Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-18

worth Just what Il costs. and that he
had determined TO give more for religion.
and 20 deny more for religion, and TO
deny himself as well. What will yop
give up2" she asked. He said that he
would give up coffee for he dearly loved
coffee-used TO drink several cups al
every meal, the very best. She said that
she would give up something, too-that
she would give up tea. Then their daugh-
ter said she would give up some OF her
little pleasures, and the father turned 10
his son. Tom, who had been shoveling
mashed potatoes, covered with chicken
gravy into his mouth. and he said: 'Til
give up salt nackerel. never did like
the darned stuff anyway"
God wants Best We Have.
There are too many salt mackerel peO-
pie like that in the pews Of our churches
today. They will take something that
they don't like, and that nobody else will
have. and give II to the Lord. That
isn't enough for God. He wants the best
we have.
! God turns down the man who merely
lives a moral life and does not accept
the religion Of Jesus Christ You must
come with Jesus blood. II a man gives
his wife a Decent pin cushion at Christ
mas TO show how much he loves her,
he's q geezer the devils stuck on. How
thankful you are depends on how much
you are willing to sacrifice.
What would you think Of a soldier II
when he was ordered Present arms!"
he would answer. Tomorrow" II he
would say: when the next man 10 me
does" II he should say: when get a
new uniform" Present-that means now.
II is in the present tense. God wants us
to make a present OF our bodies TO Him
because we love Him.
little girl showed a man some pres
ents she had received. ana he asked her.
How long may you keep them7' How
long7" she answered. why. they were
given 70 me. They are mine"
Many a man gives his boy a colt or a
calf. then when It has grown to a horse
or COW he sells II and pockets the
money Some of you fellows need to do
a little thinking along that line. When
we give God our body II IL to be His
for keeps.
Many Men WIN Rob God.
| II when you make present you do
not mean TO give Il outright you are not
honest. WIN a man rob God2 You bet
he villa heap quicker than he will rob
anyone else.
Bishop Taylor promised God that he
would do as much hard thinking and
planning for Him as he would do for
another man for money. He did II. So
did Wesley and whitfield and Savonarola,
and look what they did for God
IL there Is any better way OF doing God s
business than there was 100 years ago.
for Gods sake do it He's entitled TO
the best there Is. This thing of just
ringing the church bell to get people to
come is about played out.
Gods Time Right Now.
tell you any time is Gods time. Now
is Gods time. IL was Gods set time to
teach us about electricity long before
Franklin discovered Il. but nobody had
sense enough 10 learn. II was God q
time to give US the electric light long
before Edison Invented II, but nobody
had sense enough TO understand It. II
was Gods set time to give us the steam
engine long before Watts watched the
Kettle boil and saw It puff the lid off
but nobody had sense enough 20 GRASP
| the idea.
Give yourself to God, and you'll find
yourself doing lots of things for Him
Dwight l.. Moody was a shoe salesman
and never discovered the power that was
la him until God got hold OF him and
set him to work. Jerry McCauley was
an old wharf rat until he gave himself
as living sacrifice to God. Andrew
the Humble was an obscure and lowly
man until God took him in hand
Does Not Want Long Faces.
What face your face will be wher
God puts His shine on II. II you are ono
Of tho long-faced brand OF Christians
get rid of It, God never put such n face
on you. That's the kind of a face the
Pharisees wore. and Jesus said. "theS
heightened their faces to make believ,
they had religion" When a man triel
to make himself without asking God e
help him, he will make a face as long a,
a smokestack. l tell you. the devil will
bank his fires and go to church to heal
man like that give testimony. Coo
doesn't want you to look and act as 4
religion affected you like a toothache Of
a corn. II 1t does, It isn't Gods kind.
II God Almighty only had possession
OF your mouths. He'd stop your lying
II He had your mouths, He'd stop your
knocking.
How Little Are You DOinEf
II God had our eyes we'd bring the
millennium. His eyes run to and frc
through the world seeking for mon &c
serve Him, and II He had our eyes. how
our eyes would run TO and fro lookine
, for ways TO help bring men TO Christ
How hard It would be for sinners &c
get away. We would be looking fol
drunksrds and the prostitutes and down.
and-outs 20 lift and save them. How
many sorrowful hearts we would find
I and soothe, how many griefs we would
/ alleviate! Great God how little you ar,
doing! Don't you feel ashamed? Aren't
; you looking for a knothole to craw
through II God had our eyes, how many
; would stop looking at lot OF thing,
that make us proud and unoleaR and self
ish and critical and un-Christian.
God wants you TO give your body. Ar
E you afraid to give Il to Him? Are yo,
A afraid OF the doctor when you are sick
Your body-that thing that sits out ther,
in the seat. that thing that sits up her,
In the CHER and sings, that thing that sta
there and writes editorials. that bod!
; which can show Jesus Christ to faIlel
: sons OF Adam better than any angel
A that's what God wants. God wants yol
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