Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-01
MAN REPRESENTS.
GOD IN MANY WAYS.
SAYS PRESB. PASTOR
FOURFOlD SERMON, POINTING
OUT MANS WORK ON EARTH,
PREACHED BY REV. voNCKx
SUNDAY MORNING.

Sunday morning Rev. Vonckx
preached on man as Gods messenger.
politician, reformer ana patriot. He
took Samuel as the Bible character
whose life showed most plainly this
fOurf0ld service. The subject was
"God-Giyen Opportunities and the
pastor said that the needs of the
world are our God-eiyen opportunities.
God called Samuel 20 be His mes
senger 10 SPEAK 10 Ell, who was the
I judge of Israel, to carry Gods mes
sage to him. atterward God used Sam
uel TO speak His messages 10 Saul
/ the king, and TO David, anointed TO be
| king In NE manner God used our
/ the wor,i so that man might know
God; so Paul was used and all of the
+ apostles, and il mas been and is God s
plan that man shall convey the mes
sages of God to man. God looks tc
man for this work today. and if VIC
are living as We ought to live in oul
relation to God and man we are bear
ing Gods messages TO our fellow men
; "A country lad went to a big city
for the purpose OF becoming a bust
ness man. A salesman invited him Il
attend PRAYER meeting with him ant
he accepted the invitation. There hi
heard an old man say that he ha,
been Christian for a great man,
years and that now he was waiting
for The Lord to take him. He sal,
that religion was a good thing to Iii,
by The country lad said. Old mar
yon don't touch me. am not read
to die as yet
Just then a young business ma
got to his feet and said: You hav
heard an Old man say that religio
was a good thing to die by but
want TO say hat it is good thing t
live by. am far happier now tina
| was before became a Christianghn
! am a better business man
The country lad said to himself
Here | am wanting to become a goo
7 business man, and this man tells m
! now. and in as much as | intend to b
2 Christian some day, I'll do il nov
a and that was the beginning of tn
e Christian life Of that prince of bus
0 ness men, Mr.. John Wanamaker. Tn
salesman who invited the boy
!. prayer meeting, the old man and II
young business man who testified a
o spoke the messages of God. Let
= 90 and do likewise
God called Samuel to be a poll
clan, to be devoted to the regulate
: and governing OF state, the preserv
ton OF It's safety, peace and progress
As God called Samuel to be a juds
u TO speak His messages Of Justice
s. man. so God has called the Lincoln
IS Garfields, Mckinleys. Wilson, Bryan
" Roosevelts. etc, and God calls You a,
Il me 20 give ourselves 10 these int
II ests so far as we can.
2, God called Samuel to be a I
former 70 speak against the evils
the day and so calls us to this san
task
Cod called Samuel to be patri,
to love and serve his country as tlfa
= was need, and if Samuel was livit
today he would be promoting the sa
. OF Liberty Bonds, as so many patric
IT, are doing.
T. Uncle Sam has a large family
> boys, three millions of them two m
y lion over there and one million he
Il at home; ANA he is getting the
u ready and sending them forth TO +
\ noblest mission that ever occupied
nation, but Uncle Sam is finding the
boys require quite a cOnsideral
- amount of money to enable them
> accomplish the work they are to I
II costs S3I0000.0 zoe to feed his be
= Tor one year, $4,000. 900 TO clio,
nj thsSe boys for the same peri,
n. s9,ooOO0o,oo0 to equip them with arr
lv ana ammunition ana 81 ,095 900 OOD
n. pay them a wage of 81 day. or
rn total Of $685. 100000 to care for
If. boys Just one year. But The work
saving the world for a world dem
st racy where there can be no Hunism
in worth while, therefore buy bonds"