The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-25

noted literary gathering was being
held, and among the guests was
man named Caesar Milan A young
lady made her debut that night and
! played and sang most charmingly.,
The minister said to her, after listen
ing to her in company with others,
81 was moved by your ability, and
thought as | listened to you play and
sing, how much good you might do,
and how many sinners you might win
ability to the Lord and sing and play
for Cod
She snapped out something cynical,
and sarcastic He said, Lady, I
meant no offense. God can use abil-
ity as well as the devil, and If you
would dedicate your ability to the
Lord, use that talent, how many sin
ners you could win to Jesus Christ"
The evenings entertainment came
to close. they became units and
went to their homes and retired. This
young lady rolled and tossed with a
troubled insomnia-she couldn't sleep,
she couldn't get away from the face
of the old preacher or his words ring
| ing in her ears, and at two o'clock
| in the morning she leaped out of bed,
got light, seized pencil and paper,
| fell on her knees and as the tears of
! repentance coursed down her cheeks,
Charlotte Elliot wrote:-
Just as l am, without one plea,
| But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bid'st me come to
Thee
o Lamb of God! l come, l come!
God viii Take
| Care OF You.
So. come as you are and God will
satisfy you and supply your need.
| Sometimes you get feeling of I'M
worthtness, like the publican That's
very hopeful sign. l hate to see u
man or woman who feels as though
| God owed them something and that
| salvation was a sort of reward of
i merit. ! like to see a man or wom-
an who is like that get what is COM
ing to them-they get hell here and
when they are through here
God doesn't owe you anything; God
doesn't owe you salvation. He owes
you the opportunity to accept, but he
doesn't owe it to you If you don't
want it. But he offers it to you full,
free, perfect and eternal, If you will
come Gods way-if you won't do
that, let it alone. You can't have It
on any other grounds at all.
| l don't care what your sin is, grace
won't keep you out of hell, if you
don't repent. Some men don't go to
hell because they are sinners; they go
to hell because, they reject Jesus
| Christ, for God says, whatsoever will
may come and whosoever will not,
| will be cast out" so that's the reason
| not because they are sinners, but be-
cause they won't come and be saved.
There are some men and women
who live good, honest lives. There
are some people honest, upright, NOR
al, virtuous who would stand up
land let regiment of soldiers fire at
them, every man armed with ma
chine gun, before they would be I'M
true to their marriage vow. Some
live life just opposite to that, but no
matter what your condition, you come
to Jesus Christ and salvation is yours
How Men
Interpreted Deeds.
| 1 can imagine the blind men whose
eyes Jesus had opened, holding a con-
vention. They were differing with
themselves in giving their testimony
of experience. One man got up and
said, "Now look here, If you want to
have your eyes opened, go sit on the
wayside. Jesus came along and
said, What wouldst thou do unto me
that l might receive my sight,"
Another fellow jumped up and said,
! Look here, that's bum steer! You
| don't get it all at once, you get it on
! the installment plan like you buy
furniture. He said, 81 was blind
and Jesus came up to me and he said,
What wouldst thou have? I said,
want to see. He said, What do you
see now? Why l see trees as men
walking. What do you see now. And
at the third attempt l can see, so you
don't get it all at once, little by lit
tie after while you get it."
Another fellow said, "See here,
You're both wrong. I was blind and
] l came to Jesus and he said, What
do you want? l said, | want to see.
He turned around spat on the ground
and he mixed clay and put it on my
eyes and he said, You go to the pool
of Sloan and wash. 1 got hold of
a fellow to help me and went to the
pool and dipped my head in and wash
ed and my eyesight came
! Another fellow said, 81 can see as
well as you and I've never been near
the pool"
Jesus Christ never told but one
blind man to go to the pool. The
whole thing was faith in Christ.
4 1t was faith in Christ that opened
the eyes of all of them. 1t was
faith in Jesus that. opened their
eyes, and they all said, Whereas
once we were all blind now we can
all see!"
Faith In Jesus
Is Effective.
Jesus was the one that did It, and
it is faith in Christ that does it all
and brings you the blessings in diff
ferent ways.
Sometimes It is the consciousness
that you have sinned and that the
curse of the broken law rests upon
you like a prisoner in the death
house waiting for the time when he
will walk through the little door
from which no one has ever returned,
that some people have deeper con-
viction of sin than they had before.
J Some people have deeper con-
viction of sin before they were con-
4 verified than after-that's true of
some l think most people have it
before. Some people can tell you
4 the day. hour and spot where they