Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-02-23
FREEDOM THROUGH CHRIST
An Eloquent Sunday Sermon By Maud
BalIingtOa Booth.
4 messag. o: Liberty 10 Those Who Are
Bound and Shackled.

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lt1 at the Majestic Iheatfc was thNeu
TO IT'S utmost sunday AFTERNOON at lne
meeting under the auspices or the l.
NJ. =. a. ana man! were .iiaole ~ Sc
cure admission. AT the close or MIS-
BOOTHS address there was most I'M
| pfessiVe slSht. AS she gave the invita-
tloh Tor men TO defhitely accept ollrisl,
men an over tne mousse s'oou WIN
heads poWed ana AFTER moment OF
PRAYER lhc au"ichce was ols'''issNa'
address.
esteem it a great priyilcgc TO have
the onpor,unity of bringing n message
| from my heart to this great audience
| this afternoon, and | am so glad that
| come to you merely IFS Il messenger
that l have not to rise before this
| audience to exploit some hobby of my
own; that | do not come 90 you with
| some theory. but that realize as |
| stand up and speak that my message
is not only my own, but that | come to
! you as | went to my audience this
morning with message from One who
can follow the message with the divine
touch. AS | looked down upon and
out upon this audience trying 10 Gathe.
| something from the faces OF those
whom | was 10 address | saw arise be-
! fore mc again my audience OF this
morning, Il very different one in one
sense and very simila1 in another. 1t
was an audience of mcn-all men-ani
an audience perhaps nearly rs large rs
the one which address this afternoon.
| but. ah. what Il difference. 1t was an
| audience behind prison walls. An a,l-
! dcnce of men who have lost their
chance. an audience of men Shut away
| from the world and its sunlight au,l
! blessings and happincsS and freedom
and Joy, and who in the darkness of
prison walls have learned to The full
! the bitterness OF a life OF SIN. aud vet
| as | rise to speak to this audience this
| afternoon nv message will be very
| much the same rs my message 10 that
! audience this morning. for | come not
here to sneak to Christians this after
noon, NV message is a message to tic
, captive, a message Of liberty to those
| who are bound and it does not take
| the walls of Sing Sing: il does not take
those narrow cells to make bondage.
| but there are many who walk The
| streets of BROOKLYN in the sunshine to-
| Gay ana who boast that they are free
| citizens who are shackled and hounG
| because thpv have not vel learned the
| freedom that the dear Christ eau
bring.
As | spoke 10 my boys this morning
| quoted to them two lines that some
how or other came TO my notice a
little while ago. and | told them that
there were Just two classes OF prison
crs before m" in that prison. The
! lines are these:
-,
No men 'o0"c" o"t "N', P''So' "'t
! VIC Sa" 'ie "'u" 'ht o'Hc' sd" 'h'
s'"TS'
And | say to YOU in tLiS audience to-
day that there are just two classes ol
! men lii this great theatre. There are
! those who are looking out upon ne,
| looking down. living i'll touch with me
world, with the evil III 1t, with It's iE'-
i purity. with its doubt, with It's SIN,
with lis darkness with those dread
! things that Seal INTO lhH SOUS oI men
/ and drag them Downward. And there
are those WHO look uD in hope ana WHO
keen their eyes upon Gods love. and
Gods might AMI Gods power, ANA
walk in the light of freedom and vie
tory and power, who do not stand
quivcring at the thought Of the pitfalls
in the way, but realize that they are LED
as truly by the Light from above as
were those wise men and those shcp'
herds of old by the rays OF the star
to Bethlehem, And it is to those who