The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-30

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IS not himself and he doesn't teAlin1
his true condition In other words.
he Is insane. Sin II . MANA Own
worst enemy for It destroys htnSy(ik.
body and soul. once saw q man e6I
year sold come toddlinE down tAel
aisle because he had suddenly 9Ouna
Jesus at revival meeting. He 6tDoal
up and said TO ell: III only ! could
blot out my past and III the many sim.
/ have committed. ! can't forget
can't forget" Move can't forget hut
Jesus Is ready to forgive and even @
S. one can turn from evil and give ht8
heart to God. It Is inevitable that y,
shall loathe on ra6ts for we have In
jured ourselves more than We have
injured others.
II isn't wealth which brings ~ Aoke
piness because It doesn't take TIE
things which are in this world To- main
US rich. Christ who came to redeem
the world gives q happiness which
nothing can alter. There are mfty
people IN the world who are interest,"
cd in everything but their own gcals.
These people often say they WIN MT
come to church because there are To,
many hypocrites there. IwCuid etlts
or live in church with . lot OF hypO.
critics than 60 to Hell and be one ~
myself! Where would man 90 10
get rid Of them? He can't 50 MP I'll
God Is ready and he can't 80 d0wn;so
where will he 60? You aren't a.
church; because you don't want toShe
there. II you persist In rejecting God
-Hell's gates will open up Tor yuii.
For Gods sake. let Jesus Christ conn
into your lives!
There are number OF dun, listl0ss
men in this world wha sit all day and
don't do anything either good or'bad.
Some sinners don't commit active
sins-they are moral people. But the
worst man or woman in Fairmont Is
the man who is moral always talking
about goodness. We must be born
again before we can be saved. This
sleeping indifference Is wearing some
men away opportunities are going BY.
Rev. Lawson told q story about Q man
who had been Indifferent 80 many
years that when he did wake up he
was much like Rip Van Wrinkle who
woke to find everything gone. The
years go 50 swiftly by and death over.
takes the Indifferent man and how
startled he is when he has TO face etar.
nifty. Think for a moment Of tho
crown which the faithful man aud
woman win receive! Rub y9hr sleepy
eyes, for the sake Of your own home.
Rev. Lawson at this point with his
congregation almost In the act Of rub.
bing, told q realistic story 20 illus.
trate his point. He told OF man on
the top floor OF building which was
ON fire and OF how he had been warned
to escape and still he remained until
1t was too late to get out. He some.
how got to Q window and tried TO
climb from one tall building to another
by means of q rope which stretched
across the roofs. When half way
across the rope broke. Down he went.
We want to get hold OF real rope
because when we look on the world
! for the last time we want Jesus. On.
; less He is within. you at this time
there Is something lacking. Let Jesus
Christ touch your lives. "A mother
visited her sick boy at one OF the
camps. They told her she could noe
60 In because he was too III, so ell
night she remained outside his door,
praying that he might be spared. In
the morning she was admitted and
when her boy opened III eyes for the
first time, he said, Mother" He
kne whis mother eve1 though scarcely
out Of delirium. III 10 the way we
must know Jesus.
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