The Iola register., 1901-08-30
N0-Tn-Rhf. Sold and ggaranieed by all drug.

Who will do il? There was never such
problem. Unless something is done
there will be moral smash up that
will astonish the angels in heaven.
Every body has some religious con-
viction. Every patton has Il God.
This idea of spiritual conviction has
come down through the centuries. I'll
is born in us and can't be driven out
of our nature. We know that there is
something outside of man, some-
thing looking up and beyond. 1t is
soul hunger.
Every man has an intellectual range
which must be satisfied And too
many of them are satisfying it in a
sorry way. Some of our newspapers
are sending out a mess of putrid stuff
as bad as the sewers of Paris empty
into the Seine. Men must think and
they should have something good to
think about. The Glory and Majesty
of the Christian Church is that it fills
these requirements and is also the
master of the man. Men like to get
together. Today out of the seventy
six millions of people in this country
forty millions are seeking associations
outside of those | have been talking
i about. The church is not to please
with bit of pretty sentiment but to
makesman know something and mean
something. Where would you rather
have your boys today, here or out in
the street? Where will you seek as
sociations for your boys, from below
or above?
We all have a yearning for fellow
ship. Everyone has some friend whom
he can trust and confide in but there
comes "a time when friends will not
the best friend we can have. 1t is the
little fellow who throws aside the idea
that there is no God. Some of them
say that the religion of Christ is for
babies and old ladies and men in their
dotage but if it's good enough for God
and the archangels in Heaven it's
good enough for me. Everybody
knows they ought to be better. What
will make us better. Colleges are
for brain training and the State
for government. Who Will take
charge and make man better than he
knows himself to be ? Where can it
be done outside of the Church 1t
takes man and brings him to know
that he needs something better and it
brings that something to him. Culture
is all right but you can never culture
the devil out and culture Christ in.
Every man has revelation as to two
things. First, that he is sinner,
Second, that he can be saved. | heard
preacher say ohce, IF you don't re-
pent, when you die you'll go to the
place my modesty forbids me to men
ton" That man had culture but he
lacked something else. knew an
other man whose grammar was not of
the best and whose language was a
, little uncouth but friend said to me,
, 81 hung on the edges of iniidelity fol
Ntdlo bul bldl DituNllNl lOlh lll' NuNN
that he prayed for me every night be-
. fore he went to bed. a great sorrow
came into my home and he was there
with tender words Ofcomfort and hope
| am saved through his work. That's :
a the kind of work we need and that is
the kind of work the church is doing.
There is something that masters
everyone and the quality of mans
p world is the quality of the idea that
, masters him and the strength of his
{ world is the strength of the idea that
? masters him, Churches are not to be-
, lieve for men but to present the truth
< so that men can believe.
! What is the gospel but message tc
G make men better, and the church is O
q means to bring that gospel to men. "
+ THE NEW BUILDING.
t The edifice is all that the eye of al
, artist could ask, is handsome enough
D to cause every citizen in the town tC
e feel pride, and is equipped to MAKE
S meetings both comfortable and pleas
S ant inside. 1t occupies plat O
ground rs by 100 feet at the corner o
d Madison Avenue and Sycamore stree
e and extends nearly the entire lengtl
n of the ground, Cement walks, curb
S ing and a neat lawn plot will complete
d the exterior. The walls are of bricl
l. and the many gabed roof is covered
n with stained shingles. Four entrance
p lead TO the vestibule which in tur
'e gives access to every room. The mai
d room is large and lofty, seating 475
the gallery above seats lS5, the Sun
(. day School room will hold 23O tn
o class rooms opening from it with fold
II ing doors, seat 100. The total seatin