South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-17

NNkNAto "a olAs II YOU are running
with a Goddess, sinful scornful
, bunch you are no. OF God.
"A good man delights in the
things Of God. Don't tell me that
the Christian has no pleasure, that
when he gives himself 10 God he
takes the happiness out OF his life.
The true Christian is the happiest
man on earth" He declared also
that those who are inclined to doubt
the Bible don't know God.
Takes Care OF Man.
He compared the good man 20 a
tree which the owner has planted
and is always sure 20 take care OF
no matter how much Of the wild
forest is destroyed. God doesn't just
save a man and then let him grow.
lie takes care Of the things he
plants
The ungodly shall not stand IN
the judgment seat is a legal term.
Ii doesn't mean that the ungodly
won't be there. They will be there
alright but like "A prisoner at the
bar-he wont be allowed 10 stand.
THE wheat and tares look alike
but are not alike. They VIII be sep
arated on the day of judgment
sin is the worst disease the world
has ever known. In Bible DAYS a
Iepcr was forced TO put a cloth over
his head and when he went into the
street % call out 'Unclean'-but you
have got some men and women
leading your social circles and your
dances who are spreading the d.
sease Of sin and communicating peo-
pie wherever they 60
a crowd Of more than 1000 at
tended the afternoon services and
Isl 81 70
platform TO deliver his final mes
sage the throng which greeted him
hHed every seat ia the building and
masscd i'm the aisles Hundreds
unable to secure accommodations
were turned away from the build
ing.
Following the campaign, which
he declared one of the most success
ful of his career, Mr.. Jones and par
y left Sunday night for Blytheville,
Ark. where they will open a cam
paign next Sunday. Ills itinerary
carries him from Arkansas TO Shelf
field, Ala. and then TO East Liver
Eool, Ohio.
Text From Proverbs.
For his farewell sermon he took
a text from Proverbs, first verse or
the 29th chapter: He that being
often reproved hardeneth his neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed, and
that without remedy.
lie dwelt on the methods which
he said God has adopted 10 reproVe
men for sin, giving them again and
again the opportunity TO come 10
Him, but he stressed the point that
those who Will not avail themselves
of the opportunities shall be de
sJrOyed, and that without remedy.
First He tries through the gos-
pei" he said. How many times
have you resented what a preacher
has said because you thought that
he was aiming at you personally?
He probably wasn't aiming at you,
but what he said applied so well In
your case that you thought he was.
A preacher doesn't have 10 be per-
sOnal if he breaches the gospel;
that is the most personal power IN
the world.
Peculiar Power.
THE gospel has a peculiar power
which is above that of any message !
on Gods earth. You could put
Woodrow Wilson on this platform TO
speak five weeks on the League OF |
Nations and the first week he would I!
have immense crowds from all + arts
of the country but at the end ne
would be speaking 10 empty benches. |
II isn't the messenger, it's the mes |
sage. You had better held the gos-
pei for God says, "Eie that being /
often reproved and hardeneth his |
neck shall be suddenly destroyed /
and that without remedy"
God warns you by the written /
word. You walk down a country I
road and over a field you see a |
posted" sign. God has erected /
those signs over every road which /
leads to ruin. You like perhaps 10 |
go 10 the movies on Sunday. Tou 4
can travel that road if you like but
God has posted a sign. Remember \
the Sabbath 70 keep IL holy You
may dchle your lips with profanity
but remember Gods sign, Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord /
thy God in vain You can be an :
aduIterer but God has Fosted that
road in glaring letters. There is /
not q road that leads astray but
what God Almighty has marked. II /
YOU go over the road TO ruin don't
blame God.
Guides by Conscience.
"He has sought 10 guide you by I
v0ur conscience. Conscience is not I
always a safe guide unless you have /
faith in God. The heather woman /
would offer her child as a sacrifice /
to her god and her conscience /
would be at ease. The Christian /
woman would never rest after such /
q crime. The difference L. not so \
much in conscience as in creed.
But YOU who know of God can \
be guided by conscience. Remem- /
Der YOU will never cease 70 be IN 1
til God himself dies. until heaven 4
TOPPLES. Don't let the things Of this
world attract YOU away from the /
things of God. Pleasure, honor and \
money can't satisfy the immortal .
sou! and they are with you but a /
moment when you consider the eter-
nal life which comes after.
Don't choke your conscience by i
Offering il the things OF the world \
for the things IL really wants. Like \
a babe crying for its mother. your
heart says. Give ME God, and you
say. Forget IL. I'll give you some
thing else That voice IS one that
nobody but God can hush. That \
longing nobody but God can sat
isfy.
Special Warning.
God warns BY special providence,
YOU have heard OF Paul who .
saw the great igh- when
he was on the road 20 Damascus. (
dencr s You have heard of Paul who
saw the great light when he was on .
the road 20 Damascus. ou have
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