Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-15

| Whether or not there Is a. hell is a
question which the church. by virtue
of Its existence, can settle in but one
way, He that beiieveth shall be
/ saved, and he that believeth not shall
/ be damned" Never mind how he will
be damned. II I should go down
through this audience and ask how
many of you men and women believe
in hell and expect to die and 20 to
he'll, not one out OF 500 would an.
! swer 81 do" You would say, Eyes. |
expect to die Christian" and there
are lot of you men and women that
have said NO. night after night.
4 You have neglected every opportllnitv
you ever had until you come in here,
gray-haired men and women. You
would not die the way you are now,
and If would prove to you that you
are going to die tonight you would
come up and give me your hand and
accept Jesus as your Savior. You are
not satisfied and yet you put OF your
decision and neglect salvation and on
! you go.
/! God has set before this world an
open door, blessing and a curse It
is heaven or hell for everybody. God
has done all he can or ever will do.
The plan is fixed, the die is cast. I
say TO You God doesn't owe this world
a thing. He has done all he can to
] save the world and it is UP to you.
4 A man says to YOU: "Then you be.
lieve in an eternal literal helps Yes,
sir. have never gotten so low down
/ as to have the audacity to put my
mediocre, asirtne reason up by the
side and in defiance Of Cod, and If
anybody else does, he or she is a fool.
If you can make it palmer than that
without cussing, bring it to me and
I'll sign 1t.
There may be other methods Of
punishment that would be as excru-
t1ating to you as burning, but you are
a fool, fool, no matter where he'll
is, no matter what hell is, you are a
fool to live in sin. defy God, die and
go to hell Just to find out what hell Is.
| You are fool to do 1t.
How shall we escape If we neglect
SO great e salvation" Wonder o fwon.
ders to me is the plan OF salvation. It.
| is SO wonderful that no man, with the
greatest mind the world has ever
known has ever yet been able to
master it, and it is so plain that bows
and girls can do and accept of it and
are saved
Possible to Know and NEGLECT,
Paul meant to teach in his letter
to the Hebrews that it IS possible for
a man to know what to do and not
do Impossible for a man to believe
he is lost and still neglect to accept
salvation.
J,1,
spirit Of God that they can scarcely
sat Or sleep. know men in this town
50 moved of God that they can scarce
~ attend to business. I know men
who come to this tabernacle. listen to
me preach, and when the invitation
IS given they grab their hat, and pale
Of cheek, with bloodshot eyes, ashen
of lip, they rush from the BUILDING /
saw men this afternoon strong men
SO moved Of God that I thought they
would faint in their seats. / saw their
faces turn ashen. saw their ewes
bloodshot. ! saw them trenble by the
power Of Gods spirit striving within
them and what an awful fight ana
when they walked out, all hell cheer.
ed, for the devil had won the vic.
tory.
How shall we escape If we neglect
SO great a salvation?" You can afford
to neglect your education and grow
up N ignorance. you can afford to ne
elect your health and go to q prema.
ture grave; you can offcrd to neglect
blowing the ground and planting the
seed; you can afford to NEGLECT your
business and become q BANKRUPT. and
II you We're IN a sinking ship and the
last life boat We're putting away. YOU
could afford to neglect to avail your.
SER OF that; Il you were in a burning
building you could better afford to ne.
elect yourself Of the only means Of
escape. but YOU cannot afford to ne.
elect salvation.
Never Intended 1t.
There are men in hell that never
intended to be there. There are WON.
en- in hell that never expected to he
there, but they waited just one ser.
mon too long They let the sun rise
and set just once too often. Thev said
no, and God passed then, up. Neglect
is not contempt. A man who neglects
salvation. that is no sign he has con.
tempt for 1t. Some one viii say: eyes,
know it Is right. but 1t has not been
convenient for me to accent Jesus
Christ" If YOU neslect to take advan-
tage of thing when you may, you
have no right to complain if it is re.
moved beyond your reach when you
want It.
God has just IS good rieht to re.
fu~e YOU as vow have to refuse God,
and YOU can keen on refusing God I'M
til Cod saws: 81 stretched out nv
hands al day. but no man accented"
You can say mo" to God once too oft
en-, then YOU can call, but Cod will |
not answer -ou. God pity You! 4
Some OF the greatest calamities |
this world hos ever known have come
throurh NEGLECT.
Years ard wars s~o there were
orumh7fnEs heard N the earth on an
island in the Caribbean Sea, and a
great crack hv and '7~. burst open IN (
tho side Of the mountain and the
melted lava roured down and DESTROY.
nd the s7'~ar nlartations end other i
thines, ard they sent to Martinique
Ior the Trcno' srient,ztS, TT1 fHav
came with tIof~ e1Ne r afe ard ,wa,I- !