Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-23
1t is Beneath the Dignity of No
Man to Take His Stand for Christ

us assurance Of life. You don't know but |
that you are listening to your funeral ser
mon tonight
Vanderbilt was talking with Carrot. the |
vice president OF the Baltimore a Ohio, !
about the investment % siloOOoOoo. when !
he fell dead. All that he had could not /
give him the assurance OF sitting there |
and finishing that business transaction.
The world can give YOU no hope The !
love Of money is keeping men away from
Jesus. ] don't believe that any man ever
lost by being decent. II was in busi-
ness and could not serve God in it. I 1
would get out OF H. Nobody ever lost by
being decent and by being a man--nobody
ON Gods dirt.
Again somebody says: L would. but
want to have a good time"
We'll, so do 1. God bless your heart. |
you never looked into anybody's face who
had better time than l do
But don't have TO I'll myself with
booze and 60 down the street whoopins
like a Comanche Indian or a maniac.
What do you think constitutes a good
timer
Some little fool thing you have be-
tween you and God. VIII you put II be-
meath your feet and be a man, or 60
through the world and be a fool9 God
does not ask you to give up things save
those that do you harm For the Lord
God is a sun and shield to those who
put their strength in Him.
l stepped up to a young girl one time
and said: Are you a Christian mo"
do you believe that you are a sinner"
do you believe that Jesus died to save
! your" Yes" why don't you be a
Christian well. will have to give
up so much" "what?" well. I don't
like to tell you" II can guess in five
guesses. First. you dance" Guilty."
Guessed IL First Time.
Guessed It the first time and have
four guesses left.
can tie the average girl up in one Of
] five things.
said: Look here. do you believe that
God loves your" yes. He loved me
well enough TO give Jesus Christ to save
me-" do you believe that God wants
to keep from you anything for your
good7" NO" Are you big enough fool
to want to keep anything for your in
jury?" why, no."
well, then, give your heart to Jesus.
God wants you/to give that up. and the
devil don't, and IL you are big enough
fool to keep what God wants you to give
up, which will injure you, you are a
foolP"
She said: IT never heard It put that
way before and l am not fool; 1 will
give you my hand"
What you give up is nothing compared
to what you get. II is not hard to give
up tin II you are going to get gold; or
glass II YOU are going to get diamonds.
No, suppose a fellow is keeping COM
pany with a girl, and she was one OF
those fool kind Of girls. one that put on
everything and overdid everything, and
wore q great big string of beads around
her neck and brass earrings with glass
in them and she thought people imagined
that they were diamonds and rubies. and
she put on all the ribbons and filagree
business and this young fellow was en-
gagged to her.
No sensible young fellow would get en-
gagged to q girl like that. But you can't
tell what fellow would do But sup
posing that, for the argument, that he
was. He said to her: Look here. every
body is making fun OF you and your old
brass jewelry. Give 1t up
Look here. love you, and II any
thing Is needed to demonstrate that fact
ii is that 1 have promised to marry you
But II 1t comes to giving up the Jewelry
for you, will Just have to give you up"
Gives Her Real Jewels.
But he comes back the next night and
has q brown leather box, and he pushes
the spring and pulls out a string Of real
pearls, and says: "Thow your old dough
beads away and will give you the real
thing"
And he takes up q diamond ring and
1t is a beautiful one. with a Tiffany set
ting, and he says; You must give up
that old brass ring" and he says, take
those old brass rings off and put these
solitaires on"
, Would it be hard for her to give uI
, glass to get diamonds? No. It would be
easy.
, Lake the young girl who came to DR..
r John Hall. and said: II want to join
y tho church." He said: IT is one thins
. TO Join the church. and another to be a
Christian, but, OF course. you will have
/ to agree with certain things"
What do you mean? II you NEAR
4 that in order to be a Christian that
: have to give up dancing. Will not do 1t.
a "And you will II God wants you to-
And she said: "Dr. Hall, II It comes t
a choosing between Jesus Christ and the
dance. have no hesitancy In telling yol
that 1 will choose the dance" and tn,
poor fool made the choice and went ou
j into the world.
g You say: Look here lie there nothing
to give up II a man becomes Chris
u tianT'
In Iowa a young fellow was praying