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THE ROBESON IAN MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918.
SERMONS BY McLENDON.
Evangelist is Preaching Strong Ser
mons at Banner Warehouse.
Groundhog Church Members.
"Backsliding," was the subject of
Evangelist McLendon's message Sat
urdav evening. His Scripture lesson
was from the second chapter of Jere
miah The preacher compared many church
members to groundhogs. When the
revival is on and everything is
bright and shining they come out for
Christ and as soon as the revival clos
es they go back into their holes back
into the ways of the world.
Men regard backsliding as a slight
offense, but it is a serious offense in
the sight of God. It is a sad thing for
those who see their relatives leave
shore sailing under a bright sky and
thpn tn hr-fir that a storm has overtak
en the ship and destroyed it. It is
a much sadder thing for men to go
out fror.i this meeting ami miss tne
voyage to heaven.
Sonre backslid because of careless
ness, "vine are rot satisfied with
what Go 1 h; , given them and some
fail to cut loose from some sin. A
man can ;c a i.. ember oi a church and
still not be a member of tne body of
Christ. The .can who Kste.MS his store
open ca Sunday is an outlaw and an
archist, i a..i against many of the
amusements i-opular with church
members.
An Age of Unfinished Things.
This is an age of unfinished things.
Men start on the royal race to heaven
and compromise on something else Too
many men have their price and will
sell out to the devil. Many are true
to their homes, their friends, their
lodges and everything except Jesus
Christ. How can a man take the vows
and join the church and prove faise
to God? The saddest thing on earth
is for man to prove a traitor to God.
No Double Standard.
A man has no more right to sin
tnan his mother, his sister or his wife.
His wife has as much right to drink
mean liauor. smokp Hcarpt.fps pnrsp
lie, steal or commit other sins as he
nas. Men aemand that their wives
remain pure, yet they will stoop to
impurity. God looks upon the sins of
men just as he looks upon sins of
women.
The girls are too careless as to
whom they associate with. They are
so much afraid that they will miss
getting married that they say any
body that wears pants and cuts whis
kers. In closing his sermon the preacher
declared that men can backslide and
come back, and appealed to his audi
ence to return to God.
Twentieth Century Christianity.
"Twentieth Century Christianity."
It was from this subject that Evan
gelist McLendon preached Sunday
morning. His text was, "Study to
show thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the woid of
truth" Second Timothy, 2:15.
"We are facing the powers of hell
as never before in the history of the
world," declared the preacher in be
ginning his sermon. "People have
reached the stage where thsy think
they can do as they olease, attend
church, contribute to missions and go
to heaven; live right on Sunday and
sin during the week. All your good
thoughts, good deeds and traits will
not get you to heaven. The only way
to keep out of hell is through the spill
ed blood of Jesus Christ.
The preacher condemned many of
the new religions of today and quoted
Scripture which condemns the doc
trines of the Christian scientists. He
declared that many of the new doc
trines are leading men away from
the Kingdom rather than to Christ.
A Strenuous Age.
He declared that immigration is one
of the greatest curses to America. This
country has been the dumping ground
for Europe. This has helped to turn
the Sabbath into a continental Sunday
This is a strenuous age. The family
aKar is a thing of the past. People
are rushed with business. For 60
years America has had a negative
preaching. The world is crying for
Jesus Christ. Some may preach the
gospel better than I am preaching it,
but no man can preach a better gos
pel than I am preaching. We should
preach repentance and the new birth
Men must be regenerated and born
again. The devil-fighting gospel has
been done away with. It is a big
mistake to temporize with the devil.
A pure gospel is needed.
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to satisfy the people. Another class
stands for the church acting for spir
ituality. The other class preaches the
doctrines of Jesus Christ and don't
make any apologies for it.
If the churches were what they
should be they would take the place
of lodges. We need more dicipline in
the churches more warm-heartedness.
If the spirit of militarism could be
instilled into the churches we could
whip the devil before he could cock
his first gun.
On The Ten Commandments.
In spite of the downpour of rain, a
a large crowd heard Evangelist Mc
Lendon preach on the Ten Command
ments Sunday evening
A Man's God the Thing He Loves Most
If you are not keeping the com
mandments you should be in the pen
itentiary, the preacher said. God
says you shall have no other God be
fore me. Man's God is the thing he
loves most. If a man worships money,
then money is his God. The world is
commercially mad. Men are lovers
of money and they are going to hell
in car lots. They will do anything
and go to hell for money.
Commenting on the way ladies
dress, the preacher declare'.; that if he
were some women and had to wear
breeches he would get some with two
legs. Folks do what society says.
They worship the God of society.
There are people living in Lumber-
ton who when they are dead will not
by sm- j ii.
"Thou shalt not commit adultry.
Infanticide is one of the greatest
curses of the age. God frowns upon it.
