Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-30
loWrYisms.

"The eason tine devil is not bott
ering seme Of you is because he ha
got you right where he wants you"
God cays there 10 hell for ever,
christloss soul. II He didn't mea,
what He said why didn't He say wha
He meant
You say why doesn't God kill tn,
devil and put him out Of existence
we'll, there may be many reasons win,
He does not, but think one reasor
is, it would leave too many orphans
the devil has wany children in TIL.
world"
"A man must get pretty low dowr
before he will speak disrespectfuliy O,
his mother, but he has gone a million
times lower when he will connect the
name Of Jelus Christ or God with a
vile oath"
"A young cigarette fiend watching
the monkeys in a menagerie said to
the keeper. Would it do any harm to
offer one of them a cigaretteT Not a
bit,' said the keeper, 'he wouldn't touch
it, A monkey isn't half as big a fool
as he looks"
THE most despicabIe sight that we
are called upon to witness is to see
cigarette going down the street with
fire on one end and fool on the
other.r
ITO hear many men and boys swear.
ing you would think they had been to
nell for their education and had the
devil for their teacher"
Interest in :he revival MEETINGS he
ing conducted at the tabernacle con
tinues TO increase If we can Judge by
the attendance. Yesterday morning
the tabernacle WIS two-thirds filed,
and the afternoon $50 to 400 mep
listened to an hours talk. OF course
large number were protesting Chris
tians and out of the others sixteen
decided to change their way of living
Last evening the largest audience OF
the series of meetings listened to Mr..
Lowry on the Second Coming of
Christ" and The speaker was followed
with unusually close attention.
Al the morning service a collection
was taken up to defray the expenses
OF the meeting. Up 10 Sunday morn
ing $3.50 had been contributed In bas.
ket collections and yesterday it only
required half an hour TO raise within
a few dollars rho halan GA ~ ~ =, ,,,,,,,.., |
necessary TO meet the expenses. the |
contribution amounting to $8O5. Asl
previously stated, not dollar of the
amount raised SO far goes to Mr.. Low.
ry. In fact. Mr. Lowry was among
those donating, giving $25. Besides
this he pays onehalf of the singers
salary, hence every dollar is for cur
rent expenses, the erection of the tab |
ernacle being the principal Item The
Durango Gas G. Electric Light Co. is
furnishing free lights for the series
OF meetings. Lar''-nisatSs -coiIecrfon
Was if"tne neighborhood of $50 and
provides contingent fund for any
bills that may be incurred later. This
relieves the necessity of collections |
this week. In regard to Mr.. Lowry's |
salary he will receive just what the
people feel like putting In the free VIII |
offering next Sunday. No one will be |
personally solicited to give Scent
piece. If those attending have been
pleased and benefited of course they
will feel like contributing Those who
are not in touch with the work can do |
as they please with no criticism or re.
Election on them.
The Evening Sermon.
Text, (Acts 1:1D, 'Ye men of Sail |
lee why stand ye gazing up into
heaven? This same Jesus which is
taken up from you into heaven shall
so come in like manner. as you have
seen him go into heaven. Theme
Jesus Is coming again 1t is an easy
thing to see by the reading of the
Acts of the apostles and the epistles
in the New Testament that the doc
trine of the second coming of Christ
was a very prominent one among the
early disciples, and this was perfectly
in accord with what Jesus had taught
them, for he had said, Watch, and
again | say unto you, watch. But
after the second century the church
went to sleep, so far as this great
doctrine is concerned, and 1t is only
of late years that some Christians
seem to be waking up TO the fact that
Jesus is really coming back again,
but still the great mass of professed
believers are sleeping as touching this
glorious truth. Probably the greatest
reason for its neglect in our days is
because of the disrepute into which
the doctrine has been brought by some
fanatics who have had a smattering OF
this great truth and have set dates
upon which they know positively the
Lord would come. Every little while
we hear OF some one who has set a
date for the coming of Christ. But
whenever ! hear of man setting a
date upon which Jesus will come !
know right aWay that that man Is not