Mower County transcript., 1906-04-25

exceptional interest and will wish him
the largest success in winning souls.
I 1t remains for us to give brief out
line of the work at the tabernacle after
our issue Of a week ago up to Saturday
night. =
On Wednesday evening he preached
on He'll and it is certain that he walked
his audience up no matter how much
they WINGED at his plain setting forth
of the scriptural teaching of literal
hell, the place of bitter and remorseful
memories, of Unsuitable and tormenting
desires, of shame, of suffering untold,
and a place without hope. He insisted
that it was kindness to tell the truth.
!, There we're 29 who accepted the invi-
tation to go forward.
On Thursday evening, Mr.. Sunday
gave powerful sermon on Excuses
! showing the real reasons why men were
unsaved, the love Of money, love of
pleasure, fear of man, self righteous
ness and so on. - 3.:,..,.-...:.
On Friday evening he preached from
the text ut is appointed unto men
once to die and after that the Judg-
ment." All must stand at the 1udg
ment sea t OF Christ to give account.
the rich and the poor, the sceptic, the
card player, the saloon keeper, the
boozer, the harlot, the kings and pli l.
ces, high and low, saint and sinner, all
to give account. What memories will
you have then ard what account can
you give? The man who stands in
| judgment without Jesus Christ as a
savior and friend will have sentence of
eternal Punishment from God and from
all that is holy and heavenly pronounced
On Saturday night he gave another
Of his characteristic appeals to the un-
converted. We give an extended out
line.
@He chose as his text the 34th verse
of the 18th chapter Of the gospel ac-
cording to Mark: Thou art not far
from the kingdom of Cod He said
in part:
"A man may be very near the king
dom but still lost. Of all disasters at
sea none are so heartrending as the
ship that goes down In sight of the
harbor; and Of all cases none are so
sad as that of the man or woman who,
while within reach of the Kingdom
| of God are yet lost because they
refuse or neglect to take the last
step. Remember that until you take.
your stand for Jesus Christ you are
not in Gods kingdom.
ut may be that this young man re-
ferred to in my text became a fol-
lower Of Christ afterwards, but the
probability is that he remained where
he was when Jesus said to him, Thou
| art not far from the kingdom of God
sThe difference between a live and
a dead person, between midnight and
noon is not of degree but of kind. A
man who has been dead ten minutes
is just as dead as one that has been
dead two weeks. And soul not
qulckened by the spirit of Goa, no
matter how near the divine life, is
as dead as the soul far out in the
darkness of vice. Some of you peo-
! pie are within a step of the kingdom
but if you refuse to take that step
you are lost
/ MANY things in this life are de-
sirab]e, but there is, one thing that
| is necessary. Education is desirable.
| So is wealth, but neither is absolutely
necessary. I have known men with,
out either education or wealth who
were power for God and righteous
| ness in the world. is is not necessary
to be rich to please God. It is not
necessary to have an education to
please God. 5.s<
What is an arch without the key
stone? What is music without a key
note? What is watch without a
handspring? oh. what q sad thing