South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-26

stores and factories, closed the meet
ing. The business women will at
tend the Wednesday night services
In a body.
Mrs. Don Cochran talked TO girls
between Il and 20 years old at the
First Christian church. An audi
ence OF 400 greeted the speaker and
the response at the conclusion point
ed TO the success Of the campaign
among the younger women OF the
city.
Judgment"
At the night services Bob Jones
took as his text, Judgment" bring
ing home the fact that we will all
have 10 confess our sins, IL not now
then before the judgment seat Of
God. where social cast or business
position Will be 10 no avail in help
ing to hide the facts OF our lives.
He took his text from the 18th
and 18th 1erses Of the 14th chapter
Of Romans. And knowing the time
that now IL is high time TO awake
out Of sleep for now is our salvation
nearer than when we believed"
Some day" he declared, every
one Of US viii have 10 come before
thb JAublhcuL Sbdl OF tOQ. We
known men who died bravely but
I've never know any man who didn't
become serious when he came to
face the Judgment
God is mighty good 10 permit
every human to stand at his judg-
ment seat and give an account Of
himself No one but yourself and
God understands you. There are
people who think they understand
you. People sometimes think we are
bad when we are good, but more
often they think we are good when
we are bad.
Can't Camouhage.
'You can pass for something you
are not here, but you can't pass OFF
a sham life on God, and some day
everybody will know you as God
knows you. Which had you rather
DC, meet your sin tonight or at the
Judgment seat of God?
1T viii not be a question then of
what people think about you but of
what God knows about you. Your
mother thinks you are a virtuous
girl Are you? Your wife thinks
you are a faithful husband. Are
you?
You are accountable to God for
all you are and do and think. Lis
ten, you are accountable TO Him for
what you think. You may say that
you can think what you please. but
you can't. Back OF every theft. OF
every sin. of every tragedy of human
life is a long, slow, silent process of
wicked thinking"
Attacks Dances.
In continuing his talk he attacked
the dance, gambling and drinking.
declaring that if by influence you
bring an innocent person 70 sin by
any Of these paths you are as ac-
countable az though you had com-
mitted the sin yourself.
The thing that has first place in
your life is your God. II you let
pleasure. or love OF money or any
thing else come before your love of
God You are guilty of the violation
of the commandment"
lie made an open attack upon vio-
lation Of Sunday laws in Indiana,
when in discussing the violation of
the Sabbath, he declared, you have
moving picture houses running in
this city on the main street at this
minute in violation of the laws of
the state OF Indiana You who
don't respect the Sabbth will have
to answer to Gods law.
There is a commandment which
says, Thou shalt not kill That
doesn't mean only that you shall not
actually commit murder. There are
women in America who will go
through hell with the blood of un-
born babes dripping from their fin
ger tips. There are boys who will
have TO answer for driving their
mothers to an early grave. There
are husbands with wives whom they
are cruelty killing. When they die
the doctor will call it heart trouble
but the recording angel will write,
Murdered by her husband.