The Washington herald., 1918-02-28
Sunday Tells Hearers Last Night That
to Say mo, to Him at This Solemn
Hour of Life May Mean Their
Eternal Destiny.
EVENING SERMON

Bnly sunday last night delivered
.this sermon;
In Matthew, the twelfth chapter.
thIrty-nrst verse: Wherefore say
unto you. all manner of sin and bias
phemy shall be forgiven unto men.
but the blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost. II shall not be forgiven unto
men neither. IN this world nor In the
world to come"
So that sweeps the sand from be-
meath the feet. OF any man who says
that there Is future probation for the
sinner. There Is no hope for the man
who dies without Jesus Christ
believe there are thousands that
viii come under the head Of my text
tonight They are never gloomy or
cast down or depressed. Their con-
aver to disturb thent life seems to be
one grand, sweet song. a reverend
ing dream. -
II you will please lay aside any
pre-conceived ideas or opinions
which you may havsor stIll pos
sess as to what you may imagine or
think Constitutes the objectionable
sin, (but you will have to have an
open mind and an open hearty and
II time viii. permit and my strength
will allow and your patience viii
endure. viii try to, ask and an
Ewers these questions:
:. BnIy's Questions
What is It?
Who can commit IT?
How may I know. IL have COM
-.mitted It? -
Why viii mot God forgive It?
He says he never will, neither in
this world or the world to come.
It isn't swearing. J.,
It isn't drunkenness
II isn't adultery.
It, isn't theft
It isn't murder.
: To my mind'it is plain and simple,
nothing but the constant and contin-
qal and final rejection Of Jesus Christ
as your personal Savior.
You say NO"
I do not pretend to be able to say
when the time takes place in the
life OF any man or woman when you
can hear the, last call. but the man
OF, the woman who refuses as Cod
spirit pleads with you, may forever
seal your doom and you must have
eyes in'the back Of your head IL you
can't see that Gods spirit IL moving
apon this city as perhaps never be-
fore.
Here you are living in sin. Gods
spirit calls to you to be a Christian.
= You say No and you keep on tn
dclging in that sin until the time
VIII come when God says: "It you
think more of that sin than you do
OF salvation. then you can take that
sin and 60"
It Is no one act, but the constant
repetition. OF the same thing. refus-
ing to be a Christian until your heart
becomes hard and your viii Is set
and you grfeVe the spirit Of God and
He will bear with you no more and
He viii let you alone,
Eternal Destiny at Stake.
So, therefore, to say NO" to God
: IN this solemn hour Of life ray mean
your eternal destiny. ENo one glaring
act but the repetition Of the same
thing.
There Is but one cord that swings
through this world tonight and that Is
! the Holy Ghost, and with every pulsa-
don Of your heart 1t grows less. 1t
did swing close to you at one time but
you said. mo"
BY the known laws Of your mind
your conversion must be effected
through the influence Of the truth on
your mind. It Is q known law OF the
mind that truth resisted loses its
power over the mind that resists II,
and that each resistance weakens the
truth. strengthens you against the
truth, and each resistance makes It
that much harder for you to, Yield and
do the right
Who can commit this sin? used to
think only aIprostitute, q vile and i'm
moral person, n degenerate. Who did
Jesus warn? The Pharisees. And
who were they7 The best men moral
~ in Jerusalem, and there Is not q
man In this city that can measure up
to q higher standard of morality and
truth than the Pharisees In the days
Of Jesus They were jealous to stone
: the ofendefs against the moral law,
yet that was the crowd Of which
: Jes1s said. You are In danger Of hell
IRE and damnation-"
Honors the !yirtnous.
The best man who can commit
II. the best man or woman morally
in this audience that says mo" to
Jesus Christ-your name may be
synonymons with virture, honor, in