Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-13
WHAT DO | LIVE FOR?
SUBJECT OF POWERFUL SERMON
LAST FRIDAY EVENING.
Audience Room Not Large Enough to
Accommodate Even With standing
who Are Looking for soft snap"

been cnaracterIZing the union gospel
meetings is each day increasing. The
sermon of Dee. }, replete with
practical truths. was on "S)rrow."
Christianity Is II very broad religion, so
broad that II takes In the hopes and
fears, joys ard sorrows, sin and saliva
tion-in fact, the whole man, both in
this life aud the life hereafter. The
stoics said, the qualifications OF man
were courage, valOr and honesty.
Christ says christian must not only
be courageous and honest, but he must
also he merciful, gentle, tender and
compassionate. These qualities of
character are perfectly illustrated In
the life of our Master, for He could at
one moment leglslate for race and at
The next comfort a weeping child.
There are two kinds of sorrow-s
worldly sorrow and . Cody sorrow. The
first is of the world and it worketh
death, because il is self-centered; 1T
separates man from his God, just as a
physical death separates the spirit from
its body. Bat Cody sorrow worketh
repentance, IL is a sorrow in which man
sees himself as ne is, realizes what be
of God. such q realization Is a step
hesvenw ward. A true christian is not
so much concerned in getting man into
heaven as he is 10 getting heaven into
man, for make man holy and noble
and he will get into heaven. Possess
character and God will care for thy
destiny. 1t is a mean fellow, little
man, that wants to enter heaven be.
cause he thinks it ls Il place where he
may indulge his laZzlness but good
man. a great soul longs for heaven be-
cause here man serves God night and
dav.
"Soul Winning" beautiful theme,
so full of inspiration, was the subject
of the talk of the afternoon.
A most remarkable sermon of JOY
that morning by the evangelist.
That beautiful psalm, the twenty third,
was read and snallzed, Mr.. Ostrom
bringing out the comforting thought
that he who is spiritually minded can
never want, neither in this life nor in
the next, for God is with him.
At Is O'Clock Friday afternoon there
was held at the Methodist church q
service for the boys and girls.
Rev. OstrOm delivered a powerful
and appealing sermon upon, NV hat do
live fOr?' Friday evening and it was
productive of much good. 1t Weakened
the aspirations of many a Young
person. by bringing him TO the
realization, that the man who lives only
for self, is not really living; snd it in
spired not few with LIES true mean
Ing-that he who truly lives has God
like purpose In life. When ship sets
sail il has a destination, and route by
which il may reach it's destination.
But how many lfe starts out, and
never once definitely settles the two
questions, "What am | here for ~
Nv here am l gOIng?" 1t is the irony
of existence that We live so awkardly.
Though man has splendid social
nature and brilliant intellect, still If
ne lives only to satisfy his sppetites he
is merely an animal. The young
person who is looking for "soft snap"
in order that he may live almost ex
clusively for his ease and self in
diligence, has within him the character
istics of a gambler; and gambling is
wrong because II teaches person to
expect great deal for nothing, thus
making person lazy, and lazy person
is liable to get into mischief, aud he
who gets into mischief doesn't make a
good citizen. The boy or girl who ex
poets to find in life soft snap" hasn't
learned the A b C's of what 1t means
to live. A man may rise step above
this type of existence and live for in
fluence. Now if he acquires influence
that he may exslt himself-brlng pOpu-
larity and honor to his own name, use for
self glory what should be dedicated to
God, ne will fad that all the education
has but made him a dupe of his own
efforts. You cannot educate q bad
man into q good man, it requires come
thing besides knowledge to accomplish
the transformation, for TO educate q
bad man without teaching him of
Christ is but TO put al implement of
evil into his hand. Teach the ignorant
man who steals chickens to read and
write, without telling him of Jesus and
you may make forger of him. BY all
means get an education, learn all you
can, develop your intellectual powers
to their utmost, but have your edu
cation so broad that IT. will embrace the
essential of what il ia to live. Jesus
Christ is the meaning of life and when
soul becomes melodions with this
thought, he shall spend not only this
life but also eternity In singing back
the love of Christ in service and
growth, only to get it back again in
larger abundance.
The talk of Friday afternoon en-
phssized the two facts, that Christ hav
ing conquered death is able to do all
and that He brought into the world a
new, a divine, q higher hfe-s God life,