The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-26

you you can be good. and IN tell YOU
YOU ought 10 be good, and I'Il wall
right up in the face OF every man an(
tell him, II you want 10 be good God
I'LL help you 10 be good. and IL YOU
want 20 be bal the devil will help YOU
too needn't stop 20 argue that prop
osision minute. YOuknow well, thou
sands Of you. that the devil will help Z
fellow.
"'This grace Of God that bringeth sal
walton hath appeared unto I'll men
teaching u.s. ] am sometimes brought
my brethren Of the ministry. 10 thi.
point: when ! see the corruption, the
wiekedness in this. the nineteenth cen
tury, with the gospel eighteen hundred
years old. and with thousands OF preach
ere Ask myself the question. Why il
~ i she gospel inadequate 10 reach
the dep'hs Of human depraviiy, or II II
because the gospel isn't preached right ?
Which j. ifs
-WilI every preacher In this congre-
CATION take up those two questions in
hi- pulpit and tell the people which Il Il
that the gospel either is not adequate
or else il i-nf preached right TO dying
mea! There'iI be some one woke up IL
you talk thst way You have - faith
full preachers in Cincinnati as any where
men Who love God and humanity in
the pulpit but. brethren. IL the fish don't
bite lets overh~ul the haIi and ace what's
The matter When God said. i will
mske Sc fishers Of men,. lie didn't
mean shst Won were TO III on the bank
wear after ye~r and never catch Z fIsh.
Put thss down. when lie said, 4 will
mske W fishers Of men, lie meant
not onls 20 carry fish tsckle. but string
70 sfrirg The nh on: and brethren, don't,
leave until you've got vour etrinx full.
The fjrst thing God does with poor
sinner he takes HE anger and puts il on
top Of that old sinners head and he
hore> first into his brain, and then into
hi< heart, and a. The center Of his pocket,
bDok snd then il springs W. like an sr-
fe<isn well. Something about that II
ike II God put hi anger down here
pointing 10 his heeI-l and bored up
whAt would he do with the dirts God.
'nfrrs : mans brain; next his mipd snd
intellect Nv emotions. my sensibiIi-l
lie are the last stratum Of my nature
md God begins - the top and works
fown TO mans braiuG for : man'tI
Jrsins are ct the top
II like 10 get religion 10 : mana.
head first aud then let II sosk into his|
heart Heart reIigioni Some. folks think
religion y thing thar gets 6old nftheirl
heart I've got il right In here Poin-I
ing 10 hi- npper Ieft hand vest pocket II
reckon IL they have I never seen IT,
Listen ~ me. III lean have religion inl
.ut one spot. want that right on mvl
light hand. 20 I can work for God and
~ poor people some good Religion isl
ut a. much . thing cf the hand and
OF AMI tongue as heart. The fact is
w~nf 20 bc saturated with IL from head
. font. through and through. and dnn';
% God aud The right
Heart religion I believe in il, hut u
'elieve in hand religion as much ss do
% heart religion. l beieve in pockef-l.
,ook religion. in head religion, but
hove al believe in religion all over.
hrongh and through. every sqUsre inch.
When soss gef il that pattern you're go
NJ 70 tie straight one time more before
on die I'll Tell you Whist we nesi
Iere IN Cincinnati aud in New York aud
y AiIsnts. and every v here in this roun- /.
~ we need few whole. w-h-o-l-r.
nen YOU'VE enough pieces in alI
onr churches 10 make : thousand !
Ehoie men huf they wont IT together \;
ishr true. noble aud good. thst love :
'oi with ~ their heart. and love hu- h
lsnitv - they do themselves. Ii
"A Whole man Il good nearly evcry-|y !
here YOU put him . man Who has no n
me. money. ssient or snything else 4
ssf'. too good for God and humanity II,
h~s's The ~rrt Of men We want IN this !
,unfrv These little pieces'Il never &C. q
,mriish much. ] saw . poor soldier,
nee after he had returned from the n
sr: he hsd one arm shot oG aud one
2 ~. gone. and oh. how ssd il made
y feel - ssw him cropping his way y,
N I said IL. me. there goes : half oil
man. There wssnt much len Of the y
nor unfortunate fellow, and he had the \
'mpsshy ~ nv heart thought. . Il
Irned 10 the church of God. We haven't Z,
y boIe msn in II just some pieces OIL
len. They're first-rste for some things. y
% they " deformities in other dirrc- Il
crs There's nen sssmped. half als
sn' sil over this country. Thst's the =
OubIe. II,
.-This grsce of God comes 70 teach men. '
,s 20 ssve them-I mean men worshli u
wing. Lock here. you tske thar old n
'osher In the church shst old money Il
nder shst old -. 80. 70 per cent II
~shodiss o. Bspsi.s. Take him scl,
,sv-m like ne IL to-day aud he wouldn't
in heaven moSe'n three weeks beforel
' ouIJ bus him conner lot and ses " ""
} : bucket shop right there. snd he \
cuIdnt ~ there six mouths before he'd J" !.
We : mortgage I'm the heart " the city y
the New Jerusalem. =,
-Ycu tske one II The drinking. 4
am-drinkine Methodist Or Raptist. and h,
~ him % heaven and turn him loose :,
ere. aud be would look 81 around for . (,
~ place in the lence 20 jump over and
inc back and get : drink. What do II
In such men IN heaven? That's the !,
,ine. Brother. Jesus Chri@t ssid: II 4
, - ureuare Z pIara for vOur What ~