The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-07
FIFTH SERMON OF

FlFIH SERNUN III
Continued from page one.)
Jesus" the fourth night, what Shall
We 20 Then to Jesus" last night,
What Jesus Came to Do" Jesus is
the centre of the gospel and He should
be the centre Of your life and my life
II you are a Christian. In fact he
should e the centre Of everybody's life.
He asked the interrogative, what
Did Jesus Come to Do?" The heather
relies mainto find his God, but in the
Christian religion He tries to find ths
man. Do as He bids and there is no
cause for any of us to be Ansaved.
The reason If any are not saved is due
to the fact that they do not take the
time to listen to the voice Of Jesus.
We enjoy the sunshine, and liken its
radiance to that Of the Master. With
Jesus out Of the world it would be
dark, pail and awful night and he told
what deplorable condition would be
brought.
II Jesus was out OF the world tonight
you would have difficulty to find your
homes and perchance IL you did find
IT there would be difference by his
absence and you really would not have
a nome. Jesus can save you all with.
IN the next five seconds IL you will
let Him. Let him come to you. He is
capable OF saving every lost person in
my presence, evidences of His ability
and His power. Some people only see
Him as small ray and in a small
sphere. He then contrasted President
wilson, the Moses Of Modern times.
and his important mission to Europe.
as insignificant compared with the
mission OF the kingdom of God. He
dupoed Jesus Christ as the great son
OF God. Many people fail to defend
the gospel. Rather than go to the
Lord many have got separated from
Him and have got cold feet. Every.
ody ought to believe in Jesus Christ.
everybody ought to be Christian.
At this juncture Rev. Eddy pointed
out how many people confuse the &C.
IONS or those protesting Christianity.
me TACT that a man ebcomes Chris.
tian does not indicate that he never
thereafter sins. All men have sinned
and have come short Of the kingdom
OF heaven. Salvation means a break.
ing up OF a mans heart and the means
OF a man makinga decision to stand
up for the right with the help Of God.
he Is new man and q new creature
after his conversion. He pointed out
now laccheus was a tar collection.
and he presumed that he collected ali
OF the taxes due and then some. When
the Master stated that he was to come
to HIS house change came over Fac.
cheus and he desired to refund the
money four fold until those whom he
had oyertaxed. His change in attitude
OF trying to makeamends for his wick.
edness OF the past was incident to his
conversation. This same spirit Is
manifest in other conversions in our
day. A certain man who was convert.
ed on Sunda ytold of HON an impelling
force was responsible for his CONVEX.
sions, although considerable work had
previously been done to. have him af.
initiate with the church OF Christ.
In the course Of his sermon he allud.
ed to Lost, South and Saved. The
word lost has sorrow and anguish in
its makeup. Failure to be saved
means to be lost and hell. The reason
there are men and women In hell to.
night is because they have been lost
forever. He alluded in very descrip-
tive manner to the oy-Charley Ross,
being lost. This was one of the most
noted kidnapping cases in the country.
While the boys father hunted in vain
for the physical body amid all the an
guish and sorrow, what is the loss OF
physical body compared with a lost
soul. In graphic manner he told of
how "the lost lamb" wandered from
her home in an isolated rural section
of Texas. Receiving some informa-
tion as to the girls whereabouts he
went to the city and gave the familiar
call. A policeman interrupted him
because 1t was after nightfall, but the
officer poined in the sadness and sor-
row, which the father shared. The Of
ficer accompanied the father and after
time poor. deserted girl came from
place she ought not have been, but
the father tenderly embraced his
daughter and welcomed her back
home.
Jesus has anguish for every lost
soul. Jesus anguish is for the soul
and to reach every unsaved person
from an evil death and never-end-
ing night. Men IL you are unsaved you
are lost. You are either on one side
or the other. There is no middle
ground. Every man who does not be-
lieve is lost. God only knows the ulti.
mate. In making an explanation Of
the word lost he said that Jesus Is
seeking the lost. HE was lamp to
my feet" is the biblical passage. Our
living, teaching, touching and belief
in Him should stand outright. In re-
ferring to the word, saved. he declared
that Jesus had come to save men that
are lost. The drunkard can be saved.
The fallen woman can be saved. Jesus
| is compassionate to such individuals,
the murderer, the robber, the liar and
other sinful men can confess their
wrongs to the gracious Father. Sal.
vatio mis- real experience real
thing and nothing formal about It. In
passing he mentioned the experiences
of Evangelists Moody and Chapman
and their experiences.
/ In conclusion he urged all men to
accept Christ and added you will be
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