Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-03

but that is all. Philosophers? No
their learning can do nothing for you.
Millionaires? Motley, too, will
sleep beneath the sod and leave their
millions here on cath. Go to Pull
man, the great car magnate-he can't
save you with all his money and fame.
go to Edison and Marconi, to whom
electricity is toy, Can they save me 3
Motley can span the globe and
make Us neighhols across the ocean;
they can kill us with electricity-but
electricity cannot give life.
Il turn back to the great men and
women of history-to Queen Eliza
beth, Napoleon Bonaparte, King Alex
ander with the world at his feet, but
they have all given up life themselves.
They could sway empires, command
armies Of men and master the world
but I stagger back-they can't help
me.
But listen! There's one source
haven't introduced to you yet. Who
soever believeth in Him shall not per-
ish, but have everlasting life Where
do those words come from? The
Bible. That's where you find the
secrets of life.
How to Get Life?
Now that I've shown you where to
get life, the next question is-How
can l get it? When you men draw
your weekly salaries in the pay enve-
lope what are you getting? Honest
equivalent for the honest toll you
have given. That's the only way you
can get everlasting life, by giving
your hearts to Jesus in exchange for
that life He offers. You may be
honest, virtuous and the best moral
man on earth but that won't win for
you everlasting life unless you give
your heart to God.
Here's man that has been raised
in the best family of the city. He Is
refined, cultured, educated and hon.
est in every sense. ! ask him to be a
Christian. He rejects Jesus. Here's
another man, the son of drunken par
ents, cursor, booze-fghter and
gambler. l ask him to be Christian
and he too rejects the offer What Is
the difference in those two men?
None at all. They're both sinners.
God can't save either of them. He's
got the same plan Of redemption for
another for the hobo. Do you see what
you're up against? This Is not my
plan I'm giving you, but Gods.
in legal controversies as q last
resort the case is taken to the SUI
preme court for arbitration. There's
no appeal from that courts decision.
It's word is final. Well, I'll take
down my Bible and show you the
highest authority in the world. You
can't appeal that, either. You can
wriggle and squirm all you please but
you can't get away from it.
NO Counterfeit InfideIs.
These are days of counterfeiting
Money is counterfeited, magazines are
counterfeitel, breakfast foods are
counterfelt3d-b you never saw
anyone counterfeit brown paper or
Confederate money, did you? Why?
Because only good things are counter
feited. You never saw counterfeit
infidel, did you? The reason is
obvious. So there's one class of peo-
pie we have little use for. Some peo-
pie are SO good that they are abso-
lutely good-for-nothing But there Is
no SuCu tuiLS dS SdiS dtloh Slu1ply Wy
being respectable, paying your debts
and being true to your marriage vows.
Suppose l have in one hand dia-
monds, and in the other wheat. Which
would you take? The diamonds, of
course. and I'd have the wheat left
and would plant 1t and hoard it and
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