Cañon City record., 1905-04-13

iniquities; let him come in and out
steps intrigues let him come in and
out steps SANDER let him come in and
out steps suspicion let him him come
in and out steps whisky let him come
in and out steps weakness of every
nature. Why not, then, let God and
his strength come in? There Christ
stands at the door pleading, and you
refuse your Savior permission to enter,
The Christian says, II do" The
sinner says, II won't" That's the diff
erence between a Christian and sin
ner. It's in the will power. There is
eligion in the will. The sinner is a
rebel. He defies the authority of God
just as rebellious citizens sometimes
stand out in open defianse of the
authority of the government. The
Christian and the sinner differ also as
to conditions enjoyed. The sinner has
body and soul. The Christian has
these and he has also a spiritual life.
You should be Christian to be de-
cent. You owe it, not only to your
self, but to God and to the community
in which you live. Take the churches
and the influences which they repres-
ent out of Canon City and your thous-
and dollar an acre land will not be
worth fifteen cents. Let the word go
out by the Associated Press that you
have burned your churches and des-
troyed your Bibles, then you have
wrecked and ruined every thing which
has made home delightful and bust
ness, prosperous. The best asset
which any community can have is
Christianity.
Every man and woman is as good as
they want to be and no better. 1t is
easy to become a Christian. God wants
to come unto your life but you won't
let him. Christ is the door, the truth
and the life and no other way is given
among men whereby we may be saved.
The cross is the symbol of hope and by
it has our atonement come. God could
not do any more than he did to save
the world and if we spurn his invita-
tions of salvation we are the ones
that suffer. If God could have saved
you whether you were willing or not
you would have been saved long ago
King Croesus had a dumb son. One
day conspirators made an attempt up
on the kings life in the presence of the
his parent caused the son to burst the
bonds which had kept him mute and
he cried out, Don't kill the king" II
christians were as anxious to save the
souls of their friends and loved ones
they would cry out in their anguish,
"Do not cruelty the Christ, but open
wide the door of your heart and let
him in"
You may lose some things by becom-
ing Christian, but nothing Of any
value, and if you are unwilling to pay
the price Jesus asks, l have nothing
more to say. 1t costs much to be a
Christian and many people are not will
ing to pay it. The reward is great and
is of infinitely more value to you than
all the wealth of Ormus and Of Ind.
"Behold stand at the door and
knock; # any man hear my voice and
open the door will come in to him,
and sup with him and he with me"
When the invitation was given at the
close of the preaching service twenty
seven people came forward to make
a confession OF faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ. OF the converts thirteen ex
pressed preference for the Methodist
church, six for the Presbyterian, three
for the Baptist, two for the Christian
and one for the United Presbyterian
Two were undecided in their church
preferences.