The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-08

is something wrong in her. too.
Every woman not as pure and correct as she in
conduct will hate her and testify against her.
Take man who tries to model his life by
that of Christ. and by performing acts In imita
ton of Christs life, and every man who does
not follow Christ in his conduct will find some
cause of offense against him.
Very few Christians have the courage to 60
out and speak openly about the sins of their
neighbors. A man will get up in the pulpit, or
in the prayer or experience meeting, or any
where, and talk about sin in general terms, and
everybody will agree with him. 1t is like talk
ing about the Kuklux. Everybody denounces
the thing, but when you talk about specific sin.
then there are whole lot of them who will
pitch into you. When you talk about a fellow
taking too much interest on his money
he will begin to kick Old Twenty
per cent will denounce sin; but when you talk
to him and tell him that he is endangering his
Christian character he will begin to argue With
YOU II makes difference whether you talk in
general terms or get down to the items. A gro
Ger presents bill to you "To groceries, one
month, $50" You want to know what it is for;
how much tea, coffee, sugar, etc.-you want the
items. But when man gets up in the pulpit.
they want him just to say ITO SIM" much.
They don't want any bill of particulars
Laughter When you begin to say to dram
drinking member, so much whisky. he doesn't
like 1t. When you begin to say 80 much theater
going. so much lottery ticket buying and the
little game of progressive euchre, so
much, you will begin to see them
looking very solemn and sarcastic all
call over the whole list you will find the whole
concern is in bankruptcy before you get through.
llIaughter.] 1t is time we should talk about
particular sins that are hurting the church;
time to give notice to men that they cannot go
into the church and run their schemes, when
they the devils schemes. Sometimes you
will see leading society people, members of the
church. with their names hitched up to charity
ball. They wouldn't go to ball. but because it
is charity they are the biggest ducks in the pud
die. A charity ball is simply an invention to
catch dancin. Christians and when they get
into it what big time they do have 1t is all
the preachers can do to keep the churches part
against the devil, with all his refinement of
meanness. They hitch themselves up to
all manner of devices for the ben
is all we can do now to tight the devil off from US
in those things. Don't be yoked up with any
thing that you cannot find warrant for in the
word of God You have heard of that boy who
tried to train calf by putting his head in the
yoke with it. And the last heard of that boy he
was heard down the road in very bad plight.
The Christian sometimes puts his neck in yoke
of this kind, and you hear him about quarter
of a mile from hell calling for help And that is
about where it will drag him to. 1t is singular
that word yoke is so used in the Scripture, ''Be
ye not unequally yoked.' What business has
Christian got around ballroom, thea
ter, bar-room, wholesale liquor shop!
What business has he got running drug store
"a mortar and pestle in front and barrel of
whisky inside. l would rather be blue-nosed,
bull-necked barkeeper in the lowest dive in In
dianapolis than solemn looking Christian rent
ing him property to conduct his business in.
No wonder the world doesn't hate that kind of
a Christian. All they have to do is to go up and
scratch him and the Christian veneerng comes
off. If you were to get up to shoot at the army
of Satan in this community | have no doubt you
would kill almost many of the church as of
the world The devil gets up many entertain
men.s. He charges big admission fees, and if
you go and enjoy them you will have to pay the
penalty.
had seventeen years experiences of running
with the world. and know all the things it has to
offer for pleasure of mind and body and have
had eight months of conscious joy, and purity,
and happiness in the knowledge of my blessed
Savior l am conscious that the world hates me,
and | hope it will to the hour of my DEATH be-
cause my life has been pure enough to put it to
the blush and make it ashamed of itself How
will do thats By studying my Lord and Mas
ter, and having the judgment of the affairs of
the world that he had SO long. AS have these
things to christianize me and mark me, will
have the ennity of the world. / don't want
the friendship had for seventeen years, for
1t was a friendship that brought me face to
face with the very gates of hell. L am done with
that sort of friendship, thank God iSensation,
and cries of Amen One of the best reasons
for knowing am Christian is because all these
fellows who are on the devils side are at enmity
with me.
Now. understand ] am not talking personally
about Sam Small as au individual l am talk
ing about myself as a Christian. You go out
and ask the first red-nosed drunkard you meet,
or the bay windowed barkeeper, what he thinks
of what these men preaching, and you will
find out whether they like US not If you are
the teachings of Christ. the Ten Com
mandments and the Sermon on the Mount, then
every man who is for Christ is with u.s. and for
every man against us the enmity is in their own
lives and not in our preaching.
Rev. Mr. Bright spoke the benediction. dis
missing the audience for the afternoon