Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-02-23

Go at him with few such questions.
and he will get so red in the face as to
suggest apopiexy, ard he will look at
his watch and say he has an engage
ment and must go. You will put him
in a sweat that will beat a Turkish
bath. You will put him on a rout com
pared with which our troops at Bull
Run made no time at all. Arm your
self, not with arguments. but with in
terrogation points, and promise you
victory Shall such man as you,
shall such a woman as you, surrender
to one of the meanest spirits that ever
smoked up from the pit-the dumb
devil spoken of in the text?
Public Recognition of God.
Do not let the world deride the
church because of all this, for the
dumb devil is just as conspicuous in
the world. The great political parties
assemble at the proper time to build
platforms for the candidates to stand
on A committee of each party is ap-
pointed to make the platform. After
proper deliberation, the committees
come in with ringing report, Where
as" and Whereas and Whereas
Pronunciamentos all shaped with the
one idea of getting the most votes. All
expression in regard to the great moral
evils of the country ignored. No ex-
preston in behalf of temperate living,
for that would lose the vote of the
liquor traffic. No expression in re-
gard to the universal attempt at the
demolition of the Lords day. No recog-
milton of God in the history of ma
tions, for that would lose the vote
of atheists But Whereas" and
Whereas and Whereas Nine
cheers will be given for the platform
The dumb devil of the text puts one
wing over the one platform and the
other wing over the other platform.
Those great conventions are opened
with prayer by their chaplains. If they
! avoided platitudes and told the honest
truth in their prayers they would say:
20 Lord, we want to be postmasters
and consuls and foreign ministers and
United States district attorneys. For
that we are here, and for that we will
strive till the election next November
Give office or we die. Forever and
ever. amen The world, to say the
least, is 10 better than the church on
| this subject of silence at the wrong
| time. In other words, is it not time
| for Christianity to become pronounced
and aggressive as never before? Take
| sides for God and sobriety and right
! eousness. IF the Lord be God, follow
| him; if Baal, then follow him." Have
1 you opportunity of rebuking sin?
Rebuke it. Have you chance to cheer
a disheartened soul? Cheer it. Have
you a useful word to speak? Speak it.
BE Up and Doing.
Be out and out UP and down for
| righteousness. If your ship is afioat
on the Pacific ocean of Gods mercy,
hang out your colors from the mast
head. Show your passport if you have
one Do not smuggle your soul into
| the harbor of heaven. Speak out for
God, Close up the chapter of lost op-
| portunities and open a new chapter.
Before you get to the door on your
way out shake hands with someone
and ask him to join you on the road
to heaven. Do not drive up to heaven
in a two wheeled ssulky" with room
only for one, and that yourself, but
get the biggest gospel wagon you can
/ find and pile it full of friends and
neighbors and shout till they hear you
all up and down the skies, Come with
US, and we will Go you good, for the
| Lord hath promised good concerning
Israel" The opportunity for good which
you may consider insignificant may
be tremendous for results, as when on
the sea Captain Haldans swore at the
/ ships crew with an oath that wished
| them all in perdition, aud a Scotch
| sailor touched his cap and said, Cap
/ tain, God hears prayer, and we would
be badly off if your wish were an
swered." Captain Haldane was con-
victed by the sailors remark and con-
verted and became the means of the
salvation of his brother Robert, who
| had been an infidel. and then Robert
/ became a minister of the gospel, and
under his ministry the goddess Felix
sionary of the cross, and the worldly
Merle d'Aubigne became the author of
THE History of the Reformation" and.
will be the glory of the church for all
ages. Perhaps you may do as much
as the Scotch sailor who just tipped his
/ cap and used one broken sentence by
which the earth and the heavens are
still resounding with potent influences
Do something for God. and do it right
away or you will never do it at all.
| Time flies away fast,
| The while we never remember;
How soon our life here ~
Grows old with the year
| That dies with the next December,
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