The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-29

that was walking along one day in
June, when the sun was shining and
everything was beautiful and green.
and a man was strolling on his lawn,
and he said. isn't God good? See
how green everything is"
And he stopped and said, "Well, |
ON not an lnfldel, but ! am a doubter
and do not owe cent, but | would
give all have II could be convinced
that Jesus is the Son Of God"
DO you mean it?"
you have my word for It,"
We'll, then, come to the house with
me and I will convince you"
So he took paper and pencil and
he wrote the following: 81 believe
that there is an eternal difference
between right and wrong. hereby
take this stand on the right side. /
promise to make an honest effort to
| find out If Jesus Christ is the Son
of God, by obeyig the Bible and IL He
reveals to me that He is. / hereby
promise to accept Him and honestly
strive to please him."
| Asks for
| Signature
He handed the paper to the skep-
| tic.
|
ment that l have ever seen"
Sign it."
Il will have to talk It over with my
Wife
Sign It."
There is enough time to give you
my answer
Sign It. You are telling me that
you want to know IL there is God.
and whether he answers prayer. Now
have given you clue. Sign II and
| live by it."
But he never did. There the light
OF God flashed into his mind and
heart, but he was not honest for he
would not give God a chance.
| That is the way with multitudes of
people today.
Suppose there is a man who does
his duty toward all but one. He is
| good to his wife and neighbors, etc,
but he treats his poor old mother with
contempt He will not buy her clothes
or food. She has to take In washing
for living.
Don't come to me and tell me what
good man he Is, when he treats
his poor old mother with scorn and
contempt, because the fact that he
does that would undo every good thing
ever done by him.
Too Many
Are Hypocrites
Here is a man that is good and
generous to everybody but he treats
Jesus Christ like a brute. Don't you
talk to me about that fellow being
good citizen don't want to hear
a word about him. Treat Jesus Christ
like a brute-and think You arc de-
cent? No, sir.
These people are hypocrites~ There
are hypocrftes In the church and II
you wait until there are none In the
church, before you are willing TO be
convinced. you win never be.
You say you belong to lodge.
There are hypocr1tes In lodges: You
don't say that you win not belong
to your lodge because there are hypo-
critics in il. There are hypocrites
there. / wouldn't have anything TO
do with lodge II were you.
So there are hypocrites everywhere.
But that does not hurt religion eny.
There are hypocrites In business,
politics, In elm, and so don't you offer
the excuse that you will not be con
WINGED until all the hypocrites are
gotten out Of the church. Would you
refuse to be loyal 70 the government
because you found soma fellow wins
would not register?
Are you going to be false 20 yom
wife Just because somebody else Il
, false? The best people In the worA
are in the church. although an tha1
are in the church are not the best.
Then there Is the excuse that yuv
, are waiting for somebody else. Thl
} wife is waiting for the husband. tha
! husband is waiting for the wife. Tht
young man is waiting for the Other
young men believe that Is an trua
We are all tied together like cars o.
la train We all rub elbows with ouI
neighbors. It is like a lot OF siedsf,
: bells. You hit one and they aIl rtSx.