The Washington herald., 1918-01-28

Billy Sunday Sabbath night preached
on the text: / Peter iv. I7-"what
shall the end be Of them that obey
not the Gospel Of God7" He said:
No book ever came by luck or
chance. Every book owes its ex-'
istence to some being or begins. and
within the range and scope Of human
intelligence there are but three
things-good. bad and God. All that
originates in intellect, all which the
intellect can comprehend, must come
from one OF the three. This book,
the Bible. could not possibly be the
product Of evil, wicked, goddess, cor
rupt. vile men, for it pronounces the
heaviest penalties against sin. Like
produces like, and IL bad men were
writing the Bible they never would
have pronounced condemnation and
punishment against wrongdoing. So
that is pushed aside.
The only being left to whom you
or 1 or any sensible person could as
cribe the origin Of the Bible is God,
for here Is a book, the excellence of
which rises above other books, like
mountains above molehills.
Here is a book that tells me where
1 came from and where / am going,
book without which / would not
know Of my origin or destiny. Here
is book that tells me what to do
and what not to do.
Mnst NJ
Most men believe in God. Now
and then you find man who
doesn't and he's a fool. for The
fool hath said in his heart there
is no God" Most men have sense.
Occasionally you will find a fool or
an infdel who doesn't believe in
God. Most men believe in God.
Most men believe in a God that will
reward the right and punish the
wrong: therefore. it is clear what
attitude you ought to assume to-
ward my message tonight, for the
message / bring to you h not from
human reason or intelligence, but
from Gods book.
What shall the end be of them
that obey not the gospel of God -
Now, listen, and will try and help
you.
Israers condition was desperate.
Peter told them IL they continued
to break Gods law they would
merit His wrath.
There were those who did obey.
Peter knew. that their end would
be-blessings here and eternal life
hereafter-but he said, What shall
the end be of them that obey not?"
God Nol a Demon.
A man said, Il cannot be a Chris
tian. 1 cannot obey God" That is
not true. That would make God out
demon and a wretch. God SAYS
if you are not a Christian you will
be damned.
Don't tell God you can't Just
say you don't want to be a Chris
tian; that's the way to be a man.
Just say Il don't want to be de-
cent; / don't want to quit booze
fighting: / don't want to quit ly-
ing; I don't want to quit commit
ting adultery. II / should be a
Christian. would have to quit those
things, and l don't want to-" Tell
God you are not man enough to
be Christian. Don't try to saddle
it off on the Lord. You don't want
to do it; that's all: that's all; that's
the trouble with you.
Ever since God saved my soul
and sent me out to preach, l have
prayed Him to enable me to pro-
nounce two words and put into
those words all they will mean to
you; il they ever become a reality.
God pity you. One word is Lost, q"
and the other is Eternity"
Two Non-Christian Glasses.
What is your life? A hands breadth
yes. a hairs bEeadth-yes, one sim
gle heart beat and you are gone,
and yet you sit with the Judgment of
God lowering over you. What shall
the end be?"
L never met any man or woman
in my life who disbelieved in Chris
tianity, that could not be classed un-
der one Of two headings:
First: They who, because OF an utter
disregard Of Gods claims upon their
lives. have, by'and through that dis
regard become poltroons, marplots or
degenerate scoundrels, and have
thrown themselves beyond the spale of
Gods mercy or any hope OF salvation.
Or.
Second: Men and women with splen-
did. noble and magnificent abilities,
which they have allowed to become
absorbed in other matters and they
do not give to the subject OF religion
so much as passing attention.
What is the Gospel, that people
ought TO obey IL? 1t is good news,
glad tidings Of salvation, through
Jesus Christ
Oh. but, somebody says. do you call
the news of that book that i am on
the road TO hell good news? No, sir:
that in itself is not good news. but
il il is the truth the sooner you find
it out the better it will be for you.
Now God doesn't tell YOU that you
are lost and on the road to hell, and
then leave you, but He tells you thai
you are on the road TO hell, and He
says: ''I have sent a guide my Son.
to lead you out and to lead you back
to peace and salvation" That's good
news; that's Gospel; that God Is kind
enough to tell you that you are lost
and on the road 10 hell and that He
sends a guide who, IL you will SUBJ
init. will lead you out of your con-
dition and lead you to peace and sal
walton. That's Gospel: that's good
news! that<ells a man that he needn't
go to hell unless he wants to.
Christ Paid Debt for Us.
All. my friends, hear me. We were
all mortgaged to God, had nothing
with which to pay. and infiexible
justice seized upon us and put us
in the prison OF condemnation. God
took pity on us. He looked around
to find someone to pay our debts.
Jesus Christ stepped forth and said.
I'll go; I'll become bone Of their
bone and flesh of their flesh" God