The Washington herald., 1907-09-27

for Christ-lias No Use for Chris
tian "Has Been" or the Man Who
says He Is "GOing to Do"
IF one-half Of the lack Of Christianity
In the world comes from indehniteness,
the other half comes from men who ara
cutters. Do not be a gutter A qultter
is one Of the meanest and most .cowardly
things on earth Do not be a gutter
The quitter is a pessimist. and pessimist
gets fat on dreaming great things and
then uses the accumulated tissue in de-
structiye criticism. who blows out the
light to see how dark it is. The pessimist
is man who does not believe in Jesus
Christ, and the great tragedy Of human
conduct IS human cOwardice"
With these strong sentences delivered
in the course OF his lecture on "A Mans
Personal Sacrifice for Christ" Blight Rev.
C. E. woodcock, Bishop Of Kentucky.
brought the Brotherhood Of St. Andrew
to its feet last night in Continental Hall.
The bishop, a young looking man, with
iron gray hair. spoke earnestly and with
no attempt 10 rise above the heads OF
his hearers, but seemed 70 strike deep in
language that could be understood by the
youngest delegate IN the hall His au-
dience was the largest that has attended
a meeting. for a vast throng Of members
arrived in the city yesterday afternoon,
too late for the morning session.
Preceding the bishops address. Mr.. J.
II. Gardiner. president OF the brother
hood, called on Archdeacon Stuck to pro
nounce the prayer
Costumes of Christs Service.
Bishop Woodcock was then called on.
and said, In part.
We are here to realize that there is no
hope Of service from the brotherhood
man whose power OF sacrifice is over
awed by fear Of failure. The service Of
Christ costs something. especially when il
is whole-hearted. direct in purpose. and
exactly the same when no one is watch
Ing. Many are good and contribute gen
erously to the glory OF the church be-
cause Of the advertisement they get in
the press. but God speed the day when
the church loses this dead weight which
counts Cor naught The church is not
tested by bigness, it Is tested by love L
is not tested by money. and your ,oyalty
70 the church is tested by the souls you
aid. The service Of Christ is a serious
thing. It means that you either help
some soul or cast your worthless shadow
upon it, We often sin because we haven't
the courage TO suffer, and We viii never
wholly understand God until We serve
Him without fear and without hope Of re-
ward. There Is no man who is hopeless.
and we can have no hOpelessness save by
our impatience. our unfaithfulness. and
our lack Of love.
Every Man Called TO Account.
What are We doing for Christ? The
Brotherhood Of 81. Andrew asks every
man this: they are going to compel every
/ layman to answer il. When you have
had Gods bounty and His goodness and
rendered no equivalent the brotherhood IS
going 10 ask YOU if it is worth while Il
isn't worth while because It isn't Chris
uan. We are in this world 70 render
/ an account. and let US be responsible. #
you can't be great. in Gods name. be
definite. The indefinite man is impossi-
bic. The answer to nothing is always
nothing You can't cheat God. Strike
out. strike deep. and stand by it. Go out
and find something Christian 70 do II
You have any faith, force. and manhood,
find something TO do.
7 am tired of that class who tell US
what they used 20 do That is an evi-
dence of spiritual dOtage But there is
another class worse, who tell us what
they are going to do. and nothing is so
puerile, so false, as to stop working 10
tell what you have done. and so cowardly
as to refrain from working 10 tell what
you are going to do.
Clubs. lodges. and fraternities are
more successful than some parishes, be-
cause ChuTchmen give more 10 them than
TO their churches. You have a right to
these organizations, but YOU have not the
right TO make your lodge first and your
church second II you DO, you are a de-
serter. d ad parishes have caught the
c0ntagion of the dead members. I do not
envy the man who is a better politician,
a better business man. a better club man
than he is q church man. Be responsible
for something, and remember that the
promise that is not kept 10 God is the
most criminal breach Of contract.
Learn to "Stand the Gaff.0
you won't so round whining like
baby II you love Jesus Christ. You
one r4~r-a
you do some work. Fifty per cent Of the
men have dropped from this brotherhood
because they can't stand the gaf.' Let
God teach you how TO give him the best
you've got. When the priest can look
down on others he should begin to sus-
pect himself. when the layman begins to
look down on others he is either quitting
or lying. Work as though you would
live forever, and live as you would die
to-day.
What are your business relations with
your competitors? When you do a man
by something which the street recognizes
as something within the law but outside
of morality, don't YOU try afterward 10
take him to church, for he may suspect
you OF being a hypOcTite There isn't
much religion left in the world when it
Is kicked out of churchmen's business Of
fees, out of their clubs, out Of every
place except their churches. One honest
business man on a street can do more re-
ligion than can all the bishops and priests
in the world.
Uplifting the Under Man.
How about the men under you in your
business; how do you treat him? That
man is a brute who will commit assault
and battery on a mans soul by paying
him starvation wages and grinding him 70