The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25
Sermon Last Evening at the First
Baptist Church, Was Hair
Raising Affair, by the
Evangelist.
THE FIRST THINGS FIRST
Eeins Christian is the First Tbins''
and Should not be Superseded
BY Anything
Else.

A great throng Of people We're in
attendance at the First Baptist church
last evening and heard Evangelist O..
=. Hills deliver one OF the most strik-
ing and hair uplifting sermons that
has yet been given by him. His
words came like thunder bolts as he
hurled sentence after sentence out in
to the great audience. His words
seemed to be on fire. It was IA lively
sermons by lively and rapid speaker.
s HIS subject was First Things First"
and his text was found in Matt 6-93::
Seek We first the kingdom of God and
Ills righteousness and all other things
shall be added unto YOU
The trouble with this old world of
ours is that q great many people want
to put second things first. fifth things
first and hundred and one things
first ahead of the main thing they
should do first, and that is being a
christian, seeking Christ and putting
Him first in their lives.
All over the earth TODAY wherever
we may go we find people rushing
le~e and there Trains, street cars,
automobiles, ships on the ocean, car
rving people who are seeking some
ting. ALI classes, colors, and co1di-
tons Of people. Black and white, red
end yellow, boys and girls. men and
women, seeking for something. ask
tonight what seek ye?
Some. said the evangelist. are seek
ing money. Money is their god, their
idol Money is alright for you to
Fave providing you get it honestly and
tse it for good purposes, as God In
tended you to do. But is gold your
ambition? 1t is going to perish with
you. Is that your end or as means
to vour end? There are some people
said he that would risk walking on a
hoard three inches wides over the
mouth Of hell ard risk it for s1.19.
Then he told about man who was
fs stingy who on Saturday gave his
life $500 to buy pair of shoes and
WIEN the wife went to the store on
Monday to buy them they had been
reduced to $275, and when she came
hoare and showed them to her hus
fsnd and that she had gotten them
twenty-five cents cheaper, that OLD
skin-fiint said. where is the quarter
dearie?" and reached out his hand fol
it. That man was too stingy to live
Some people again, said DR.. Hills
IRE seeking nothing but pleasure, jus,
Irving a f1ippy-fop. butterfly sort of q
hse Sometimes they say they are
living in what they call .sassiety,' and
here the evangelist gave an imitation
Of this sort of people. that brought
forth great laughter from the audi
ence.
! don't wonder. said he, that people
flock to tie theatres. ball rooms, care
tables, gambling hells, because they
have no other world in view They
are living Just for this world oh
what a hollow mockery of life
Then, said he, some men are seek
ing political fame. Vote for 20 mar
unless he is christian man and I
member of the church.
Seek first the Kingdom OF God.
What does that mean? 1t means tn,
christian life. Living Christ in you
life. That's it. Make that your frs
aim in life. Know Jesus Christ by ;
heart acceptance as your personal say
Tor and redeemer from sin. You ough
to have done it long ago and if yol
have never done 1t you ought to do |
tonight.
Dr.. Hills next thought was "Wh.
should you do it?' why be chris
tian and a follower of Christi" First
because of the shortness of life. Her
he gave several illustrations. One wa