Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-30
SIN IS BUSIEST OF.
PROPAGAND|STS AND.
ALWAYS ON THE lob
BAPTIST CLERGYMAN GIVES
OVER SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE
TO DISCOURSE ON EVIL
BlAMES WAR TO SIN.

There WAS an Inspiring HuSi'dl pEo-
gram There was spirited singing OF
the gospel songs, accompanied by the
orchestra. Miss 0ledine Wood
pleasad the congregation with two
solos. Rev. G. w. Chessman talked
on Get Right With God" Text,
Psalm rs: 81, For their hearts are not
right with Cod A portion of the
sermon follows:
This text pictures the condition
OF many people today. There are peo'
pie not right with God, God made
men to be right with Himself and to-
be unsatisfed with anything short OF
1t. The life with God is the divinely
intended life for all men.
why. then, are so many not right
with Him? The answer is, Sin To
be right with God we must get away
from sin Sin is not a theory in Il
system of religion or school OF
philosophy. 1t is an actual, present,
universal, terrible fact. 1t is here in
Ottawa and wherever humanity Is
found. IL is in you and me and We
need to break its shackles.
1T is not pleasant to talk about
sin. Doubtless there are some who
would rather the pulpit soft-pedal it,
Some people veneer 1t and give 1t
less offensive names. Nevertheless,
it is unacceptable fact. 1t is here
and must be reckoned with. 1t is
everywhere and everywhere 1t is Bills,
tering. biting and blasting; deyour
ing, devastating and damning. l.
puts out the hight of hope in human
hearts; it turns the Joy of life into
ashes of despair; 1t makes a demon
out of father, a bag out Of mother
a moral degenerate out of son AM
a scarlet woman out of a daughter
IL can take the SW oetest life ant
stamp it with tn trademark of hell
1t breaks up homes, homes OF poo
and rich. 1t tears husband from VIII
and wife from husband, children frol
parents and parents from children
1t lures the prodigal from his faith
er's house TO the distant pigsty. !
is Turing boys of Ottawa tonight ava.
from thd better things OF life. 1t j.
no respecter of persons. II divide
churches, parts friends, creates dis
cords, hatreds, bitterness. 1t is
propaganda always on the job ant
leaves in its wake wreck and ruiz
worse than that in France and Be.
GUM today. 1t drives nations TO lusi
ing wars of conquest and bleeds hu
manity of its noble sons
This arch-enemy Of man. 50 subdt
30 powerful, we need to get ava
from. The church of Christ stand
in the midst Of men to point the way
Men can break the shackles OF 81
and get right with God. Jesus Chris
who came to save men from thei
sins, is the way Jesus asks rs t
surrender our lives TO Him. lie
the power Of God unto salvation. |
Christ we gain the victory over 81
and walk in newness Of life as son
OF God. Jesus can manCipate IN
drunkard and the respectable slime
In whose heart in incarnate eny,
jealousy an unforgiving spirit ha
red or any of the life-blasting sin
of the disposition
Are there r2ople here tonigl
wanting to be right with God? Al
you under conviction of sin and d
you believe in the Savior? Now
the time to make decision and turn
Savior who has power to deliyt
from the dominion Of evil. Jes.
says, To-day If ye will hear My vote
harden not your hearts The anciel
exhortaton Is pertinent, Choose !
this day whom We will serve.
Faith Won the War.
Last night Rev. f. Vonckx, at Il
Presbyterian Church. spoke on "Tl
Story of 1918" The pastor stat
that every year wrote its own stoI
For instance, 1914 tells the story
intrigue, open hostility and violat
neutrality; 1915 speaks of continu
intrigue, submarine frightfulness a
desotatlon 1916 tells the story
worldwide propaganda; 1917 relat
Hun atrocities, sinister purposes a
United States declaration OF war; a
1918 tells story that is threeft
and none the less thrilling, intere
ing and instructive.
Nineteen hundred and eighte
tells "a story of faith On Jan
President Wilson gave his fourte
peace terms to the world, but p
ticularly to Germany In this
mand or ultimatum it was proclaim
not only for the benefit of the peol
Of the United States but for G
manys instruction as well that
conqueror might know for what er
we were fighting and that we wol
fight until these ends were secur
1t was an ultimatum to the G.
queror, for had not Germany be
marching forward for the past TIL
years, and was not the Issue hang
in the balance? Who could tell
we were going to be able to get
men into the line in time to be