Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-04-30

want to go. he said, I pray thee have me
e1oWs sm1 @Ss at ONE Your face and he
is lying to you all the time. The far
Their these excuses go the more foolish
they get. The longer the world stands
Mans excuses for not being a Christian
are like mans excuses for being in the
saloon business. They are running out Of
material.
"The next fellow. when invited by
the servant to attend the supper re-
piled, bought five yoke Of oxen and
I must go to prove Them" The idea Of
man going out to break fixe yoke Of
oXen, after. dark. IF 7 was going to
break an old OK, I would want to start
in the morning.
Now admire the last one more than
the first two, because he was honest
about it, He was not as polite as the
other 9th tTo but his excuse IS more fool
will you attend the feast?" and he said.
won't be there" Why the best place
in the world to take a bride is a feast
Can't Hold Out.
There is a class Of men today who
Christian but the devil has placed in
their path great mountains Of Difficult
ty. He. makes a mole hill look like a
mountain to man who begins to think
can't I hold out" s Now wi believe a some
Of these people honest in their argu-
ment. They would rather not try to be
a Christian than to become a Christian
and then not succeed.
Paul said he was chief Of sinners
and yet God saved him. If God can save
Paul. He can save you. One sure thing
any other way and whether you hold
out or not, it is your only chance
:, Imagine young couple coming. to
the minister to be married, and when
the minister says to the young woman,
DO you take this young man to be your
can't hold out" I like to see you have
good laugh but want, you to see the
other side of this great truth.
When Jesus asks you to become a
Christian. He asks you to become his
bride, and He says If you will become
His bride, He will hold you out. A man
You don't need to let that trouble you.
The devil will be glad to take you back
any time.
As Good as Christians.
meet man and ask him If he is a
Christian and he straightens up and
TSat not rooS your f9
ment yourself. What does he mean?
Why. he means he is as good as some
old hypocrite In the church. He has
Christianity in the church and held
him up and said, am as good as he is.
When a travelling man starts out to
sell goods, shoes for instance, the fac
travelling men to show. When you start
out comparing Christianity why don't
you pick out a fair sample of a Christ
ian, not not pick out the poorest one you
Untrue to Christ.
You say, But Mr.. Aldrich I know
Christians in this city who are not true
Christians. Tell us something we don't
is one Of the biggest arguments for you
to be Christian of anything I know.
7 see in this city a mother She has
three sons. One is a drunkard, spends
The other one is lazy and won't work.
The third boy is a good sober indus
trious boy and makes good money, but
he does e; n, not support his mother and
mother and he quickly says, because
my brothers are not true to her" Why
if one brother drinks and spends his
work. they ought to be kicked out, but
that is all the more reason for the other
boy to love and support his mother,
and he would support her if he loved
her regardless Of what the others did.
If there are church members or pro-
Tossing Christians in this city that are
| untrue to Christ, then all the more rea-
SUI LOT you 70 De true 70 Him, ana you
| would be if you loved Him.
Some tell me that the Christian life
is too hard. Let me tonight pick out
| the man in this crowd who has served
| the devil the longest, and the most
| faithfully and place him on this side OF
the platform. Over on this side I will
longest and the most faithfully. I viii
| leave this audience to be the Judge
You take look into these mems faces
and see if the Christian life is the hard
Tried Before and Failed.
You say, the reason I don't take my
and failed: Is that the only thing YOU
everything you try, the first time yor
fail. I have heard somewhere of g
motto, IF at first you don't succeed
try. try again." Some folks If they
don't succeed cry, cry, again. AS an
going home from this meeting tonight
a bump to the sidewalk, what do 70,
Well. think the first thing you would
do, would be to look around to see l.
| anyone say you, and then get up ant
brush off the dirt Suppose you fel
there in the dirt? Suppose come alon,
half an hour afterwards and find 70,
T lying on the side walk and say, Nal
are your hurt? You say, mo" ''Wh.
don't you get up and go home? VIVA
are you doing here?" and you say, ''Wh,
try agan It lis is the fel 10y VIII
on trying until he succeeds that is go
ing to get thru this world. Now If 70,
are going to get anywhere in the Chris
tan life, you will have to keep on try