Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-05
SINS THAT KEEP
men FROM CHRIST
(continuerd from Page one.)
What You Give, What You Get.

IL you want TO keep WHAT Goa wants
| you to give up you are fool. What you
tgive up is nothing compared with what
| you get. Is not salvation enough to
pay you for what you have to give UP.
Great God, you ought to be able to lay
down the devil and your sins and get
Jesus Christ and the cross and his SAL
walton. Is it not better to pray than
curse? is it not better to go to heaven
! than to hell? go
eff there is verse in that book,
which seems to me to be written es-
pecially for Marshalltown it is, The
fear of man bringeth a snare A lot Of
men here are afraid Of the laugh that
would be given them if they were con-
verified. would rather take the sneers
and curses of the devils on earth. be-
cause I became a christian, than to
take the sneers and curses of the devils
thru all eternity because / did not have
manhood enough to become christian.
So the fellow who walks down and
takes my hand and becomes a christ
ian is not the fool. The fool is the fell
low who has not grit enough to do 1t.
1t takes manhood to be christian. You
never saw a higher type than true
christian manhood"
Offers Agnostics Chance.
eff you are a skeptic, or an agnos-
tic, or a unitarian, or universalist,
and are looking for light, will you ac-
cept it if it is offered to you? If you
will not, you are not honestly looking
for light. If you are honest you will
be willing to take that book and start
on it and see il you can not live by it.
If you are honest, you will take it as
an evidence that there is a God.
God is giving you a chance tonight
and light to guide you. Some say,
I'm good sort Of man. and they are.
I do wrong and do right, but the
right overbalances the wrong You
and may differ on the minor points,
but we all are agreed that those out of
Christ are sinners, as are those who
spurn and reject him. So don't you
talk to me about such a man being a
good man, when he treats Jesus that
way. He's a sinner and he is lost.
4 Hide Behind Hypocrites.
1 Another says, I can not be a chris
tian, there are so many hypocrites in
the church, You need not be dishonest
Iple are in the church. Not all Of them
are the best, but the best are there.
eff a man wants to hide, he hides
behind something larger than himself.
If you can hide behind hypocrite, you
Iare aboutsth littelest thing know of.
You give your heart to God and you
will not have time to fuss with hypo-
critics.
Friend Waits for Friend.
"Some say, i am waiting for my
friend ] believe that is true. I be-
lieve some do wait for Others. Hus-
]. bands wait for wives. children wait for
parents, and friends wait for friends to
make the start. Do not wait for any
one. If your friend processes to love
lyou SO much, you start and she will
follow you, if she loves you. Do not
Ilet your friend lead you to hell.
1.-THE men who have the most influ-
ence against God are not the saloon
men, but the men who stand high in
business. The woman who is the
greatest against God is the woman
; thigh up in society, and not the wom-
Ian Of the red light district.
Roasts Chicago University.
Il would as soon expect to hear OF
j la revival in hell as in some colleges ]
j know Of. Chicago University is one Of
/ them.
you ought to be christian for the
, sake Of your influence How do you
feel, you little buck wart, you think II
is beneath your dignity to accept Je-
. sus. For your influence and for YOU
|. belief step out and accept him.
EveryWhere you go men wear tins
button representing the order to which
they belong They are not ashamed
sl0&ftit Why. then, should men bl
leshamed Of Qed2 You know it Is RICH,