The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1912-02-07
"'Why Men Fail"
One Of DR.. 0strom' Famous Addresses
Great Good Resulting From Meetings.

and vicinity has such religious aWak-
ening been manifest as that which is
sweeping the borough right now as the
result of the Ostrom meetings, which be-
gan "Wednesday evening last in Wesley
Church and are still lin progress. The
massive building is not large enough to
accommodate the crowds who would get
within the structure to hear the message
of salvation as delivered by the noted
evangelist.
1t is a true christian endeavor in which
all kinds of christians, regardless of
creed, have united, and many have been
brought to Christ.
DIR. O5trom is an earnest worker, with
his whole heart and soul in the cause,
an eloquent speaker, and has no difficult
ty in securing the rapt attention Of his
hearers, and in convincing unbelievers
of their wrong
The Federated choir of more than a
hundred voices, with Miss Lillian Davi-
son in charge and Mr.. Allen as leader
and Mr.. Marsh pianist, sing the gospel
songs as they have never before been
sung in the borough and the audience
heartily joins in.
At the Mems Meeting in Red Mems
Hall on Sunday afternoon the seating
capacity was taxed to its utmost and
DIR. Ostrom delivered an interesting ad-
dress upon why Men Fail" Twenty
five or more men decided to lead better
| life.
Owing to limited space it is impossible
for The Pleasantville Press to give all
Of DIR. Ostrom's discourses, but as the
EN,i ia CT
we present the following from it,:
mo man starts out to fail; no man
desires to fail; yet many do fail. Noah,
Abraham, David and Peter, and many
others that could name, are men that
have failed. There is a possibility Of
overcoming all wrong. Many fail in re-
ligion today, just as they have always
failed. Many are affected by the views
and influenced by other men. If I could
do away with all treating in this coun-
try, would do away with all this harm
full drinking of liquor. If you ever make
a success of yourself, you will have to
come to the place where you are your
self. Every man must give an account
of himself. Every man, if he is going
to succeed, must come to the place where
he will declare he will be right to himself
and God. A lost man in snow storm,
followed the marks Of snowshoes of an
other, only to find in the end that the
other man also was lost. There is many
lost man who is leading hundreds of
others astray. If you want to make a
success, disentangle yourself from every
thing and influence that is not right.
Another reason why we fail is that
we ana1yze things too far. From an
apple comes the stem, the peeling, the
seeds, the cider and the pulp, but should
you put these different piles before a
man and ask him to eat one of them,
he wouldn't He must take the whole
apple, not when pulled apart. So with
religion. One can analyze it until he is
confused.
Another reason men fail is because
of their fear for the treachery of the
future Multitudes are discouraged be-
cause they have once made an attempt
at religion and failed. The reasonable
thing to do is to keep at it until you find
way to success, then adhere to it,
whatever the cost. No man who moves
with earnest purpose toward God will
ever regret it. If you say God is true
and do right to yourself and Him, you
will defeat your strongest tendencies of
failure.
No man ever came to God for for
giveness and was turned back without
it. If we come to Him scarlet in crime,
when we say from our heart that we
want forgiveness we have it within two
minutes.
Another reason man fails is because
of partial truth.
do not always consider your mother
wrong when you see something in a
magazine that contradicts statement
she made. The magazine items are writ
ten by someone at so much for so many
words. If YOU want the truth look in
the magazine that contains enough am
munition to knock down all of hell-the
Bible. Look the way Of the cross, the
way millions have seen and gone. When
a man says he's too busy to attend to
religion, he has either acquired too much
business or is cheating himself. The be-
ing good should be part of his bust
ness"
While the mems meeting was in pro-
gress the women Of the participating
churches were holding a mass meeting
in the Presbyterian Church. An address
was made by Rev. III. j. Betting, pastor
of Salem NJ z. Church.
The Evening Service
At the evening service DR.. Ostrom an
nounced as his text st. John 1884: "They
answered and said unto him, thou vast
altogether born in sin and dost thou
teach us? And they cast him out" He
said: 'sThe man had been blind. He is
able to see That is miracle He has
wealth Of vision. That is riches He
has what he has long desired. That is
Joy. But he has to contend for what
he has. If you accomplish anything you
will have friends, but you will also make
enemies. They will oppose you, they
will tell lies about you and you must
contend for what you gain. They who
despitefully use you, are not using fair
play, they are using rank prejudice.
Thomas Paine wrote book and called
it The Age Of Reason If it were rea-
son it would save the world. Robert
Ingersoll wrote book and called it
Free Thought 1t too would save the
world if it were thought. They were
croakers When you accomplish any