Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-04

AhuhC Suu lAluk WEODks lhH young man
who gets his head filed with wrong no
tons about God, about Christ, about the
soul, about the great beyond, Is already
captured. Put on the helmet, the latchet
well adjusted under the chin Think
right, and You win act right. Yes. breast
plate for the heart. That is the most inn
portant part to be defended. That de-
cides what you love and what you hate,
what YOU hope for and what you deSpise.
That decides earthly happiness and eter-
nal destiny. Keep the heart pure. aud
the life viii be pure. Have the heart cor
rupt. and your actions will be corrupt.
Oh, that ali OF us might have new
heart covered with a divinely wrought
breast plate! Yes, greayes for the feet.
So many dangerous roads are We COM
PEELED TO walk. So many people tread
on sharp prongs of temptation and SO
lame and limping all the rest Of their
days. Iron mailed shoe for the foot.
Young man, see that you have on a.
complete armor, All looks bright now.
and it seems as f you could march right
on without opposition or attack, but be
not deceived There are hidden foes
ready 10 halt you on your way. Yes, YOU
must have fun armor. There are tempta-
tons to an impure life all the time null
tipiying and intensifyng, Read in pri-
waite and discussed aftcrward by the re-
fined and elegant in parlors are books poi
soned from lid Ia lid with Impurities.
Loose characters in the novel applauded
by rhetorical pens and proprietjes of life
caricatnred as prudery and iahdeiity of
behavior put in a way to excite sympathy
~ hal al IN 80 Nt
that so many go astray, but my wander
is that ten times as many are not de
bauched. There are influences st work
which, II unarrested, will turn our cities
into SodoIas and Gomorrahs ready for
the hail and FIRE and birthstone az Gods
indignation.
Armiug Against Temptation.
Yes, yoG must have full amor for
there are alt the temptations To gaming
practices, either in gambling halls or in
the money markets, haying what they
never paid for ana selling what they can
never deliver first borrowing what they
cannot return and stealing what they can
not borrow. All hours Of the day and all
hours Of the night are vast Sums OF
money passing fraudnlently. for gambling
in all eases is fraud, whether il be a ~
cent prize package or 'crash IA North
ern Pacific. which made Lombard street
and the Bourse aghast aud shook the
nations with financial earthquake.
On, yes, Won need the harness on until
God tells you to take il off 10 olG"n
time il was lcathern armor or cGan ar
NOR or ribbed armor. fashioned in ancient
foundry, but no one can give you the
outfit YOU need except God who is mas
ter OF this world and the Internal world,
from which ascend the mightiest hostili-
ties. Lay hold of God. Nothing but
the arm OF Omnipotenee is strong enough
for the tempted.
Young man. put on the entire gospel
outfit. IL You have come from the coun-
try 30 live in the city. initiate the exam
Pile Of young man who errived in New
York on Saturday night, intending the
following Monday to enter his place of
employment. On Sunday morning carry
ing out the good advice before leaving his
country home, he went to church. Stand
ing at the door. he was abashe3 as the
beauty and fashion and wealth swept
through the doors Of the sanctuary and
he dared not 80 in As he was about
turning to 90 away a gentleman said,
Have you a seat, young mant' NO,
sir" DO yon belong to the city?' NO,
sir Where is your homey" In the
country" How long have you been IN
the city," Il came in last night What
are you going 10 do heYei" Il hope 10 20
into business tomorrow" That j. right.
You have begun well, young mas Never
forsake the God Of your fathers. Come,
! will give you seat in my pew The
next morning the young man presented
his letter in business circles. What do
you want, young manY said the Scotch
merchant. II want to get credit on some
leather, upper and sole" Have you ref
erences| II think / can get references.
My father has friends here" Young
man, did | not see you yesterday ~ Mr..
Lenoxs pew Il do not know. sir.
was Mt church, and a kind gentleman
asked me TO sit in his pew" Yes. young
man, that was Robert Leaox. l will trust
any one that Mr. LenoN invites into bis
pew. You need not trouble yourself about
references. When these goods ara gone.
come and get more" That young man
became an eminent merchant and. more
thar that. Christian merchant, and he
attributed all his success to that first
rived, put yourself under good influences
your first day in town. There hangs your
helmet. Take 1t down. There il your
breast plate. Adjust it. There is all The
harness FOR safety and triumph Pat IL
on.
The End of the Struggle.
/ congratulate all those who are now
in the thickest Of life's battle that the
time is coming when the struggle will end
and you will put the harness otf. helmet
and greaves and breast plate having fu-
filed their mission. o ye soldiers of
jesus Christ, when the war Of life IL over
and the victors rest'in the soldiers home
on the heavenly heights, perhaps there
may he in the city OF the sun tower Of
spiritual armor such as incased the war
riors for Christ in earthly combat. There
and then you may recount the contrast
between the day when you enlisted in
Christian conflict and the day when YOU
closed II 10 earthly farewell aud heav-
emily salutatiOn, and the text, which has
so much meaning for us now. will have
pnnre meaning for no than az ne h;,..