The Washington herald., 1918-02-20

50, as go up and down the land
find men making haste to be rich.
They make haste to write their names
high on the scroll OF honor. That is
commendable. They make haste tC
secure a brilliant education; that is
/ commendable. When a man is sicR
he will make haste to get well and he
will summon the best surgeon or the
| best physician. He will visit the
! world-famed sanItariums and drink
the waters that will counteract the
disease, but why in the name Of God
don't you make haste to get right
with God?
If you want to know from me, i
would say that now is the best time
to be a Christian. NowI The best time
was the time you let go by, but the
best time Is the time you have left
Your best time has become history
Your best time is now, and IL you sit
there and listen to me you should
know that now Is the best time.
God VIII Forgive.
When Zacchaeus came down from
that tree he drew himself up with all
the dignity of his little dwarfed body
and he stood in the presence of Jesus
and said to him:
why, Jesus, you don't know who ]
am I am the richest duck in this
town. Why. ] am Zacchaeus, the tax
gatherer. I wish you would honor me
by coming up to my house to dinner"
Did he do that? No.
He talked of restitution; he said:
Half Of my goods I give to the
poor"
Jesus did not ask him what kind of
life he had lived, but when he shin
ned down that tree and stood in the
presence Of Jesus, he said: THE half
Of my goods will give to the poor. -
He was already giving the half of
his goods to the poor, trying to make
up and trying to have his gifts act
as a sort Of disinfectant for the way
he got the money in the first place.
He said: THE half Of my goods ]
will give to the poor"
He spoke of restitution. Oh! so
many will have to yank out their
check books and write a check on the
bank and pay back some money they
skinned somebody out of in some
transaction. before they will ever find
Jesus Christ.
am glad to tell you on the au-
thority of God that 1t is not a ques-
ton Of what you have been or what
you have done, If you are ready and
willing to forsake. your sins, God will
forgive you. The kind of sin never
enters into 1t with God. II is not a
question of what the sin is, the ques-
tion is are you willing to accept Jesus
Christ as your Saviour? That is all
that God asks of you.
Come down from your perch of Curl
n9ifv What hrnrIDhf
night7 Because you had listened to
the dirty, black-hearted lies of some
of these degenerates Of hell around
the street and you thought you would
come in to see what / looked like.
Come down from your pride. Why,
multitudes of men and women are not
saved, because they are too proud to
come near this tabernacle and too
proud to get up and walk down the
aisles and by that act admit that
there Is something they can do that
will make them better and bring them
nearer to Jesus Christ. They are too
proud to admit that they ought to
live a different life from what they
are living, and they are willing to go
on, imagining that 1t would be humil-
iating.
Ask them, II their names were called
in the judgment, will they pay the
penalty. Ask them IL they want you
to steal tonight, II you are arrested
IL they will pay the penalty. No sir,
they will never do that. I suppose
there are men and women here to-
night who would like to take their
stand, but are afraid nf The laugh,
that some members Of your lodge,
| club, literary society, or your social
n rrfr-
would say IL they knew you had taken
your stand for Jesus Christ.
Any man or woman that tries to
prevent you from being a Christian;
any man or woman that will sneer at
! you to make you regret that you did
1t; any man or woman who would
laugh at you and the fear of whose
criticism would keep you from Jesus
Christ, he is so damnaole and low
down. that would not insult a pole
cat by comparing it with him. And
il he is as low in stature as he is in
principle, he could kiss a rat without
bending his knees. Why, he hasn't
You have got to have something more
map.
Sin Spells Murder.
Zacchaeus knew he was an old sin
| ner when he climbed that tree, but
before he struck the ground he was
converted and his sins were all, blotted
| away.
Sin-you roll II like a sweet morsel
| under your tongue, it may be re-
| munerative to you. but don't forget
that the way of the transgressor is
hard, but the end of the road Is q
good deal harder than the road.
Sin-with that one word, s N, ]
can spell all the murders, all the
thefts, all the outrage, all the seduc-
ticn, the lust, the drunkenness, bias
phemy, broken hearts, all that blignts
like a pestilence and causes the mis-.
cry Of this world; all with that one
word. 8 N. Come down from your
sin and turn from it to the name OF
| Jesus Christ and do His will.
Come down from your morality.
am not conveying the idea that you
should be immoral. no, but I want to
convey with all my power. stop trust.
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