The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
r0T WHAT A MAN
HAS BUT WHAT HE IS.
IS WHAT COUNTS

Editor Telegram, My Dear Sir:
Some time ago wrote you concern
ing the railroad man. made rather
big thing of his bank account and
it is no mean thing, but when Jesus
was here he said a mans abundance
did not consist of what he has, but
what he is.
In Luke, chapter IL, | read of a
man who had an abundance. Such a
fellow as the world would call a sue
cessful man, such a fellow as we
would like in our city and church,
but when he came before God he was
a beggar; he was stripped of every
thing but his need of God.
1t was not because he was rich.
No, sir. Abraham was rich and God
made him richer. So our God has no
quarrel with a man because he is
rich. Sure he has with the man
who gets his money by robbing and
stealing, but nothing like that in
the case of this man, as he was
farmer, and if there is a man gets
his money honestly it certainly is
farmmer. But the lesson shows that
God was the real source of all his
success and yet the man had no God
in all his thoughts nor all his plans.
Not {. man could cheat him out of
a dollar, but he let the devil cheat
him out of his soul. I can imagine
a swell funeral, splendid articles in
the papers, but all the time God is
calling him fool.
Some men have told me they
could not be Christians on a rail-
road. Think of it! Going to hell for
a job of railroading Such fellow
could not enjoy heaven if he was
there as he is too cheap But I am
so glad that our God has saved men
out of all dishonest callings and in
all honest callings
Geo. Shaver, an engineer on the
Panhandle road, stood up in my
meeting at Logansport, Ind, and
said y used to think no man could
be a Christian and run an engine,
but now I can't see for the life of
me how could run one and not be.
A conductor on the G.. p. r.
stood up at Winnipeg and said: 81
was lacked up twice: First time ca
boosc and all over in the corn field.
The second time out of the saloon
into the church .
A conductor on the G. N. said at
st. Paul: II used to wrong the COM
pany. my family, myself and all
touched, but Burwick came along
and introduced me to his Savior, and
he cleaned me up and made a new
man of me and started me out for
the ether fellow
A Christian boy was leading a
horse out of stable when the
horse struck at him and came very
near knocking him down. He said:
"A big cuss word came very near
getting out of my mouth, but I got
it back" Well, my dear fellow.
would have let that come right out
would not want one of them thin S
in ME for a minute. told this at
Hinton, w. Va. After the service
an engineer on the C. and o. "a
blessed fellow who has since gone
home) stood up and said: You have
held part of my life UP here to-
night. Then he went on to tell how
he swore big oath after he had
been a Baptist deacon for eight
years and he would have given any
thing if he could have taken it back;
that it seemed as il every friend he
had was dead, but never one had
tried to get out since that day.
What blessed thing that 1t got out
that day. Think of a Baptist dea-
con with such a thing in him. John
1886 III the Son therefore shall
make you free, we shall be free in
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