Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-10-05

Saviour you need. one able to help 10th,
,uttcrmost. But there are so many Inv
to go among them" Wait IL moment
Are there no hypocrites i'll the world
a hypocrite is one who prctcnds ON.
thing and is another What would yo,
call the gang who are pretending tc
manage some great insurance COMPANY
today for the mutual" benefit of the
policy owners. of whom they are part
but are really sailing down the fla,
gains for themselves. and turning over
only the slinmest profits" to the in
sureds What do you call public Off,
ais, such as those in ST. Louis and
Philadelphia boards of aldermen, who
were selling out the benefits of the peo-
pie and pocketing the graft from gas
water and railway franchises .Ar,
they not hypocrites pretending to he
the peoples servants while serving
themsel think you will find a
multitude more of hypocrites in the
world than i'll the church Possibly
there are some actual hvpocrites in the
church. Jesus said there were tares
among the wheat, but we are not sure
Judges who are tares and who are
wheat. If any board of church officers,
even tho they were Presbyterian cid
crs, should attempt to clear out all the
tarcs and leave only wheat what would
be the result? The Saviour knew wis
dom enough for that had not been be-
slowed on church officers, so he said,
let them alone till the end of the
world-l'll seperate them by angels.
Certainly there are men and women in
the church whose light is dim or even
where it should not be seen. They are
a perpleNity to fellow members. They
take no interest in missions, are never
seen at prayer meeting, nobody ever
knew OF them speaking to any one
about the salvation of their souls.
And they perplex the people outside
the church just as much The people
of the world know that Jesus has said
BE not conformcd" to the world, and
"lf any man come after me let him
take up his cross and deny himself
daily and follow me-" In many VIII
profess to he followers of Jesus they
see no difference from the worlds pco-
|plc. Many of them go into all the fol-
lies OF the world, some of them are
guilty of out bursts of profanity lust as
ungodly men are They read "by
their fruits We shall know them" But
they see no fruits such as should grow
on the tree of the Lords planting.
Well, surely all this is perplcxing, but
my dear friend you surly need not
copy after, these. Certainly there is
another type of character in the church
which even you yourself recognize as
Christ like e-perhaps you recall your
santcd mother 1t is enongh YOU
know there is a genuine article we'll
by Gods grace you may be that sort.
Your little daughter is going to Join
the church on Sund ay.' said to
another man Yes. and ] told her
mother was glad of it. It's lots easier
and better to do it when one is young
than when you grow old !" That shows
that you know from experience that
the longer it sput off the harder ii will
become. This is the Youngest dav you
Will ever see. So act TODAY Today
if you will harden not Your heart YOU
may come to the Saviour He waits
to be gracious II you every come AT
all you must throw aside every foolish
prejudice, and objection such as YOU
have long cherishc and used as a bar
rier to keep every minister ut arms
] sagtl from You, that you might go
on in Your old way You must come
humbly lilS little child, like the
prodigal or the publican Lord lie
merciful to me a sinner Ah! YOU
will be welcome He will love you
graciously and forgive YOU freely The
churches are all open to YOU The pas
tors arc waiting To have YOU come
mo, you say, THAT pcrplexcs me a
SO there a-c s., llv !fferent churches
i don't know which to go TO- If there
was only one it would he clear" That
is not a difficulty to man who is in
earnest One truly converted is not
troubled by it. He ccs that the verv
differences make one church more suit
able to him than another. He knows
the differences between them arose out
of their environment and history. Blu,
when you come to look at them there
is far more fin which they agree than
in which they differ. They are in sub
stantial agreement. That was evident
in the fact Of uniting under the leader
ship of one man whose denominational
connection they did not know. The
uniting churches said in effect there is
a body of truth which we all accept
and which if, it is fully and faithfully
preached the lost will be saved, al
thohgh our differences be all kept in
the back ground The Holy Spirit was
promised to lead believers into "all the
truth" He would take Of the things
of Christ and show them" to every
earnest seeker That promise was