Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23
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SVopPeu soihS 10 chutch ten OF twenty
years ago. Is II moi strange th"t YOU
hFe among tle hFSt thht audfeSs To-
uaH Nho" an your case. 1ou nave
NOT Peeh accustoWca TO gong INTO 'he
mousse OF God Dut nave surprising an
hoRhcehleht to make TO YOU on are go
lhs 10 become one OF the LORD sheep.
On you say 1T IS impossible. Aon
go not know now tar am from anything
OF that klhd. know an aboht IT,
nave wandered up ana uo"h tie WORTH
anu understand your caSe' nave i
sun more starting announcement 10
MAKE Ia regard 20 you ou are h"t oliy
gong 10 become one OF the Lord sheep'
out you VIII become one now
do not know how you came to reject
Christianity 1t may have been through
the intidel talk of some young man in the
store or shop or factory. 1t may have
been through the trickery of some pro
fessed Christian man who disguised you
with religion. 1t may be that thirty years
ago you lost all faith 10y what happened
in an oil company which was formed
amid the petroleum excitement. The com
pany owned no land, or if they did there
was no sign of oil produced. But the
president of the company was Il presby-
terrain elder and the treasurer an Epis-
copal vestryman. and one director was
a Methodist class leader and the other
officers prominent members of Baptist
and Congregational churches Circulars
We're got out telling what fabulous pros
poets opened before this company. The
circular had all the hues of earth and
sea and sky. The letters iiamed with all
the beauty of gold and jasper and anne
thyst Innocent men and women who
had little money to invest and that lit
tie their ali said, Il do not know any
thine about this company, but so many
good men are at the head of it that it
must be excellent and taking stock in it
must be almost as good as joining the
church" So they bought their stock and
perhaps received one dividend to keep
them still. But after awhile they found
that the company had recognized and
had a different president. different
treasurer and different directors. Other
engagements or an overcoming modesty
Aad caused tiie FORMER otilcefS OF the COM
pahy, WIN many resretS' 70 rtsish' ana
all that the snDSerioers Oh that STOCK
had 70 sho" Tor their investment was =
beautIiniiy ofhahiehteu certihcate. SOM
peis' colLes "tt"SS ''%' cel''ilG"te' ahu
II Is so SuSsest',e 'ha' ,ie vows ne wal =
none Oh me relHl9n 'int Tue president
ana directors Vi 'h"l oiI Foi'iPahS pro
! lesSeu'
Or you may nave become skeptic-i
from the fact that you grew up in n
home where religion was oyerdone. Sun
day was the most awful day IN the week.
You had religion driven into yon with
a trip hammer. You were surfeited with
prayer meetings. Nou were stuffed and
choked with catechismS. You We're Of
ten told that yon were the worst boy
your parents ever knew because you
liked to ride down hill better than to
read Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress. -
Whenever y0nr father and mother talk
ed religion they drew down the corners
of their mouths and rolled up their eyes.
If any one thing viii send boy to ruin
sooner than another, that Is 1t.
Whv Reject Cbri.tinuitxY
But | do not stop now to know how
Won came into rejection or Cbristionitv
You frankly tell me that Won do reject If
You do NOT believe that Christ is u divine
being. although YOU admit that he WAS a
very good man. You do not believe that
the Bible was inspired Of God. although
YOU think there are some very fine things
in it. You believe that the Scriptural de-
scription of Eden was only an allegory.
There are fifty things that believe thnt
YOU do not believe. and vet YOU are an
accommodating man Everybody that
knows yen says that of YOU. II should
as! you to do kindness for me or if any
one else should ask of you a Kindness.
yon would do it. II. when You are i'll. |