Mower County transcript., 1906-03-28

Icnristian asksd lier q, ha,s MI r 81, 3
Ishad failed Stos bring him Christ.
The husband answered used sto
ask, you to go to- the theatre and YOU
went you asked me to 90 to- church
and u went asked you to "a "a 3
card part and YOU went; YOU asked
me to go to prayer meeting and u
went. You went to the same places,
did the same things as / = what was
the difference ?'' That's the trouble
with too many church members,
/ they are on:sas level with the world.
Give me the men and women who
VIII not dip their colors nor trim
Etheir sails. ss35. .Sz g :.
So they were grouped when Judas
came with the officers. He passes
the first group and they call to him,
here are you going, Judas pr ii
am oking for Jesus. Why, p. <.,Tot
betray him. Did they try ia ston
him. No: Sure? No, they didn't stry
to- stop him. Judas was not looking
for Christ with them; he knew the
master was not there. They had
shown their lack of faith in Christ
once before when Jesus had taken
Peter and James and John with him
onto the mount of Transformation.
and the man whose son was possess
ed OF a devil, as are many young
bucks. of Austin no doubt. had come
to the disciples with him and they
had been unable to cast out the devil
because of their lack Of faith. This
led the father to doubt the power of
Christ, just, as the lack of faith on
the part of his followers today leads
to doubt OF Jesus. Failures on your
part to live UP to your profession
makes skeptics. Why, the whole
worldly crowd in the church TODAY
could not cast out a devil as big as q
peanut" -*<. = =
AS principle increases in its
meaning it decreases in the number
to it's adherents. Suppose by educa-
t1on, l. mean merely. the ability to
read and write-then a. large per cent
OF our people are educated. IF I mean
that to be educated one must be a
graduate of our public schools: the
percent of educated ones becomes
smaller; if I mean graduates from
academies and~seminaries, their Der
haps: five per cent while if 1 mean col
7ege and university graduates, only
about one-fifth of one per cent are ed
ueated. If by the word friend YOU
mean everyone with whom you. pass
the greetings of the day when: you:
pass On the street, then YOU have
scads OF 'em; but if. you mean those
who will defend your character when
1t is attacked by some old liar who.
peddles out lies that are derogatotV
to- your character, then they j are
mighty few. If by Christians: we
mean all the men and. women whose:
names are on the church records. dSs
then there are 26,OO0,OO0 of them; but
II we mean those who are really will
ing to do Gods will, if we really are
willing, if we did the things God
wants us to- do, why have we not cap
tured the world, for. Christ? ~
Some folks want a delicate mess
age: I'm no message: I'm no spirit
ual osteopath, butsa spiritual surgeon
that drives the sword to the hilt.
sFaithful are the wounds of a friend. L
believe in Lent, but believe in keep
ing it 365 days instle year.
I We have noticed the different po-
siti0ns sof these three. groups in the
garden and their. different sizes. Now
let us notice the progressive stages of
revelat tion.: To the first Jesus said,
Sit We here; That was all. To the
next he said,. MY soul: is exceedingly
sorrowful, even unto death:',r5 A little
fuller::revelation. He: told the three
Whats:h never breather to the eight.
Then, when shec was -alone : he: said;
MY father, it, it be possible; let this.
cup. pass from :me;' ;:No, hint of %the:
cup had: been givensto those fellows
hacks there near the gate,;i and hut: hit
tie:More to the isother three. :. ~. ..
:: Now *let :sAs notice the difference
m: DUTY ,Ho thsy&firstE:s5 group Jesus
SAID iqnlX .'Sslt y3!ee:ghare. - That was all
he a @ told. them 70 the next ones lhe.
said, Watch and: pray, He didn't
ask those first, fellows. to pray: thew
wouldn't ave ,,dapne it ii. he lad.
!. But Jesus asked, Peter. and. John !
and James to pray. He thought he
could bank on=then6=' They had been
with II him on the mount of transfgura-
tion, had been with hia at the tomb
OF ~ q :Lazarus-=:eVeryWhere they had
been p s his :.inseparable: companions: \
Then JESUS went away: An hour lat
,ef: he came back to~the three to see
uoW CuSy ."eie 6eILlHS ''diOng, anu
found them all asleep. ....~..::,. >.
He that Winneth souls is. wise. Co
to- THE city hail.; the bank the school
and ask, Who is wise?' The ans:
wer. will be the captains of: industry,
the successful leaders: of men and
armies, the mayor Of the city, the
judge, the u. S. senator. He is wise.
The superintendent of schools, those
who follow pleasure and revel in song
and joy. But ask God. The answer
is, He that winneth souls is wise
The man had big crops and thought
within himself his grainaries were
too small. That night his soul was
required of him. The only man that
is wise gets right with God. The bus
mess of life should be the saving of
souls, A vivid description was CIV
en- OF the death of Charles T.. Yerkes
in Waldorf Astoria whose will probat-
ed at $55,000,00O and whose remains
rest in a 100000 mausoleum over.
looking Sandy Hook He. was not
wise. His wife stood in her palatial
home on Fifth avenue surrounded by
Gobelin tapestries, priceless Persian
rugs, paintings by Gustav Bore; stat