Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-26
"Seek Ye the Lord While He
May Be Found" Says the Prophet

homes and loved ones and live on noun
tains in the hope that Il will restore
them to health, when dying from con
sumption. was preaching up I'm Mime
sofa some years ago. and was going out
TO fill an engagement one morning. The
thermometer registered q below zero and
the snow was about a foot deep. There,
on the open veranda OF n splendid man
sion sat a fellow wearing a fur coat,
felt boots beaver cap and pair Of fur
mittens. / turned to my companion and
said rs that fellow crazy7 What is he
doing there?" oh" he replied that is
a oonsumptive trying to beat the game"
There he sat. reading newspaper. in
weather % below zero. why7 Because
II promised him health. He was willing
TO forsake the comforts OF his fireside
and live out OF doors in the hope that It
would prolong his life.
Hospital In Desert.
out In California desert they have
built a four-story building. Not a tree
Is In sight. You can see the mirage dance
here and there. They found a spring Of
wonderful medicinal properties. The at
mosphere is as pure as anywhere else in
the United states They soon had pa
tients from all parts Of the world who
we're trying to beat death.
Men will part with their money or
anything they possess II II only offers
them hope. Let medical spring be
discovered at any point In the world,
and they Will journey TO It. Oh. II
men would only seek God the way they
seek health there wouldn't be a sin
ner on earth today. Like the woman
that was healed by touching Christ's
garments: For twelve years she had suf-
fered and had given up everything she
had. but she grew worse. When she
heard Jesus was coming she didn't
give up She didn't walt 70 wash her
face. She didn't wait to change her
dress. She didn't walt to comb her hair,
but sought Jesus as she was.
In order to get gold men will gfvo
up everything; no pursuit too dangerous.
no risk too hazardous. II II only promises
wealth. Let an accident occur on the
railroad no matter how hazardous. and
everything goes on as before. Let an
explosion take place in a powder mill
ana XIII three or four fellows, some fell
low VIII walk right up and take his
place. l know OF a doctor who lost both
eyes the other day experimenting in
chemicals. Ho combined two chemicals
ana there was a Premature explosion in
which he lost both eyes.
Anything fo- Money.
LOOK at the girl In the redliRht district
ION she give up her virtue. her purity.
ner nome and parents and everything
that IL dear for few dollars7 Won't
the saloonkeeper sell his soul 70 bel for
the rev rotten, whisky-soaked dolIara IN.
saloon brings him7 Won't the robbsp
poke gun under your nose and shoo,
you ~ you don't hold I'm your hand",
"nyf Just because he can nut vou.
on ana your money in hts pocket. No
20 700 lonely no Journey Is too long.
no vigil 100 great. no labor too hard. no
N 700 repulsive, II II only promises
sou On they have drilled through tba
mountains OF Alaska, and they have bur.
'o"ea into the mountains in Colorado.
.ey go TO south Africa in search OF go,d
= men would seek God as hard an tb.,,
seek wealth there wouldn't be : roo1
IN heli' or on the way there INV
another thing men seek altar a. 49,,
ure' They Will neglect their family hn.,
hess-everything. He that sowetb 20 ~.
VINO shall reap the whirlwind. .Wbv -
pie VIII sell their souls into slavor,,
and sin. They will give up the 1s,sU,.
uihe that they should devote N ssI,.
Improvement, they win break the law.
OF health; they will become invalIds and
break up their homes, Just 10 have .or,.
Sodforsaken reprobate pat them ON ~.
/ oecN and say; You're a dead snort ola
manr' 9PO'" olu
seek We the Lord-not health Sab -
the l'ord-not gold. Seek We the lori
not pleasure
another thing men seek Is ambition.
Let man become ambitious ana he ,s
spoiled for everything but one tbI,g
ihere Is many a man that will sell hts
soul to the devil TO be elected 10 soma
whiskey-soaked office that won't nav q
thousand a year They will pour ont
money like water, and turn night into
Gay In order to be elected. Columbus
said, Il will sail west and get 10 In.
dis' The people said. you are oraxv !"
columbus knew better. He went arouna
TO try to get people TO stake him for
the voyage. At last. Ferdinand and Isa-
bel pawned their Jewels 10 raise the
money for the voyage. He sailed west.
YET instead OF discovering India. on that
october morning, Columbus landed on
/ the shores of a New World.
Found BETTER Way.
There was a fellow who sat one day
and watched a woman take piece OF
thread and drive IL through the eye
or a needle and tie knot in Il and ait
and sew. He said; There Is a bet
I ter way than that" He went TO his
home and thought. and thought, and
thought forgetting his wife and children.
After while. he said. 81 have got f."
Elias Howe was his name. and he in
vented the sewing machine. / know of
a man who saw an ox-oart go down the
street. He said. There is a bettor way
than that" After a while he saw a
horse coming faster, but he said. There
is a better way than that" He sat down
and commenced to think. He said, 81
have got H." He laborered and toiled.
and his children cried for bread. 'Chil-
dren." he said. ''if I can only put Il
into shape, papa win DO rich" I won't
tell you HE name, but he invented one
OF the best automobiles that goes down
the street today. His children don't cry
for bread now Ambition rewarded his
toll with one OF the best autos that
shoots down the streets. / am something
OF Judge Of automobiles have studied