The Detroit times., 1916-09-20

your coffin before I'll give you beer
| think the doctor was a liar. and
the doctor who prescribes beer T.
nothing but a jackass I Ssed 10 60
90 thesters. Some shows are rotten.
some only half bad and some good.
some actors are as good as YOU or I
But haven't been inside a theater
for % years. except 90 preach the
gospel. ! don't want 20 go. And
| can 90 into any theater In the
country and not paw one cent In the
summer time a ball player is flush
and lends money 70 the actor. in the
winter time the actor has cash. while
the ball player IL hitting the free
lunch counters and some eat so
much bologna sausage they come
near having hydrophobla. They lend
money TO each other. | used 20 hit
the booze. but don't any more.
haven't touched drop for more than
a quarter OF century. haven't any
desire. God has taken the desire
away and He'll DO the same for you
II you give Him a chance.
God Sees Motive.
Il give my heart 10 Jesus Christ,
and curl up on the paw Of the lion
Of Judah. and then say Come on.
The Lord will take care OF you, and
He'll remove tho desire. n r. the
motive God looks at and not the act
What motive prompted you 10 join
the church. Was n because YOU
thought you could be a better man
or woman or was II because you
thought 81 would get you votes. or
trade. was IL 10 afford you an op.
portunity TO walk down the aisle
late 20 show what fine buds you
wear? God will judge according TO
/ tho motive.
DO you lean toward the world
and ain or toward the church? what
Is your trend The ball player gives
/ the trend to the ball and causes II
/ 10 shoot straight into the hands Of
/ the other player. or 10 bend and
curve this way or that. by the twist
( ing OF his fingers and his wrist There
/ IL point some place between heaven
and earth which is known az the
point Of equipoise Anything In that
point will stay hanging unsupported
! In midair. II IL deyiates up, II will
| 20 TO the sun. II II deviates down
n will fall to the earth.
you are balancing between the
devil and the church. Which point
draws you? The Spirit OF God will
come in and help you over the acts
you fear in the world and help you
20 do something nobler for the good
OF humanity.
God shows some duty but they
refuse 10 obey: He shows some a
hill 10 climb. but II II too steep and
they refuse. He shows some a path.
but they refuse 20 tread II because
II Is rough and dark. and they will
never be blessed In the world
God may not ask your life, but
He wants you 10 be ready In case
He wants II. n lie thinks | can ad-
vance hia cause better In tho coffin
than out, am ready 7 believe God
DO your II YOU do, don't loan your
self 20 the devil Your husband
wouldn't stand II for you 20 live with
him part OF the time and the rest NJ
the time with another man And
God says We cannot serve God and
mammOn.
Would Convert Preachers.
HE began with tho priests That
was the first act in the FIRST month
Of Ahaz's reign n God would con
vert all the preachers until they
would stop fighting their little theo-
/ logical sham.battles and stop preach
/ ing hypnotism and shama and fol
de-rol and anarchy and clean no.
/ you'd see the greatest tidal wave or
/ religion since the Pentpcost.
stop your worldliness; burn the
cards. break the Jugs and bottles, and
! then you'll have more Influence and
take the word of God 20 church and
teach your children 10 love truth and
hate lie, and you'll see the great
est tidal wave Of religion that ever
swept the land. You are going TO
the devil.
Second. Ahax cleaned the inner