The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-18


18th verse.
I'd like to make my message so
plain and simple tonight that not a
man or woman could rise up against
me in the day of judgment and say,
in April. 1922 but l didn't learn by
what l heard what l had to do"
I'd like to make it as God has
made it and | wish | had the power
to strip off the swaddling clothes of
criticism in all its naked simplicity,
that the man or woman with the
limited amount of intelligence, may
lay hold of eternal life
Somebody has very aptly and beau
tifully said that God requires of ev-
cry man and woman three things,
whether they are a heather or Chris
tan, or whether they live in America
or Africa, whether they are learned
or illiterate, God requires and de-
mands of every man and woman three
things, that has any intelligence, three
things.
First, willing mind. 1t Is accepted
according to what a man hath, and
not according to what he hath not.
If ye be willing and obedient we shall
eat the fruit of the land You must
If you want the blessing of God to
come into your heart, you must be will
/. ling to forsake every known sin. That
means that you shouldn't hold onto
any one you do know.
| Although God is infinite, God de.
creed the freedom of the human will
| and He stops right there. He will
not compel you to forsake your sins
against your will, and if God could
and would compel men and women
/ to forsake their sins against their
will, there wouldn't be a sinner on
| earth
/ Refuse To
! Pay Price.
! And a lot of people are just sneaks
! They want the best of everything I'M
i der heaven, but they don't want tC
come across and help to bear theil
share of it. That's true of the church
| in business, in politics, and true in
/ government. So you've got to adopt
! the principle that as you get right
| you will follow that but so far as you
know and understand you will forsakt
every known sin now, and later on
if you get more light that will show
You something there that you ought
to forsake, then you will do that;
but so far as you know, you are ready
and willing now to turn back on every
known sin.
Second, a desire to know the truth
! in order that you might obey thu
! truth. In the day of judgment Coo
will show You that you had an intel
ligence to know what to do but yol
wouldn't do it and you will be con
demned for that fact believe one
! of the most cursed ambitions tina
stirs a human heart is a selfish desire
for knowledge, just simply that yol
may blow and boast that you know
something more than someone else
But a desire to know more that b,
| knowing you might do and in ordei
that by knowing and doing you Nigh
become Christlike that is great
! | love to see a man or woman tina
/ wants to know more that they nigh
do; and in order that by knowing o.
doing, you can become noble OF
| Christian man. But l despise the fel
low who wants to know and ther
won't do.
Public Confession
Is Necessary.
Third. an honest, open, public con
! fession with your lips and your lif,
/ that so far as you know and under
| stand you will do Gods will and fol
low and serve Him. God will neve
/ give you any more light until yol
use what you have. You use that III
and God will give you more. l nigh
get up in front of this building ant
find fellow with a lantern me