Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-10
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devil. explain why it is I am over
throwing the works of tine devil. Ii
I am a devil. and if what | do | do
through the devil, then wouldn't
pc working TO nurt the works OF fhe
devil "A house divided against Itself
can never stand eff 7 am . devil,
and If what I am doing I am doing be-
cause Of the devil in ME, then | would
not be working TO destroy the works
of the devil. but I would be working TO
DESTROY the works of God From that
day forth they dared not ask Film any
questions for He tied them up in a
knot and had them groggy laying over
the ropes.
Sin Against the Holy Ghost.
know there are various opinions
held ~ men as.to what they believe
or think constitutes the sin against
the Holy Ghost. There are those
who think it. could haze been com.
uitted only by those who heard Jesus
Christ speak and saw Him IN the
flesh. IL that be true, then neither you
nor + am in danger, for neither has
ever seen Jesus in the flesh. Another
class thinks it has been committed
since the days of Jesus, but at ex.
ltremely rare intervals; and still 3
third class think they have commit
ted it and they spend their life in
gloom and dread. And yet haven't
the slightest doubt but that there are
tens of thousands that come under the
head of my message. who are never
gloomy, never depressed, never down
cast, their conscience is at ease, their
spirits are light and gay. they eat
three meals q day and sleep as sound
as q babe at night, nothing seems to
disturb them, life is al pleasure and
gong:
# you will do me this favor. for the
the good 7 might be to YOU by your
SO doing. if you will lay aside any
rre:conceived ideas or opinions which
YOU ma have had or still have as to
what YOU imagine, think or believe
constitutes the. sin against the Holy
Ghost, or the objectionable sin, and
If you will, listen to me. for. I have
read every sermon / could ever get
my hands. upon on the subject, and
have listened to every man I have
ver had an opportunity to hear
/. preach, and have read everything the
Bible has taught on the subisctl ]
do not say that my views IN the sub
iect are infallible. but l. will give you
the result Of what 7 have Wept and
prayed over and what ! have read and
studied, and if time will permit and
my strength allow and your patience
endure, I will try to ask and answer
q few questions:
What is it7
Who can commit It
How San It show Itself
How may I know if have com,
raittedit7 assrg 4&s
Why vii! not God forgive7 He say7
He never will :.
What It Is Mot,
It is not swearing. If swearing
were the objectionable sin. lots OF
men in heaven would have TO go to
hell tonight, and there are multitudes
on earth, on their way towards the
cross that would have to go to Hell,
and, I would have TO go with them, be-
cause ! am standing here to tell you
that you never looked into the face of
2. man that could swear more than I
could; and ! think a man is a dirty,
1ow-down dog that will cuss. God
never had anything but good, kind
thoughts towards you. and for a man
to cuss God because He wants to keep
him out Of hell is the limit.
1t is not drunkenness. There are
multitudes in heaven who have crept
and crawled Of the sewers Of in
fanny and drunkenness.
The brightest light and the most eff
fective power for God in this universe,
the man who for the past eleven
years has devoted his life to the work,
he who spoke to you last night, Trot-
ter, IL a graduate from the lowest of
drunkenness. and he today is blazing
the way of God from the Atlantic to
the Pacific in turning those in sin to
the salvation Of God.
It's not adultery. Jesus said to the
woman committing adultery; Neither
do I condemn thee" Out Of Mary
Magdalene He cast seven devils.
There are multitudes in heaven to-
night that would have to turn for
hell If adultery were the objectionable
sin, and there are m%ultitudes on earth,
on their way to heaven, who would
have to stop and turn to hell.
It's not theft. It's not murder.
Mems hands have been red with blood
and God has forgiven them.
To me 1t is plain. 1t is constant,
and continual, and final rejection of
Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour.
Gods offer Of mercy and salvation
comes TO you and you say mo" and
you push it aside, I do not know
when the time takes place in the life
Of an individual when you can say
mo" to God for the last time, but
do know that there is such a thing as
q last call to every man and to every
woman, and when a man or a woman
says mo" as Gods spirit strives with
In you in these days, may forever seal
your doom. You hear the call; you go
about your business; go about the
cares Of home, about the requirements
and demands of society, and God will
keep on. calling and. you will keep on
saying mo" until there will come a
time in every mans life when God will
call for The last time.
II Is no special form of sin. II