The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-09
EXCUSES ARE
DISCUSSED BY
EVANGELIST

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). | have married Il wife ana cam
not come TO the banquet.
"fes. this one put the blame on his
, wifc--thcE'vr been doing that since
Adam and Eve. At big banquet is
the very place young bride. all
dressed up, likes TO be. That's Il poor
excuse
Makes No Difference
/. don't like the preacher.
'Ncll, it don't make so much diff
ference whether YOU like the preach
er. The preacher IS relatively unjm-
portant anyway. Get this: if Il West
ern Union messenger boy brought !!
telegram ITO YOUR office. would YOU
refuse is look ut .hc message because
YOU didn't happen to like the mcsscn-
ger. Then it's as nonsensical to re-
fuse to listen to the preachers mess
agc--thc gospcl--mcrcly because the
way he parts his hair, or his taste
in cravats. doesn't appeal to you.'
;. | don't understand all the Bible
'Ncithcr do Nor anyone else in
the world. 1t never will be fully I'M
dcrstood by human on this earth,
because the Bible was written BY the
Infinite. too great for our little fin
itc minds to grasp completely. That 5
a proof Of its divinencss. When l
study a book and understand all Of it
i | decide that know as much as the
author"
6. If | became Il Christian, I'd
have to give up too much.
"Absurd. You don't have to give
up anything when, YOU become a
Christian the unChristian things
! give you up.
The Desire Goes Out
81 drink all the liquor I want
dance all ! want, play cards and
swear all want, certainly. But
don't want any Of those things. Once
! did; but when Jesus Christ came
int" my heart those things and the
desire for them went out. God never
asked any man to give up anything
that was not harmful to himself OF
others. He says 40 good thing will
be withheld from them that walk up
rightly If we could only learn the
beautiful fact that regardless OF
! what God takes from US, he gives us
something finer, better, more salts
flying in return. All I've given up for
Christ is like exchanging digt foI
diamonds.'
:. I'm afraid | can't hold out.
You don't have to hold out. if YOU
surrender to God. He'll hold YOU out
Give yourself to Him then it's up to
Him to hold you out and He'll do i;
if you let Him."
$. I'm conservative. There's toe
much excitement in 4 revival for me
to come to Chris: there.
AS long as You hide your pride
your sclf-will AMI dcvilishness be
hind that nice word conservative.
just that long you'll not be in touch
with God. If YOU think there's toe
much excitement here, I'll go with
YOU at midnight to the cemetery: tho
quicteSt. dcadcst place III North De-
kota. and You can civ" yourself tc
God there mean that. .t"w dc
one OF the other
9. Too many hypocritcs in the
church.
"That's all right there's room fol
one more. Remember: all the hypn
| critics came from your side of tn.
fence. Also: if YOU use hypocrit,
rs an excuse, remember that yot
can't hide behind anything that:
smaller than you. You always pici
: gu; the weakest, poorest Christia,
TO compare yourself with. Not yer!
fiattrrin% to YOU.
~. dnh hrA'cVc 'hcfe.S fe'
nell rear deVli. :,
1T 'n'r' lIh an ga nan Pew
-, 'h:h Whri" o'n All the i',tit oe''ii
co'"r rom some say 'nouEn
tine drVl was cha'ned up. ~ So II
ION" ',a'''' I"r nv ,''"''''E'S W ~ ~:
Guilty. When ! find that the dew
: ism AFTER me. |c' GOWN on my hhcr'
ana hcE'h 10 pray me ucT
never SHOOTS ny a 'oead duck II n.
, ISM alter me. ! Emo" ne got me-
NO" Is me limo ,.
II II. eNp'c: TO he'ohe 'hfiSt'"'
hut not toh'Ght.
, nat cNcuS" mas, damned NOR
souls tH;h ali ";hc'S put toEclhei
You kh"W Ihc labie ABOUT cohVe"
Iioh III ne'i' SOULS were h't pc'i'
damned last enough; more e"i'lth
methods We're beng sought ~, 'h
= llIIlE oe'i' Sai"' We Eo. W. u
, to Bismarck ana ten me reopl
, there IS no dca'h' NJ" sickness; ~
! cyl noun'hG 10 DE aiaiiicp apouV
! 'Nohodyli beIieVc YOU S''la Ih
deE'i' >ailou" pun" "'rc S"GStntI
ana rejected until one shrewh iltIl
dcVli pIbcd up: nave II. II '''
! h'smarck people 'n'' INC "ospe
: s,ot! IS true; tn,' tnelr SOU - 'os.
,, that lhcE Shou,d give thelr near
! 70 Jesus put Inab thcreS p!Hh'! y
, time; don GO IL tohlsht. ne "o'
:, the prlZe. :,
IL. I'M waiting lor inc e'1'ch''