Mower County transcript., 1906-03-28


asked the speak Because III sll, ~
Allied that this eeparat ion nafxht be
Tor oil time, that she might never see
isher boys again. other prayed. We
lsslept;; Jesus prayed, his siesciples
lslept. And today the church of Cod
l55is asleeR You don realize yo,ir Isl,
Icondit ion or you would not do as
you do. Sc
How many Of us are willing to fol
IslOW Jesus to the last ditch The dis
lciples proved they were not. Only a
few hours before Peter had been pro.
testing his loyalty yet before day-
break he had thrice denied his Lord
I'VE say, Not my will but u and there
I'VE hang up the receiver. Not my
will, but, There we puncturee q tire.
Not my will but ere We jump
1.-THE trolley. Not my: ..5 will, but.
There we turn out the light. lot my nv
Twill, but, lit might hurt my business.
|:Not my will, ut,---.-I might lose a
vote. Not my will, butt might not
Il ~ l11VAISu ~ &1X1IS. $0O-duus0OS - uOuS0.
Not my will, butt could not so to
the theatre. Not my will, but I
couldn't drink beer. Not my will,
butt couldn't skin that fellow in a,
trade. Not my viii, but and
there's where you cash in. sss u .5s5@
Down in Florida a man took his ak
upon hisashoulder and his little boy
by the hand. They walked into the
woods together The man felled a
tree and sat down upon the fallen
timber by the banks of the lagoon to
rest. Can I wade in the water?'
asked the little boy. Yes, if you be
careful and not go out too far The
little fellow waded about in the lagoon,
picking up shells that pleased, when
the father heard a cry, Hurry, papa!'
Rushing to the shore the father saw
the little fellow struggling in deep
water and with hands lifted to his
father gasping, Hurry, papa An
alligator, lean, lank, voracious, churn-
ed the water, into foam and when it
was again stilled all that was given
back to the father was handful of
crushed bones. tell you, people of
Austin, the jaws Of alligators wait for
your boys in hell joints ready to gilp
them down. Hurry faster or they
will be gone. ~ . = -
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! .,
: On Saturday afternoon, he had the.
tabernacle full of children and inter-
ested them greatly nsing illustrations.
profusely. Saturday, evening the tab
ernacle was crowded to-. hear him
speak on Naaman *the<Leper.;; !. =
+, Sunday was trying day. 1t com:
menced to drizzle about .eight o'clock
and at ten a driving southeast rain,
had set in interfering with the attend
ance and making nasty walking. The
ran 1 Kept: up at intervals touring Sun
day, and: Monday. ~. !. o.. ;,
Sunday 7 morning Mr.. Sunday;
preached on the efficient work of the:
Holy, Spirit in the hearts of Christ.
ians and the urgent need of His in
dwelling power to prepare for eff1c-
lent. service No man: can. serve the
Lord and the: devil. No half hearted,
Christian had influence - for God.
When Lot expected, to go toward
Sodom he lost his power When the
destruction of Sodom was imminent
@AAu AOS SAASO ~ C1 JUS LID 0"A4 OlCtt1Ou
TO- their danger: theyagave him the ha-
ha and when he inyeigled. his. wife
to: come. out she rubbered aud became
a pillar Of salt A: special annoint-
ing lis needed: if: Gods people are to-:
do special work. AL: God Almighty
needs is men. and women who tare
willing to be- used, ,nnot> the most cul-
tured or the richest. Culture is
many times new name for devilism.
A stubborn will is the only thing. in
the way of any one becoming a Chris
tian. The elect @ares the >&hpsoever.
Will and the non-eleets are whosoever
wont. The churches are too much
cursed with lot ">of : m,ish-fnouth,
pudding head preaching of the gospefl
instead Of preaching the plain truth
and. denouncing sim There are lots
of things that soothing syruy will not i
TOUGH and the. surgeonis:H knife will.
In ancient times they picked out, men
filed with the Holy Ghost for church
officials. and not men for: their: res,
peetability~yand; ~ wealth. Il, a doctor
had no more knowledge Of materia
medica and anatomy that the aver
age: church member has of,the Bible
way of saving souls, he would be ar.t
rested for NAL practice. There is no
man who can have "a monopoly of
God but there are lots: of men, and wo- |
men of whom God can have a mon
opoly of their affections and service
1 would rather one Should standi
over; my. coffin and say, THAT man /
saved me from HE'LL" thousand fold |
over than to have deed of this old
world or a. monument OF: solid gold
Some of the causes for not having tn:
power of the Spirit were. discussed
including worldliness,. not confessing !
sin, holding grudges, ignorance of the
Bible and others. -
' On Sunday afternoon the. subject.
was, ''The Hour Is Come" In the
evening Mr.. Sunday spoke to a large
audience on; Moral Courage" basing
his discourse on Naaman,. the Valiant
Warrior. s
+ There were no meetings held on
Monday as that was rest day for the
workers.. \ -%