Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-14
Large Crowd Hears Discourse a
Tabernacle "A Brief Excerpt
From Address.

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haste in his escape. He will not care
; much for dignity or the manner Of
: his going, but will get down the fire
escape the best way he can. DR.
| Bromley believes in the way of es
cape as was evidenced by his text
Sunday evening.
Escape for thy life; look not be-
hind thee, neither stay thou in all
the plain; escape to the mountain,
lest thou be consumed" These words
were heaven sent to man in dan
Iger but many did not realize it. DR..
Bromley said in part: "This is a
fair illustration of the sinner and of
sin. Lot lived in city that stands
for all that is wicked. The name of
Sodom is a synonym for sin. Person
al responsibility was emphasized.
Lot had no one to blame but him
self. He was responsible for pitch
ing his tent toward Sodom. He
chose his own environment that led
to such a tragic end. His one pur-
pose was to become rich and he neg
lected to look into the moral sur
roundings of his family. To find
fault with those whose lives are bad
is favorite pastime of some peo-
pie, but every one shall give account
Of his own sins and not his neigh
bors. Lots big mistake was made
in youth, when he stood at the part
ing of the ways and took the wrong
path.
"Great lives that bless the world
are the fruits of habits formed in
youth. Great success begins in
youth. Some one has said, Youth
gathers materials to build bridge
to the moon, and with them maturi-
| ty builds wood she'd However,
this may be, we do know that a
great life has it's foundation in
youth. We make or break ourselves
in early life. The period of Adde'S
cence is the most critical period in
a child's life. This is a challenge to
evangelism. Most Christians become
SO before the age Of 81.
People want the advice they
want, not the kind they need. Josh
Billings said he learned from expert
ence thai the way to be popular is
to find out what kind of advice peo-
pie want and give it to them. Peo-
pie should desire to know the truth
at all cost. No use to have some one
tell us we are right when we will
find that we have been wrong. We
ought to want the things we need.
Young man, cut out the smoking
and swearing and listen to your
father. Youth may well pause to
take counsel of maturity. Some
girls smile when they think of the
mother with her sun bonnet. There
was a lot more sense under those
sun bonnets of yesterday than under
some of the false hair of today. HUI
man nature is the same today as it
was in Lots day.
People eat today as then, only
more so. People see today as they
did then, only more, and make mis-
takes in choosing today. Lots life
blunder is he pitched his tent in the
wrong direction. He gathered up a
wrecked life in one wrong act. Lit
tie things lead to moral fall. A lit
tie rain saved Europe from going
under the despotic hand, though in
teresting genius of Napoleon. Some
men have made what at the time
seemed to be little decisions, yet CEN
turtles of history were gathered up,
and are studied now in the light of
those choices.
Young people should be more
careful in entering the marriage re-
|lationship. 1t is held too lightly. 1t
is joked about and people talk about
Irice and old shoes.
"Your sins don't gain you any
thing. If you commit one sin, it
puts you in the atmosphere of half
a dozen others. Sin does not pay.
Every sin you commit will hunt you
down and make you pay. 1t will find
you out.
A young eagle was raised with the
geese, it did not know of its noun
tain home or the free air; one day it
had a revelation; it heard voice
like its own and saw another eagle;
vision of something better and
higher than mud hole, opened be-
fore that eagles eyes, and it flew
away. 1t had been in the wrong
crowd.
God has something bigger for you.
If we would leave the world to those
who do not believe in special eff
forts, it would go to hell.
Lot was fortunate in that he had
Abraham to pray for him. Any man
lis blessed who has some one praying
for him.
God has a way of saving people on