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

glutton, devil" They put him on
the cross, sir, but
Out from the tomb,
-. On that Easter morn,
/ He burst the bands of earth,
/ That none e'er broke before.
And rose in conquering majesty
! To stoop to death no more"
| And the Holy Spirit came down,
and John picked up the well-worn
pen and wrote the words of my text.
. Behold, | stand at the door. and
knock, If you will let me in we will
have great time" Come on! Come
on
Had To Change
For Health.
! When played baseball, quit and
went into the Y. M. C. A. in Chicago.
and the sudden change from an open,
outdoor, athletic life to an indoor
life, drinking coffee, and eating beans
and sinkers, and dairy lunches kind Of
got on my nerves, so | resigned
| went up to Lake Geneva, Wis.
j the prettiest body of water beneath
the stars, to recuperate At the
y NJ Z. A camp one day in August,
| strolled out on to the pier Looking
! down into the clear, blue waters (it
is fed with springs) | saw something
down there that looked like pearl
held in the grasp of ray of sunshine.
Il said to my friend, What is that?
! Isn't it beautiful"
He said, every wear when the
j sun is just about here in the sky. at
this season, there is something down
. there that shines and scintillates. It
is very deep and the water is cold"
"Oh, shucks," l said, "That isn't
deep"
Well he said, Its too deep to
go down there.
I said, Lets try it."
So | hurriedly changed my clothes
and came out in a bathing suit. l
said, I used to be a good diver at
the old swimming hole out in Iowa,
when the frost was on the pumpkin,
and the folders sin the shock l
think l can get it,
Johnny said. ut is too deep"
But l said, 81 will try it."
Unable To
Reach Bottom.
So took deep breath and filled
my lungs and dived down and down.
eyes open and hands outstretched to
win my prize. 1t seemed to smile
and beckon to me- So down l went,
deeper and deeper. with eyes open
and hands outstretched to get it. Il
seemed to beckon and smile and saw.
Deeper
| felt my breath getting shorter.
| could hear the roar of the water as
1t dubbed from the springs below.
l began to feel chilled and my teeth
chartered l thought, well, once
more and if fail, l fail"
So with eyes open and hands out
stretched, down l swept and reached
out my hand, and whirled and shot
up to the top of the water
! heard John say, Did you get it
BiIl?"
mo, too deep, too deep"
| heard people talk about the love
of God. I said, 81 will fathom it."
Thirty years ago, one dark, stormy
night in Chicago, staggered into the
arms of Jesus Christ, and l have been
trying to fathom his love for thirty
years. 1t is too deep.
Then l said, 81 will scale the
heights I took the wings of faith.
l mounted up with the wings of the
eagle. 1t is too high.
I said, 81 will go around it" For
thirty years l have tried It's cir
conference is too great.
Expects To Find
FulfiIIment.
Understand it? No, never expect
to understand it until God wipes the
smoky filament from my vision and
I see him face to face in the days
when he makes up his jewels.
o, God, knock louder, knock longe-
upon the hard obtuse hearts of some
of these old sinners.
Jesus Christ has knocked so long
He knocked through the doctor when
You were sick. He knocked through
the pleadings of your wife and chill
dren. He has knocked through your
adversely, and through your prosper
ity.
If you are willing to pay the price.
have nothing to say. l am through.
am through. If you are willing to
pay the price for going to hell, | have
nothing to say. l will admit you will
gain something by not being a Chris
tan. You will gain the friendship of
some people, but you are worse off
because you have it..
breaches to
Gain Converts
l could preach in way that would
win me the friendship of a lot of
pups in this town, but | don't want it.
admit you will gain some things,
and you will lose some things, my
friends, but what you lose by being
Christian you are a thousand fold
better off without And what you
gain by not being a Christian you are
worse for having it.
You will lose some friends. So.
when | took my stand for Jesus Christ, |
to be sober, and true to my wife. and
decent, l lost the friendship of lot
of people that hit me on the back and
called me a dead-game sport. They
haven't invited me to cross their
Threshold from that day to this. Well. !
l am better Off
| will admit you will lose money.
Oh, yes, the girl that is selling her
womanhood loses that The brewer
would lose money because he'd have
to turn the key in his place.
You will lose some pleasures, not
for day-but. oh. don't get the idea
that it means to have long face and
be gloomy. l am just hitting the
earth on the high spots. / never knew
what real happiness was until l was
decent and served the Lord.
III YOU go TO hell y0T'va oot tn ctop !