Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-19

again his best Efforts to further TIE
success Of the enterprise and Urging
the audience to$co-operate with him
and the management in making this
Chautauqua a great power for good
in the community. He then an
nounced the concert to be given by
| the mems choir of the Methodist
church and commended its members
for the afternoon practice when they
learned that they were expected to
give a longer program than had been
prepared. ,a.4..
The numbers consisted of Choir
uses, quartettes and duets-all sa-
cred, and in addition to the expected
program, beautiful sacred solo was
sung by Mrs. o. J. Henderson. ac-
companied by Miss Rosalind Cook at
the piano. Too much cannot be said
in praise of the concerts of both SEES
siOns.
DR.. Riley's evening discourse was
a sermon-lecture based upon the
story of the foolish rich man, found
in the 18th chapter of st. Luke's
gospel, and the subject, "A Farmers
Folly" A brief outline Of this
|splendid address follows:
| Firstly-this farmer-any farmer
lis a favored man. First, favored
in his location. No place equals the
farm for simple wholesome living.
He is also favored in his vocation.
Farming is most honest calling
though we can not say that all
farmers are honest, in, fact the
speaker thought in small matters,
the farmer might be considered less
honest than almost any other man.
In general, however, the farmer
gives in sweat all that he ever re-
ceives in silver or gold. Again, this
farmer was, in fact every successful
farmer is favored in person. A
bright mind and sound body spell
success in farming.
Secondly-this farmers philoso-
ply of life was false. He counseled
only with himself, God was not con-
suited. This point was illustrated
| by the story of servant whose mas
ter gave him cane and told him to
keep it until he. found a man less
simple than himself. Years passed
and the servant still had the cane,
when his master called him to him
and said he was going on a long
journey. The servant asked il. he
would take with him his possessions,
The master replied that he could
not, The servant then asked ii he
had known the journey must be TAX
en- and the answer was, Eyes
The next question was, Have you
made preparations for the journey
The answer was, "No.", Then said
the servant, Here is your canesfor
you are the most foolish man I ever
met The lesson is plain. The man
who takes no thought for, the fut-
ure life of the soul is foolish, in
deed, and Jesus, who has warned us
against calling any man a fool lest
we be in danger of hell fire, was JUS
titled in saying unto this man,
Thou fool, this night thy soul shall
be required of thee, and then whose
shall those things be that thou hast
provided" This man was an Epi-
|curean; cared only for material sue
cess; eating and drinking were more
to him than religion. He proposed
riches first and God and the spiritual
life last, thus inverting the divine
order. Seek We first the kingdom
of heaven and his righteousness,
and all these things shall be added
unto YOU"
The man who consults himself
consults the wrong individual. "If
any man want wisdom let him ask
of God who giveth literally and up
braideth not" In this day and age
too many are leading the life sug-
gested by this story. God is left out
of account. We are told that a
woman was once condemned to
death, and the manner of it left to
the discretion of one in authority.
He ordered brick platform built,
had her placed up on it, ordered the
walls to be built up about her, and
at last a large stone placed over the
top, the woman being left to meet
death in this horrible enclosure How
many men of today are building
walls of gold and silver about them,
up to their waists and shoulders,
and then drawing in the money bags
to fill up the top enclosure. | plead
with you all to follow the divine or
der of things-give God the right of
way-avoid the pitfalls which await