Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

where the sick and the blind and the
withereu and the paralyzed were cured!
in the city of Jerusalem? There was
temple in the city where they worshiped'
or where they sat and said they wor-
SHIPPED God. Did they know anything
about the Pool of Bethesda? Were they
in total ignorance of the suffering down
there? What about the Scribes and the
Pharisscs? Surely the religious people
of Jerusalem knew what was going on
down yonder. Why did not they interest
themselves in the sin. misery and the
religious people surround that pool?
What about the civic authorities of
the city? Was 1t not their duty to
make such a scene impossible or to do
all they could to alleviate the suffering
and drive the tears away? Where were
they?
Pools of Misery Here.
And 1 want you to understand when /
read this story I could not believe 1t If it
were not for the fact that history repeats
itself. And just what happened in Jeru-
salem happens in every big city and Is
going on at this moment in your city.
There are lots of pools of misery In
Warrington. You have a White House
and you have tenderloin district; but
VINO cares. SOMEBODY 8 daughter, SOHles
body's sister, somebody's mother, some
body's wife is in the tenderloin district
while l am pleading at this moment; but
who cares? Did you ever know what 1t is
to put your head on your pillow and not
be able to sleep, and say to yourself. My
God! Where is my child this night? Do
you know anything about 1t? Do you
know that there are mothers and fathers
breaking their hearts in this country over
your tenderloin district? Do you know
hat f1,n~a h~y, t1n OIL I'll n
these houses were pride and a JOY and a
sunbeam? Do you know that? How much
do you care?
That is a modern pool where the sick
lie and the blind and the paralyzed are
gathered together. Does the church of
God care?
DO the civic authorities care? I know
somebody cares for every lost woman, for
every lost girl. I know somebody who IL
breaking His heart over every poor wom-
an In the district at this moment, and
that is Christ, who died to save them.
And when you and I get His spirit and
care as He does we shall not bother
about our reputation and our dignity. We
shall go out after them in Christ's naSae.
with the love of Him in our hearts, and
try to help and save them.
Test of Christian Love.
Does anybody care? Your love will
be tested in an hour or two from now
and your care will come to the surface,
and il will be tested how much Iou
church members really do care. x YOU
really care you will be prepared to follow
your Lord this night into the street. and
you will be ready to speak or to sing or
to be looked after in any way In order
to arrest the attention and draw the peO
pie toward Him.
What about your saloons? How many
saloons have you got in Washington. the
Capital city. the home of the bride taker
the crime makers and the law breaker.
where they sell that stuff which is dis
grows beneath which fiends feast, devils
dance and prostitution prospers. Who
cares? We sing rescue the perishing in a
rocking chair. We sing rescue the perish
Ing while we take good care to see that
the perisEing are a long way off. If some
of the perishing should fill our pews next
Sunday morning before we got there We
should have sharp look at the usher
who showed them the seats and we would
say to him, What do you mean by put
ting those people in my seat? Don't you
know ! pay rent for that pew" What
a mockery the talk about rescuing the
when somebody comes along who does
care you say. some of you, he is a mad
man. He is a fanatic, he is a faddist. he
is sensational. he is narrow. Yes, but
razor has to be narrow before 1t is any
use. tell you we have got to care. We
shall never save humanity unless we do
care. We shall never lead men to Christ
unless we are prepared to look at the
mass of misery about us with the eyes
of Christ and to shed bitter tears over
those who are outside the kingdom of