The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-23
" v H|TE-W AS HE'D OR
WASHED WHITE" TOPIC
Of SU md Ay ST RIM ON
BY D R. R. |. DAVIDSON

The message OF the Rev Z. L.
Davidson. pastor Of the Broadway
BAPTIST church, Sunday evening was
on the subject, "White.Washed or
Washed White" and was suggested
by the incident in the trial of Jesus
before PLATE when PLATE, finding
that he could not divert the Jews
from their demand for the crucifixion
Of Jesus, took a basin of water and
washed his hands before them, saying,
Il am innocent of the blood OF this
just person; see ye to it,"
Vain Efforts
The preacher said, "in this one
sentence PLATE acquitted Jesus and
condemned himself. for if Jesus was
a just person 1t was his duty to re-
lease him and protect him from mob
violence, but instead Of doing this he
turned him over to the mob to be
put to death and then washed his
hands in a vain effort to wriggle out
Of responsibility for his part in the
Decide. PLATE could wash his hands
but he could not wash his conscience
nor his heart of blood gulltiness nor
could he wash out the judgments
20 whitewash himself suggests some
modern efforts at the same thing"
The Mothers Answer
People try to white.wash their
sins by deluding themselves into be-
lieving that they are not sins. | have
had people come to me and ask me If
[ thought certain things We're wrong.
Upon asking them what they thought
about it they have invariably replied
that they did not see any harm in it,
The very fact that they asked the
question was proof that they had
doubt about it and hoped that my
answer might help silence their accus.
ing conscience. A daughter once
asked her mother in my presence
whether she thought her waist was
clean enough to wear to church. The
mother replied. Daughter, whatever
ls doubtful is dirty II Will not make
an unclean thing clean for one to
think it is clean. This is poor white
wash"
Every Mans Sin His Own
Others try TO white. wash their sins
with the apology that there are other
things that are worse. The fact that
man stole wheel barrow when he
could have stolen an automobile will
not acquit him in the theft Of the
wheel barrow. Others white'wash
themselves Of the guilt Of their sins
by the fact that others are doing the
same thing. The fact that n man
has a partner in his crime does not
lessen his guilt. If five men fire on
a defenseless man and only one shot
strikes him. they are all equally
guilty of his murder. Every mans
sins are his own, it makes no differ
ence how many were associated with
him in their commission
THE plea of some is, I could not
help IT,. They lay the blame on
heredity A man may be born with
quick temper but that does not
Justify his using II 10 slap people
with. A may may be given sharp
edged knife but the fact that he has
such knife does not justify him In
going around sticking 1t in other peo-
pie. There are other and better uses
for his knife than that. A man Is not
held responsible for the nature with
which he comes into this world but
he is held responsible for the use he
makes Of it,"
A Childs Wisdom
Nervousness is a white.wash that
Is used to cover a multitude OF sins
A little girl said to her mother one
day. Mother why is it when / act
ugly you say / am cross ana when
you act ugly you say you are nervous?
Nervousness is no sufficient excuse
for sim
Some white.wash their sins by
turning over a new leaf, joining the
church. being baptized and doing bet
ter. The turning over of new leaf
does not destroy or blot out the OLD
one. The records stand against MN
A man can no more escape the 1udg'
ments of God by Joining the church
and being baptized than he can escape
the judgments Of an earthly court
by the same white.wash. Things VIII
look different in the white light OF
Gods Judgment day from what they
do down here in the fogy atmosphere
of earth, All the soap and white
wash OF earth can not get rid or a
mans sins or hide them from the
eye Of God Lady Mac
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