The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-11

being made stationary by a string
tied TO a tee. The hunters get
back, cover themselves with corn.
stalks and wait, and if you have
never laid on wet river bank and
waited for the ducks to come, you
don't know how long they are com
ing. w, Ii they did come, and see
ing the decoy, were led into the
trap Trey settled down IN the
water. Bang went the guns and
we got our ducks sure enough. That
experience brought to my mind the
text: Surely He shall deliver thee
from the snare of the fowler The
fowler here represents the devil and
ne catches men like the bird catcher
does birds. The devil practices this
same decoy trick. You go out
hunting and you get more game
with 4 decoy-so does the devil
The hunters decoy is painted
duck that looks natural. What is
the DEVILS decoy? 1t is a nominal
member of the church with eclesias
tica, paint on the outside and as
dead spiritually as that old wooden
duck. That is one of
the DEVILS decoys. "Well, how
do you tell them?" some one
asks. Why, tell them the same
as do til. hunters decoys. They
are tied in one place and stay there.
The devil ties some of them al the
theater, some at the dance, some at
the club and some at the card party.
The wooden duck amt afraid of
anything. The devils ducks are
not afraid. You hear a man say
that 81 am not afraid of anything"
| like to see men afraid of hell and
everything this side of hell Inf
deity don't hurt religion. 1t is
only small breeze that moves the
branches and attracts attention TO
the tree Of Christ. Sister, look at
me tonight. If You are a good
Christian you are afraid of sin, aud if
You are one of tie DEVILS old painted
ducks you amt afraid of any thing.
The fellow that il dangerous is the
church member that goes into a
saloon and takes drink when he
wants to- He saint afraid That
is the way with all OF the devils old
wooden ducks. They say: "Why,
Brother, l can go to the theater, 1t
don't hurt me-" ~ can play cards,
it don't hurt me, am not afraid of
hell" love to Zee a person afraid of
hell and | love to see them afraid of
everything else this side Of there
that leads there. l had great deal
rather have big sinner, big bla
tsnt inidel saying, 81 am a sinner,
| am an info ell don't believe in
religion" than to have one of these
wooden deloy ducks l am not
afraid of inidelity on the outside.
| am afraid of in6delity on the in.
side Are you live Christian? If
you are, you are afraid of sin Are
you the DEVILS old painted duck,
capturing the innocent for hell? If
you are, you are one of those not
afraid kind, and not to be.hurt
kind. When you find one of these
goody- goody kind OF fellows, with
all the white wash on and going to
the saloon, and theatre and the
dance, and to all places the devil
wants him to 60, | will tell you
you have got the greatest enemy
that Jesus Christ ever had. Be an
honest, candid man or woman
where ever you are. Don't be a
hypocrlte. have seen these old
painted ducks going around until |
know how the devil uses them Just
as the hunter knows how 10 use his
Old painted duck.
Here he told of an educated
turkey gobbler in Mississippi town
that hunters used as q decoy in
hunting turkeys. The decoy would
gobble, gobble, gobble" and at
tract wild turkeys to the trap.
Did you ever see old Brother
Gobbler, or old Sister Gobbler, run.
ming the devils runs and doing the
devils works | have met them
everywhere-big bloods, equity
bloods. | was in town some time
ago and there was an old Col.
Gobbler there who would take a go
cial drink when he chose, and play
a social game Of cards when he