Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-12
He said. Nit"

He said: Nit"
Then I said; 81 will give you a
nickel"
And he said, Boss, I'm from Mis-
souri,; you've got to show me first
Where is the dough-"
So dug UP q, nickel and said: Give
me the bird
Sure Mike" and he gave me the
bird. And It sat on my hand and shot
one little wing out, and then the othe--.
then sguatted low, and then vt
rose circling around and reached the
window ledge of grocery store, and
about twenty sparrows came from a
cornice and circled around my head
and seemed to be saying in bird Ian
guage: Thank you
And one of the bows said to me-:
Say you cbump, what did you do that
for?''
said The devil had you the
same as you had the poor little bird,
and We could not get away any more
than the bird could get away from You.
and Jesus went to the cross and saved
us And he has the right to do with
US as he wants to do. And when
paid for the bird ! could do with it as
I pleased.
! bought the bird to teach them 4
little lesson of redemption, If you had
something that belonged to me and
you refused to give it up, and l could
prove my ownership, ! could go into
that court house and make you give it
to me. And can prove TO YOU that
Jesus Christ paid the price to keep
your soul out of hefl. You are the most
ungrateful wretch on Gods dirt. It is
as II he purchased it. He redeemed
you by his precious blood. Yet you
sit there and giggle and turn your nose
up at it I wonder that he don't shake
you into hell. There are some things
that you can not deny. Something
that you can not even form an argu-
ment against Sinful men can argue
against the Bible and if you are not
grounded in the faith, doubt will seem
more reasonable than belief But
there are something's that YOU can not
argue against
stood one day in Chicago, on the
street. talking with a man. When up
from the west dashed the patrol and
they dragged out the bodies of three
women, two partially nude, their
clothing hanging in rags, hair dishev-
eled,, eyes bloodshot, and torrents of
profanity rolling from their lips.
said, There is some of it right now.
Sin, Sin" And we stood arguing.
Up dashed another patrol, and they
dragged out the bodies Of four men,
human derelicts and I said, there is
more Of il. Sin. You cannot argue
against sin. It is in the world and
the only power that is going to help
you to overcome it is faith in Jesus.
am going to say something that
may astonish and alarm some of you.
If I hadn't been four years under the
and if I hadn't gore through the
Word of God from, Genesis to Revela-
tons, scanned the plan of redemption
and got a clear and comprehensive
view of It before my eyea tell upon and
INV hands closed over Bob Ingersolls
lectures, 7 would be preaching inndel-
ity tonight with as much vehemence
the cause OF Christ. Hut thanks be
unto God, before my hands closed
! over them or my ewes feu upon his
| lectures. which he reacGrssd for mer-
bcenary motives. for ioul years 7 had
gone through the plan Of redemption
| had studied the Bible from Genesis
| to Revelations, and I Lave read every
thing Bob Ingersoll ever spouted from
one end. of the land to the other, and
I have read it carefully. If Bob In
gersoll isn't in hell God is liar and
that Book isn't worth the paper it's
| printed on. Bob Ingersoll swelled UT
! and said he would Sow the worlc
how an infidel could die and he was
going to leave on record death-bet
| testimony that would astonsh the
| Christian world. but God knocked tbs
! old sinner down so Quickly he didnt
even have time to speak to his wife
! The infidaNs creed is, oh. don't know
| Bob knows now, he has been dead {
| good many years. So I have taken his
| lectures and have opened them anc
/ have laid them by the side of the BIZ
| BILE. and whenever he would make E
statement 7 would say Hold on there.
He does that through ignorance. fol-
| he doesn't know what the Bible
teaches. or he purposely mis-leads
and 7 never could csnceive of BOZ
Ingersoll being an honest man, How
! could a man with su"h gigantic in
tellect land God know il there i:
anything I ever coveted it is Bob In.
gersoll's intellect, with my own de
| sire to serve my Mastery How
1 could he be such an iRnoramus whel
! IL CdltlS W l'lC .'ldAii "a -. ~ u III
| gospel, repentance and faith in jesus
| Christ. FIe had an intelligence tina
was able to grasp things thousan'
| times more mysterious than the plal
of salvation How could he be hon
est?
l say it stands for Gods hatred o
sin. You can't argue against sin. 70
can't. No. sir. It's in the world. an
Jesus Christ alone car set people FIRE
t from the power of sin. He alone ca
do it..
! e The Demons of He'll.
i The devil like the beasts Of prey
! stalks forth when the sun goes dowr
and the human vermin wriggle forth
and midnight on earth is midnoon i
hell. Together assemble all the d.
mons in hell, holding high carnival i
the cities now. Drunkenness, murdei
highway robbery, lust, and now tn
banquet Of Bacchus, the click of tn
gamblers chips, wine and champaign
4 sparkles and beer foams over the Ii
of the cup. Now is the time for III
lawful Righteousness and mad revelry
Now old Jezebel spreads her net, an
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