, 1923-09-11
TAKE STOCK OF
Oh RSELF, IS
KRAMER'S PLEA
Example Of Moses Held
Up to Audience at
Revival Service

Taking as the subject of his SER
mon 1.-THE Acid Test" big Jim"
Kramer. evangelist. Monday night
Mt tho Baptist church pleaded for
his hearers to make a thorough self
examination OF themselves to find
out their real attitude toward Chris
danity. The speaker epitomized h
life Of Moses.
I'VE are living" he said. Tin a
day and age when the sacred tradi-
lions are being torn up by the roots,
nut on the witness stand and min
utely examined.
Moses examination of religion
and Christianity was thorough. On
one side he said honor. riches. power.
literary fame. He saw himse I hon
ored and appreciated. On the other
side he saw loneliness, exile, suffer
ing, sorrow and death.
"He chose to suffer affliction with
,he people of God and to take on
RESPONSIBILITIES thai brought seem
ingly nothing but ingratitude.
an this God illum mating age did
Moses make a mistake? on the ply
steal, the intellectual or the moral
SIDE?
The first five books of Moses
prove that he has gone down to pos
terity in a deathiess literary power.
Tonight I want every man and
woman to take stock Of themselves,
To find out IL they are on safe
ground or near the breakers. Find
out the longitude and latitude of
your soul.
"A great Athenian philosopher
said know Thyself.' Another great
philosopher said Control Thyseif
Then Jesus came and said Deny
Thyself.' What greater trinity OF
ideas could we have than these?
I'VE all shrink from self examina-
ton. 1 want Casper to stand still
and give consideration to the claims
of religion. Take the candle of In
spiration and find out Just where
you stand.
ct hope you are not people who
are worshipping gold d was
not the only one who put his soul
on the auction block. You cannot
feed your soul on gold. Put the
Kingdom Of God first because the
power of Gods spirit only will an
alyze our souls.
Face the issue without equivo-
cation and without evasion. Many
a man has lost God because he
hasn't taken stock of himself. Stand
still and mediate, be thorough in
your examination because christian
ity is faith and not sight. 1t is hard
to distinguish between a christian
and a man Of the world. Christian
ity is conviction and feeling.
God is a busy God but I tell
you never in the history Of the
world has he deserted a church. a
preacher or a program swayed by
the great conviction Of the ability OF
Jesus Christ to redeem and to save
ali men who will come nto him.
In the latter part of his talk Big
Jim has several pertinent questions
which are necessary to self analysis
How about that unread bible
asked the evangelist. 'If you want
n revival that will rewrite the his
tory of the church in Casper start
reading your bibles. The bible fed
christians are the best in h world.
II / were to go into many homes
tonight. in the accumulated dust on
your bibles 1 could write your dam
nation. You must read II regularly.
methodically and spiritually.
The history of all the great ma
tons who have fallen show that
they perishsd because OF three
things. They refused TO observe the
Sabbath. They forgot Gods 1.-THE
and they refused to build on the
word OF God.
How about that secret prayer7
No wonder we have juvenile courts.
You mothers who ask me TO pray
for your boy and your girl. I tell you
that II you want your home to be a
little bit better and happier. let the
voice of prayer be heard there.
How about tho holy spirit? Do
you try to live and pray without the
holy spirit. II you do your feed
wire 10 on the ground. there is ice
on your trolley. You have wandered
away from your God.
How about that unforgiven broth.
orr II you fail here your Chris.
tianity is worthless. The happ'est
man in the world Is the man who is
right with his fellow men. 1t is
manlike to hold n grudge but II Is
Godlike and divine to forgive. The
bleakest and darkest hell 1 can think
OF would be to know that 1 had let
nome n go to their grave without
being forgiven"
Mr.. Kramer will continue his ser.
mons every night during the present
week,