The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-22
Or. PORTER FIRES BROADSIDE
AGAINSTSI IN "GREATER CAIRO"

I WNlQ VI " a INNS
The DEVILS Pet Phrase.
"The devil has got patent on that
phrase. 'You are knocker.' The deyn
don't want the preacher in Cairo TO
preach hell and death. he wants them
to preach on in the sweet by and by
and leave the wicked now and now
alone | have made up my mind TO
wake the devil up and get him on the
warpath il possible. Listen tomorrow
and see il you don't hear him bowling
lIf preach on love and heaven his sa-
tanic majesty sleeps on and takes his
rest; if | preach on sin, hell ana
death, he wakes up and rubs his old
blurred eyes and turns up his pusil
luminous nose and cries. 'knocker
Shall | leave Cairo without hope, CON
hemned to hell? No.
Another Momentous Question.
Il ask another momentous question:
What must Calro's enemies of Christ
do to be saved? In the language or
Paul. the author OF my text | would
say, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved Ii you are
an enemy of Christ come before His
throne and take the oath of allegiance
4 10 Him and His church and
: you can look death in the
! face and say withPaul: o
5 death. where is thy sting? 0 grace
where is thy victory? Do you want to
E be saved from hell for heaven? II
1 not. why not? You may avoid some
| things in this LIE, bat You cannot
q avoid death. You may never live to
5 see a day Of sorrow, day Of poverty
i 4 day of sickness, but you viii ant
5 must live to see your dying day
What shall you do then?
n Who Are Friends of Christ?
"Third-To the friends of Christ
/ what shall you do when death and the
d Judgment oyertakes you? What dis
q Paul do? Was he afraid to die? No
+ He said, / have fought good fight.
r. have kept the faith. have run m,
h race have won my crown. an
ready to go No one, beloved, but tn
true friend of Christ can feel thu:
e Thank God the friends of Christ ca
il sing with the dying Irish boy who re
Ie peated the words OF that immorta
* aymn-"There will be no sorroN
s. there" His loved ones gathere
ID around his bedside and said. Where
Is that placer He said In heaven alon
nj mo sfn is found and there is no sorro'
ii there
&c who are the friends Of Christ
or He said unto His disciple, We are m
friends If We do whatsoever | comman
N you Are you willing to obey Chri
All in order to become his friend? TT
ii. saddest sight this side Of hell is tt
ur dying enemy OF Jesus, The most p
re- thetic and miraculous sights this sic
on of the beautiful gates of heaven is Ii
ne dying hour of the Christian. Look I
n that wounded soldier on the bloot
ial battlefield, listen to his voice as
in answers the roll call in heaven.
az hear him answer Here, here as
MI What is it, my dying friend? WI
81 ean do for you? He answers, All
OF well with me, am answering to 4
re roll call In heaven; good bye, me
sss ne there Come, Lord Jesus, cor
Isk quickly. He is dead turn away
i'm | drop tear-for Jesus wept fiji
? another brave hero lying upon I
RE- blood-stained ground, cold in the Ell
Iub brace of death In his hand is the bill
Tho his mother gave him say anoth
mothers boy gone, but his bible
open and | examine | find his bio
ter words, The Lord is my shepherd
,ey shall not want Though | WI
age through the valley and shadow
nar death | will fear no evil, Tor tnou {
uld with me, thy rod and thy staff tn
.ov. comfort me- | drop another te
eat. for Jesus wept that we might, a
3od say, another hero in peace at hon
90 Thanks be unto God for his unspe
and able gift and the unsearchable ric1
Who of Christ Truly, it pays to be
on. friend of Jesus Christ
evil in conclusion, if We ever build
,st Greater Cairo we must build it on
two sure foundation, the. bible. II I
han city is built upon the Almighty {
ath lar, instead of the Almighty book
mig books, 1t will be built upon the 81
.ent and 1t must fall and great viii be
IT, fall of it,
ack when God calls in death and ju
mes ment what will Cairo do? When {
,ath calls me ! want some loved one to tt
oud my bible and pillow my head upoi
, ia and there upon the blessed truths
Nj. contains and ! have preached, exp
,ent TO rest When the roll Is called
= in yonder I'll be there The bible is
tandard OF morals and the rule
guide of every Individual and CIV
he. well regulated city. Let us build
ave, Greater Cairo thereon
rich.
III THINKS ALEXANDER COUNTY