Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-06-03


4 Poor chump. 1t would have flood
I ed her soul four years ago if she had
written the lettr then. Maby it is
that
/ Maybe you don't pay your debts.
Maybe you don't pray maybe you are
coward about witnessing for your
husband or would you be ashamed
to stand up for your husband, or
would you be ashamed to stand up
for your children? Are you ashamed
to stand up for your children? Are
you ashamed to stand up for your
country? Every man or women must
be either patriot or traitor in
these days. Why should you be a
shsmad to stand up for Jesus Christ?
Confess Your Sins
i Here is the point of it: What are
we going to do? First, confess your
sins. If we confess our sins, He will
i forgive US our sins. Lay hold on the /
things that the spirit reveals to you
that is wrong in your life. Never
mind me now.
! The trouble is you butt in with 9TH
] er PEOPLE. Terd to your own affairs
lay hold on the thing that the spirit
reveals to you and name that. Sag
Lord, | have been impure, Io,d ]
have ben uatruthful; Lo.l, | have
been We ll,y (I am assuming that
these may be the SINS Of somebody;
Lord, have been proud; Lord, have
been n sardly in my gift; Lord, !
have got hot temper; Lord, don't
read my Bible; Lord, don't pray;
Lord don't pay my debts; Lord, !
am a coward about witnessing for
Jesus Christ, Humiliting, viii agree,
but It viii bring you blessing.
l am assuming you want to be
blessed. l will tell you how to get it.
The first thing is, confess your sins.
Second, renounce sin, abandon it.
whatsoever is conflicted of his sin
shall not prosper, but who confesses
and forsakes his sin shall find mer-
cy." Separate your life from that sin,
tear that sin oct ot your lie, get rid
Of it, get away from i.
Malachi said, Bring We all the
tithes into the storehouse." AL right
If we'd do that, the church member
ship Of this city would Lave passed
this expense fund in one collection.
Bring ye all the tithes into the
storehouse.'
Bring We all the tithes into the
storehouse, thai there may be meat
in mine house, and prove me nov
herewith saith the Lord Of hosts, if
l will not oper You the windows Of
heaven, and pour YOU out blessing,
that there shall not be room enough
to receive it."
Well, God is Touring down blos-
sing here that staggers me. ! have
seen great evidences Of Gods power,
but | fall on my knees in humility.
my friends, and remove my hat and
it seems to say, "This is holy ground
where you are treading" God Al
mighty is giving you the privilege Of
witnessing thing in the United States
that haye never been witnessed since
the Stars and Stripes have waved
over America.
And yet, that is only part Of
what God Almighty will do if you viii
| only fulfil His wishes. If there is
anything in your life as an individual
] get it out. We have got to come as
Individuals
Must Be Individual
If / could deal with you in mass
and save you by anything, I'd do it,
yut l can't; you must come as an in
dividual. Say Jesus, we want to
/ thank you for your unspeakable gift
and salvation, for the Holy Spirit
for the revelation of Thyself, thru
Thy word for giving us minds TO
understand it."
Wouldn't a man be wonderful
| honored man il the Spirit were only
| willing to reveal all the hldden
Times to him, but He never will.
There are Some things tbeer that are
in the Council Of God an dthe Lord
reserves them for Himself, not for
you to know, as Jesus said to the
disciples that times and the seasons
! tina tthe Lord hath put in His own
hand.
You have been kind enough, Lord
but you have not told the world when
Jesus would return to it. nobody
knows, rot even the sun or the angles
IN heaven, but the Father We don't
know when the history of this world
will wind III an dthere are some
T things that God has never revealed
to man an dhe never will until the
day Of revelation.