1t speaks
about the apostles drowning and res
sued from the watery grave. It speaks
about the crucified Christ hanging on
the Cross. Thus we see that salvation
means to take a man or woman out
Of a condition that is not favorable
for their welfare and put them into a
condition that is.