Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-06
Sam had changed the map Of the
Drove .Huauenot Out.

LOOK at France! France drove the
fiuguenots out, she opened her veins
and let out the blood, and she has done
nothing but vomit blood ever since.
1t is not an accident which places the
christian nations in the forefront Of
the worlds battles 1t is something
more than race, climate and color
which causes a difference between the
people who dwell on the banks of the
Congo and the prairies Of Iowa and
Kansas. The scale up from barbarism
to salvation is all along the line Of re-
ligion. The highest salvation always
goes hand in hand with the purest
christian. Is there anything better
you can do than to pull off your coat,
pull out your pocket book, roll up your
sleeves and say, II am going to work
and die to uplift the greatest force God
has ever turned loose-to lift this sin
cursed world to heaven, instead Of go
Ing along the street and knocking this
bible and the church and christian
1ty? Get down on your knees and tell
God to purify your heart. Heaven
and earth shall pass away but my word
shall not" Hear me a minute! There
never was greater prophecy than the
words of my text When Jesus Christ
uttered them he was a poor peasant,
didn't have two coats to his back.
| When he uttered chem he stood be-
tween two of the greatest opposing
forces the world has ever known
Greece and Rome. Heaven and earth
shall pass away, but my word shall
not" In those days they had no news
papers, no telephones, no telegraphs.
no stenographers. no electric lights. no
railroads, no mail system, no rural de-
livery, no post offices. nothing of the
kind There he stood In the most
teem1ng populace on earth. He stood
in the very heart Of the thickest popu-
lation Of the world. He looked around
at all the glory of Rome and Greece
and the Jewish nation and he said:
Heaven and earth shall pass awaw
but my word shall not pass away."
How were his words going to be pre-
served? Listen! Where is Greece to-
day? We know only Of her glory thru
the historians Of old. Where is Rome
tonight? Gibbon will tell you in the
History of the Rise and Fall of the
Roman Empire" Where Is Jerusalem
tonight? I'm fulfllment of the proph-
ecy she rises in her flight Of centuries.
an old scattered ruin, another witness
for the truth. Jesus Christ said, mot
one stone will be left on top Of anoth-
err" and forty years after he uttered
these words the Roman army. under
Titus, entered the city of Jerusalem.
RACED her to the ground, didn't leave q,
stone on top of the earth and slew one
million Of her people and took the rest
have been scattered up and down the
face of the earth.
Word Shall Not Pass Away.
Heaven and earth shall pass away.
but my word shall not pass away"
What about his word2 From the
klond1ke to midas coral strand, up
and down the highways, the word Of
God is read and beloved and followed
and millions would die for It tonight.
Christianity has touched our brains and
we solve intricate problems. We strike
harder blows. 1t has purified our
hearts, rescued our homes from being
a harem and placed a premium on
motherhood. 1t is the grandest force
and power the world has ever looked
upon, Heaven and earth shall pass
pass away but my word shall not" /
nave found the verse Of the poem true:!
Ihou, truest friend man ever knew,
Thy constancy I've tried,
When ali were false I've found thee tr4,a
Ny counsellor and guide.
The mines of earth no treasures give
That could this volume buy.
1t teaches me the way to live.
1t tells me how to die.
Il Twenty years ago, one dark stormy
night in Chicago, staggered and grop.
ed my way into the arms of Jesus
Christ. laid my sin-sick head on his
bosom, accepted him as my saviour.
and from that hour have ecuowad.
him like the hound on the tigers track.
and I hope by his grace to do it until
shall hear him say, Enter thou into
the joy Of thy Lord"