Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24

you. What price you pay for it. The
world doesn't care. The merchant
doesn't care for your soul; he only |
wants your trade. The politician
doesn't care for your soul; he only
wants your vote. Vote for him today
and you can go to hell tomorrow for
all of him. The saloon keeper doesn't
care for your soul: all he wants is
your nickel and you can have his
booze The world doesn't care and
the devil doesn't care He will fatter
you, will lie to you, cheat you, lead
you on by his subtlery and intrigue
and get you to indulge, and when at
last you have gone l venture every
man in this tabernacle would give his
right arm If he could be free. The
devil doesn't care. He leads you on
to indulge, and when at last you
awaken to the peril you will cry out
80 wretched man that l am; who will
deliver me?" God pity you! The dew
| il doesn't care. But l want to tell
you. Heaven, earth and hell are all in
terested in this tabernacle. Earth
wants to lead you, hell damn you and
heaven save you. Above your heads
are the angels Of light, snow white
from the throne of God, and around
/ you are the devils Of darkness, black
pinioned from hell and they rip and
tear with beak and talon, and you
have it to say who will win, heaven or
hell. You have it to say whether,
with a shrek they grab your soul and
go to perdition, or whether the angels
will take you and mount up with
wings of love and burst through the
gates of heaven. All earth and all hell
are interested in these meetings. But
I tell you, you are like ship at sea.
Yonder she goes, careening her way.
and they discover a fire in her hold.
They rush to the captain and say:
Captain, the ships afire. Let's fire
the gun; let's wave the signal" and
the captain says: mo, no. I'm cap
tain of this ship Close the port holes
put out the lights. I'll put this ship in
the harbor at Liverpool or I'll put her
at the bottom Of the sea- But they
say, Captain, that is fool-hardy; the
flames will soon be through and down
we will go. Captain yonder goes a
Cunarder, the Majestic; there goes the
Lusitania; there goes the Cedric;
there goes the st. Paul of the Amerl-
can line. Yonder goes the Kaiser Will
helm Good captain, shoot the gun,
fly the signal, wave the flag. The
Waterman will see us and they will
pick us up" mol" commands the
captain, "Tll put this ship in the har-
Dor at Liverpool, or Gown at the bot
tom of the sea-"
Fly Signal of Distress.
And there are men like that. If you
| IpN l. .lN he
aisle. tell your wife, tell the people you
want to be a Christian, all HEAVIER
would hurry to your aid. If you would
just fly the slightest signal of distress
Just give God the slightest indication
that you want to be Christian anc
| want to do right. The devil don't care
, but Christians care. Hear me. L
come all this distance, With all my
helpers and put all the money have
in these meetings.. Do you think
would stand up here and work as hare
! as do, study until two or three O'CLOCK
t in the morning, do you think l woult
2 do it if didn't care? Every board il
, this tabernacle, every nail every cleo
trio light, is an evidence that peopl,
care and want to see you saved. Their,
Z are men that have always been in tn
soul saving bushes. There are thouS
V ands that are preaching. and praying
!, and sweating. and dying to bring mel
! to Jesus Christ. Yes. they care. Got
; cares or He would never have given yol
the plan of redemption. Every thor
p. | in His brow, and every nail in tn
/ cross, and every drop of blood that H
3 shed. put it square up to you and tell
Il you that God wants YOU to go to heav
S en- instead of to hell. He is anxious
o He cares. That's the reason Jesu
:, came. 1t was only six miles from wher
| 70 10 n
u the cross, six miles. On He came. de
e nounced damned stoned. villified
e they hurled and belched out their NAL
8 edictions. but on He came. They stone
l. Him, drove Him out of their cite!
Il He had to lie down with nothing bu
a the ground for bed and the canop
Q of God for q covering, hair wet wit
l. the dew and drenched with rain. n
p man gave Him to eat, but He kept o
h and on. What for? To omen up a pla
n to keep you out Of hell. And yet me
l. will pass it up. with Indifference.
- wonder that God has not given us tn
s task and let some go to hell. Go OF
= and work. The trouble is a lot of 20
" take it too easy. You rub elbows wit
81 people and never a prayer goes frol
IL your lips You never had a drop {
n sweat to go down your face trying
Il keep people out of perdition. No wor
k der you sit there with curl on vol
70 lips Wnen some one is trying 10 pfeacI
n Jesus Christ cares, my friends.
- God has Been Waiting.
u: God has been waiting for some
W you men for thirty. forty. fifty, sixt
IS seventy years and you haven't com
H. He cares. Listen. God cares, Jes,
IN cares and the Christian cares. Don
If you think you ought to care lit
G bit? If there is so much interest MAI
., fest for you. I think it is the height
- Of manhood and womanhood to sho
NJ your appreciation, and think the mo
ID unmanly or unwomanly thing you ca
Te do is to not care when heaven car
at and hell doesc't.
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u fifty-five came to the front. As eat
70 one came forward they took Mr.. SUI
AT day by the hand and We're conducts
ne to a seat in the first few rows of Il
We center section. Just before the NEE
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