The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-12-04


do 1t, but he doesn't / don't believe
any man was ever converted without
the human agency figuring in it. God
don't send angels TO Columbus to ring
your doorbells. preach and sing in
your choirs. No, sir: God said: "Bill
you go down and pull OF that little
stunt for me.
Lots OF people wear out ten pairs
OF hold-ba-ks to one pair OF tugs
What God wants is helpers. not
knockers; builders. not iconociasts.
Half the church members could die
and the church wouldn't lose as n
spiritual force. Yank some OF the
groans and stuffings out OF your
prayers and put in joy and work
There are three classes in every
church: the wills. the l won'ts. aud
the I can'ts. The first class does all
the work. Some men are so stingy
that they can't give a dime TO the
church without singing: God De with
you till We meet again
The story of Moses is one OF the
most fascinating in Scripture. I be-
lieve the origin of that ark which was
hid in the bulrushes must have been
in heaven. and that God whispered the
plan of saving that baby into the ears
OF its mother. The angels in heaven
were surely kept busy keeping away
from that baby Moses.
Thank God the angels we're not out
at some bridge-whist party. When
get to heaven I am going to hunt up
the mother OF Moses and ask her how
much Pharaoh's daughter paid her to-
nurse her own baby.
"Oh. the power that lies in 4 moth
er's kiss, Most any old stick will do
for a daddy. but IL all children had
good mothers the world would be bet
ter. and II all boys had good mothers
the saloons wouldn't be long in going
out OF business. When / speak to-
mothers. ] am speaking to the future
through the distance telephone
God pays a good mother. Mothers.
get your names on Gods pay roll.
Il Could Depopulafe He'll
'one OF the awful things in hell will
be that there will be no mothers love
there. When God gave the office OF
mother to woman. It was just like Civ
ing you His own right hand The
launching OF a boy or girl 10 live for
Christ is greater than to launch n
battieship. When a boy has a mother
with the old-time religion you needn't
worry what will become OF that boy. I
think the first time the devil ever
turned pale was when mother love
first sprang up in the heart of woman
You get the boys and girls started
right. and the devil will hang Grape
on his doors. bank his fires and hell
will be for rent
only a single heartbeat stands be-
tween every man and woman here and
heaven or hell. And yet you sit on the
brink OF eternity with only a heart
beat between you and It. ana are not
concerned about your fate.
what is the Bibles Good news Of
salvation by faith in Jesus. But you
say. is ii good news to tell me am
going to hells-
''If It's a fact that you are lost and
on the road to hell the sooner you
ind It out the better for you-thas's
good news. And here's better news
You needn't go to hell; you can he
saved by the blood OF Jesus Christ.
III ever a man looks like con-
summate ass it's when he tells God
that the plan OF redemption doesn't
meet with his intellectual approval.
DO YOU think because you say there
isn't any fire in hell that that turns
the hose on its Some OF you men are
so low down. degraded. and sunken
that II you ever do so TO hell you1i
have to take n balloon.