La Junta tribune., 1911-08-05
What Would Christ Hear
And See In La Junta?
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Again. Christ would hear some men
Ia this town teaching the doctrine
OF unbeIicf and denounciug Christian
ity because they claim the world has
outgroxn IT, Iundelity demands that
49, substitute tadpole FOR God. Vol
taire for Christ the age Of rea-
son" aud vain philosophy for the
Bible. free love for the sweet bond Of
marriage. and the grave for immor-
tai joys o cruel. heartless I'nbelief
that sends u to the desert for
bread. and TO the stagnant pool for
water. that pushes US into dark aud
hopeless srayes. puts out the lamp
OF faith and snaiehes away the eE-
erEreen that blooms on the grave Of
sainted mother Sk@pticism never
won a victory never Slew sin. never
closed a saloon. never healed a heart.
ache. never produced q ray Of sun
shine. never saved soul II is de-,
struciiTe and not constructive. Any
'oue can cut down With an old rusty
sword the beautiful flowers In a
garden. but it takes a divine Being
TO contsruct aud reproduce them
again.
In the second place. what would
Christ see II he came 10 this city In
person. Suppose a pilot Vas TAX
ing Christ over La Junta and show.
ing him the different business places
What would He see. You say many
fine stores. such as dry goods. cloth
iuE hardware. groceries. etc That
is true aud you hay" reason 20 b.
proud 0f these fine business houses
But suppose the pilot should b" show.
ing and telling Christ about these
places and Christ would stop before
one Of THESE places where liquor ls
being Illegally sold Thank God We
have no uptu saloons iu Ia Juuta
but ,fill there are PLACES where the
stuff is sold Illegally Would you be
anxious 10 tell Christ about th.s.
places 1T m" Tell you tonight. my
friends that there are rNo great puS-
Drs In the aorli-th, power of the
dsEil and tb. power ~ Christ. or the
power Of sin and the power OF truth.
II We l"t the power of sin or the
devil control U.s. our thoughts. our
desires our labors. all will b. Low
aud d'mouliziug when Christ
would know that this stuff men are
pouring dosu their throats vas blast
iHs their souls would Ha not cry
aloud AGAINST these awful hell-hoIes
the saloon and iis substitutes There
- one object and only one that Nill
prompt a man 10 sell liquor and that
~ M" dollar be- gets out Of b. There
Is no harm 10 make money. providing
it is made leEitlmnt"ly and has.
along Vtfh the making Of O.. an OBJ
lept 90 bless the WorlI by helping
Others but The salDuu.kssr,r. the
brewer. IN" bpotl".EeT max. money
for a selfish purpose aud viii rob
homes. manhood happiness. and the
children pf their heritage iu order
TO obtain it {. ike sam Jones.
sould rather steal than cell liquor
When saloon keeper took him %
task Tor making the statement. be-
Acknowledged that hr made % and
thrn remarked You kDoa that poor
widow and her tE1 sons on the hIne
Nrs We'll their father died
about The time the tg0 BOYS we're
Er0Vn and lrf them three or four
thousand dollars Th,y began drink.
INK with you. sIr Now one b. in
thH pHHitrufiay and the other is aff
somewhere. the mother doesn't ku8z
whore and she is FrirylnE hrr IIfa
+, away Which would have been varss
/, 10 have broken into that house and
stolen tho money. or 90 have de-
bauch'd her boys as you have dom.
, putting one into the pr1urHt.ary and
, running thr other Off"
4, Christ sunld seap over mIs cts
q a. 10" dii Jerusalem. fu srv llis iay
\ 'he first day oi ih" week. on which
i be arose from the dead. sadly desc
, Grated iu Ia luufa.
r The sunday newspaper b. men
d ac" 10 this hlrsssd rest day The,
u yomit their nl'h into tho homeI
4 and minds q their readers on th.
n Lords day uHniting their reader
q for religious worship and Christian
Z culture Tens u thousands of m.i
q ar" employed in their production AMI
P. other thousands Of boys are iauEh, q
a disregard IN" Lords day by thci
4 sale Christians should refuse &,
. buy or read a Sunday paper.
:. On" Of the forms Of Decoration Il