Show deathbed Deat libed repentance rev key dr john L withrow of chicago ago a presbyterian pastor is la gaining prominence alese days by a sermon preached last sunday on oa the subject of murderer holmes baptism he took pretty much the stand land maintained bained I 1 for more than a half a century by the cormons mormons on the matter H does not dot believe in deathbed repentance here it id a sample iii of bistre 11 sy f I 1 marks baptismal water no more mora blots out r bad ree rec rd than a plunge bath changes changer the ebar character acter of the beath 0 to purity and to ka to 10 the sacrament making ian any difference io in atie atje aan of a atno it no more than eating g hift hia dinner the jbf the L birda ada rda supper eapp r so BO so BO sacred and profitable when partaker partaken par taken of by bv t those ose who have hare turned from a careless to ichrist ian an life is IB nothing but an empty rite when a wicked with no motive of penitence it fi t seems very awful that a condemned sinner should be given such each an opiate for nis his conscience should I 1 ever allow a annl to deceive itself thus I 1 should expect to be haunted forever afterward those sentiments are ara much in advance we will wilf admit of the old time dogma that all a man had bad to do was vaa to confess christ even at the last moment and no matter how wicked he be had bad been he would at once b be ushered into eternal glory it if preached prea chad chod from a few more pulpits the time will come that men will realize that they are held account accountable accountably abl e for their own sins and the blood of the savior is not far reaching enough to save sava them without good works on their part in this life I 1 |