The Detroit times., 1911-01-09
SOCIAL WITHOUT
CHRIST is HE'LL"
CONTINUED from page -.

people. too, as well as the real bad
ones. In Grand Rapids | now have
some fine converts, men who hold re-
sponsible positions and are drawing
big salaries. But | want to tell you,
dear friends, that never feel that a
drunkard is saved as long as he uses
I tobacco. II fellow quits whisky and
continues the use OF tobacco II il
quite likely he will go back to liquor
within five years. Tobacco and whis-
ky are sisters-in-law IL you marry
one. the other will come and stay all
night with you. Every drunkard in
the world uses tobacco, but every to-
bacco user doesn't drink whisky.
thank God. And | say to men who
use tobacco, IL they can do their fell
low men any good by quitting the use
OF tobacco, thereby setting q good ex-
ample, by all means let them quit II.
Mr.. Trotter gave most pathetic
recital OF his own conversion. He
related that he was q drunkard for
number OF years up to IA years ago,
when he was saved In Chicago nds-
sion while so intoxicated that he was
suffering from the delirium tremens.
He recounted how. in Grand Rapids,
he led drunkards life, causing his
good wife many heartache. One
night he came home and found his
wife, suffering for want of fuel and
food. carrying her dead baby in her
arms. On that occasion, placing his
hand on the dead childs head, he
vowed he would never drink again.
But he was drunk again before the
funeral was over, he regretted TO
say.
His drinking habits continued I'M
til he finally drifted to Chicago. Here
he was thrown out of a saloon in a
drunken condition and, in despera-
ton, resolved TO commit suicide by
jumping into the lake. Instead of
going to the lake his steps were
turned towards the mission, In which
his conversion followed. At the time
of his conversion he said he had a
vision OF God, and he prayed for
strength to help him reform. That
kind OF revelation was what some
preachers needed. Were they to gel
it they would not be so much wor-
ried about things dogmatic More
prayer was needed for them to get
the divine vision, he said.
MIR. Trotter said he worked as a
barber in the winter time before his
con, ersion and followed the races in
the summer. He liked the horses
and he was still fond of them. He
knew almost every decent horse in
Grand Rapids and he could generally
tell a man by the kind of horse he
owned.
Speaking OF presentday methods OF
evangelism, Mr.. Trotter said the
clergymen were trying to be too prac-
teal
God doesn't love sin, but He loves
a sinner" said AIR. Trotter in this
connection. IF you say that God
doesn't love a sinner, then you're a
liar. II was in that Chicago mission
that | heard about Jesus. The man
who led me to Jesus was friend OF
mine--an Irishman, with a face SO
long that he could eat oatmeal out of
churn. But this man told me Jesus
loved me-the first time | had ever
known that He loved sinner. And
tell you. friends, | was glad u
know that. There is not man in
the world today who is drunkard
because he wants TO be. | was
drunkard because | couldn't stay sob
err My wife finally told me not TO
come home when | was drunk, be
cause she didn't want the baby 10
see me in that condition | tried to
sober up, for / realized that | had
drunkard's home, which is the next
thing to hell | finally tried the gold
cure, but it did no good, and I'm glad
It didn't, for | might have just gone
through the rest OF my life without
having the chance to save others. My
conversion in the Chicago mission
gave me vision I shall never forget
"a vision which has enabled me to
reform other drunkards. My CONVEX
sion also took the hog out OF my
heart. The hog Is the craving for
drink. II there is no hog In your
heart you will require no swill.'
The Rev. A. II. Barr. in presenting
the theoretical side of Mr.. Bigbie's
book, said in part:
First of all, the book places the
unqualified Endorsement of the scien-
tific investigator on certain conclu-
sions long ago drawn by many whose
contact with the suffering, sorrow,
misery and sin of cities and villages
were not confirmed in books read In
library or discussion started in an
easy chair after a comfortable meal.
The first of those conclusions Is that
religion alone among all the forces
at work for the Improvement OF hui
manity has power to alter the char
acter and regenerate the soul OF evil
people"
Vernon H. Cowsert, OF Toronto,
Ont, representing the international
Press Bible Question club, informed
the meeting that he had arranged
with The Detroit Times to publish
Bible questions for the beneht OF
sunday school workers every Satur-
day.
1'he meeting resolved TO devote
the next regular monthly meeting TO
devotional exercises, chiefly prayer.
The antisaloon committee will con
slider the recommendation OF Gov.
Osborn that saloons be limited 80
that there should be but one lot
every 1000 people.
Mrs. Aldrich, who has been in De
troll, for a number OF weeks in the
interests OF missionary work Tor the
blind. reported that she had visited
Is churches and raised $3.50 Tor me
cause she represented. She com
plained that some pulpits were board
| hnr a Knot