The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
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!, ANDOTHERCULTS
Evangelist Declares There
as But One Way to
Heaven

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i BENNINGTON, March lex.
rept I've. be born again, ye cannot
see God" This reply Of Jesus to
the ruler, Nicodemus, Is the out
standing fundamental doctrine Of
theSBible, according to the Rev. II.
a.. james in his sermon at the NJ.
u Church here last night. The sub
isct Of tho sermon was The Great
Essential" and tho church was
crowded to overflowing.
Mr.. James said that many people
think there arc hundred ways to
get into heaven and lot of them
20 to he'll because they think SO.
you want TO know how TO get
to heaven" he said, "then go to
His holy word and learn how. Don't
go to some cult or ism, or 'lte,
1btt to the Bible"
" Discussing people who were try.
ing, 70 get into heaven without be
ing born again, he said, "What nc.
y count is salvation to you II people
cant tell that you have It? There's
but one way to get TO heaven, and
u you go away from here unsaveG
tonight it's your own fault
Mr.. James said that he did no:
intend to tell just what the new
birth Is, but what It is not He de.
clared that 1t is not fear, for fear
can't take q fellow into heaven. The
devil fears God, no said, and yet
i he isn't u Christian. Fasting isn't
the new birth, he said, nor Is re-.
pentance or remorse. Speaking Of
remorse, he said that lots OF peo-
pie had taken something from some.
one else and werc now sorry for
IT s.That doesn't help" he said
'.If you've got something that be-
Nlongs TO somebody else, take It back
ITO them. Many rich men, he said.
got their wealth by taking 1t from
other people. Tho devil couldn't
get them any other way, so he Just
z gave them all tho money thov
need and they did the rest them
tYou may laugh he'll outf of the ri.
BILE" he declared, but you laugh
sth3 common sense out OF your head
wii5a your DO"
The evangelist declared that con.
firmatton cannot within itself save
ANY man. X II know a thousand peo
ple,vb he said, "who are confirmed
Pin their own sins-and they're so.
ing to hell SO fast you can't see
them for their own dust"
Declaring that the new birth
4 isn't 3penance, he told of n convict
In a mid-western prison who hau
committed some terrible crime.
i This man almost daily scraped and
Horuised his face against the con.
crete floor as means OF wIping
out his, crime. But" said Mr..
4 James. "what he needed was tho
pew birth"
Neither Is conviction the new
birth" he declared. "and saying
your prayers won't save you. Say.
ing your prayers isn't praying.
Praying is dialog, not Il mono.
log, and you've got to talk to and
with Jesus to get anything from
your prayers"
''Do you remember those new
year resolutions?" he asked. ~
used to mako them, and once I
threw away my pipe and Honest
Scrap, never to use 1t again. The
next day ! broke down all ths
. weeds In the back yard looking for
s1ny pipe and tobacco. Good resolu.
i lions won't get you into heaven.
here's something else needed
\ ,yet.,,,
Baptism won't save you. nor will
religion, he said. The man who
goes to church in the morning on
sunday and goes fishing in the aft
sernoon has religion, but 1t won't
take him to heaven"
1.-THE new BIRTH" said Mr.. James,
sis the importation Of the divine
i nature to the flesh, wrought by the
working power Of the spirit of God.
Unless you have that you have not
been born again, and cannot see
iGod.,s'
He told Of certain girl in a con-
gregation addressed by Sam Jones,
who, when asked II she wouldn'.
make things right with God, said:
srm all right" Some time after
this, the same girl grew Ill and the
doctor said she must die. She i'm.
\ mediately called for Sam Jones. and
he came to her. "Mr. Jones'" shs.
raid, tive belonged to the church
for a long time, and thought I
was all right; but I'm not" Then
Y he told Of her beath-bed struggle
for salvation. and how. at the last
moment, she found It. Then. said
REV James, she turned 10 Jones
eAaI said, REV. Jones, tell tho PEG,
bstof the church to be sure. I
thought I was a Christian, but I
wasn't. Tell them not to fool or
tamper with the will of God"