The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-10

III MS sermon 11ueSQay nSnI, rev
w, A. Sunday said:
In the seventh chapter of John and
the seventeenth verse: III any man
will do his will, he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or
whether I speak for myself"
The revised version simplif1es that
verse and says: IF any MAJ willeth
he shall know whether speak of my
self or for the Lord"
have now. and hope and pray
that | always will have sympathy with
any man Or woman that has Difficult
ties, intellectual, spiritual or moral
and If by any word or advice of mine
I can sweep the cobwebs from your.
vision and cause you to see, I account
the work done just as valuable as
though l had been privileged to aid
some man or woman already believer
into a clear conception of his or her
responsibility and obligations to God
and the Word.
The skeptics said, I'VE know you,
we know your mother, your brothers,
your sisters, and we know where you
were BORN How do we know that you
are the Sen of God? . How do we
know that you are true instead of
false?" AZ t-sg,.egs
Jesus said: 81 say am the Son of
God. You say am a liar, fraud,
devil and prince Of devils. Would
YOU like to know whether you are
right or wrong? If you do Gods will
your will know that what you say is
a lie and that what say is true"
VIII to do Gods will and you will
know OF the teaching, whether it be
from God or Just |, talking.
Start Out Seeking 81 st14A
to Do Good sJioss rIs
AlGeorgia preacher one time para,
phrased his text by saying, IF you
want religion do. it. 1t won't be long
until you have it."
In other words start out and do
what any honest man will do and you
will not be long in the dark Now
the proof of the pudding is not in seal
ing the bag or chewing the string
but 1t is in the eating. Yet We have
a lot of people trying to- prove the
inspirations of Christianity by chewing
Well, that requires no amount OF
brains or. sense nor reading, but il
requires a great deal more to put
the words of my text into practice
'Tf any man willeth then he shall
know"
I suppose as long as the United
States minis stamp coins and makes
them worth one hundred cents on the
dollar, there Wilde found men who
will counterfeit them. But that does
not destroy the value of the genuine
You think all the more of it.
You find as long as Gods cause i:
going along, you will find men tina
with counterfeit it. I went to Wash
ington one time, years ago, and | me
my friend, John Wilkey; he used to b.
a reporter on the Chicago Tribune
when I was playing ball. We became
fast friends. I went to his room to SCI
him and he showed me thousands o
dollars made by counterfeiters. l hat
a good dollar in my pocket, and
wasn't fool enough to throw it ava.
on the white house grounds. Tha
one good dollar would buy more thai
all the hundreds of counterfeits tina
I had looked at. 1t made me thinl
more of it because we only counter
felt good things nowadays.
Christ Foretold
Spread of Kingdom
Now Jesus Christ foretold all thi
in His prophecy about the kingdor
of heaven being like grain of mustar
seed, and the birds shall build thei
nests in the branches.
That prophecy has been fulfilled S
today in most of the churches you ca
find anything from a hungry bird
a turkey buzzard.
In town one time out in Iflino
something was said in the sermon tn;
made a young fellow mad He wei
out cursing and damning and said /
did not believe in the Bible or Go
That young fellow was a Mason. s
they had a session called at the lodg
The next day friend of mine m
an officer of the lodge and said,
understand you had an all-night Sc
sion laboring for an erring brother
THAT young fellow didn't belize
in God or Christ or anybody else. TIL
young fellow was knight Temple
He can come to a thirty-third degr'
and believe in God but when a m;
wears that white flag and blue unifor
he has got to believe in Jesus Chri
and the New Testament"
In a degree of the Masonic led
they say these words: No infidel c;
walk here and he can not get in"
If there is any bunch on God 4
mighty = ulTI tHdl L nave d i6L4I
expect cooperation of, it is the M
who wear the Masonic badge. Yal
it off or profess your faith. III
Young fellow was a Knight Tempt
and they labored all night over
case. And finally they decided \
TO turn him out of the lodge.
Say, there is not lodge in this CT
or in this country that has not hyl
critics in its membership. Is that a
argument against lodge? When a
man uses it as an argument he is
fool
Many Churches
Have Hypocrites.
And there is not a church. eth
Catholic or Protestant, that has 7
hypocrites in its membership. Is tt
any argument against Christianity
Jesus Christ? If any man uses it
an argument, he is fool, and he is
iackass of a fool If he does.
And so l tell you that I have
controversy with the church tod
Catholic and Protestant, and that &
troversy is the laxity on the part
the officials to apply the principles
men who Give in opposition to- tn
promises and will not stick up
Gods truth.
You know that many time {
ificials are in such a God forsaR
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