Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-10
S Sunday Sermon. What Shall Do With Jesus?'
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clsopatra's Needle.
Have you ever been in New York
to Central park, and seen the great
granite monolith standing there? They
have deciphered the hierglyphics and
that monument is over $500 years old.
Moses, Jacob and Isaiah looked on that
monument.
What are you going to do with
Jesus?"
He only lived two thousand years
ago. You can almost reach back and
touch the hem Of his garments today
What are you going to do with the
historical Christ?
Arc They All Fools?
What are you going to do with tho
Christ Of christian experience? Are
all those men who believe in Jesus
fools?
Is William j. Bryan a fool? He Is
a believer and worshiper of Jesus
Christ. Theodore Roosevelt? He is a
believer and worshiper Of Jesus Christ.
Every member OF the supreme court,
senators and representatives, members
Of the cabinet to a man-they are be-
iievers in and worshipers OF Jesus
Christ.
Are they fools? The head OF every
college (if we except Harvard, which
is Unitarian) is a christian. Is Pres
ident James Of the University Of Illi-
nois fool? Was William Mckinley
q fool?
MckinIey's Death.
When the assassin's bullet struck
him down in Buffalo, earnestly did we
hope and pray that he might be spared
to US. The doctors gave us hope and
we dried our tears and once more as
the nation we smiled, and when they
put him on the operating table, the
doctor bent over him to catch what
might be his last words and heard him
murmuring the Lords prayer. The
operation was performed and the doc
tor said:
'.He will mend"
We raised our heads and laughed
again. Then the relapse came, and DR..
Mann bent over him to catch the last
words and they heard him murmuring:
Nearer. My God to Thee"
They brought in his wife and she
stood there In tears and he said.
'It is Gods way. His will, not ours
be done".
The lamp of life fickered and all
was over.
They Sang and Played 1t.
Down the streets OF Buffalo went
the funeral procession and the bands
played Nearer, My God, to Thee"
country the roadside was thronged with
people, and as the funeral train sped
on, with uncovered heads and bowed
faces they sang. Nearer, My God, to
Thee" The train swept around curve
and out in front Of a little log cabin
stood a soldier. He had brought out
his old uniform, and stood there on
one leg, the other had been shot off at
the battle of Gettysburg. AS his old
commander went by he saluted.
The funeral train reached Washing
ton, and down Pennsylvania avenue
went the funeral procession and the
band played Nearer. My God. to
Thee" I journeyed to Canton. O.,
and stood five and one-half hours in
the hot September sun, when the boom
of the cannon told us that the funeral
train had arrived from Washington.
Down the streets came the procession
and they played Nearer, My, God, to
Thee"
When They Stopped.
The hearse stopped just across the
street from where I stood, and w
came the soldiers and sailors from the
battleshtp Indiana and pulled out the
coffin and marched up the steps to the
Stark county court house. Out from
carriage leaped Theodore Roosevelt
and Elihu Root, earnest God fearing
christians. There followed Dr. Rixey
and then the speaker of the house
David B. Henderson, christian, Goo
fearing men. I stood and watched
them and down came the most mag
nificent of manhood, General Miles, q
christian. and by his side were the
two Catholics, Otis and Gallespie, who
love Jesus Christ as the Son of God
And then there were Farquahar and
Crowninshield, and the members Of the
supreme court, the United States SEN
ators and the governors and great
men of The nation. stood there and
watched them and said:
"All God fearing men,"
fell in line and I was among the
first two hundred to go thru the court
house, and looked upon William
McKinley's face and tears rolled down
my face.
He Thanked God.
went outside and bathed in the
perfect September sun. and I said:
THANK you, God. I am in good
company when I am on the side OF
Jesus Christ"
What are these men-believers and
worshipers OF Jesus! What are you
going to do with the Christ Of your
mother, the Christ of your wife? The
preachers, are they fools? Are you
the only wise man? What will you dc
with him?
The Judgment Of Christ.
What are you going to do with the
Christ OF the Judgment?
Listen to me. Up from the north
and the south and the east and the
west, up will come tramping multi
tude that no man can number and
the grave will open and tired, sleepy
immortals will crawl out like the SOL
diers bivouacing for the night. The,
climb up the coral reefs and come
from the caves OF the sea where the
dark waves sang their sad requiem
when they left life.
Then, there. sir! on the right hand
Of God the Father will be Jesus Christ
whom present to you tonight, and
can see the devil, the arch enemy o,
your soul and mine. He will be there
to accuse us before the father. I car
see him as he begins to wrap a thong