Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-17
PASTOR PREACHES
FAREWELL SERMON
REV. ROBERT MINTYRE GOES.
FOR A VACATION
TALKS OF "sLIPPERY PLACES"
plscourses Upon the Seeming Pros
perIty Of the Wicked, While the
Righteous crovel in Poverty
and Want

why does a man like DR.. Cantine,
my beloved predecessor, die and go
away while Ballerino, the king of the
crib district and a man who polutes
the very air, lives to this hour? Why
does saint whom 1 know wear out
the evening of her life in poverty,
while Mrs. Bradley Martin spends
$4,000 on ball? You could cut this
saint in pieces and she would make
eleven thousand Mrs. Martins. Why
does a good woman stay in the city
during the hot summer months, while
the scarlet woman rides by, fondling a
poodle dog?"
These sentiments were uttered last
evening by Rev. Robert Mcintyre,
pastor Of the First Methodist church.
in his sermon on slippery Places"
which will be his last sermon before
his eastern vacation. DR.. Mcintyre
took for his text Psalms 73, 2-3 The
speaker dwelt at length upon the
worldly prosperity of the wicked and
the poverty and distress of the good
He said in part:
TT has troubled all men who think
was corrupt, damnable and iniquitous
The leader of the choir in the temple
asked the old, old problematic query,
why? 1 will guarantee there is not
one here who has not asked the ques-
tion a hundred times, Why do the
wicked prosper and the good suffer-
THE Jewish people thought that Je-
hovah was sort of tribal god to bring
them worldly blessings in land flow
ing with milk and honey and achieve
what we call success. Did you ever
notice that nearly all the Christians
died poor, friendless and alone. All the
great Christians of the New Testament
were stripped. peeled and hunted.
Great is the difference of the religion
of the two books.
1T is the Jewish idea to prosper even
to this day. Even Job with all his
Affections, ends his life like a story
book and came out of his troubles with
twice as many children and cattle
Every great man of the New Testament
was poor, even Jesus Christ himself.
1.-THE typical man of the Old Testa-
ment was Solomon. More Jewish
babies have been named after him than
any other one man. Paul is the typ
ical Christian name, and more Christ
ian babies have been named after this
man than any other. The Jew sits be-
tween outstretched peacock feathers
with rare jewels, while the Christian
kneels between two pagan guards and
prays Gods blessing upon the whole
world.
II think nearly as many Christians
have been puzzled at this as Jews.
We accuse them of being mercenary.
Yet only eight out of the forty-fve
states of this country are not having
trials of public officials for boodling.
The Christian is as bad as the Jew and
he has not the excuse. The center of
the Christian religion is that God does
not pay in this world and Jesus does
not promise it. Let not your heart be
troubled for in my Fathers house there
are many mansions and 1 go to
prepare place for you.' Jesus has two
worlds to make his promise, while the
Jewish God had but the one, and if he
did not make it good they thought he
was angry.
(which is the most victorious :?
Christ said the core of his religion
was renunciation. Where is solomon's
temple today? 1t has melted like the
snow. Where is the tree that stood on
Calvary? Millions of people are today
carrying the song TN the Cross of Je-
sus Christ Is Glory "