Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-17
MISSIONER TELLS
CONVERSATION To
PREPARE FOR END
FATHER ECkERT WARNS ST. PAT
KICKS AUDIENCE AGAINST
LEADING EVIL LIVES AND TO
BE EVER READY TO MEET
THEIR MAKER.

THEIR MAKER.
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Father Eckert, Dominican mission
er. Warned his congregation at st.
Patfick's church last evening to be
prepared. He called upon them to
lead lives of righteousness and when
the end came to be ready to meet
their maker with souls clear Of sin
and.minds free of evil.
In all Thy Works, Consider the
Last End" was the topic upon which
Rev. Eckert spoke. He said in part;
THE little flower that grows in the
spring blooms for time and then
withers away. How beautiful it is
when it is in full bloom, so it is with
our, soul. How beautiful il is when not
stained by mortal sin. The little
flower will never rise again 1t did
not prepare for the end. Let US hope
that every soul will consider the last
end, and not be like the little flower
Il went to the hospital one day and
visited the sick They all seemed to
tell me the same story, Oh, if was
only young again | would not be
where am today. II had in ali my
works considered the last end would
not be near death, as am passed
on.sand out of all the patients in the
hospital one man particular took my
eye. He was q man that had no rela-
tivds nor anyone to console him dur
ing his sickness. He was all alone
He made a remark that a man after
all Is like hog, | asked him how
he made that out ana he said Well,
back That was true. Oh, how true it
is man never looks up to God until
he Is down and out. AS long as we
eat,and drink enough we never think
of our souls until we are sick Not
until we are down on our backs do
we ever look up or think of God, who
Is In Heaven.
God hardly ever takes a man una
ware. lie always warns him either BY
sickness or misfortune. God told the
wofld or his prophets, that he was
coming He sent John the Baptist to
tell the people of his coming Before
he comes again he said he would warn
US in different ways; that he would
send false Gods and that al nations
would beat war that the sun would not
shine and that earthquakes and floods
would come before the day of judg
ment Some of the prophets warnings
areinow fulfilled, Pick up your news
papers and see how many different
men fare pretending to be the MESSIAH
returned. | met one Of these faker.
myself. He got dollar a minute fol
all of his prayers that he said fol
you, and good many people "bit.
II we got dollar minute for ever!
prayer we said, none of us woult
miss them, but remember we don
get money; we get something tina
money could not buy no matter i
you were multimllonaire So. m,
dear brethren, kneel down now ant
beg Gods pardon and tell him thu
you love him. Don't wait until it 4
too 'hte.. | knew a priest who wen
to the hospital every day to try t,
convince man that now was tn,
time, One night along toward
twelve o'clock the telephone rang a
our home. The priest who was want
cd at the phone was not in. The cal
came from the hospital and from tn
patient that he tried to convince tina
morning that then was the time to g
to confession. When the priest di
come home, | remember him tearin
rushing out into the night to get a
the hospital in time but the nurse me
him at the door ana told him that
was too late
The man had despised and abuse
the grace Of God and he believed |
false God He had plenty of tim
until II was too late. Almighty Go
don't want those old bones of your
He wants your soul and mine
false Gods deceive you now the falls
God will deceive you in the end.
There are some men who refuse
believe that there is a God. Thes
men will insure their home, proper1
and put their money in safety depos
vaults and throw their souls to Il
devil. The most important of all al
In the greatest danger Of being stole
or burned by the devil they take !
care Of.
Zone day while on my way to NJ
waukce from Chicago, porter pas
cd thru the train we were on. I
was selling candy and fruit and
came to little boy that bought SON
thing and he guvesthe porter nick
TrAnuf tunv, ss,bat ~ t.....lA ~.