Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04


false. Its the devil SIS him that makes
man drink or steal 81 The new
BIRTH IS not the 1ifee. working up from
Adam but life 81 Working down On the
holy spirit
The reasons that our preachers fail
isst hat they preach to please the world
and ignore the cross of Jesus Christ.
Some think We should forget points Of
difference in the churches and come
together On points on which they
agree. The Spirit lists, the Uniyer-
salists, the Mormons, Doweites,.
Methodists, Christian Scientists,
Congregations alists, Bud ddhist, Shan
ttos, Parsees should all N come
| together on some point OF agree.
ment. The miracles have passed with.
myths, the resurrec ection Of Jesus
Christ has passed into an anecdote,
the incarnation has been thrown aside.
But the world is reaching out for the
old time religion. There should be- a
new article added to our creed. ~ be-
| llieve in hell. believe in hell because
/ believe the word of Cod You may
call me narrow. Narrowness means
concentration, concentration means
power. believe the bible from Cen
esis to Revelations and when I can't
preach that Bible, Billy Sunday quits.
I do not fear being illiberal, do not
fear being out of date. There are men.
who can preach the gospel better, but
there is no man who can preach a.
better Gospel. I love the church OF
God. I love the souls of men with
every drop of blood in my body, with
every nerve and vein and artery or
would not go up and down the land
| to. be cursed and blackmailed. I'm
glad to do it. I'm glad to sacrifice,
and I'd be a mighty poor stick if I
would not sacrifice something for Je-
sus who gave his life for me. The
church is my spiritual mother and
when stand by and see things that
sap her life and take away her powers,
I cry out Help her," even as did
to the best physician and nurse when
the mother who gave me birth was
wasting with disease. "A man is bar
fnacle on the ship of the church who
| will not do it. :. '~> i
It is vain to draw men into the
church until we have cleaned house.
! It is vain to ask the butcher when
There are church members he could
not trust for ten cents worth of beef
steak. What we need is to get right
with God. We need a democratic spir-
it in the, churches that will give the
kind word and the encouraging greet
ing. am sick of the icy palm, the
Klondyke shake and the frozen form
alities of our churches Study to
show gs,ll tlhyself Is, approved OF Cod" i
/ =. The church Of God should be aggres-
sive Too many of us live in the
twenty-third psalm-"We lie down.
and we can't be got to DO anything
else. 1t behooves the churches to
be aroused and awakened. We do not
need the airs "Silver River" "Sweet
Bye and Bye" ''When the Roll is
Called up. .Yonder," so much as the
martial music ""All Hail the Power of
lJesus Name "
On Sunday afternoon, an audience
of 5000 men and boys gathered in: the
tabernacle and listened, to a plain,
scathing address on The Home VS., The
Saloon. Probably Austin. never saw a
a larger company of men, together at
such meeting. 1t was inspiring to
hear them sing Justify "Nearer My God
to Thee" ""My Country .Tis of Thee"
and other familiar songs. The saloon
was set forth in it's true character. He
said in starting: II am the friend of
God, the foe of the devil; the friend of
the home, the foe of the brothel; the
friend Of the school and the church,:
the irreconcilable foe Of the vile, damn
ing, corrupting, bestial, bulldozing, de-
moralizing traffic of rum and I have
70 apologies to;make. I defy any man
to refute the argumentsI will make on
this platform today for my cause is
just and the provocation great. ":is Z
AS he warmed to his subject, he
threw off first his coat, theu later his.
vest, then off came: his collar and tie
and finally he opened out his shirt at
the throat. He worked hard and his
audience was intensely thrilled as he
showed the product of the saloon in
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