Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-10

your sins, and o keep
refusing. God will keep on asking,
you keep on saying mo- and God will
ask you for the last time and then let
you alone God has been asking some
of you for ten or fifteen years to give
mp whisky, and over every sermon
and better nature of your life you
keep saying No" God will ask you
for the last time, and if you say
No God will say: "A1l right" and
He will never ask You again.
IT may be your adultery. You will
keep refusing and God will say:
Very well; if you think more Of that
than me and my salvation, take it and
go"
II is no n glaring act. but the
constant repetition of the same thing.
Truth Resisted Weakens Truth.
BY every known law OF the. mind
conversation must be affected by the
influence OF the truth on the mind.
It is also g known law OF the mind
that truth resisted loses it's power on
the mind that resists and each re.
%sistence weakens the truth. Every
time YOU resist the truth, the next
time You hear it it loses it's force
on your mind. And every time you
hear a truth aud resist that truth,
then you become stronger in your
power TO resist the truth. We all
know this, that each resistance
strengthens you against the truth,
When a ma hears the truth and
~resists it. the truth grows weaker and
he grows stronger.
There is one cord that swings
through this old world tonight, my
friends, tho Holy Spirit, and v with
every vibration and the rising and the
setting of the sun it gets less, until
! think 1t is far beyond the reach of
some, ! believe there are men in OF.
tunnwa who have just as truly sealed
their doom as If they were in hell to-
night, I believe that through every
sermon that is preached, If it be a
true sermon, Coo calls men and wom-
en- for the last time. and I believe God
Is giving some in Ottumwa, by and
through this revival meeting, the last
opportunity to forsake their sins and
accept Jesus Christ, as their Saviour.
! believe if these meetings close and
if vol people are still outside the pale
of Gods mercy, I believe you have
oCoiCA youl ucOliis
I say to you that electricity will pro-
duce heat and light. but you say: ri
don't believe it To demonstrate it
| point to those lights and O still
say YOU don't believe it. What more
could ! do? The Jews refused to re-
ceive Hir, as their Messiah or
acknowledge Him as the Son of God.
until their enmity eliminated in His
crucifixiop. He stood one day by the
grave of Lazarus and cried to the
dead: Come FORTH and he that was
dead canne forth, and Jesus turned to
the Jews and said: is that enough
to prove that I am the Son Of God"
And they said: away with HIM"
No matter what He said or did they
refused to accept. Him. But as He
walked into the CITY of Main and they
were bearing out that young man to
his grave and his mother was follow
ing, weeping, Jesus said to those that
bore the boy, "stop!' and they did.
He took HIN by the hand and said
Young man.: 7 say unto thee. arise!"
And he that was dead arose, and
Jesus gave him to his mother. Turn
ing to thu Pharisees, He said: as
that enough to prove that I am the
Son of God?" And they said: away
with himi" Nc matter what He said
or did. thev refused to believe Him.
Who Can Commit This Sin?
Who can commit 1t? ] used to
think. when ! first started to read
and to study that only a vile man,
only q prostitute, only a libertine,
only the off-scouring scum of the earth
could commit 1t. Who did Jesus warn?
The Pharisees. And who were they?
The best raen, morally. in Jerusalem.
There is not a man or a women in
higher standard of morality than the
Pharisees attained in the days of
Jesus Christ,
Who can commit It? Any mar or
woman thai says "No" to Gods offer
Of mercy. You NAV be a man down
in sin, or like the Pharisees. you may
he the best man, morally. in the COM
munity. You may sven defend the
Bible. the church: you may even be
nv friend: vou may Tvs stand on
the street and sneak we'll of This great
campaign: but I say let Jesus try to
get Won to walk out publicly and
say mo" TO every appeal. and he will
Keen on asking YOU, and there will
come a time when he will ask vou
for the last time and then he will let
Won alone. He will pass you by. God
pitv YOU!
Who can commit It? ANY man or
woman that says mo" TO Jesus
Christ. You may be the best man or
woman, morally. In the communitv.
Your name NAV be synonymous Will,
virtue and purity. but LET Cod try to
get into vour heart. let him try to get
YOU to walk down the aisle and public
" acknowledge Jesus Christ as your
savior. and your heart and liDs are
sealed like a bank vault. You are
rood: YOU nav your debts and vo,,
world die before you would be false
70 YOU wife; you are ~resnectab1e. but
God hes lever heen able ia get from
vonr Inns 2 public acknowledgements
that YOU will believe he is the Christ
and that YOU will serve and follow
him.
The Snlrit's Work.
What is the pfi ce work of tho uofv-