The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-10-28

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VA - Choice"--not bis Arst. but
IVA his demonstrating for my
II text the message Of God 70
the church IN l.aodicea. "Be.
cause thou art lukewarm. and neither
bot nor cold. will spew thee out Of
my mouth" Hot. the FIRST choics:
cold. the second; one thing or -.
other; for or against: out In the open
with God. or out In the open against
him.
! have often thought Of doing this,
but ~ yet have found no time. writes
Rev. Francis b. Upham. d. D.. In the
Christian Herald. ] have . series on
hand that will take all my skin and
energy for at least fifty years more. I
have often thought OF paying my 70
spects-under the inspiration, ! trust,
Of the Spirit OF God-to the lazy man
who occasionally comes to hear me:
pleading with him to get up and 90
where he belongs; to do and dare
II may be for the devil. his master.
rather than do or dare nothing for
anybody.
ror hr.,hren ,here,. no,h,n, ,h.,
stir. ma more than l.,Ina.. h...d
upon commercial cowardice-the cold.
blooded estimate OF requirement and
reward from q personal standpoint
only; nothing that seems to me more
foreign to the spirit Of well-nigh reck-
less sacrif,ce that IA in the very heart
OF the Christian character. For the
lazy man ever makes his defense He
did SO in the time OF our Lord. and he
does 10 now. He has the temerity 10
seek to Justify bimself-temerity II
the word I use today: talk to me to-
morrow about this out ON the street.
and I'll use another. He thinks. A
did the shlrker In that parable Of the
talents, that he should be commend.
ed for his wisdom. II knew thee"
said the servant in this old classic
story-"I knew thee that thou art q
hard man, and I was afraid, and went
and hid thy talent in the earth: 10.
there thou hast that Is thine"
Afraid! May God forgive him!
Afraid! coolly says so, MAY God
pity him! Afraid, and thinking that
cowsrdice can ever be accented M an
excuse! MAY the GOOD Lord lead him
into the light!
Odd Want. Mors Than NJ o.x..
God wants from man more than hs
cave TO him. he rave him Iise-he
vants n hack again. he rave him
heart mower. brain force. the v,,I IA
conceive and create; he asks for oil
these gifts and graces to be returned.
and, with them. gifts and graces that
they have gathered for themselves.
Touch not the unclean thing. You
cannot handle black pitch without be-
ing dehled." said an old minister not
long ago to younger one THAT may
be-" was the answer, but this gem
was in the pitch. and the main thing
was not whether my hands were clean.
but whether or not they were empty"
Right you are" said Q rough old
class leader who heard the converse.
ton. Next to having the marks Of
the atoning blood upon my hands, I'd
like the scars and the stains that
come through the attempt to save q
sinner from his wretchedness.
It's the shine upon the silver, the
purity that suggests the shelter out
Of sight. the nest In the napkin, that
stirs the Inclination OF the Master,
He wants his own with what his own
should win. He wants you with the
men you might rescue from misery,
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renn,n. where thou has, mn, ,own
ana ys,bar,n, vhers tho, h.., no.
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the servant . GOOD .,.r, I'm ne.
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ave IN MI, absolute ,r..an,, M. .r
limited onnor,pn,,v 4, wa. :, . So.
country" th., ha wan, ana n w.. no.
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