Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-02-16
The "hamb" Speabs
On Secret Societies.


into the belief that something is being
said, while little reflection reveals the
fact that aside from mum Der of vulgar
stories and deliberate misstatements.
there is absolutely no thought In his
sermons. These extracts are carefully
prepared from a shorthand report, and
what is given below is strictly authentic
in as far as it goes, but the paucity of
ideas and rapidly of utterances, made
it about as difficult TO reproduce YER
batin as to report buzz-saw. Such as
it was, we submit, with an apology to
those of our readers who have not heard
Mr.. Wolfe often enough to get hard
ened to his coarseness.
! My text will be found in Genesis
first chapter, fourth verse, "God divided
the light from the darkness" | shall
speak principally upon this subject /
shall speak concerning separation from
the world and if my friends will strive
to remember that / am speaking to
! Christians only followers of Christ, not
unbelieyers, there will be no necessity
for outsiders to 'get their Dutch up, |
see you catch on 10 the Pennsylvania
expression" intend to speak calmly,
a brother said to me tonight let the lamb
speak and not the wolf. The authentic
ity of the bible is unquestionable, no
one who has studied 1t can find one
contradiction in it,of its Inspiration there
is also not the least doubt In Genesis
3rd chapter, 10th verse we find: "And
| will put enmity between thee and the
woman and between thy seed and her
seed" Who was this addressed to?
Satan
What 5 the meaning of enmity,
e-nm-i-t-y? Hatred between the two,
eternal separation between satan's
children and Gods children. But Just
look how tho world has tied the two
together. God has put line or wall
between his children and the world and
any attempt to amalgamate them is the
devils work. The history of the Jewish
patton teaches this.
When they were commanded to slay
the Philistians, but spared them and
mingled with them and lntermarried
with them they were afflicted by God.
i What does this teach us? Separation
from the world
Notice also the line of Cain is o line
OF complete separation from the world.
Ezra 10Th chapter, 18th verse we read
Nov therefore n.ske confession unto
The Lord God of your fathers and do
his pleasure; aal separate yourselves
from he pe3pla Of tie land and from
the strange wives" Just look at SOL
ONION, from whom you get your mason
ry, with his seven hundred wives, or
concubinos or we will say one thousand.
The society takes in anything and
everything but man cannot walk with
God without separation from the world.
I4ook at those who are trying to carry
water on both shoulders. Their faces
are wrinlled like the horns of an old
sheep. God and the devil-r-r-r. The
secret societies take in everything and
every body into common brotherhood
Paul says that God is the father of all
that believe. God says there are two
classes. False religion takes in every-
thing and anything into a common
brotherhood. propose to stick to the
bible. There is no third class Two
men go into business together, godly
man and an ungodlY man; the godly
becomes partaker of the ungodly, and
is led away by him, the christian has to
suffer for the other fellows sins.
There is where you christians catch
it, and we Will consider that more as we
pass calmly along, for the lamb is speak
ing now.
Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins
that he might deliver us from the world.
To be accepted of him is to be o5edient
to all his commandments. His com
mand is to separate ourselves from the
world. Your lodge and your church
takes in Il man because he has STAMPS,
anything for an eel, or sucker. hate
suckers, they are bOneY. A man told of
the origen of the sucker. He had lot
of bones left from a meal and made
q sucker out of them.
Suckers come into the church aud
they are honey. People ask Mr.. Wolfe,
do you believe in baptism and don'tyou
believe in the Holy Spirit? Yes, GER
tainly, but not as necessity to con-
version.
Now instead of believers being added
to the Lord by their faith and prayer.
The society gives oyster parties and
church sociablos to get the young peo-
pie INTO the church; they have
kitchens built, and tickle the palate to
get them into their denomination. They
build costly churches with tall chimneys
to please the aesthetic and draw
crowd
Give me the old fashioned religion.
would rather sit on block of wood or
a splint bottom chair and worship in
simplicity.
The cry to-day is money, more money
Without the Holy Ghost money will
not make christians.
Many look upon the Holy Ghost as an
influence and they have infu need him
away; they give you taffy and say sweet.
things.
First Corinthians 3, 1920, ''Know We
not that your bodies are the members of
Christ? Shall then take the members