The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-16

aud one Uldn iS in Jail, 7'jlIIc meu scheme 10 Keep aIi7c thf boo-c thdt fm thcm hcrr.
 Count ID thc men srLo hd'F lost Their Ii,cS D onr commn- nify NiS year because ot b00-c.
 Colort ut thc mcn 1r onr coUlmrDlity ;lho haze been dd- viscd to stop drinkDg H order 10 sa1r their IiTcS.
 Ye WILL NOT COME TO ME.
 .Ye will not come to me. that ye might have life" John $40.
 Of all the words that have fallen from the lips of Jesus, certainly these are the saddest Many a man can call to mind that this is the only req son why he k not Christian, ana why he does not take stand for the things that Christianity stand for No body is lost because he needs to be lost. because the salvation of Jesus Christ cover, the sins of all the peo- ple. He tasted death for every man. you have been drawing your breath f,r lhe span of your life in order that you might live Stop breathing ana YOU will die II is just the way with rh.. ta,f The man who is kept out of heaven is the man who Will not breath the air of heaven that IS oi- fered to him by the Saviour Of men. No man can live in the atmosphere ol heaven and breath the fumes of the pit and no man can breath the fumes of the pit and live in a heavenly at mosphere.
 Sin is one of the things that keep men away from Christ. When men have been taught in sin their con sciences become scared and they are moi sensitive to truth. They believe in lie until they think it is truth. They keep away from truth and there fore not being willing to come to ,,,,,h da not understand truth. Truth beert, truth, as lies beget lies. Sin fs rcsponsible for leading the man away. and if the man eyer gets back hr must come back. If he will not come back no power on earth or heaven can make him come back. Sin has led him away, and the power o1 his will alone will lead him back.
 With others II is the love of money, Many know that if they accept the Christian life they would lose money by it. They would have to give up the business they are in or they would have to give up some of the methods they now employ in their business. Many a man will choose larger in come and turn Christ down. Suppose YOU get $l 900 year and live for 20 wears, that would be $20,000, and you would sell your soul to the devil for $2O, OO0. If should tell you that you are not worth that you would be of tended vet you sell your soul for less than that. Men are willing to live with no thought about God in business, home, society or the company that he keeps.
 Some man says: You give me pres ent possession: I don't care anything about future hope" Suppose just now that you were worth $1,00O,OOo and had a beautiful home, and were sur rounded with a retinue of servants but knew that tomorrow morning when the sun arose, and the banks opened, and the courts convened, that you would be proved to be defaulter and an embezzler, and spend the rest of your days in the penitentiary. or suppose that tonight you are a hobo, or weary w Iiie' oiiu H" -
 price of a sinker, and have to crawl into a hoglot or straw stack to sleep, but you know that tomorrow morning when the sun arises, and the banks open and the courts convene, that you would be proved to be heir to mil lion dollars Would you rather have present happiness or would you rath- CT be a hobo? Would you rather nave present possessions and power and fame and eternal condemnation at the end. or the other way? You would say: Give me future hope, never mind present possessions All the wealth of the world cannot give us as surance of life. You don't know but YOU are reading your funeral sermon, and that the hearse will back up to your door tomorrow morning. Wander bilt was talking with Garrett, the vice president of the Baltimore Ohio, about the investment of $1lO,OOO,0OO, when he fell dead All that he had could not give him the assurance that he could sit there long enough to fln- ish a business transaction.
 Another stays away and says: II