The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-17

that the Christ of that Book is the
Son of God.
To Enjoy the World.
2. Well. some one else may saw
] My case is different. believe in
the Bible just as much as you do, but
am waiting tin have enjoyed the
world enough" There are a great
many people of that kind in Paducah
Some of them have grown old and
grey in that condition.
They make the mistake of think
ing that when they grow tired of the
world, they can turn to Christ with
out any sacrifice; they think that
after while a man will grow tired
of the world and give it up without
an effort. What a great mistakel
The longer you live for the world
the less enjoyment you get out of II,
but the tighter its grip becomes upon
your shrivelling soul.
There will never be another night
when It is so easy to give up the
world as 1t Is tonight. You know
that is true in the case of the drink
ing man.
When a man begins TO drink
there is pleasure in IT; the first glass
of beer or of wine or of champagne
has joy in 1t. and exhilaration i'm IL
"a man feels like two men; but as
a man goes on drinking there is lass
and less joy, but the more complete
his slavery becomes, until at last a
man reaches a place. which thou
sands of men and women IN Paducah
have already reached, where they
hate alcohol as much as any prohibit
zionist, but are utterly unable 10
give ii up. Thew know II is robbing
them of their brains. they know it is
robbing them of their manhood, of
the respect of the community, of the
affection of their wives, and the con-
fidence of their children. They know
Il is taking the bread out of their
,children's mouths, and the clothes
from their wives backs: yet, hating
it as they do. they will take up their
glass filed with liquid damnation.
and drink II to the dregs.
You say, THAT is true" II is Just
as true of the love of money. The
slavery of money is as complete and
as degrading as the slavery Of strong
drink. / would rather undertake to
save ten drunkards than one money
fiend, any day. When a man begins.
there Is pleasure in il; the first ten
pounds. or the first hundred pounds.
or perhaps the first thousand pounds
that he lays by gives him joy: but
as a man goes on accumulating.
there is less and less pleasure, and
at last there is no pleasure at all.
hut the man Is the slave Of the de-
grading lust for gold.
was visiting a man in the State
of Ohio, when | was living in Mime
apolis, in the Boom days, when men
were making fortunes in day. The
man to whom / refer had a comfort
able fortune of about 500, 900 dol
lars. and was now upwards of 40
years of age. One foot was in the
grave, and the other foot almost
over the edge. Only a few weeks
before | came to see him. they had
to send post-haste for the doctor to
come and pull the mans other foot
away from the edge of the grave.
After everybody else had gone to
bed. he said to me in a low tone of
do you Think. ooh" |
YOU say, something about Heaven,
about eternity: a man
with one foot in the grave and the |
other almost over would wish to talk |
about the future and what il meant |
for him."
But no, he leaned over and said:
DO you know any place up in
where / could invest my |
money where it would bring big in
terest?"
oh, some .cf you men are going
very fast that same road. selling
your souls for damning gold. II is
Just the same way with the love for
pleasure. The first dance, the first II
ard partn. the first theater. oh. the
vehement of Il aud the pleasure OF
and the oXhilaration of Il; but as
ne goes on the pleasure Of these i
hlngs becomes less and less. and
mere and more complete does the
lavery to them become. The time
viii never come when you have en-
Dyed the, world enough. Further
more, there is more joy in Jesus
'hrist in "a hours than there Is in
he world In 365 days. l have tried
hem both.
Further, suppose while you are