East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
"A MAN MUST
Be BORN ANEW"

to think they know more than Co
himself. Almost every day do / hea
some man tell me the kind of ladde
he is building to finally at the close o
his life. run UP to Heaven on.
The steps in that ladder are some
thing like this.
am doing my best.
never have committed murder.
/ never have stolen anything.
i never lie in nay busipess.
pay all my just debts.
provide for my family,
and many others of like nature ant
( when / tell them this ladder Will no
bring them to the door Of HEAVIER
they are mad, don't like 1t. But thu
| Lord himself demonstrated 10 th'
Jewish ruler that this kind OF thins
would not do. We must be borr
again. How many have already broIz
en- the promises and word vows made
| on January 1st simply because the,
did not have power in their own life
to carry, them out. And before we
can. we must be saved Gods way, OF
first by the Spirits teaching learn
we cannot measure up to Gods holi-
ness therefore It is necessary to be
made over.
Now our Lord for this purpose
came down to this earth and he who
knew no sin became sin that we be-
come righteous and hold in His
Righteousness and in the substitution
OF him bearing by sins in his body
on the tree 1 might be free.
Now every man in Pendleton win
have to come to God through Jesus
Christ, my Lord Our goodness is
nothing more than good citizenship
and good standing here among men.
But at the entrance to Heaven
God gives us no locus standL
Condemnation for eternal banish-
ment from God for ever stares us in
the face, because we trusted in some
thing else other than being born
again.
The church of Jesus Christ my Lord
today is the greatest asset that Pen
1leton has.
Men say the church going leave to
my wife. She attends to the religion
of our household and the result of this
will be the men Will attend to bear
ing the punishment forever.
Now unless the men will stop be-
fore God long enough TO take saliva
ton Gods way. we shall have a fear
fuf awakening.
My call TO YOU today is not to a
long faced pious exterior. but to new
man in Christ.
We have too many in this world
who are like the deacon l once heard
of. His little granddaug ghter had ac-
cepted Christ and was happy ON her
return from the meeting where her
decision was made. she jumped up
into the old mans lap and hugged
him and kissed him and said,
Grandpa, / am saved. I am going
to be baptised and unite with the
church. The deasOn with a long
lemon face. replied. If you are saved
/ should think YOU would know how
to behave The youngster got down.
walked to the door of the room ana
toog a long look at that sour old
man and walked acrss the pasture
and sat on the fence. Presently up
anne the mule ana put his head in
her lap. She taking him by the ears,
looked him square in the eyes and
said. I suppose you have got reli-
gion you lok just like grandpa.
Now that man was doing more real
harm. Very much more than can be
described.
No. our sins gone and we happy
should give us that bright happy
smile that win not wear off and we
will then by his help live and do the
things we tried in our own strength
and failed.
There are some in our midst today
who say they tried it and failed.
Well, they are like the woung far
mer that Alexander the evangelistic
singer, told about, He tried his first
ploughing and his burrows were in and
out like a dogs hind leg and at noon,
a1sava vasa
I will never plough again. His father
said, now, son. take that steady old
team OF blacks and look right across
the field. Fix your eye on something
and plow to ii.
He started out full of joy and fixed
his eyes on the neighbor's COW and
took his lines and the handle of the
plough, spoke to his team and
ploughed to his COW and when he fin
ished his trip his burrows were worse
than before. So home he went, crest
tallen and said he never, never would
try again.
Son, said the father, did YOU do as
I told you. Yes, sir. Well what did
you look at. Why. the old COW, graz
ing the other side of the fence. Well.
sa id his father, come along. let me
so with YOU. SO, again to the field
they went-s Everything ready. Now,
son; look at that oak tree; pillow TO it.,
and away he went and looking up his
eurrow from the old oak tree he filled
with delight. it was as straight as ii
could be. Victory had come.
So. men. IL the burrows of life have
been crooked, get right with God.
Trust Jesus Christ. look to him and
1 YOU will plow straight.
Now then, quit telling and acting on
what you think. Take your direc-
tions from the old Bible your mother
taught YOU from and the impossible
things OF life will come to pass.
Money buys ease and luxury, but
/ il takes Christ in your lie to make
1 you a true man and enable YOU TO be
ready when your time comes to leave
this earth il yea are born again. Then
go to work. all VIII round out well.
II YOU have not trusted him at the
close Of life your companion Will be
worse than the boN's COW. Ne must
/ be born anew It takes your viii
plus Gods power.