Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-19
"What Shall I Do to Be Suued?"
to- uhsn~dp Preached Tabernacle Last
DOWNRIGHT by w. A. Sunday

Copyright by w. A. Sunday
Acts 1881: what must / do to be
saved pinot to be educated; not to
get rich; not to win public opinion OF
applause. What must do to De
saved?-not to be elected to congress,
believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and
be saved"
Paul lived in "a perpetual state OIL
revival. He continually walked In har-
mony and touch with the Lord, and he
needed only to come into Philippl, the
chief city of Macedonia, and we ara
told that Immediately Lydia, a seller
OF purple, believed and was baptized.
There was some such power about him
that he needed only to walk the streets
and there radiated from him such con-
viction that a girl possessed OF the
spirit of devination, or, as we would
say, "had the devil in her." walked out
after Paul and Silas and cried in
mockery, "These men are servants OF
the most high God, who show unto us
the way Of salvation" as if there was
anything that Paul and Silas could do
or say that would impart information
to them they they did not already pos
sess.
..These men teach unto us Cor show
unto us) the way Of salvation" Paul
was grieved because OF the manifesto
ton of the devil within her and he
turned around and cried out; Il corr
mand thee, in the name Of Jesus
Christ Of Nazareth, come out of her,
come out of fer!" And the devils left
her, and when her masters saw the
hope Of their gain was gone-when
they saw they could no longer feed and
gormandize upon her virtue and mis-
fortune-when they saw it was either
work or starve for them-when they
saw that she would No longer be a
pawn upon the chess board Of their
Goddess crowd, to be moved as whim
or fancy might dictate to that unprin-
cipled, degenerate gang that lived on
the products Of her shame-when her
masters saw that the hope of their
gain was gone, that God had manifest
and driven out the devil and she was
clothed in her right mind and that she
would no longer submit to their in
fanny and intrigues, then they came
and said: "Ihese men, sir, teach doc
trines contrary for us to receive"
Sure! The doctrine that you have the
devil in you and that matter is exist
ent is contrary to a Christian Scientist.
The doctrine that Jesus Christ is the
son of God is contrary to a Unitarian.
The. doctrine that you will be damned
in hell if you don't repent is contrary
to Universalist, and the doctrine that
1t is Of the devil is contrary to some
old spiritualistic medium. have had
my palms read; have had my horo-
scope cast; have had my mind read
and my head felt for bumps and indi-
cations. but I have never been weak
mined enough, nor imbecile nor idiotic
enough to go to some old medium and
have some spirits some back and scrap
like a lot of cats and dogs under a
center table. I wouldn't have any re-
spect for the spirit that did. Instead
of going to those old fakes will go
to the Holy Spirit. believe in the
Holy Spirit. When I lose my mind
and don't know my wife from any
other woman, then might go around
to some Of these old fakes and ask
them to help me out.
"These men teach doctrines contrary
for us to receive" Sure! The doc
trary to an old thief, The doctrine
trary to an old booze fighter. The
doctrine "Thou shalt not commit adul-
terry" is contrary to an old libertine.
wife is contrary to an old Mormon.
trines contrary for us to receive"
What they preach is true. We don't
want to receive what they preach
don't want to believe their doctrine,
hence we condemn them. They teach
doctrines contrary for US to believe.
We want to live in our cussedness, so
they are wrong end we are all right
It's the same old Levil putting up the
same old gag. Like old Demetrius
when Paul got to preaching and his
preaching interferred with his business
he said: "Away! BY this craft we
live, sir" and he said: "Our profits
are being affected by the presence of
these men and if they remain we are
going to be ruined" and every old
bum and bartender, and every saloon
keeper and brewer and distiller begins
to yell, flights! Rights! Rights! Per-
sonal liberty!" They say, "If christian
ity comes we've got to 60" Say!
Whenever christianity cuts off a mans
revenue, he is already a moral pauper
and If I'm in business and christians
ity cuts off the income from that bus
iness, then I am in a dirty, rotten
shrinking business. don't care If the
man is millionaire, a farmer, bank
er, a lawyer, a crap-shooter, it's all the
\ same.
"These men teach doctrines contrary
for us to receive" So they seized Paul
and Silas and rushed them off to the
magistrates (and that gang was in
cahoots with the other) and maybe
they didn't want to accept of the Paul
and Silas preaching, so they delivered
them to the jailer.
The world has to learn the lesson
that you can imprison the messenger
but you can't imprison the message
You can refuse to ride on the sea. but
you can't prevent the tide from ebbing
and flowing. You can shut the sun
out Of your house,. but you can't pre-.
vent 1t from shining. You can sharpen
your jacknife, but you can't cut of
sunbeam, and stopping your ears al
the alarm won't put out the fire. Re-
fusing to hear the message won't de-
liver you from hell, old fellow, don't
forget that for a minute. These men
showed Paul and Silas off to the OFF,
GERS, and they showed their hands and
feet in the stock and at midnight Paul
and Silas sang praises. Strange sounds
for that old jail, where they had heard
nothing but oaths, and curses, and
blasphemy; and in response to their
Drawers the old iai1 heran tn rock Hike