The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29


ignorance of electricity destroyed him,
more to you than any other book, and
if Jesus Christ is not more to you than
any other man, you are lost. God pity
the peril Of your position!
knowledge is
Great Power.
Now, it is impossible to be saved
and now not Jesus. There is no
salvation outside Of Jesus. It is i'm
possible to have knowledge without
being learned. Latin and Greek are
all nonsense to the man that knows
nothing about 1t, but to the man who
knows about it. it is knowledge and
it is power.
The finest music falls on unmusical
ears, but to musical ears it is charm
ing. I sing the same tune to all songs
Yankee Doodle. They're all alike
to me. Every time a man or woman
stands up here to sing, or a quartet
say to Rody, els that good singing?"
1 don't know.
And painting and sculpturlna are
nothing to the man or woman who
knows nothing of art, but to the one
who knows, it is power, charm, beau
ty.
All right. So religion is a power
to you because you know from ex
perience. It is nothing to you because
i you don't know, SO you are wrong.
| The religion Of Jesus Christ proves
that it is the power of God by whai
/ it does now. 1t saves from the gull
of sin now. 1t is the only power in
the world that can or does or ever
| will
The heaviest burdens In the world
are the burdens of guilt. Nothing
brushes like the consciousness OF
wrong. One look at the Cross By
faith in Jesus Christ, and it dissolve;
| like Ice IN a summer sea, and you
sorrows turn into Joy.
For the preaching of the eros!
is to them that perish, foolishness
but to US which are saved it is tbs
/ power of God"
It says, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved.
+, What does it mean to believe il
Jesus? 1t is not the same thing a
! believing in Charlesmagne or Napo
leon like they used to or as Caesar
believed in Cleopatra, the high priest
ess of sensuality and lust. Oh, no
forget it!
She came down the Nile in tina
magnificent boat, covered with pur
| pie silk, clothed in sunshine and eli
mate, and she put Caesar and Mari
Anthony out of business; almos
wrecked the destinies of the world
Fools! Fools!
Now, what does 1t mean to believI
in a surgeon in order to get the ben
eft of his skill? You believe in hin
because you have heard that he is
good surgeon, or you have seen hi
advertisement or you know him. l
means to have confidence or trust
When he says that an operation i
needed, you believe him and you G.
on the operating table and go unde
his power.
What does it mean to believe in
bank? 1t means to believe in 1t an
trust it and go down and make you
deposit in it.
Mission of Jesus .
Was to Save.
J, What was the mission of Jesu
Christ in this world? God did nc
send His son into the world to col
denim. The world was coGdemne
before Jesus was born, / didn't com
here to condemn. This city was cor
demned before l ever put my foot i
her corporate limits. I have come t
tell you the way of escape.
!, Jesus came not to condemn tn
world; He came to save it. l hav
. come to tell you the way out of you
: sins.
1.-The preaching of the Cross is t
them that perish, foolishness, but t
, us power which are saved it is tn
power of God
Listen! You get the benefit of an
, power by obeying its law. Oh, susfs
Obey the laws of water and it wi
: wash your face, Stake your thirs
There is some water there. 1t say
81 can Stake your thirst"
/ say, Il don't believe it."
Give me a chance and l will sho7
you"
/ would be a fool to stand Their
, and argue with the water without gil
! ing it chance.
: Do the same thing with religion
The most common sense thing in tn
world is religion. Prove 1t. 1t wi
= do it If you will just give 1t a chanc
, Give water a chance, and it wi
run your mill, irrigate your field. pl
:. out your fire, flow in your house. ODE
= the law Of steam-run your train
run your battleships, run your engine
!, Obey the law of lectricty-illuminat
= your home. Obey the law Of gasoline
: drive your automobile.
- God Wants You
To Give 1t Chance
= Just give it a chance, that is a
! God wants you to do in the world.
You get the benefit of any fore
. by obeying its command. Now do tt
: same in religion. Follow this ru
I and you will find that the Bible can
from God and that Jesus Christ
, the Son of God.
The only way to find out If see
l. will grow is to plant it; give it
. chance to grow. Plant it. The poy
y err of religion can be tested in tt
same way that you can test the see
! The way to find out whether or M
I a railroad ticket is good is to get c
l the train, give it to the conductor, ar
if he punches it instead of you, it
, good.
A man says to me, "You have nevt
I been born"
G l say, "You are too late. I don
need any argument to prove that
was born. I wouldn't be here if
hadn't been born"
Il All right / was no more truly boz