Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-25

power IN the world and 70 We would claim
this gift and be filled with the spirit the
liquor traffic would not live tweuty-four
hours, but would go down before The power
Of the living God.
No Cse for Bnby Jelly Fish.
II want power and Enon't think much Of
these baby Jelly fish that are willing to
live without wauting power. I want the
power to empty au the liquor into the sea.
would say God ply the fishes. but 1
, ant to get it .6wAS Eram men. The reason
J.ius enjoined ps % be fHied with the
lpirlt Is to give MS power. II God ~ in
a. we have power and the flesh and the
Itvll are poweflees Bef6re us. 1t gives US
power to do whatayer ought to be done.
~ Il is so imbofta4t 10 be filled with
inc spirit, isn't It important to know
l neither we are filled with the spirit or
rot?
Some peoples idea Of culture Is that
everybody mould be cut out after their
pattern. That can't be- Everyone must be
himself. You can't get the spirit by merely
being like someone else.
Let us put ourselves to the test this aft
ctnoon. l have no right to test myself by
you or to test you by myself. There Is
only one thing to test ourselves by. and
that is by the word OF the eternal God.
What does it say are the fruits Of the
spirit? Love, Joy, peace, gentleness, long
suffering, goodness, faith, meekness and
temperance.
TT is not infidellty outside the church
that is running the caurch today. 1t Is the
men and women inside the church that
have not the spirit. The firAt proof Of the
spirit is love. Love does not mean that
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hurt your friend. If you loved men you
would have the courage Of David to say
Thou are the man. II you really love
men you could not help standing up against
the liquor traffic that is running men and
women.
would Give Life Cor Enemies.
Il know the saloon keepers and the brew
ers and the distilers do not love me, but
they can't keep me from loving them. II
could redeem them l would be willing to
be nailed to the cross, That is love. ]
have known Woman Christian Temper
ance union women who were jealous be-
cause they were not Invited &c a seat on
the platform. or who are SO sensitive the
program committee is in fear and tremb-
ling they are going TO- offend them by not
putting them on Love will take all that
n VI NphF h1N 1870
YOU have a heartache now and then.
Il have seen men and women who have
biistered their hands making Ice cream foI
an ice cream fastivst that has no more
place in the church than a street carnival
They say they are suffering with Christ
They're not. They may be suffering fol
him because they think they are doing his
work, but not with him. 1t means to &c
down into the drunkard's home and hell
him TO better manhood
'By gentieness we do not mean that YOU
shan't speak up loud enough to be heard
in a convention like this. 1 am not ungentl'
because l get up here and talk like a house
attire. 1t means hi one is willing to &c
down to the brothel and take up a faller
sister and show her the way to so. and
then say TO her, 'Go. and sin no more Yot
will be so strong II you have this gentle
ness; then the whole world can lean or
YOU because you have the strength OF God
Long ~suffering-that's where we fail. II
we had the spirit OF God we would forgive
seventy times seven times. 1t means con
t~Inuance in we'll doing, There's one class
OF people that try me more than all th'
brewers. distillers and rumsellers In the
world. They are the cutters. You quit
ters are contemplate. Goodness does no
mean to be so good you are good for moth
ing. l know Of some towns where womeT
are so good they WON'T organize a Won
ans Christian Temperance union Good
ness means to so out and do things.
'Faith-what is our faith? We haven
got it. II we had we would have over
turned the liquor traffic years ago. Il
there are any liquor men here hat hat
better sit UP and take notice, because Gu
faith is growing.
what n million would Do.
God has " over money. 1t is God
and we have got to nave faith to reach al
and get It. II we had faith to claim none!
for Jesus Christ we. would have $4,000
before this time next year, and then W
would have such a battle as we have neve
seen before. i4
III we had this million dollars we woul'
come here to Nebraska and help you II
your fight. We would send you our fin
est speakers. We would send our fines
music, we would buy up page after page Il
your newspapers. We would light up you
streets with thousands OF lights so that tn
speetacle Of the Hudson-Fulton exhibition
would be outcome. We would make sue
a spectacular fight that we would swee
the state. Then we Y ould go down to Mis-
souri, and help them; then New York wouli
he cauing us and W would drive the sa
o,. ,,t ~ tBara I haya faith To saw tina