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and depravity in the world; it is trre
! that while the number of Christians
mas increased the population of the
/ world mas also increased: it is true
that many of those numbered amono
| these millions are only nominally
| Christians, and in their lives fall far
short of the ideal; yet 1 am optimistic
| enough to believe that this century in
which we are living will see most ire
! mendous advances for the cause of
/ Jesus Christ
| We can already see that this TWEEN
| tieth century will be a most practical
one, therefore the Christianity to suit
| it and fill the bill, to meet the needs
/ of the practical people of these nrac
| tcal times must be practical Chris
| tianity on the lines of this incident
given to us by Christ himself General
! Booth, after severing his connection
with the Methodist church because the
/ conference refused to adopt his ideas
and measures for the reaching of the
masses, took his stand upon the mile
| end waste on the east end of London.
/ Here, 1t seemed to him, the people were
/ like this poor man; they had fallen
among thieves; they had been stripped
OF the garments of virtue, had been
robbed OF character, manhood reputa-
F.. ton, and everything good, and left for
dead. The priest whose place 1t should
! have been to comfort and relieve pass
! ed by; the Levite, representative OF the
/ civil law also -shouIdered them
What was wanted was the Samaritan.
! The world doesn't want more relig-
ions; there are enough already; not
more Bibles, although, thank God they
are still being issued by the millions
every year; not more preachers and
churches and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are
already too many to criticize those
h. orr II TOO, -
a kick and jump on them; too many
| to say Serves them right, they had
no business to get there What it
wants is compassion, divine love in
action. And when Jesus saw the mul-
| titude He had compassion
If you ask me what makes Chris
tianity stand out prominently from
every other religion 1 should answer
! in that one word, compassion. 1t is
religion of love, founded on love, kept
alive by love. One of the hopes OF this
century is the great army of young
people who are rising'up in the church,
the members of the Epworth Leagues,
the societies of Christian Endeavor,
the Young Mems and Women's Chris
tan Associations, and to them surely
the history of the Salvation Army
should be an inspiration. 1t is young.
Less than thirty-fve years have pass
ed since it commenced from almost
nothing until today it's corps, number
ing 5000, encircle the world and its
1000 officers in the cities, towns, viii
lagos and hamlets of so many lands are
preaching this practical religion. But
when we see what has been accom-
pIiShed by it with it's crude, illiterate,
poor materials, we cannot help but say
what could not be accomplished If
these, the young btood of the church,
faced their opportunities and went out
\ CT %l,., II ,ryf,, low 'ha
Samaritan had compassion then; he
must have it also today.
",Then, too, when Jesus saw the poor
man he went to- him. He went. do
not believe God ever made human
heart without also making key which
would give access to 1t. AS the lock-
smith makes the key which locks and
unlocks SO into every human soul
there is a way; it can be reached by
some avenue. Some folks imagine that
we Salvationists crave the notorlety
j which comes from the beating OF a
drum or the wearing of conspicuous
uniform, but let me say that often
times to US the clamor or the drum
or cornet is just as obnoxious as to our
critical friends, and it is Just as severe
a. cross to the Salvationist to put on
the cap or bonnet, the guernsey or
dress and walk down the street with
the gaze of the world upon you, as lt
would be to our friends; but with the
love of the Christ and humanity ming
| the heart what matters the way SO
long as the sought for soul is reached.
A scrubbing brush and pail would ap-
pear to be a strange key, and many
would object and say, Would 1t not De
better to take Bibles and tracts!
will admit the value OF Bibles anu
tracts, and the untold good they nave
done and are doing, but we know OIL
the thousands who would soon at lne
idea of a Bible, and throw your tracts
into the street and yet are reached by
the humble visitation of our SUM las
sizes. who go from tenement to tene-
ment. from room to room, cleaning tne
floors. washing the babies, tending the
sick and laying out the deao. Asdlti
people make the charge. and III aatnl.
it's true. that we drag the religion OF
Jesus Christ into the gutter, put
! there is one place more tnan aIio.iiel
where this religion is needed IN TINS
world is If not in the gutter? Did not
! Christ himself take it down TO the
/ Magdalene? Was not one of the grave
charges made against him that ne re.
ceiveth sinners and eateth with theih.
/ If we follow the Christ pain we mus.
bring this religion down 10 the leVsi
| of the lowliest, the meanest' the AloS1
depraved. and by so doing we shail
]
of In1ifting. cheering and saving those
who otherwise are helpless ana hope.
less. Going up to the top floor IN r,d an
! ola tenement by a tumble-doWn rick
ety stairs. two of our slum ofhcers
came to door. In reply to their knock mock
there was a gruff come IN! inslue
| they found a great big, roush seilo" :,
sitting on a box, under the influence
of liquor I don't want no religlon lz
and If you start off on any III cut your your.
! threats, was his response 70 tnen l
} question as to whether they might sln lS.
Undaunted, they sang simple ilt tie
/, hymn to him, and presently doM ~, I'D
cheeks there coursed tear Iolio"eu i
by another. And then, while one
watched the other dropped to her knees es
and commenced to pray; It ", was l.n aos
long before he, too, was on ms kiees
cryine for mercy. The Samaritan
went mt to the poor fellow. a religion gsif
of love is practical it do seaas TO M the
neonle and cares for them; it cries our .
to All alike, Behold the Lamb OF Goa