Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-17
GREAT SERMON On
The sins Of A[N
SUNDAY BRINGS POWERFUL MES.
SAGE TO AUDIENCE OF $500
MEN. 4
EleHTY.EleHr CONVERTED;
MANY ASK FOR PRAYER
Sunday Scores the Sins Of tho Flesh,
Of Drink, and Of Lust AS He Has Not
Done Here Before-Depicts the Phys
ieaI Consequences Of an. Unclean
Life.

'S9s SSuSSA0ShSS0 VI Nu, SHSiS0s
Life.
In many respects the greatest SER
mon Of the Sabbath, and by far the
most impressive service of the day,
was given before the big meeting for
men held at the tabernacle in the at
ternoon. Sundays subjest was "The
Devils Boomerang. or Hot Cakes From
the Griddle," and it touched and moved
many men OF the audience as no other
sermon the evangelist has preached
here has done.
His text was whatsoever a man
soweth that shall he also reap" Peel
ing of his coat before he began, as the
$500 men OF the congregation were
invited to do if they We're warm, he
waded into the private sins and lusts
of men, dug deep into the cankerous
spots Of their lives, hung the filth and
rottenness of their dust up before them,
and then flung the consequences Of it
into their faces.
Was Physiological Sermon.
The physical results of sin as one
Of the chief keynotes of the address.
Sunday told of the sins of the flesh
and then described how they affected
the human body. He figuratively dis
sected the human body, and pointed
to some of its vital organs, described
them and how they were affected by
the diseases which are brought in by
the sins and lusts of men. No such
a sermon. speaking only from. phys
biological standpoint, has ever been de-
livered to an audience of men in this
city. Men were told truths of the
functions of their body and the con-
sequences Of their sins of which many
had never heard in just such a clear,
concise way.
Moves Men to Tears.
When he told of the finish and death
of his base ball friends, whom he had
left when he became converted, and
who went to their grave as a result
of drink and sin, he moved many men
in the audience to tears. Time after
time he caused his vast audience to
break out in thunderous applause, and
at other times he had them roaring
with laughter. His dramatic recital of
the base ball game between Chicago
and Detroit for the championship, and
his inpersonation Of the players was
histrionic touch Of telling quality.
Reap What You Sow.
All the way thru his theme was #
you sin, and persist In shining you will
suffer. God las ordained it SO. The
only way to prevent 1t is to become
converted ana to lead a strafghtfor-
ward, clean christian life. When he
gave the invitation for men who
wanted to be saved to come forward,
Lightweight men responded.
Sunday said "If you want to sin. If
you want to drink, If you want to live
just as you please, if you want to sat-
isfy your lust, do so. But if you do
God will call you to account, just so
surely as you do.
God Puts It Up to Yoy.
"God puts it up to you to go to heav-
en- or hell. The man who starts to live
out life of pleasure, he faces two con-
siderations at the beginning. One is,
a life Of pleasure soon ends. The other
is, there is day of reckoning.
"If sin were not so deceitful it would
not be 50 attractive. The devil does
not let a man stop and every time he
commits a sin it is easier to commit
the same sin the next time. So many
men seem to think that christianity is
a, sort of a wish awashy, dish rag sort
of a proposition. want to tell you that
christianity is character, and your
character is your capital and your cred
1t. Many man has reputation for
hpinpp q orn0S yxrbny In ic h1aolS
at heart that he could make a mark
that would show on tar paper.
Business Some Mems God.
"Some men are so wrapped up in
their business that they live for nothing
they can do so honestly. Don't you ever
his money by dishonest methods, Cor
who stand around and chew the rag
about politics and this that and the
other thing, while the other fellow is
out grubbing and grabbing the coin
from the soil or from his business. The
bible does not condemn men because
they are rich. The bible says it is the
love Of money that is wrong, and that
1t is the root of all evil. When a man
eacflhceS everything QOr us love OF
money then he Is wrong.
Can Not Take 1t Along.
"Go on piling up your gold and sill
yer, IL that is what you are living for.
When you die you can not take it
with you, and IL some Of you could
1t would melt where you are going.
''Other men just live for lust. do
not believe there was ever a girl
ruined when a man did not take the
Initiative. There was never time
when a greater tidal wave of filth and
lust was sweeping over this country
than now. There are only two kinds Of
men who object to such a message as
7 bring to you today, they are the old
fools and the young rascals."
While on this sub-topic Of his theme
he went into detail of the sins of lust
and the flesh, and how they affected
the vital origins OF the body, and how
aoathsome diseases was transmitted on
and on, thru wives and families down
TO generation after generation. His
message on this subject was shorn OF
all technical terms and in all of its
details 1t was as plain as 1t could be
made in the English language. He
quoted statistics on the subject of the