The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-31
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sign Of disapproval he thinks all is
we'll and he is so perfectly satisfied
with himself. And yet he is on the
wayst0 perdition as surely. as the MUIR
derefl or the thief who have not re-
peHted. ,:*r .%zsl.,' isfs is,.. ~.
The most common form Of sin is
the sin Of neglect. It leads Stosdeath
just as certain as the gross or the res
pectable sin. The great unanswered
question of the Bible is ..How shall
we escape If we neglect 50 great sal
vatiOn?" If a man neglects thesgrace
Of God in any form he does It at his
peril. There IS a law running thru
lall% nature mental and
moral and it is this. "To misuse or to
disuse is to lose any faculty that God
in His goodness has made over to us. !"
Hear me now! You can persist in
Ia life of sin until your moral land,
spiritual faculty is dead The light
may still shine but you are ,unabletto
|seeS 1t. Truth still Knocks but you
cannot hear It, Virtue beckonsA but
you are blind to her signals.
II Satan once called all hellttOgether
I and sought advice of his friends as
to how they could best dam the souls
of earth. One demon arose and with
a }fiendish laugh, said, 'Iellntell you
what Ill do. I'll go and tell them,
that there is no God, no heaven. no
hell, and that the Bible is all a fable
and a book of lies" But: the devil
was wise for he said, ITO he sure a
lot Of people would believe what you
tell them, but a great many of them
T.. hn f0n1 hof Co III
In his heart. there is no God. Then:
another. imp arose and said. Let us
go, for I'll tell them there'sistaaS God,
a heaven, but there is no he'll That
Jesus Christ was the best man that
ever lived, but he was not divine;
that the Bible has some truth In it,
hut much error also; that people can
sin all they want to and when they
come to die God in His r1rcy will
save them Just the same. y And all
the devils cheered with delight, but
Satan said, Nc, you cannot go; You
might find some who would be de-
lighted to believe that kind Of doc
Urine. but too many men Will not
swallow that kind of talk. Sit down.
Finally the worse looking 1end OF all
arose and said. Let me go, and I'll
tell them the Bible is true and that
there Is a God. a heaven, a hell and
eternal suffering for sin. That there
fssa Saviour named Jesus Christ who
will save all that come unto him"
And when he said this ali the fiends
|laaped to their feet and cried, never,
never! that's the very thing we hate
and wish to overthrow. Wait "a
minute, said the arch. fiend 81 have
not finished. Il will then say to each
lone who thinks upon the subject,
there is plenty Of time for You to at
tend to this. SO put 1t on and wait
tll-tomorrow. And then he demons
shouted thunder OF hurrahs. and
old Satan said, "You may go at
nnce!" And that emissary Of the
world Of darkness has been busy from
IthRt day to this. Hesis here. tonight
end Is whispering to you in the morn
ins Of life and to you who are bowed
with years, PUT It on !; there's time
enough yet: wait till tomorrow.
While another voice, the voice Of
Gods spirit: speaks to you and says,
|"Now Is the day of salvation. Isbeg
LOT you my friends, heed Gods call
and come to Christ now
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