The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-01-14
NEED OF men LIKE GOD
THEY ARE THE DEMAND or
PRESENT TIME
Real Christians Are Necessity,
Declared Evangelist Ander-
son Last Night


preached at the Adventist church on
the theme, "The Speckled Bird" He
said in part:
I'm Jer. 1879 you will find the text
for our study tonight. It reads as
follows: Mine heritage is unto me as
speckled bird, the birds round about
are against her. come We, assemble
all the beasts of the field, come to
devour. Here the weeping prophet
calls special attention to Gods heri-
tage which is the church, and com
prises all the real christian men and
women in all the denominations. The
figure used to represent Gods own
children is speckIed bird. Why
does Jehovah use such q comparison?
What relationship exists between a
speckled hen or bird and the other
the center Of attack. It is leased and
annoyed and chased from every
quarter. If Gods people represent the
speckled bird, who are the other
birds? They are found in the same
homes, and churches; they listen to
the same sermons. partake of the
clothing: But what makes the differ-
ence? The one is. true to principle,
while the other is not. One does
what Is right in spite of environment
and results. The other follows the
line Of least resistance. We are told
that birds of feather flock together
MY dear listener what kind of COM
special chums? Are they men and
women Of the world, seekers of pleas
ure and living unholy lives? Do they
Espend their lives trying to make the
community better; do they seek out
the fallen and needy and administer
such things to them as are for their
temporal and spiritual good? Has the
card table take the place of the pray
er meeting, the story book the place of
the Bible, and the movies and dance
hall the place of the family altar?
In short are your friends living to
please God, or are they living to get
all they can out of this present evil
God is advertising for men. He
wants true men, men who are true
to themselves, to their family, to
their church, their country and their
God. He wants men, who are as true
to duty as the needle is to the pole.
He wants men who will call white,
white and sin sin: He wants men
would rather die than give up that
conviction when pressure is brought
to bear. We have reached a crisis
and its always at such times that
men are found. God is looking for a
man. See Eze. 22:30. Do you claim
to be man? If so, then he wants
you. What. constitutes man? It's
not money, looks nor even power. It's
not point of bulk, nor is it intellect.
But its character. God wants some
standing where others do not dare to
one to stand somewhere. Are yori
stand. or are you like the driftwood.
simply following the stream. A dead
fish can do that.
Remember, our God is looking for
man. In John lie there is man.
where did he come from? The in
spired words says he come from God
So he must be Gods man. Why was
he Gods man? Because he was dedi
Gated to Gods cause, and did Gods
%: Whose voice? Gods. He did not
originate the message he was herald
ing. He was only Gods errand boy,
carrying out Gods wishes, and he
was attacked by the birds (See John
1:19-22) for SO doing. In Luke 7:24
shaken by the wind, but as rack.
The rack is not moved by outward
pressure. Jehovah wants men who
can stand alone amid storms. He
does not want jelly fish.
Again James Is called a man.
James SIT. He could pray. He was
att the place of prayer at the time of
prayer. He prayed earnestly. He
was all alone praying for what God
wanted him to pray for, and he had a
great deal of opposition. In fact his
own church was against him. The
birds round about are against her.
But God heard and answered him be-
cause he was a man.
"Job Is another man referred to in
the Bible. (See Job 1:1). He was
attacked by the birds because he was
a speckled bird. Satan tried to dis
courage him through financial reverse
through sickness and death. Even
his three special friends turned
against him, and his wife made light
of his faith in God OF these he said
Miserable comforters are We ALL"
Job 1871. But Job retained his hold
on God He said: The Lord taketh
away, Blessed be the name Of the
Lord
"In conclusion permit me to say
that the greatest want of today Is
for a man who can come up to Gods
standard, Gods measurement. Al
man who will fear nothing but God
and hate nothing but sin. May God
help us all to choose wisely and live
the better life. This Is my prayer"