The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-07-29

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III. Sermons Of Power

event for any town when God l.l m.As .ls.
II !, visit. Jericho had seen it, kings
and governors and, generals - they
passed that way; on the rosd 20
Jerus1iem, but when Jesus came py
e. saw God, for Christ was God. 1es ea
atranre to say, there were many y
4cvn Who never knew when, He came
nor when He left. They Wers TOO
busy with their pleasures ana tneE
pufst,it after material thmx to y
out 70 meet the Son OF Goo: a. A. =. -
A We Ne have any record there Were.
only two men IN the plaee Who r.
seived any benefit from the vlaat q
ChriSt. One VA; 8 poor beggaf and
Ia ofhelsrts Sc was / rich gra1tef. Ihe
naine Of the beggar was Bartlmeous
ma the name Of the CRATER was zac-
Zaccheus might never have known
1esns was in town had it not been
fer RarttiHmI,euuss, for Zaccheus was =
hnsv man too. But the day Jesus
came to town the poor beggar was
at his usual place on the road !eao-
inR to Jericho, collecting aims ,1fom
those who passed by. When he heard
the noise of the multitude coming
his way he inquired as to who was
coming to town, and when he heard
that ST was Jesus the prophet and
healer. he cried out, 20, Jesus, tnou
son Of David, have mercy on me.
Some in the crowd tried TO- MAKE
him hush but he cried the louder,
40 Jesus. have mercy on mel! Jesus
heard him and bade him be Drougnt
IN his presence, and when he heard
that he wanted his sight restorea
Jesus opened his eyes. Can you
imagine the JOY Of that poor man
With his sight restored he must nave
FELT ike millionaire. No Wonoef
he rejoiced and praised God VIII: "a 9
loud voice. -. ,..,aa :
# was the cry Of that poor beggaf
that tsstarted~Zaccheus toward Jesus.
The rich CRATER was in his once E
M doubt working over his books anu
counting hi smOney when ne nearu
-those cries for help. He closed UP
! shop and went forth to inveestleate'
and his search brought h1m outslue =
the CITY gate. He saw the crown ~
tho distance and hurried his pace
when he reached the outskirts OF the
company. surrounding Jesus ne IN
nnired az to what the tcommotlon
vasl about. and when told that Bar
tefnous had been healed OF ms tDl.nuI .II
ness by great healer ne declde9 - =
zee the man who had periormeu ~
notable a miracle. But try as ne
would hegcould not see Jesus: nc nc
! IVES prevented by serious dlnlculIy
he was too short. The Bible telis
ma he was short of stature, tnat p Tie
to saw he was short from his rect up.
Many. a man fails, to see Jesus glor
the reasOn Of being too short. some
are tor. short in their surrender.
They want to hold on to some sin IN
their lives. They want to be saved
bpt they want to hold to their laols.
rhev want to De saved but they don
want to stop their dancing on tne
dexii,s territory. Let me tell you
nv friends, it is either surrender all
or Re damned. You cant cont,nue nv
your gambling or your immorsl. nau.
its and be saved. God wont iooA =. -
~vou until you wash your .nanus s,, z.
the entire business and come 70 nm ~
Wtth an honest heart, desiring 70
live right. l. -, .o,,ht ui,, yjI,l
aas,rov vour soul. Doubt starts IN
fhe head but Is never satisfied 70 e.
msinf there. . It digs down until I. 7.
reaches the heart. d That's the neH ot
-.,onbt-it reaches for the heart IN
q effort to- destroy faith, hope, ease
ard happiness. II douht can refc'.
the heart it willssuck all the sap ou.
of ne soul. Doubt is the ch1id oI
tha devil and does the WORK OF the
devil. o. 1@< ~ u EsH s..,. :. ,
enonbt is. a lisease-open up the
door of your soul ito God and let IN
the sunshine of faith and II VIII ue-
stroy doubt. You wontshaye 70 eoaa
faith to come in-just open tne 400.
of your heart :sand giyeg1t. t1Tis = e ny. ~, =, :.
wav. And when faith comes IN =
will bring a host of COED traenas p y. u
help entertain you. Faith brings JoS
and; ,peace and rest. Faith brings
health Of soul and heart-ease: A:
faith and her friends come IN, douD
will move out without standing OF
the order of his going. And VIII VIII
.lollbt will 20 fret and worry ana un
rest and death. Let them go---1t VII
be, good radiance Of bad rubbish. :
Zaccheus wanted to see Jesus s.
haiIiy that he was willing to do any
thing. Down the road was a tre
.,growing by the wayside. He decide
fo climb the tree in order to see Je
sus. It was very undignified for
4 man like him to climb tree to sa
the least. But he laid aside his dig
nity for the moment that he Nigh
4 see Jesus. He climbed the tree an
crawled out. on Limb. ~. :, II
He parted the branches an