St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-26
The Young Evangelist breaches Flo
quently to the People of Chicago
on Honesty.
Christ, Not the Pews and Contribution
Boxes, the Reward of Fearless
Preachers.
Many Christians Love a Dollar Far
Better Than They Love Their
Christianity.
There are Enough True and Pure and
Honest Men to Fill All the
Churches.
A sermou Oh Honesty.

optclM 10 the diOOe.
CHICAGO, March. s5.-Two thousand
people were at Farwell hall to-day to hear
Sam Small. Mr.. j. s. Whltlock, treasurer
Of the Young Mems Christian association,
presided at the meeting. The scriptures
were read by Capt. Morton. Among the
requests for prayer was one from Glasgow,
Scotland for similar meetings which are
soon TO be held there. Prayer was offered
by Mr.. w. +. Lewis, secretary of the Wis
cOnsin Young Mems Christian association.
Mr.. Small took his text from the book of
l. Peter, ill.,, II. For 1t Is better, If the
will of God be SO, that you suffer for
well doing than tor evil doing" Mr..
Small said, THAT seems to be plain
statement even leaving out the clause, If
the will of God be so.' Consider yourself
il there was no god. and yet this statement
would seem true. But to the Christian
there is great comfort i'm the clause, for his
will has been subjected TO the will OF God.
would rather be arrested by the police for
nothing than for something. would get
out and
MY GOOD QUALITIES
might get advertised. 1t is better to be a
Christian than reprobate. 1t was better
for the old martyrs that they should be be-
headed than to have renOunced their faith
and taken part in the cruelties of their day.
Their blood became the seed of the Church.
Their prosecutors and executioners have
been execrated, and the place of their
graves forgotten. 1t is always better to
suffer for the good than the bad. This Is
a doctrine that is hard for men to apply in
their lives. They say that religion is a
calling that is often reprOach. There are
places in Chicago where sOme people are
excluded because they are Christians. That
young lady who Is not admitted into So
called good society because she does not
drink wine and dance is laying up for her
self a crown which will sparkle on her pure
brow when the glittering things of earth
have vanished. The young man who is
ruled out from fast places and sporting
quarters because he is a Christian, will one
day rejoice in the judgments Of Him who
delights in whatsoever things are pure and
honest and of good repute. Be honest If
you suffer for it. Many merchants say they
cannot
DEAL FAIRLY
because they cannot compete with those
who handle false goods unless they too
deal i'm dishonest articles. They do that
and then claim to be Christians, and sit on
front seats and look as harmless as old
owls. Touch some Christians where they
must let GO OF their Christianity or dollar
and they cling to the dollar. The young
man who as clerk deals dishonesty, tries to
hide behind the fact that he is only the
agent of the merchant. They fear to de-
cline to be dishonest, in order to hold their
places. l had rather beg on the street
than To feel a certainty of hell and hold
place by dishonesty. There is not a
merchant in Chicago who would not quail
before the eye of his clerk Ii he was to
walk out of his store because the proprie-
tor was dishonest, and say he could prove
il. What would drive the iron In my soul
would be to have people say
TWAS FALSE,
and drive me from them. The best evil
dence have that am preaching the pure,
twO-edged gospel is the fact that it makes
both sides mad. 1t would be better If every
preacher lose all his congregation If he does
1t by cutting with the gospel blade. If
had church in Chicago l would preach
every man out of it if they feared
the truth. There are enough
men who are true and pure
and honest to fill all the churches in the
land. We want more fearless preachers,
who will look to Christ for their remarks
and not to the pews and contribution boxes.
1t is better to sacrifice pleasure and save
your purity. Better to suffer privatiOn and
be ignorant of the ways of the world than
% suffer eternally for your knowledge of
them. Let us not murmur If it costs some
thing 10 be Christian. Let us devote will.
energies, minds and members to God, know
ing that sufferings are but the stepping
stones to the heavenly home.