Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-01-13
10 WHOM SHALL WE GO?

and accepted Christ as their Savior
What if he had not gone that night? /
Again, men run away from Christ /
through captious doubts and specu- /
lative questions. l wonder if any /
man here has really serious doubts
about the Bible, or about Jesus
Christ. Let me urge you this hour
to probe yourself. 'There are three
kinds of doubts: The doubt of the
head, the doubt that Nathaniel had
when he asked, "Can any good come
out of NAZARETH" The doubt of the
heart, when under sorrow and beaten
down with the fail of disappoint-
ment, one asks, like John the Bap-
fist, cart thou he that cometh, or
look we for another?" and the doubt
Of the wrong kind of life. Sin will
make doubts more quickly than
everything else together. Sin is the
insuiator that cuts off the currents
from God, the veil that conceals
Christ from US. It is easy for men
to be victimized by doubts. Any man
may find relief from his doubts if
he will seek Jesus with his whole
heart. eff any man willeth to do His
will he shall know of the teaching
whether it is of God" 1t is glo-
rious thing, my men, that Christ can
be experimentally tested; that His
salvation is a matter of experience.
You have heard the story of Gilbert
West and Lord Littleton, who were
pronounced skeptics and laughed at
the Bible and Christianity. They
agreed between them that there were
two matters that must be exploded
that they must get rid of the doc
trine of the resurrection of Christ
from the dead, the doctrine that
Christ went into the grave and came
back; and they must get rid, also
| of the strange influence of Paul, the
highest product of Christianity. They
separated and agreed to take one,
one question, and the other, the other
question They met after some
weeks by arrangement, and West
said: ooh, Littleton, you may be
amazed when tell you the results OF
my investigation of the Bible and Of
the church and of Jesus Christ. l
had to study deeply the questions in
volved. l bowed my heart and head
to Christ. am sure that Christ did
rise from the dead" Littleton said:
! 'When came to explain the life Of
Paul I found myself after a while
praying the same prayer as did he:
! Lord, what wilt Thou have me do?
| He saved me, and I found the secret
Of the life of that wonderful man"
A man can know Christ by expert
ence. Some years ago was preach
ing in a meeting of some days m
, New York city. I asked at the close
Of the appeal that any interested
men would pass into the inquiry
room. Among the number who went
in was a young man, about thirty
| five. / noted that he was nervous,
and at the door as he clasped my
hand, he said: Il didn't beleve a
word that you said tonight, but you
preached what my old father IN Vlr-
ginia preached years ago. l thought
I would come in tonight and see
what you said to these men," l
asked him to wait at the close of the
inquiry meeting, that we might talk
together. AS we tarrted, he told me
the sad story-the story of drifting
away from home, and prayer, and
devotion. Then | asked, eff the
things which were preached here, and
which your father preached are true,
wouldn't you like to know them?'
He hesitated a moment and then an
swered, '"To be sure" said, Then
let us ask God to help you" We
bowed at our seats and prayed for
him and then | asked him to voice
his call to. God He could not.
said, "You pray after me-" and |
framed a simple petition to God, and
he followed me-then a second SEN
tence-then a third, more quickly.
Then the words came like a torrent
rushing over a precipice, in confes-
sion. He was back in the plain
preachers modest home. He remem-
bered his mothers entreaty, his ia
theirs counsel. At last he reminded
God of the prayer of the publican,
"God. be merciful to me, a sinner"
and he said: "Oh, Christ, make that
INV PRAYER tonight, and surrender to
Thee, even now, and evermore, even
though it is as dark as night: he
was silent for a moment. Then ne
arose with a great light in his eyes
and took my hand in his and SAID,
srHe has saved me. He has saved
me" Ny friends, man can know
Christ by experience.
MANY times men leave Christ
through claims of personal business
Thev plead that they are engaged OF
are preoccupied. Jesus gave the pic
! ture of a successful business man