The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-04
ABOUT THE old DEVIL
Weber Pays His Respects to the
Gilt Edged Deceiver.
GOING TO STIR UP BUTTE
Weber Says He Is Going to Shake the
Wicked City From Center to Cir
conference in His Fight With
the Powers o. Dark ness.

Evangelist Weber held his second meet
ing at Mountain View NJ E. church last
evening 1t was largely attended and the
tornado" as he styles himself. created
considerable enthusiasm.
In opening Rev. Weber said: I've got a
little text tonight that's sharp as razor
and as pointed as a needle. 1t is not one
of those big long texts some of these
preachers give YOU and addressing Rev.
Hosking. he continued:
Brother Hosking. / venture to say
there is not person in the house tonight
who remembers your text last Sunday
evening. If there is hold up your hands.
he shouted to the congregation. but no
hands went up.
g Be not deceived that is the text to-
night" he continued. God Almighty new
er would have had that text written if
there had not been some one to deceive
you. If you Will turn TO the book that has
the devils biography in 1t you will lind
all about the old devil in that There is not
a mean name under heaven that God does
not call the devil. 1t is he who is deceiv-
ing you and trying TO make you believe
a lie that you may be damned. He tries
to make church members believe they are
good when they know they are not living
right, and you sinners that you are about
as good as church members because you
pay your honest debts.
!" BE not deceived God says lest We re-
pent We shall perish. and some. of you
fellows have never shed penitential tear
in your lives. You are deceived, brother
and sister, ii you think are going To
have a great revival meeting because
Brother Weber has come here. If you and
l don't live pure and holy lives and lift up
clean hands to God He says He will not
A Iittla night awakened
his papa and said: Papa. Brother Weber
says that if a man goes to hell he does II
with his eyes wide open. You can deceive
me and | can deceive you, but we can't
deceive God. As the good book says,
Whatsoever a man soweth that also
shall he reap. If you SOW whiskey you'll
reap drunkards. and If you sow lust you'll
reap harlots. | believe that purity should
not have any gender. | believe this Is the
set time to favor Zion. If every Christian
will buckle on the whole armor of God
there is no reason why this wicked city
shall not be stirred from center to curcum-
ference. I'm not here to make Methodists
or Baptists but children of the living
God. If every Christian in this town will
unite in prayer and pray the true prayer
of faith. you will see old Butte rocked
with a mighty earthquake of the Holy
Ghost But if you stand off and crlticise
and find fault with Brother Weber and
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work of God will be retarded.
Il went visiting day with minister
said the speaker land | asked an old lady
| if she enjoyed religion and she said Yes,
by spells. and I'm afraid there are too
| many of you Christians just that way.
1 You may try to make the world believe
| you've got religion. but if you don't pay
/ that merchant you beat to come to God,
/ There is that wife. She belongs to the
| church. but her husband never heard her
pray. She is like a little boy who came to
sleep with me one night. He jumped into
bed and | said: George. aren't you going
to say your prayers? and he said i pray
after / get in bed SO many of you wo-
men are just like that little boy. When [
was in Warren. Mass, once, ] told this
same story and woman went home and
said. Well, | am a sneak, amt II But,
God help me. I'll never do that again So
she got down on her knees and began to
pray. and when she got into bed her hus-
band crawled over to her. put his arms
around her and said: WHEY. that did me
lots of good, and the second night after
that he was gloriousy converted to God.
You see God wants you to let your light
shine. Oh. how many deceived people
there are in this world. They imagine
that because they belong to church and
don't do some of those exceedingly wick
ed things are all right. God says ex-
cept man be born again he can't enter
the kingdom of heaven
Church membership don't amount to
anything nowadays. II you pay literally
into the church treasury you can do al
most anything. Be not deceived; not all
who say Lord Lord. shall enter the
kingdom of heaven. but he that loveth
the will of My Father who is in heaven :
The Rev. Mr.. Weber apparently endeay-
ors to Guido Sam Jones in eccentric man
nerisms and at times succeeds AT this
point of his remarks he astonished his
listeners with You're all dismissed. .
and when the audience looked up in sur
prise he shouted, you all come back to-
morrow night and I'll give you some
more"