Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-12
THE AMERICAS TIMEs-REcoRDER.

having a good time in the wilds Of
the world, anyhow l do not believe
in letting any body tell me how |
( shall live yet awhile. | know the
preacher is right, but I am too young
yet, so I will go on having good
time and some Of these days when |
marry or get old I viii then accept
Jesus as my Saviour and viii narrow
down then to a life for the good o.
my country, but to save my life now
/ don't see for the world of me why
any young person should be expected
not to have a good time. | will ac-
cept that as pretty good argument
if there were not an if in the way,
but there is one and it is a big one,
too. IF, we can get around two con-
ditions | would then be glad to listen
to your argument Ist: What as
surance have you that you are going
TO live to be an old person? The av-
arage life Of cur people IS about 50
years cid and many Of US are older
than that. Just two Illustrations:
About two years ago the pastor of
one Of Savannah's Methodist churches
spent Thursday evening at supper
with a prominent family at the re-
quest of the good wife that he might
get an opportunity to talk to the
father at home. This pastor did his
best in conversation, in prayer with
the family to touch the heart of this
prominent county officer who was
what the world called 4 good man,
for he was big hearted, attended his
clubs, received d salary Of about 49,
600, was good secret order man,
but cared nothing about the church
or Jesus and His cause. When this
pastor left home that night the faith
er said to him in a joking way, that
he almost persuaded him to become
a Christian. The next afternoon this
man, as he walked across his office
to get a paper for another officer
of the county, dropped dead and I'M
less than "a hours the pastor was
called back into the home and was
asked to take charge Of the services
at the home on the next afternoon.
During Arthur Moore's revival at Ep-
worth church about three years ago,
there sat behind me one night .
couple Of couples who laughed, chew
ed gum, made fun Of the preacher,
etc, so much that any number
of people in front Of them turned
around to see who they We're. One.
of the young men was heard to say
that he lost six dollars to hear that
sermon and that he meant to have
good time that night. Well, they
were working out at the shipyards
where they We're making a dollar an
hour and faring sumptuousiy every
day, living off of the fat Of the land,
but on the next afternoon as they
were coming home from work their
automobile that belonged to one of
the boys ran into a street car and
turned over, killing one and injur-
ing the other for life. There are
thousands of young men just like
these playing the part of Dives every
day Of their life--oh, certainly they
cannot be rich, but then if you were
to pass them on the street you could
not tell them from rich man, be-
cause they have a cigar stuck at an
angle of As degrees in their mouth
with the end chewod soft and they
wear fine clothes, they go into a
restaurant and call for the best to
eat, they ride in fine car and the
plain truth is they fare sunlptuously
every day and there are many that
they pass by every day that needs
little help. There are hundreds of
causes that could use what they
throw away for the good of suffer
ing humanity. Across the waters we
are told there are thousands starv-
ing and what many Of them spend