The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11
WIT AND WISDOM MIXED
A LARGE AUDIENCE AT THE ME-
RIDIAN-sTREET CHURCH.
DIR. Quay1e Talks Plainly to His
Hearers, Causing Them to Both
Laugh and Think.

DR.. Quayle's ingenious manner Of ming
ling wit and wisdom. entertainment and
instruction in his sermons has caused the
tide of church-goers to set towards Meri-
dian-street Methodist Church witt such
strength that last night many extra chairs
had TO be placed in the aisles and in the
space at the rear of the auditorium in or
Ger to the immense congre-
cation. A feature that also helps to make
this church a pleasant place in which to
pass a Sunday evening is the excellent
quartet that provides a new and enjoyable
musical programme each week.
The keynote Of DR.. Quayle's discourse
last night was "You nave got to ave faith
in folks in order to be able to please them
He took as his text, Without faith it Is
impossible to please God" In the course
of his sermon the minister, without men,
tioning his name, took occasion to indorse
the statement made recently by Mr.. Mil
burn that the supposition that he was
easily fooled was the highest tribute MS
character had ever had. DR.. Quayle said In
part;
/ thought there were. l say there are dis
honest people, but there are q great many
honest people. You can't appeal TO folks
unless you believe in them. You can't
teach your child he is a chronic liar and
then believe HIM. 1 have known parents
who would Systematically spat their chill
rem box them"
PARENTS CRITICISED.
Here the speaker condemned parents who
persistently question their children's words
on certain things, saying Now Mary. are
you telling mamma the truth about that?
Are you sure you are telling the TRUTH"
He said there could not be a better way
to make a prevaricator out of a child than
this constant %insinuation that it Is not tell
ing the truth. He continued:
Shame on the mother that treats a child
that way. Time enough to believe a child
Is a liar when you know she Is beginning
10 take after you. lLaughter.l say no par
ent has any business. no teacher has any
business. no lawyer has any business, no
newspaper man mas any business 10 raise
any question about people s veracity untli
holy flavor as being evil. 1t is not right TO
suspect people. Faith does more than un-
cut faith il is impossible TO please any
man. *** You know somebody has got
TO believe in you, somebody has got TO trust
you. 1t is Gods infinite mercy that most
of us are born with somebody that be-
lieves in us. Some mother stands by us,
some mother is partial TO us, some mother
loves us almost to death. but not wholly.
Some mother puts her arms about a boy
and says, Son, you are all right On, Ii
| seems to me that If / were a boy with a
mother l would let my right hand forget
ITS cunning and / would let my left hand
forget its nerve and might before l would
let my mothers hope in me. belief In me
and expectation for me die. Young man,
keep your life very clean, your mother be-
lieves in you. Keep your life very pure,
your father believes in you Life
runs by faith. Somehow or other at the
end you must always know, you must come
to this. that to believe men, to get on with
folks you must have faith in them.
A PARTNERSHIP WITH GOD.
Life is a partnership with God when 1t
is at it's best, and partners cannot get along
| unless they have mutual confidence. In
| other words, faith in ones life and faith in
| other peoples lives is absolutely essential
in order to get along in the world. When
| General Grant grasped the armies of the
Union in one hand and massed them and
| pressed them forward then the Union was
| saved. When a certain great duke In Eng
land framed a plan whereby the Cabinet of
the King should be of one party instead
of two parties. then all the mongrel and
vicious quarreiing ended. and the govern
ment began to move as though its wheels
had been oiled and there was no friction.
1t Is absolutely essential that people who
work together shall have unified action:
If you have faith in God you and God will
get along well together. There will be no
| loss. no friction, no wasted -energy-noth
ing-if you have faith in God you Will find
L Out lid dl yOuI tIC IN Will ollD6 OdlNS
for ounce, pound for pound, ton for ton.
according to your exertion. You will find
that you will discover for yourself remu-
n~eratiye returns. i wonder who would like
to please God. I wonder If there is any
body in this company who would not care
to please the King of the earth. Kings can
nave you kneel at their thrones and they
can make knights Of you. They can make
you earls and lords. They can make you
rulers over kingdoms God can do better
than that for you. He can give you q
clean heart, He can forgive your sins"
PIE FOR BREAKFAST.
DR.. Quayle referred to. the disagreeable
habit people often have of laughing at 9th.
ers who do not act just as they do. He
said he had noticed walters in hotels wink
at each other and smile when a guest or
dered pie at breakfast. "Why shouldn't a
man have pie at breakfast il he wants it?'
asked the minister. He said he had beer
In a sleeping car and seen people nudge
each other, smile furtively and say, IAN.
other Indianian has turned up" God new
er laughs at u.s." continued. the speaker
"He never makes quips at what We do. II
He likes"
The concluding words of the sermon were
particularly beautiful and touching. DIR
Quayle said:
81 think a wistful look in the eye is the
saddest thing that ever brought tears tC
the cheeks. Goo is looking at these womer
here tonight wistfully. He wants theil
best service. Some women care more fol
an invitation to a party than they would
for a front room in heaven. Laughter.
God is looking wistfully at you. Look Hi.
way and answer Him. You, young man
with your strength, Goo is looking wistful
ly at you, and He wants your strength, H
wants your nights and days, He wants
your genius, He wants your unknown pc
tencies. He is looking wistfully. o yol
men and women of maturer years. God II
looking wistfully at YOU. You are wasting
your own life. Some old men and womer
in this company, you have wasted youl
life, you are like q withered leaf, you have
no fruit of holy purpose in your life. you