The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-16
Sermon to the People
BY THE REV c. G. BRUCE

HlnES mat uo nm iatIl, TOT lht lsoIu ..- sun and shield to those who put their trust in Him.
 Here is a young girl who will not come What is her troube2 She realizes that Jesus died for her sins
 nd that He desires to use her in His Kingdom service, but she will not come because she would have to give up too much What would she hay" to give up, and she doesn't like to tel.
 The right thing can be found with
 five guesses. First: Do you dance?" Yes" Guessed 1t the first time. Sht
 is willing to give up God and all the
 things that he would teach her he
 cause she wants 10 stay with the
 Devil and dance Well. she can stay
 if she wants to. "Ye will not come
 hat ye may have life
 Who would not give up tin for gold
 Now suppose fellow is keeping com
 pany with a girl. and she is one of
 those butterfly kind of girls one that
 puts on everything and overdOes "
 prything, and wears great big string
 If beads around her neck, and bra
 earrings with glass in them and thinks
 people imagine they are diamonds
 and she puts on the ribbons and rut.
 fles, and this fellow is engaged ta her. No sensible fellow would get
 engaged 10 a girl like that, but you
 can't tell sometimes what will come
 to pass But, supposing that, for the
 argument. he was. He says to her,
 Look here, everybody is talkine
 about you and making fun of your
 old brass jewelry Give if up" Nov YOU know that l love you and if any
 hing is necessary to demonstrate that fact it is that I have promised ;o marry you. But if it comes to giVinl up the jewelry for you l will have to give you up" So the fellow come
 back the next night and has d brown leather box under his arm. He care fully places it before her and touches a hidden spring, and it opens upon
 t string of real pearls and fine, sparkling solitaire diamond. You were expecting her eyes to sparkle, aS they do He says: "ThroW away your old imitation beads and l will give you the real thing" Then he takes up
 the necklace and holds it before her as she admires its wonderful beauty. He reaches for the diamond and says.
 Give me your old brass ring and you | ean have this one" Would she b. | long in giving up glass for diamondS@
 II would be easy God offers you only the things that are pure and good and
 everlasting There are no shams with
 Him. His children have the best. for | lie VIII "ilHlOlu l!O SOOd tillS lloAll [ them who walk uprightly.
 The man who is willing to come l must always sacrifice everything that keeps him away. An Iowa boy was trying to pray, but he could get no light Finally he threw down some loaded dice, and his prayer found a resting place at the throne of Cod.
 An Illinois boy was seeking the Savi- our and he could not find Him. One
 night he put his hand into his pocket and drew out whskey flask, which
 the Lord was near at hand. The man
 who won't is the man who gets no answer to his heart desires.
 Then there are those who stay away
 because the fear of man bringeth | snare" You have been on the verge of living a better life and were going to give your heart to Christ, but you have been afraid of what some of your companions would say. You were afraid of somebody who would laugh at you. You will some day wish you ] were brave enough to have walked
 up and given God your hand, and to have received the ridicule of your evil | companions for a time, rather than | the laughter of the Devil and his an gels throughout eternity, and just be | cause you were not man enough to | do what you knew was right. ''NeVer | thelesS, among the chief rulers dIso l many believed on Him, but they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue, for they loved the glory of men more than the | glory of God" You know this is 2 | God hating, Bible-ha ting. and a | Christian hating world, and it takes
 grit and manhood to live for Christ
 and the things that are good and right. | It does not take bit of manhood to
 live for the Devil but every spark to
 be a Christian. Do you believe there
 is a devil? You see his footprints in
 the happy homes, in the pure lives, in
 the churches and the Sundayschools. | You know there is Devil in this
 place. and you know God is here. God