Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-01


ready % halt you on your way. 90, yes
must have full armor. There are tempta-i
tions to an impure life all the time null
tiplying and intsnsifying. Read in pri-
yate and discussed afterward by the re-
fined and elegant in parlors are books poi
soned from lid 10 lid with impurities.
Loose characters in the novel applsuded
by rhetorical pens and proprieties OF life
csricatured as prudery and infdelity OF
behavior put in way to excite sympathy
ana half approval. My wonder is hot
tnat so many go astray. but my wonder
is that ten times as many are not de-
bauched. There are influences Mt work
which, if unarrested. viii turn our cities
into Sodoms and Gomorrahs ready for
the hail and fire and birthstone OF Gods
indignation.
Aiming Against Temptation,
Yes. you must have full armor. for
there are all the temptations TO gaming
practices, either in gambling halls or in
the money markets, huyiug what they
never paid for and 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 fraudulently, for gambling
in all cases is fraud. whether it be a 70
cent prize package or a crash in North
ern Pacific. which made Lombard street
and the Bourse aghast and shook the
nations with financial earthquake.
! Oh. YES. Won need the harness on until
God tells you to take it off. In oldtn
time it was leathern armor or chain ar
NOR or ribbed armor, fashioned in ancient
foundry, but no one can give you the
outit you need except God, who is mas
ter of this world and the Internal world,
from which ascend the mightiest HOSTILE
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. If you have come from the coun-
try to live in the city. initiate the exam
pie of a young man who arrived 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 abashed as the
beauty and fashion and wealth swept
through the doors of the sanctuary, and
he dared not go in. As he was about
turning to go away a gentleman said,
Have you a seat, young manY mo,
sir" ''po you 3eiong to the cityg' mo,
sir" where is your homer In the
county" How long have you been in
the city7" II came in last night" what
are you going to do here?" Il hope to go
into business tomorrow" THAT is right.
You have begun well. young man. 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 man?' said the Scotch
merchant. Il want to get credit on some
leather, upper and SOLE Have you ref
erences?' II think cap/get references.
My father has friends here" Young
man, did / not see you yesterday in Mr..
Lenox's pew" 81 do not know. sir. /
was at church. and a kind gentleman
asked me to sit In his pew" Yes, young
man, that was Robert LeRox. / will trust
any one that Mr.. Lenox invites into his
pew. Ycr need not trouble yourself about
references. When these goods are gone,
come and get more" That young man
became an eminent merchant and, more
than that, a Christian merchant, and he
attributed gil his success to that first
Sabbath in che city. Young man just ar
rived, put yourself under good influences
your first day in town. There hangs your
helmet Take it down. There is your
breast plata. Adjust it. There is all the
harness fee safety and triumph. Put it
on.
Tho End of the Struggle.
| congratulate all those who are now
in the tSi.kest of life's battle that the
time is coming when the struggle will end
and you viii put the harness off, helmet
and grcaszs and breast plate having full
filed thee. mission. o We soldiers of
Jesus CHRIST, when the war of life is over
and the vIctors rest in the soldiers home
on the heavenly heights, perhaps there
may be q the city of the sun tower of
spiritual srnor such as incased the war
riors for Christ in earthly combat. There
and thee you may recount the contrast
between the day when you enlisted in
ChristiaE conflict and the day when you
closed il in earthly farewell and heav-
emily salstation. and the text, which has
so much meaning for us now. will have
more meaning for us then, Let not him
that girdeth on his harness boast himself
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