Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-03
SIXTY EIGHT RESPO D TO
SERMON ON MORALITY" BY
REV. W. A. SUNDAY LAST NIGHT

in q few years would nave a crop to
feed the world. Why? Because
there's life in wheat There's none in
the diamonds. You moral men may
be bright but there's no life in you.
When death comes you are lost. fine
reputation and ALL What good is
piece of ground to a farmer if he puts
no seed in it? No more than a mans
life is, if he doesn't put Jesus Christ
In 1t. You'll bring forth nothing be-
cause there's nothing planted.
you dismiss the idea from your
head that God owes you salvation He
doesn't owe you single thing but
damnation, but He has given you the
opportunity to grasp salvation and It's
up to you to take hold of It, Saliva
ton isn't the reward Of merit. Some
people think that God keeps set of
books up there in heaven and keeps
a tally on your good deeds and your
bad deeds and when you die He bal
ances up the account and sends you
either way the balance points. That's
all bosh. Salvation is the only thing
that will save you.
Noah Had Faith.
Gust look at old Noah. He had
faith in the Lord and His word and
when God told Noah to get ready an
ark for a flood was coming, Noah did
nothing else but that very thing. And
can see the crowds of church peo-
pie coming and going from their
dances and card clubs, stopping and
watching Noah labor. Look at Noah,'
I can hear some blear-eyed young
snob say to his best girl as they stand
and gaze at the unfinished ark. He's
plumb nutty over religion-let's don't
invite him to our card party we're
going to have as soon as Lent Is
over But after awhile the food
came and Noah and his family were
saved. And then came that bunch of
church people on the run, looking for
lumber to build them an ark also.
They could find none. They rushed
to the hill tops and to the highest
trees, but they were all lost So it is
with life. When death comes they that
trusted in Christianity are saved
they float on and on in Gods ark
while those who didn't accept saliva
ton go down to hell.
Some Try Whitewashing.
Suppose I'd go home tonight and
blow out the gas and go to bed. I'd
wake up about o'clock in the morn
ing, choked and strangled with the
poisonous gas. Suppose I'd jump up
and grab few bottles Of Florida
water, cologne, Pinaud and few
other brands of that dope and sprinkle
1t over Mrs. Sunday and the children
and then go lie down again. They'd
die and the coroner would say
'asphyxiation.' OF course he would.
can't cover the effects of that gas by
perfume, no more than you people
can cover up your sins by the perfume
Of responsibility and morality. That's
the great trouble--man wants to white
wash himself and God wants to wash
him white. There's all the difference
in the world. The devil-that's white
wash; salvation-thats washed white
Now I'll tell you how to get that
life--by grace from the Lord Jesus
Christ through faith. That's the only
way you can get 1t, as gift from
Jesus in exchange for your hearts
Suppose should tell you that at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning one Of the
banks down town would give away
$40 gold pieces to every man and
woman in the city. Say, I'll bet
tbere'd be mob of you Ottumwa peo-
pie down there jamning Main street
and extending clear back over Court
hill. Many OF you would have your
wives there to get her little old $40.
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