Thoh Shalt Not Steal.
"Thou shalt not steal." Any man
who sells a garment for all wool when
it is onlv half wool is a thief. The
man who buys merchandise and refus
it is a thief. A man
who rents his farm for 5 bales ot
ttnn whpn it is onlv worth 4 is a
thief. The man who rents his house
for $25 when it is worth only is
thif-f Thp man who moves to keer
from naying his rent is a thief, lhe
man who fails to pay his labor a fair
price is a thief. The laborer who fails
to give honest labor is a thief.
"Thou shalt not bear false witness.
I knew a woman in a certain town
who was called "town news." She
tnpw it all and told it all. The wom
en are not as bad as some "he" gos
sipers. In discussing the commandment
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ed that America leads the world in day is that preachers get converted."
murders j declared Evangelist McLendon in his
The man who breaks God's com- j discourse Monday evening :. His i theme
mandments will be eternally damned. ; was "Ahaz and Hezekmh. He told
I of the wicked reign of Ahaz and how
"Sail On." for 16 years the temples were dosed
land the people forgot God and wor
Evangelist McLendon preached a shinned idols. His son Hezekia! was
powerful sermon bunday afternoon ; a g00i -pan who had a rood ma. When
kind are pitcher-pumps they have no
be primed and re-primed and pump-,j
up in order to get any service from
them; then there are the artesian-well
kind. These never have to be primed.
You can always count on these. There
do not ask, "Must I Lord?", but "May
I Lord?"
Religion makes you love everybody
for whom Jesus Christ died. There is
no stopping the Christian religion. If
you love the world, the love of God
is not in it.
Giving his personal experience, the
preacher declared that he ha j n ither
let up nor let down in bragging cn
Jesus since he was converted 12 year?
ago. Some Christians have nipped
all the grass in their pasture. These
should move on into greater pastures.
In closing his discourse the evan
gelist made a most stirring appeal to
men and women to get in the Chris
tian race and "sail on, and on, and on."
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These would tell the story.
Taking God's Name in Vain.
Taking up the commandment "Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain," the evangelist ask
ed, "How much do you weigh in that
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Only Faith in Jesus Can Save.
The ordinance of the church will not
save sinners. Only faith in Jesus
Christ can save. We have got to get
back to Christ back to the spirit of
our forefathers and back to old-time
Godliness. Men do not fear God. If
you have been born again you are
the child of God, if not you are a
child of the devil.
Three Kinds of Preachers.
Speaking of preachers, the evange
list declared there are three kinds.
One are fool nuts who try to preach
on the suuject, "Sail On."
"There is such a thing as knowing
need any funeral or flowers. Some ' you have religion, declared the evan-
geilSL. II d. ptJISUII IS savcu lie nuu
it. To the Christian God gives a peace
and understanding that flows like a
river. There is no peace where there
is no certainty. I don't want a re
ligion and not know it. There would
be danger of losing it and not missing
it.
Three Kinds of Christianity.
After auotiner the Scripture," One
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balance? People take cursing as a tmng tnou lacKesi, xne preauwr mn
nA At. pvar. the man who is not a Christian lacks
ence for God is the only foundation 1 all those who know nothing of the
for character. God says more about new birth lack all. The majority of
profaning his name than he does church members have never been born
about stealing. The man who curses again have never been transferred
is lower down than a thief, he is be- and changed from nature to grace
low the level of the heathen. Why, xnere are uiree aiuus ml w
do you curse? the preacher asked.lbers. One kind freeze up in the win-
The man who does it is a fool. Men ter and dries up m tne summer, one
will ask God to damn a soul. They
he ascended the throne, succeed mu
his wicked father, the first thing he
did was to clean out and open the
house of God. The preacher paid
tribute to Woodrow Wilson and thank
ed God that this country has a God
loving ruler.
Curses Brought On By Sin.
The Bible teaches that whenever a
nation forgets God that nation is
cursed by God. Germany, France, Bel
gium and England had forgotten God
and the sword is one of the things
used by God to punish nations that
forget him. The preacher declared
that the epidemic of influenza that
has spread over the world is another
curse brought on by sin.
Religion of Service.
Don't get the idea that all idolatry
belonged to the days of Ahaz. It is
say they get mad and just can't help
it. However, they are careful about
whom they curse. The man who will
curse will steal if there was no danger
in it. !
The automobile has caused man to
forget the Sabbath. God is waving
the red flag and urging people not
to desecrate His holy day.
Need Revival of Home Government.
I have been low down, but if I had
gotten so low as to call my mother
the old woman and my father the j
old man I would jump into a slop bar- j
rel and commit suicide. Children are
going to the devil for the lack of
fathers and mothers. We need a re
vival of hamestrings, peachtree limbs,
etc. Men are killing their wives by
neglect, they are killing their mothers
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