The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-06-28

reputation and life itself Young ladies
and young men you would do well to
look twice before you link yourselves
to the enemy Of Jesus Christ and the
souls of men. Ifyousdo that it means
that you may lay up treasures on earth,
but you will be paupers in all eternity.
If you decide to link yourselves TO the
Son of God and His cause, that means
battle from where you sit tonight
clear up to heavens door.
Jesus Christ came into this world to
destroy the works of the devil. The
liars, the blasphemers, the gamblers,
the saloonkeepers, the law breakers,
these men are all engaged in the devils
work. Christ is calling for young men
and young women who are brave
enough to link their treasures and
their hopes to Him, and 60 forth in
His name to help Him do His work If
you respond to His call it means that
you become q soldier upon whose head
will come down the curses OF the liars
and the blasphemers, and the gamblers
and the saloonkeepers and the law
breakers. But do not be surprised
these are the very characters that
nailed the Son of God to the cross.
And il he were to come back to the
world and preach as He did nineteen
hundred years ago, they would nail
Him to the cross again. You can not
be His followers and do His work and
be popular with this world.
There is story told of two men who
stopped at an outdoor meeting in Scot
land, and listened while some one
delivered an eloquent and polished
address. What do you think of that 2"
said one of the travellers to his friend
II think that man does not believe one
word he spoke" was the reply. After a
little while John Brown, of Hadding-
ton, noted preacher, rose up to preach
and he poured his whole soul into the
sermon. "And what do you think of
thats" said the man to his friend.
Think? / don't know what to think.
1t seemed to me as il he thought the
Lord Jesus was standing by his side,
and every little while he was saying:
Now, Lord, what shall say nexts That
is the spirit of christian whose heart
is in his Masters work. He is con-
stantly saying in his soul: Lord i am
to represent you in the world and do
not know just how to do it. Now, Lord,
YOU are standing by my side. the people
do not see you, but they see me; If |
should 60 wrong and lead some soul
TO ruin that would be serious, show me
how to act before the people. Lord
you are standing at my elbow the
people do not hear you, but they hear
me, if should say something that mis-
leads soul that would be terrible.
Dear, Lord, what shall l say nexts
Here is the secret of power in human
life, it is seeking to know the will of
God. and not the will of the people.
1t is possible to know too much about
the will of the people. The merchant
who asks the man on his right when to
buy and the man on his left hand when
to sell, will certainly come to bank
ruptcy. But on the other hand it is
the mark of a great strong character
when a man seeks to know the will of
God, makes up his mind what is right
in the best light he has on that subject,
and then follows that course though the
heavens fall. All other men when
weighed on Gods scales will be found
wanting. A little boy was being weighed,
He was anxious to outweigh his play
mate who was standing by. He drew
in the wind. pulled out his cheeks. and
swelled up like frog. But the play
mate was wiser boy, and cried in
scorn. 0 that doesn't do any good,
you can only weigh what you are. Well,
that is true of protesting christians
they may be applauded by the world,
and they may swell up with pride, but
that does not count on Gods scales,
nothing counts there but the christian.
! There is no real treasure about the
worlds popularity, there is too much
in it that is false. The Kansas City
Times tells the story: One evening the
daughter of ex-senator Ingalls, was at a
dance. She was very proud of her
father. In the course of the evening
she was approached by a young man,
the son of grocery keeper. He asked
her to dance with him. Drawing back
she replied II think you are the son
of our grocery keeper, but infer that
you do not know me, am the daughter
of the Honorable John j. Ingalls,. "