Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-07

would choose future hopes. would
rather be pauper with heaven be-
fore me than q millionaire with hell
staring me in the face.
81 Like Good Time."
You say you like to enjoy the
world Good, so do l. like to have
as good time as anybody But you
say you want to enjoy life in your
own way until yen grow old and when
what you call the joys of life have
dregs of your life to God. But yo,l
will find that the world grips tighter
and tighter as the days go by and
your heart to God.
Boys, girls, give up the things yon
call pleasure. Stop all questionable
body who dances or play cards turns
out bad, but do say that thousands
do. Don't ask is there any harm in
Them but lis there any good?'
you can be a Christian and still
have good time. 1t is the biggest
lie the devil ever invented to say that
you have to be dull and gloomy to be
a Christian
Must Make Some Sacrifices.
"You have to give up something to
get anything worth having. In bust
ness you have to sacrifice to succeed.
In school you have to sacrifice to fol-
low the curriculum. But God only
asks you to give up the harmful
things. God doesn't want you to give
up the good things, so why should you
be fool enough not to give UP what is
doing you injury? No good thing will
up ashes If you were to receive coal
for diamonds. Think what you will
gain by giving up.
Here is a girl who puts all she
has on her back She loads, herself
down with cheap jewelry, and some
good fellow falls in love with her.
You say good fellow wouldn't do it,
but say you can't tell what boy
will do when he gets his optics on a
good locker; he won't get cold feet.
Bye and bye these two are married.
The young man tells the girl that she
has been going around with brass
rings thinking that people thought
them gold, with blass earrings that
she supposed were taken for lia-
monds, with dough beads she though
were mistaken for pearls, and red
white and blue glass that she supposes
are thought to be rubies, diamonds
and sapphires. He tells her she must
| give them up. Then she up and says
| to him, I think lots of you, but when
/ 1T comes to choosing between you and
my jewelry, I'll take the jewelry.
"He goes away and brings the next
evening little box which opens when
he presses spring. disclosing beau
tiful diamond. Here he says, is g
diamond with a Tiffany setting, which
brought for you on condition thai
you will give up your brass and glass
and doughbead pewelry. You know
what she would choose at once. Think
what she would gain compared tx
what she gave up. Think what yor
will gain If you become Christian
4 compared to what you give up.
Are Afraid Of Ridicule.
! "You say you are afraid of the laugl
! if you take the stand for Christ What
ever your views may be of the authen
ITCHY of the bible or the divinity o
Christ, you will admit this verse O
scripture fits Fairfield, Iowa, The
I fear of man bringeth a snare VIVA
if people do sheer at you. I'd rathe
let the devil in human form sneer a
me for little time here than have
1 the devils in hell sheer at me for al
eternity.
MANY a man knows. that If he be
comes a Christian he would have t.
cut out the booze, and lots of fellows
would have to give up gambling in ,
penny ante or sky limit. It take
4 grit. but you never did more MANU-
thing in your life than becoming ;
Christian.
"You say you would become
! Christian if It wasn't for SO man.
hypocrites-stop right there. Woul
! you refuse to serve the government
J because none of its citizens broke tn
: laws? Do you expect a banker to wan
) to abscond because other bankers do
! If out of hundred church member
there are 80 good ones, you forget al
4 about them and focus your attentio
on the remaining one. The dew
4 takes you to his own corn pile an
picks out a fine specimen. moral an
clean. the best of the bunch, an
points 1t out as his work. Then h
take you to the church's pile tan
picks out the smallest, measles
nubbin he can find and calls it God
work. Why doesn't he show you tn
harlot or drunkard from his pile. (
Hypocrlte is the Limit.
4 "a hypocrite is one of the Titles
things going. can stoop and hide BIZ
hind this pulpit because it is bigge
than |, but If you can hide behind
hypocrite you ought to be picked an
placed on exhibition as the smalles
specimen Of humanity in captivity.
I. Z. L L