The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-15

res.
"In the Bible?"
Every bit of it."
"That Jesus Christ is the Son of
God?"
ST do"
Heaven for the saved, He'll for
the LOST"
Eyes"
1 said, "Tell me then, why you are
not a Christian"
He looked me in the face and said,
bill, I'm not a man enough to be a
Christian. I'm not man enough"
Some Lack
Manhood.
are not a Christian? You aren't man
enough to be a Christian!
You haven't manhood enough to get
up and walk down the aisle n take
me by the hand and say, 4 give my
hear to Christ"
You haven't manhood enough to
take my hand and go home this af-
ternoon and say, 81 hit the trail this
afternoon and Pm going to live Tor
Christ"
You haven't manhood enough to
take me by the hand and a. to your
o1oLOIS LII AOL SOlhS ~ los -
ashamed of me, but proud"
You haven't manhood enough, you
aren't man enough to take me by
the hand and then go home and say,
1--WE given my heart to Jesus Christ"
Oh, you aren't man enough to be
a Christiani 1t takes manhood to be
a Christian, M friends, in this old
world No man can be a man with
out being a Christian and no man Is
a mar unless he is a Christian. There
fore, if you want to be a man, be a
Christian; if you want to be less than
a man, serve the devil and go to hell!
Manhood is
Essential Trait.
Nobody can be a nan unless he
is a Christian in the world, no mat
ter where you go or what you are!
! l meet a good many fellows who
think it is manly to put off the
claims of religion and refuse to dc
what God wants them to do, and
serve the world, the flesh and the
devil. A man said to me, bill,
would but l am afraid somebody viii
laugh at me-"
/, Any man that would laugh at yot
for taking a stand for Jesus Christ
hasn't the first principle of manhood
in him. Any mar that would laugh al
you and make you ashamed of your
self that you had done this is SO low
down, my friends, that wouldn't dis
grace this pulpit by comparing hin
with anything. ! wouldn't spit OF
him or wipe my feet on him.
The man who is brave enough t.
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be brave enough to take his stan(
on the side Of Jesus Christ and TO
his truth, for there is no place OF
, Gods earth where you have a bet
ter opportunity to show your rea
true manhood than when you stant
up and openly and bravely and trul,
acknowledge God and his truth.
Physical Strength
Not Necessary.
. It's a false idea that a good man.
people have as to what constitute
, manhood. Some seem to think it !
physical strength. There was Sang
son-he could carry off the gates a
easily as you could lug a pillow o.
your lap, and yet he laid his head j
a woman's lap and h sheared hi
locks and he died.
LUCK dI DdNOu. TIC was q PAOo
gy of intellect. Men stood and lool
ed at him. When he was Chance
Tor of England one man offered hir
: a bribe of three hundred pounds
he'd give a decision in his favol
L Another man offered him four hui
: dred pounds and he gave the dec
. sion of the one who offered foul hui
dred pounds.
- Ez~I Iix.iHr ic No &aSf IF POanhanf
You are not a man because you ca
drink more than the rest of the bunch
because you can drink twenty mug
\ of booze and then walk home straigh
That doesn't constitute manhood
You're not a mar because your nam
n happens to be on the lips of someon
D down in the haunts of shame. YOUR
not a man because some fellow hit
= you on the back and calls you a dea
game sport. That's no compliment
That's no ideal of manhood in TIL
old world!
Some Postpone
: Action.
9 / think most men expect to b
Christians, but they seem to imagin
1" it is manly to put off the claims {
\ religion and squeeze this old worl
like you would a lemon and then {
the end of a misspent life, Just b
fore they phone for the undertake
call for the preacher and pray an
creep into the kingdom of God b
cause of his long suffering and me
cy!
~ Oh. | have met men who cheris
v the contemplate idea that it is mani
&c to put off the claims of religion an
y keep the control of their own live
d in their own hands, and just befol
" they die they send for the preacht
o or priest to try and help them
catch a glimpse of Jesus Christ.
N presume Their are men who, in til
busy rush of life never give then
selves an opportunity stop
think about God Almighty and whe
e they come to lie upon what will prov
10 be their death bed, may take tin
q to plan and prepare, but / do not b
a lieve that any man who has the o
n p~ortunity that you men have this afte
I noon, If you have never heard a Sc
a. mon before, if you never hear anOth'
n one besides this, you will hear enoue
1t to give you all the light that yc
need to give your life to Jesus Chri
1t if you will accept it.
Or Loses His Desire
l. To Kill
" | heard of a hunter hat had
ID weasel which initiated the voice of
fawn. He stood in front of the weas
and the weasel cried. Out came IL
IN mother deer looking this way and TIL