The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-17

er on. You will find later on that
what God told you was true, and you
will find out that you were fool not
to believe it now 1t is just as true,
whether you believe it or not
Whatsoever things are true, think
on these things!'
Law Is
Necessary.
Wait minute! Law is necessary.
l wouldn't live in a country where
there was no law, where every man
and woman was a law unto them
selves. Laws are necessary, so that
men and women may know what they
may and may not do, and the law
levels a penalty against you if you
disobey the law. All laws amount to
nothing without a penalty. If there
was no penalty, you'd leave the flood
gates of iniquity open and pande-
monium would break loose. If there
was no penalty for breaking the law,
some fellow would kick you out of
your home. He'd yank your dia-
monds from your ears. He'd pick
your pocket and go up and shoot you.
Great God, whenever men and
women become a law unto them
selves, then the white and the blue
of the old flag dissolve into red, and
we have the red flag of anarchy wav
ing over our land. Laws are neces-
sary, but the law would amount TO
nothing if there were no penalties
attached to the law And if God had
no penalty for your living in sin,
you'd scott and mock.
Heather Deceive
| Themselves.
| Why, in India, they have stood
with their arms extended like that
until their joints would stiffen and
| their muscles would harden, and they
couldn't bend their arms and bring
them again to their sides They have
measured the length of their bodies
on spikes. They have smeared their
hair with filth. They have run hun
dreds of miles down a hot, dusty road
in the sand to some shrine, hoping to
drive cut evil spirits. They will put
hooks through their flesh and the
muscles of their backs and allow
themselves to be raised in the air like
you lift a rock with a derrick. They
will rush and jump headlong into
Thorn bushes. What for? Oh, they
are trying to save themselves. Poor,
poor heathensl
1t is for this reason that Jesus
Christ came into the world and tasted
death, to do for every man what ev
! cry fellow couldn't do for himself.
That is why the Bible was written
"Think on these things"
Right at the beginning, it was
promised that the serpent's head
should be bruised under the heel OF
the woman. The very first need OF
man was for salvation, and it is the
very last thing you will need when
! you leave the world. The age-lons
4 cry of the human race has been fol
! the revelation of a personal savior
that is able to forgive sin. From the
days of Job, who said, ooh that
knew where l might find him!" down
until now, man may personally know
whether Jesus Christ can give peace
for troubled conscience or peace
for life's doubtful promises or heal
4 ing for lifes staggering bonds.
Look Everywhere
But For Christ.
4 The world is chuckful of men ant
women vainly seeking everywhere
for peace and light except at the cross
of Jesus Christ Look at them as
they chase down the White Way
Look at them as they stagger in and
out of growing error. Look at then
as they creep from the arms of in
fanny and as they blaspheme.
What's the matter? Why, they're
trying to find something that ISM
there any more than the pot of goIc
is at the end of the rainbow.
But when they found Jesus Christ
they knew the victory was won anc
the burden lifted.
Now, let me ask you question
How do you explain the fact. an,
how is it, that since the world be
gan you never heard of a man be
ing saved by Plato, Aristotle, Cicero
or anybody else except Jesus Christ
) How was he able to save a drunk
ard? How was he able to save ;
thief? Because he is the Son o
God, and for man or church to low,
Jesus Christ as a good man and den.
his divinity is damnable insult t.
God Almighty and humanity today
When he said he was the Son o
God if he wasn't the Son of God
conceived by the Holy Ghost. he lied
: defy any man who denies the di
: vinity of Jesus Christ, and say it i
/ a damnable insult to your moXhe
I clbu VIE dHu CNOIy DOOf bheIL DCllCNC
in Jesus Christ, every drunkard tina
was ever made sober, every man tina
: walks the street of heaven today be
: cause faith in Jesus Christ put hin
there to do his will and keep his CON
mandments. So we have got to hav
' a supernatural Savior.
!. You Can't
Escape Judgment.
8 1t is appointed unto men once t
/ die. You can't escape the judgment
!, If my preaching gets too hot, yo
| can get up and leave. If you don
] like it, you don't need to come.
; You can't escape the judgment. Fee
| lows, girls, boys, men, women, dee
down in your heart something tell
| you that it is true. Belief in TIL
!. judgment is woven into the wool an
? the warp of our being. All heather
2 nations believe in the judgment
1 That is the reason that every one 0
| the nations have tried to make
i plan of salvation for themselves b
which they hope to appease the gods
2 1t is because he fears that judo
: ment that the Indian snake-dance
: out on the western plains dance
: himself into a frenzy bordering O.
mbeciity and idiocy, with Wrigelin
serpents around his neck and hi
arms kissing. He hopes and believe
t that when those serpents leave hi
0 body and creep down into the dar
I l.