The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-28

fruitage of his desires. When he
sows evil acts he sows evil habits
and keeps doing it,
The fellow that is a drunkard had
to take the first drink. The man that
never takes the first can't possibly sow
the seed Of the habit of drunkenness.
Then, when you sow an evil habit
you reap an evil character, and God
draws the line, my friends, at char
acter. A man becomes a criminal by |
his action. He becomes a sinner by
his thoughts. No matter how much /
you may think against the laws of I
state, that doesn't make you Grim
inal, but you are on the road to be- /
come a criminal No matter how |
much you may think against the I
laws Of state, no officer has the |
right to go up and pinch you until |
you put your thoughts into actions, |
and if your action is contrary to the |
laws of this state, then you are a
criminal. No matter whether you
feel like a criminal or not. If you
act contrary to the law, you are a
! criminal. See? All right And if you
act contrary to Gods law you are
sinner
! 1t isn't question whether you
+ feel like a sinner or not That
doesn't enter into it. You are. But
when a man becomes criminal he
/ becomes a criminal by his actions,
! but if he never puts his thoughts in
to action and his actions are not con-
trary, well, then he is never Grim
inal. But a man becomes a sinner
by his thoughts. He doesn't need to
4 put his thoughts into action to be
sinner. When he thinks or acts he
1 is a sinner. So he plays both ends
against the middle. He whipsaws.
Gives Illustration
From Bible
4 Now to give you an illustration:
Moses said, Thou shalt not commit
! adultery referring to the act of sin.
!, Jesus said, Il say unto you, who
ever looketh upon a woman to lust
/, after her, has committed adultery
with her already in his heart, and so
. man thinketh in his heart, SO he is"
Chastity requires purity of thought
as we'll as outward act.
DR.. j. G. Holland, in his little book
entitled Gold Foil" tells of lovely
, island washed by waters that were
, pacific, where flora and fauna We'd
:, with each other to wear crown.
: There were fruits in abundance and
. flowers of every hue, trees and fruit
from every paradise. And maiden
gently steers a wave-kissed keel, and
yonder she is lost in a labyrinth of
bewitching beauty as she leaps from
her canoe and creeps beneath the
foliage dripping with dew and kissed
: with the sunlight, and every drop
: sparkling like a jewel And farther
= down the beach a young man comes
in his canoe, and he bends and creeps
= beneath the foliage and disappears
: farther down a husband; farther still
!. a wife. An hour passes and they re
turn to their canoes and they land
: from whence they came.
! What is that island?" asks DR.
!, Holland, and then he answers his own
Il inquiry by saying: at is the island oil
. your thoughts and your longings and
u your imaginations where all unseer
y you ply your tiny craft"
Where have you been today in your
:. thoughts? The secret of whose person
u did you approach in your longing
: What did you desire to do my friends
= Therefore, as you think in you
= thoughts so you are.
- friend of mine sat in rich anC
- fashionable church and they wer,
u receiving into membership, oh, abou
bdpllS
. church. They came to the point in i
IS where they asked all that would ex
g tend the right hand of fellowship t.
d arise. l Just don't know the wording
a. Everybody arose except woman
Il that sat next to my friend and h
- knew her.
~ He said, You are a member of thi
IN church,"
She said eyes"
n You are going to rise and say tina
III you will extend the right hand c
: fellowship to those that are comm
Id in?'
ct She said. mo they are comm
lg from our mission church and | al
Ell not going to stand and say that
Dc will give them the right hand of fe
n lowship."
IS, Was Not True
80 Christian
he And yet that hussy had the a,
eS dacity to say she was a follower {
Jesus Christ. She was so close t
IN hell that she could look into it.
re. whatsoever is born of God belle
X eth that Jesus is the Christ"
as You believe that He is the So
d. of God and that your salvation
through faith in Him."
WnOSOeVer Is porn OF God
lieveth that Jesus is the Christ"
OF who is a liar but he that denfet
In that Jesus is the Christ
he Nobody is born of God who deni,
IN, that Jesus Christ was the Son
nd God. They are not born of God the
tut can't be. There is no Christiani
ed outside of Jesus Christ
ne There are lots of people who liz
he good lives that don't believe in IL
ng. Son Of God. but they are not Chris
Ter ians, and the reason they live a d
we cent life is because of the restraint
ion influence of Christianity. There
in no Christianity outside of Chris
of, whatsoever is born of God owe
'of. cometh the world" How does tn
ar sound? 'Whosoever is born of G,
OF overcometh the world
vas There are two verses of Scriptu
I'M which ! would like to embIazon ;
ca over this city. | would like to hi
DO men to carry banners by day al
ee? transparencies by night and ! wou
se- like to paint them on the sdewaI
md and have the city commissions
I'M make an appropriation, erect towe
ice, and embIazen them in fronts of bui
yid inoS and from the ron lie +ha,,