The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-03

floor. We talked about the war, We
talked about business, We talked
about society, we talked about the
evangelist, we talked about the taber-
nacle; but you never asked me to be
a Christian You laugh at some eccen-
tricity. you sneered at some idiosyn- |
cracy but you didn't ask me to get on |
my knees and give my heart to Jesus !
Christ"
| wonder if it would be possible in |
the day of judgment, if any of you
should shuttle off this mortal coil and |
drift out with the tide right now-how
God would stand before you. | tell
you, the trouble is that we fail to
realize that without Jesus Christ, we
are lost. There is no other way under
heaven given among men whereby
they can be saved. You fail to real
ize that without Jesus Christ, you are
lost, lost
l will never forget in town in
! Iowa, there was one man they kept
talking to me about He was the may
Or of the town, and l asked if any of
them had ever been up to see him. Not
a soul, so / said, II will and l went
down and walked into his office and l
said:
Good morning, Mr.. .Seeber," l said.
How do you do, Mr.. Seeber? l have
come down to ask you to be a Chris
tan. Lots of people have been talk
| ing about you"
You know every city has few men
that are leaning posts-financial lean
! ing posts, political leaning posts, and
whatever they do, thousands of peo
| pie in the same community, where
there is sort of community interest
and people are held in leash to do
right, because everybody knows what
, they are.
| 1 said:
81 have come down to ask you to
be a Christian"
! He said:
Thank you am glad to see you.
have lived in town IA years and you
are the first man that ever asked me
that question"
He said:
do the people down there believe
that am saved?"
l said:
We'll, l don't know I said to him:
well, what are you going to do about
it," I quoted him this verse: He that
believeth not is condemned already.
i He said:
j DO you know what I would do if l
believed that?"
Continues
Asking Questions.
at doesn't cut any ice whether you
believe it or not, it is true"
The fellow says:
Il don't believe in heaven"
: l said:
We'll, there is one whether you be-
: lieve in it or not"
} He said:
j 81 don't believe in Jesus Christ"
l said:
HE is the Son of God, whether you
!, believe it or not; and please remem-
! Der. whether you believe it or not, a
fact remains a fact whether you have
got the sense enough to believe it or
not"
He said:
Il don't believe the Bible is the
Word of God"
l said to him:
Have you ever read it,
He said:
well, no.
said:
well, you simp, what right have
you to say you don't believe it? What
do you know about it, when you have
never read it?''
Somebody comes up to me and asks
! if l like Irwin Cobbs last book.
like everything Irwin ever wrote; he is
a crackerjack. I say
NO"
He says:
, Did you ever read it,"
I say: ..
NO"
He says:
), well, what business have you go
saying that you don't like it if vol
never read ito"
This man said:
DO you know what Id do if be
$ lieved ito"
v l said:
NO. l don't"
r why" he said, I'D get down on m.
a knees and ask you to pray for me-"
Prayers Won't
It Save Soul.
s I said:
$ THAT wouldn't do you any good.
O prayers would have saved you you'
. have been saved long ago. You Nigh
II as well ask me to eat for you whel
e you are hungry All the food l ca
1. eat for you when you are hungry won
- appease your hunger. You might a
n we'll ask me to drink water for yo
9 when you are thirsty"
a If nv prayers-listen to me-if m
It prayers could save this city, Their
n wouldn't be a sinner see the sun ris
t tomorrow, for they would all be save
m if my prayers could save them.
And he said to me:
x wouldn't you pray for me?"
r. said:
ID Eyes, but if you didn't pray for you,
st self. my prayers wouldn't save you"
u | said:
re Have you got a mother alive?
le He said:
IS Eyes"
3 I said:
II rs she a Christian"
IS yes"
- I said:
n IF prayers would have saved 20
II old man, you would have been save
long ago. and you are SO years oil
III Your mothers prayers haven't save
= you Why? Because you haven't bee
io man enough to pray for yourself"
He said:
"I would pray for myself"
''I said, "All right. | have praye
a for you, and your mothers prayers,
H.