Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24

sunday night at the Central Baptist l church with congregation that was probably the largest crowd the ! church has ever held. It. was esti-
 mated that the attendance approach 1 ed close to 1.500. filling every seat on I the main floor and in the gallery, ini
 the claoir gallery, in the, prayer meet ing room and several rows of chairs | placed in Bushnell chapel. 1. The chorus reached fully 100 voicesl and under the leadership of Chorister Allen, inspired the big crowd to such | a response in singing that the evange- list was moved to compliment the people of Norwich upon the way they 1 took up, this department of the work l Nowhere else; he said had he heard such singing as. has been feature of the Norwich meetings. ss Mir. Smiths subject Sunday evening was taken from thel 18th Acts, and his
 text was What must do to be saved.''
 He said if the same question was
 put by you to Paul would he give you
 the same answer as he gave the Phil I lipi jailer, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" Mir
 Smith said that there was the place that we had blundered for we had said cheaply to the world "Only be- lieVe'' and we have said it to everyone irrespective of their conditions A doctor does not give the same pre- seription to everyone. he studies each
 case and then writes his prescription
 for that case, and if we are going to
 win men and women for Jesus Christ. we must have time for the individual. 1 for the world is not saved en masse We'll you say. why did He tell this man to believe" because this man
 was a blatant infidel. he didn't believe 1 in Christ he believed that Christ was | an inposter and had been crucified 1 and that Twas the end of him. But something happened that evening | while Paul and Silas prayed and when l men pray like those two did something 1 always happens, something amid the I roaring of the thunder and the fash ing of the lightning. amid the clouds | of dust and fattling of chains, some thing happened so that the old jaiier
 ran in and said "Sirs, what must I do to be saved" and they said Relieve
 on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be
 Faved," that's why they said to him
 Believe" But we don't have an in-
 'idel congregation, and Paul would not 'i say Relieve" to you unless you were I spiritually and morally in the same place as this, iailer. The devil be- I lieves. so the Bible says. and trem-
 bles and that is more than some of
 you have done with all the church go- ing and professions. Then they took l him and taught him what believing ! meant, or in Bible terms. they took and taught him the word. Immedi- ately he knew what Believing meant T He took them the same hour of the ! night and washed their stripes. He
 had, something more practical to dc
 than singing hymns. He washed their stripes. Have you ever done that Have you ever fighted wrongs or at
 tempted to do it The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; it is r, righteousness, or rightness, and ]
 know great many so-caIled Chris
 tians who are more concerned. about 7. peace, joy and assurance, than they II are about doing right. Don't talk | about believing until you have done
 the stripe washing. There is, a wound l ed heart somewhere in Gods world
 that you tore to shreds. and you. cal yourself a Christian and yet you have
 never taken a step toward helping
 that .brcken heart. No.5sir. yelfrs be-
 lief or SO raited belief is a mockery
 until 'yoa have done the stripe wash.
 ing. Some of YOU have got money. 1T
 your possession that does not belong
 to vou and YOU call yourself z ' church member. That money must g 5 back before you are q Christian. Wha l do you believe? WGat does your be 5 lief amount to? Ii is not worth th, -; noise you make over it. unless it help. : you to walk humhly with God and f. ], love your neighbor as yourself. H, e took them the same hour of the nigh : and washed their stripes! That is re. ligion. Undo. the past. straighten ou l the crooked places. There is dea s o'd mother in Gods world that somt
 of you are starving to death. She il : nsking for bread and you are giving ] her stone, and you are going t make up for that by putting fiowerl 2 on tfe casket when she is too dead t smell tho perfume. Let your rnothe e feel your love while she is living | Wash your stripes. It is time we go
 l down to business and -straiglltened ou the crooked places.
 2 And the pext morning he rejoiced il God. Exactly, and so will you whel
 you do right What am .anxiou
 about is that you should do right. Go'
 l will take care that you shall have al :. i experience of your own that will b ~ precious and beautiful to yourself. .- Now will you do it? You k1oy
 | what you have got to give up. Don tell me you don't know. because if yo n say that, we'll know, what think if Listenl You are a rational, reason
 able, intelligent, educated being; yo V know Gods gospel, you know wha : sin is. Will you do it? Will you q h | it, and then talk about believing whe if you empty your heart it will be possi
 ble for Jesus to come in.
 In my hands no price I bring,
 's Simply to Thy Cross I cling.
 Idl Why did he bring no prfca? Becaus n occupied les Is could not be clingin s hands. If you want Christ, eInpt i- your heart and hands of the world ,e filth. and you will get Him-He , | here. He wants to come to you. H
 longs to come to you. and He wi i'd come when you submit.
 t, In one of my missions a lady can r. down one of the aisles of the churcl of bringing her boy of ten to. shal
 hands with me. The little fellow hel o out his left hand and held his rigi B. hand behind his back. I told him ye would not shake hands with a le e hand, but he was obstinate for
 while, but at length I persuaded hi 1-t to bring his right hand from behii D. him, and then I discovered that he hs IS. five marbles in his hand and he ws N. afraid to let go of them. The, chi t. had his marble, you have what? Wit of some it is greed. others lust. son he pride, etc. You know what it is? wi II, you let go and take hold of etern