The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-07-02
LIKENS THEM TO
FOWLER'S SNARE
Says Satan is Greatest Of All Trap
pers Declares Happiness is
fo- Christian but Sinful
Pleasures Forbidden

lmpersonating in burlesque and
blending with and humor with denun.
citation and appeal. puncturing popu-
lar theory that union with the church
means forfeiture Of pleasure. and fear
lessly rapping those so-called amuse-
ments and pleasure which he charac-
terized as decoys of Satan, Lincoln
Mcconnell last night ran the gamut OF
card playing. dancing. drinking, Sun
day theater going, and the dizzying
whirl OF high sassiety" which he said
aped the underworld.
Near the close of the service hun.
dreds of men, women and children
went on record as opponents of all
things in their lives which their
neigrbors might construe as not Chris
tianiike, pledging themselves to alb
stain from and oppose all forms OF
worldly pleasure which might have a
tendency to lead someone else astray.
Immediately following this drawing OF
the line between Christian living and
frivolty and sin many persons request
cd prayer.
In beginning his sermon, Mcconnell
read the nlnety-first Psalm, which de-
scribed the snare OF the fowler. liken-
ing it to the trap OF Satan and prom
ising the help Of God to thcsc who de-
sired His aid in avoiding II. The
preacher showed that in those ancient
. days, as now. snares and traps were
used to inveigle and entrap game, and
the Psaimist used the illustration apt
N and powerfully so that humanity
might recognize the deceptions of the
Evil One.
Satan Uses Decoys.
Satan never comes into the open,
Mcconnell said. but is the greatest
hunter and trapper in all the world,
using with rare skill decoys to entice
and secure his victims Decoy ducks,
be said. we're used TO deceive real
ones so that the wild birds seeing them
would alight to secure rest and food
and the gunner. hid behind a blind,
could bring them down to death. He
told of a crippled duck, whose wing
had been wounded by a southeast
Missouri hunter, that was kept for de
coy purposes When put in the lagoon
il honked so innocently that thou
sands Of its fellows responded and
hundreds we're slain because Of its at
traction for its fellows. He said as
he watched that crippled duck walk
ing around the hunters grounds IL
looked as pious as a chickasha
church member."
Mcconnell fiayed the near-worshipI
Of people with much money, bitterly
rebuking the everyday fact that so
long as some people had wealth no
questions we're asked. "How many
posr. silly. foolish people would go TO
hell IL they could do the same thing
lHtN dIt bHDl lhAOu6A N
by the Dewitt" he exclaimed.
Mcdonnell said there never was
bigger slander than that which says
God doesn't want people TO have
good time. and that he was a fool VINO
thought laughter was no part Of me
Christians life. He told how sane
timonious, sour, pies.s old chap pro
tested against his nephew joining the
church because the child could not
have conception Of Christianity ana
who actually thought the little fellow
was on the road to hell because ne
innocently and ioyously rode a stick
horse. Mcconnell characterized TINS
old fellow as ''long, old Billy Goat
Christian"
Hits "sldewallS sanhedriT."
"some of the dirtiest, meanest
skunks in chickasha are members OIL
the sidewalk sandhedrim who are crit
icising and passing iudsaent on GOD 5
word and its preachersi" Mcconnell
exclaimed, and he defined a mule to
indicate the personality OF some so
called Christians and Christianity ;
critics. God put laughter in the child
heart and song in the birds throat he