Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

election. I agree with you. II you Will
not give your heart to God you elect
yourself to go to hell. Some say there
Is something in my way. 1t is my cult
ure or 1t is my Ignorance. Some Of the
greatest minds the world has ever
known were with God. Your ignorance
Is no bar. for some Of the most power
ful servants Of God the world has pro-
duced were ignorant men. Nothing
stands in your way but your stubborn
will. You will not burn those cardS,
you will not smash those beer bottles.
Hold Check on Heaven.
Here are men and women who hold
checks on the bank Of heaven. They
are living in the poverty and misery of
their souls because they will not cash
them.
'Here are men and women whom
God wants to make a power, but their
Will stands in his way. I expect to see
the pentecost repeated, but it will come
only when the church Of God gets his
spirit. The church needs a pentecost.
love the church. 1t is nearer to the
heart of God than any other institu-
ton, but nobody that loves the church
can be blind to It's weaknesses. The
cure for these weaknesses is not more
money, or more men, but more of the
spirit of God. The church is wrong in
it's financial plan. There is something
out OF place somewhere. It resorts to
schemes that would shame the devil
to separate men from quarter with
which to pay the preacher. 1t is wrong
in its management. Many a church Of
fetal would look better in a penitenti-
airy suit than in the cloth of the
church.
Individual Needs Pentecost.
"The individual needs a pentecost as
we'll as the church. You have got too
near the world and you have lost your
power. You have come in contact with
the world, the flesh, and the devil, and
you have lost the power of God. You
can not hold your power and play
cards, or dance. You can not hold your
power and look at the throne of God
thru a beer glass.
"The sum of it all is that we must
believe that God is ready and willing
ito pour out his power and his spirit to
us. You will be blessed in proportion
to your willingness to receive the
blessing Why have you not received
the blessing and the power? It may be
a little thing, little sin, that has kept
it from you.
Few Know the Bible.
zone OF tine inevitable signs of the
degeneracy of the people Of our day is
the lamentable ignorance regarding
the word of God-the finest book from
any standpoint in the world. There is
not a thing known in the world today
that is not found in its pages. 1t is
the greatest book ever produced, yet
they kick it out of our schools to sat-
|isfy some little bunch Of ward poll
ticians who use the schools for politi-
cal power.
"The bible is the medicine that
makes the wrongs Of the world right
1t the medicine that will make capital
i and labor shake hands. 1t is the medi-
cine that will close every brewery and
saloon in the land. 1t is the medicine
that will shut up every house of pros
titution in the country.
Why Have You No Power.
"You have no power with God be-
cause you have not confessed your
sins. You have not made your wrongs
right. You have not the power because
you do not pray enough. What would
be the result If we would all close our
eyes and say o God fill me with the
power from you? We would all be sou
winners. We would go out and save
men before the day was over. would
rather have man or woman stan6
lover my body when Fam dead and sa,
that helped him or her to Jesus
than would to have a monument o,
f22 carat gold studded with Jewels
Therefore if We love me keep my com.
mandments. You want him, do you
not?"