The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-08

ers who preach as il they did not be.
lieve half they say. I'D rather have q
man serve the devil II he believed IN
it than man who is too lazy TO serve
anything good. There are a lot Of
men who want to shine. but they don't
want to burn, and a light can't shine
without burning.
- sermon that hasn't enough snap
AMI ginger in it to maka some one
angry isn't much Of d sermon.
Going to "shoot Lyon"
Il was told to be careful going home
on the street AZ night" the speaker
added. What for?' asked. They
are going to shoot you because Of the
things you say, the informant replied.
But listen-~l am not here 10 please
the people Of Fairmont. | would
rather have the good will than the Ill
will OF The people OF this county, hui
it's my duty TO please the Lord, whom
serve and to whom belong. am
here TO say what the Lord wants me
to say, whether you want to hear ii
or not, and I'm going 10 say it I'd
rather wheel my trunk 10 the station
in wheelbarrow and 20 hack 10 Chi
cage than to do anything that would
be contrary 10 the dictates Of my CON
science.
No Religious Appetite.
Johns message was message o.;
preparation. The reason why SO many
of you don't get more out OF the, ser
mons that are preached is because
they don't come with any appetite.
Suppose that you were TO invite me to
your home for Sunday dinner--re'
memher, just said suppose and !
should refuse TO eat of the good things
that YOU had prepared for me. You'd
wonder what was the matter with me,
aud you'd find that ! had stopped on
the way over at some second class
lunch coulter and filled up on four or
five bowls OF thin soup. That's the
way with You church members. You're
so filed with the thin soup OF world
illness and sin that you can't hear TIL"
word Of God. II We had better hear
ers we'd have better sermons"
The message OF john to the pet
pie of that time, the wlckedest PEG
pie in the world, was one Of prepare.
ton for success. The Young people o!
today want to put all their goods in
the store windows and they haven't
any left for the shelves, Success in
everything agriculture. i'll educa
ton, in business and in rcligiOn-con'
sists in getting ready. Ne need the
message Of John and people like John
today.
No, It's Good Democracy!
when go down to lay in my win
ter coal--and have TO pay two prices
for tit is a question Of preparation
wouldn't care so much about thu
price have to pay II it Went to tho
dealer, but it all goes to man over
in pennsylvania who owns the anthra
cite coal mines of the country. WhaI
God made for the people belongs II
The people and should be used for tht
people. # that's socialism, then In
Il Socialist. And they say that The
man over in Pennsylvania is an officer
in a church. I'd like to have htm Il
my church for Il while. He'd either
ger out or would. You can't have {
revival in a church with such men AZ
him in 1t,
These days man who steals 5:
goes to JAIL If he steals S2,OO0,OOt
he goes to-the United States Senate
In Colorado they put up INC Senator
ship at auction; 1t goes 10 the highes
bidder.
In the Wrong Place
/ why, the other night up in Michl
gan, the wife OF a congressman turn
ed to her sleeping husband and said
John, wake up! There are thieves ii
the house
mo, no answered her sleep
spouse, they're all in the Senate.
IF man brushes out his competi
tor by tlievery and rosuety, he is u
much a man as the thief who hold
you up in the dark of night. at tn
/ point Of revolver and demands you
ibpocketbook; Z,
i;iEsl2repsre Ses the @aysot ithe Lord
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